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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>At the 2008 RNC in Minneapolis, the delegates for
Ron Paul posed for a group picture with a replica of the Fort Moultrie Flag (a
crescent moon and the word LIBERTY on a blue field). The flag had
been signed by all the delegates and by Ron Paul. McCain's thugs
snatched the flag and said "This is McCain country. You can't have
that." The group did eventually get the flag back thanks to a
attorney who observed the snatching of the flag and offered his
help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have been reading Edgar Snow's account of the
Chinese Revolution written in the 1930's.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In Hunan Changsha in 1920 a group of student
demonstrators rallying for democracy attempted to raise a red
flag and were prohibited from doing so by the police. They told the
police that they under Article 12 of the Constitution they had the right to
assemble, organize, and speak, but the police were not impressed. They
said they were not there to be taught the Constitution but to carry out the
orders of the governor.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"From this time on I became more and more convinced
that only mass political power, secured through mass action, could guarantee the
realization of dynamic reforms" - Mao Zedong, 1937, quoted by Edgar
Snow.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>