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[[fr:Accueil]]__NOTOC__<center>{{quotation|[[Sinclair Lewis]]<br><small>([http://www.wikiyourrights.com/wiki/Main_Page credit] [[Issuepedia:Quotes|more quotes]])</small>|When [[fascism]] comes to America, it will be [[pseudo-patriotism|wrapped in the flag]] and [[Christian evangelism|carrying a cross]].}}</center>
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{{quotation|[[Sinclair Lewis]]<br><small>([http://www.wikiyourrights.com/wiki/Main_Page credit] [[Issuepedia:Quotes|more quotes]])</small>|When [[fascism]] comes to America, it will be [[pseudo-patriotism|wrapped in the flag]] and [[Christian evangelism|carrying a cross]].}}
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* '''2007-01-28''' [http://kevininliberia.blogspot.com/2007/01/review-of-robert-calderisis-trouble.html Review of Robert Calderisi's ''The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working''] by [[User:KevinFryatt|KevinFryatt]]
 
* '''2007-01-28''' [http://kevininliberia.blogspot.com/2007/01/review-of-robert-calderisis-trouble.html Review of Robert Calderisi's ''The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working''] by [[User:KevinFryatt|KevinFryatt]]
 
* '''2006-09-30''' [[Woozle comments on Head-in-the-sand Liberalism]]
 
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* '''2005-10-04''' [[Florida Stand Your Ground law|Florida's new "shoot first" law]]
 
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* '''2005-06-23''' [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/ High court OKs personal property seizures]
 
* '''2005-06-23''' [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/ High court OKs personal property seizures]
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* '''2007-08-30~''' [[2007 nuclear missile flight incident]]
 
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* '''2006-05-15''' [[Internet Neutrality]] is now an article
 
* '''2006-05-15''' [[Internet Neutrality]] is now an article
 
* '''2005-12-29''' [http://www.agrnews.org/?article_id=14&cat_id=4&rowx=0&section=archives FBI targeting US activist activities as 'domestic terrorism']: it was inevitable, right?
 
* '''2005-12-29''' [http://www.agrnews.org/?article_id=14&cat_id=4&rowx=0&section=archives FBI targeting US activist activities as 'domestic terrorism']: it was inevitable, right?
 
* '''2005-10-09''' [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007381 Keep your U.N. off my Internet]
 
* '''2005-10-09''' [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007381 Keep your U.N. off my Internet]
 
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* '''2006-09-14''' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836500/ Media ownership study ordered destroyed] (AP): "FCC draft suggested fewer owners would hurt local TV coverage"
 
* '''2006-09-14''' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836500/ Media ownership study ordered destroyed] (AP): "FCC draft suggested fewer owners would hurt local TV coverage"
 
* '''2006-08-30''' [[wikinews:Iraqi activist forced to change T-Shirt with Arabic Peace Slogan|Iraqi activist forced to change T-Shirt with Arabic Peace Slogan]]: Arabic writing is now offensive, regardless of content; welcome back to the 1950s.
 
* '''2006-08-30''' [[wikinews:Iraqi activist forced to change T-Shirt with Arabic Peace Slogan|Iraqi activist forced to change T-Shirt with Arabic Peace Slogan]]: Arabic writing is now offensive, regardless of content; welcome back to the 1950s.
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*'''2005-06-25''' [[Gas Guzzling Pride]]
 
*'''2005-06-25''' [[Gas Guzzling Pride]]
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*2005-06-23 [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Flag_burning_amendment_approved_by_House Flag-burning amendment approved by House]: if this isn't intended as a measure to stifle protest, then what does it serve?
 
*2005-06-23 [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Flag_burning_amendment_approved_by_House Flag-burning amendment approved by House]: if this isn't intended as a measure to stifle protest, then what does it serve?
 
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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

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