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We leave this morning for the Swannanoa Gathering near Asheville, NC.    "The worst part about the Gathering is that there are only 24 hours in the day and 3 of them are wasted sleeping!"    This is our first time to this workshop but judging from the instructors I have it will be a really good one.    We'll be back late Saturday to get ready to go to Clifftop midweek following.

My first mention of the Iraq war was May 14 last year.    That was 1,195 U.S. service members killed and 8,689 wounded ago.    It has absolutely gotten no better and now we learn that "W" believes that God tells him to bring democracy to the world!


     In our country's longest war - since we invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003

               3,632 U.S. service members have been killed,

                    26,558 U.S. service members have been wounded, in

                         "W"'s War.


                            "When a man don’t use good judgment it’s the innocent who pays"

                                                                                                                             -- Echo Mountain

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