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May/June 2002
by Gar Smith 
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9. Put a member of the American Civil Liberties Union in the OHS. (The ACLU has warned that the "Patriot Act" grants "expanded power to invade our privacy, imprison people without due process, and punish dissent.")

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10. Extend the powers of the Patriot Act to cover the activities of corporations and the wealthy, thereby allowing citizens to 'speak and peek' into private mansions and corporate headquarters to conduct secret searches, download computer files, and snap surveillance photos.

11. Permit citizen groups to obtain "blank" warrants to conduct "intelligence wiretaps" on the private banking practices of the super-rich.

12. Ban autos, trucks, and vans from downtown streets since they can be used to deliver bombs. (City streets can then be turned into pedestrian zones with orchards, vegetable gardens, playgrounds, and bike paths.)

13. Phase out oil and gas pipelines and chemical storage facilities near population centers.

14. Close the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (In 1978, 16,000 barrels of oil spilled when terrorists blew up the pipeline near Fairbanks.)

15. Decentralize the power grid. (Turning every rooftop into a solar power plant would make it impossible for terrorists to black out a city.)

16. Fight anthrax by banning junk mail. (Require the postal service to deliver only personal mail. Business mail would be handled by bonded couriers hired by the businesses themselves.)

From Earth Island Journal (Spring 2002). Subscriptions: $25/yr. (4 issues, including membership in Earth Island Institute) from 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA 94133.

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