While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush signs the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, requiring health insurers to provide equal coverage to both physical and mental maladies.

       NOTE: This will make it even more expensive for those with limited resources to able to purchase affordable health insurance.

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       An unlawfully elected senate (within the provisions of the fraudulent 17th amendment) passes the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (YEA, 74; NAY, 25) after 150,000,000,000 “dollars” in tax breaks for specials interests were added, increasing the BBB to 451 pages.  The “Billionaire Bailout (and left taxpayers the) Bill was defeated two days previous in the house of representatives.

       NOTES:

• The act contains many unrelated provisions, one of which redefines electricity as a clean-burning fuel —  in spite of the fact that most electricity is generated from burning fossil fuels.
• Democratic (socialist/fascist) senator Sherrod C. Brown, of the Federal enclave of Ohio, reported three days previous that he has been receiving 2,000 e-messages and telephone calls a day, that were running 95% opposed to the BBB, but voted “YEA” anyway.

       Postscript: Of the 261 CONgressmembers who voted YEA on the BBB, only five of them were defeated for re-election.  Of the 17 senators who voted YEA on the BBB and ran for re-election, only three were defeated; one of them was Ted Stevens of the Federal enclave of Alaska, who was tainted with accusations of graft and bribery.  This should demonstrate to the states and WE THE PEOPLE that popular election of U.s. senators has not worked, and that the States need to re-assert their prerogative immediately and resume election of their Senators.

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     The United states Army, Third Division, First Brigade Combat Team (private mercenaries) is redeployed to the joint Northern Command (the military arm of the Department of Homeland Security) to be temporarily renamed as the Consequence Management Response Force, “an on-call Federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.”  This is the first time an active duty military unit has been assigned to a support role for civil authorities.

       [added 5/30/2021] Thanks to nance and Freedoms Phoenix for this entry.