H.R. 4681

The House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday, May 9 on HR4681, the  “Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006?. This bill imposes economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people.

This is such a controversal and emotional subject. Israel v Palestine and the United States position.This is a subject I do not write about. Too many religious and moral tangents appear like arms on an octopus.

Israel claims that it is the only democracy in the middle east…it is definitely the only middle east country with a full-fledged nuclear weapons program. Without getting into every single who what when and why of it all I ask that you read of few Palestinian blogs to get a sense of what the people of the Gaza Strip endure and consider:

Calling your Representative and urge a NO vote on HR4681.

Laila El-Haddad’s Blog Raising Yousurf: a diary of a mother under occupation a well written blog from the Gaza Strip.

The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation site has a list of organizations the oppose H.R. 4681

Cairo Model Pictures – Almost done

Pictures of my almost completed first wood ship model the USS Cairo. I ignored what little instructions came with the kit and just tried to make it look like the only picture available of the actual ship.

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