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November 19, 2004
Mr. President, I call your attention to Article IV, Section 4 of the U S Constitution. It regards your duty to defend every state against invasion.
History records that every nation in which immigrants have not assimilated, but which has tried to be multi-cultural and multi-lingual, has failed.
Balkanization will lead to the downfall of America from within, not from without.
Please do not let this happen on your watch. You took an oath to protect and defend our Constitution to the best of your ability. Mr. President, please take control of this situation, and protect your citizens against invasion.
32. Support Dominican University's Easement Request 
Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, is seeking support for an easement to access Thatcher Avenue through a small section of Cook County Forest Preserve land. This project will allow the university to construct a new campus entrance/exit onto Thatcher Avenue, 200 feet south of Greenfield.
The total requested easement area is located at the northern tip of a non-contiguous section of Forest Preserve land. The requested area is 2240 square feet, of which 650 square feet would be paved This represents 1/20th of an acre or 1.3% of the area in question.
This project would support Dominican University's enrollment and relieve traffic congestion on Village streets.
33. Save D.I.Y. for all independent musicians
Recent revelations about the review policies of certain self-proclaimed 'D.I.Y.' punk magazines including, but at this point not limited to, Maximum RocknRoll (MRR), have forced me to write this: a call to arms of sorts, a good ol' fashioned letter writing campaign. For those of you with short attention spans, here is the gist: MRR has a racist and classist review policy, two ideologies they supposedly fight so vehemently against. But inherent in their own magazine are these elitist policies, and whether they are intentional or not is not for us to say; that will be on their own conscience.
Suffice it to say that it is this policy that is keeping the true spirit of D.I.Y. music squelched (or at least somewhere near the back). D.I.Y. musicians must now assume the role of today's Rosa Parks, and stand up! ..And then sit down again, in the front. If you haven't read our "Save D.I.Y" essay at http://www.perplexagon.com, please feel free to do so. {You can download it here in PDF or DOC format).
It may be long, but I believe it is in every independent musician's best interest to read it. However, if the above words were enough to fan the flames of institutional change within you, then skip the essay, read the following statement to MMR, and click the "Sign the Petition" link below. Remember to tell your friends and anyone else you think may have a credible interest in maintaining true independent music, whether it's punk rock, indie rock, prog rock, rock rock, rap, whatever. This petition is for every artist that chooses to record and produce their own music.
34. A Nightmare on Elm Street {Special Edition} box set
The Nightmare on Elm Street films have been an icon in the horor world, New Line has already given us a box set (with bonus DVD), but I have found the deleted/ alternate scenes. What I'm asking is for New Line to make a new box set with a deleted scenes section. I'm sure all "Nightmare" fans would like to see Nancy survive at the end of part 3, well if the deleted/alternate scenes were put in you would.
It has come to my attention that some very mis-guided, and most likely excessively obese and unattractive women have decided to infringe upon our civil rights, and insult our intelligence (see website above). Their twisted observation of the general perception of women is being wielded in an attempt smite our most fundamental rights, most namely the right to free expression. Also at stake is our freedom to choose. These obsessive bovines have decided to champion the cause to remove attractive models from advertising so they don't feel bad about their disgusting, flaccid selves whenever they open Good Housekeeping magazine. Not only is their cause inane, but also their points flawed on a deep-seated level. The entire effort is a colossal exercise in contradiction. For instance, this page from their site
http://www.about-face.org/goo/newten/1/three.html
Shows attractive women in lingerie and appears in their 'Gallery of Offenders' section. These pages:
http://www.about-face.org/gow/newten/3/eight.html
http://www.about-face.org/gow/newten/3/nine.html
show 'fuller' women in lingerie and appear in their 'Gallery of Winners' section. The difference? You guessed it, the fat chicks in underwear are not considered degrading in any way. Why? I guess because they are fat, since that is the only difference I can see. They are still chicks in underwear anyway you look at it. Chicks in lingerie say, "Come and get me" or so the enormous eyesores at about-face.com would have you believe.
So, please help in the effort to silence these overly imprudent, mis-guided, insecure, anxious, scale busters by signing the petition here. Another way is to donate food and send it to:
About-Face
PO Box 77665
San Francisco, CA 94107
No doubt an abundance of edible goods will keep mouth silent, hands busy and civil rights resolutely intact. Thank you.
36. Save our eyes!! (and our lunches)
It has come to my attention that some very mis-guided, and most likely excessively obese and unattractive women have decided to infringe upon our civil rights, and insult our intelligence. Their twisted observation of the general perception of women is being wielded in an attempt smite our most fundamental rights, most namely the right to free expression.
Also at stake is our freedom to choose. These obsessive bovines have decided to champion the cause to remove attractive from advertising so they don't feel bad about their disgusting, flaccid selves when ever they open Shape magazine. Not only is their cause inane, but they points are flawed on a deep-seated level. The entire organization is colossal exercise in contradiction. For instance, this page from their site
http://www.about-face.org/goo/newten/1/three.html
Shows attractive women in lingerie and appears in their 'Gallery of Offenders' section. These pages:
http://www.about-face.org/gow/newten/3/eight.html
http://www.about-face.org/gow/newten/3/nine.html
show 'fuller' women in lingerie and appear in their 'Gallery of Winners' section. The difference? You guessed it, the fat chicks in underwear are not considered degrading in any way. Why? I guess because they are fat because that is the only difference I can see. They are still chicks in underwear anyway you look at it. So, please help in the effort to silence these overly imprudent, mis-guided individuals. One way is to of course sign the petition. Another way is donate food and send it to:
About-Face
PO Box 77665
San Francisco, CA 94107
No doubt an abundance of edible goods will keep mouth silent, hands busy and civil rights resolutely intact. Thank you.
37. Bring Back Music Groups section of FanFiction.net
On September 12th 2002, the website www.fanfiction.net decided to close down the section which allows music fans to submit stories about their favorite bands, groups or singers.
38. Petition For Pojo-Lord of the Rings Website
Pojo is the most popular CCG site on the internet. It currently features websites for Pokemon, Harry Potter, Dragonball Z, Digimon, Magic the Gathering,Gundam Wing, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Video Games. The Lord of the Rings CCG has been out since last Fall and Pojo has yet to create a website for it. While, Yu-Gi-Oh, another CCG/anime, came out last month and already has a website and a whole section on the message boards, while Lord of the Rings had no websiteand 1 board on the message boards. We, the fans of LOTR demand that Pojo creates a LOTR website and a full section of the Message Boards.
39. Find an Alternative to FilePlanet.com
FilePlanet.com has become the source for almost every new video game related download on the net. That would be fine, if it weren't for the fact that they charge for it. $10 a month is too much for a few downloads a week. I believe they should either charge for each seperate download, depending on size and popularity, or make a new section altogether that offers free downloads (albeit at a slower transfer rate).
40. Pass Equal Rights Amendment in the USA
Think women have equal rights? Think again. There are still police that will let wives get beaten, saying it is a "Domestic Affair." Discrimination runs rampant in the workplace - espescially male dominated professions. Those of you going into those may have already experienced it in classrooms.
Arguments for why not to pass this amendment go as silly as to say that it will cause the elimination of men's and women's sex-segregated bathrooms. Even if that were true, who would care? It's just a bathroom - why does everybody have to attach a sexual meaning to everything? I really could care less who I am doing my business next to. This legislation needs to get passed and it needs to get passed now.
Those who say a simple amendment cannot change anything are wrong. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Consititution form the basis from which the races are guaranteed equality today. We can change society.
41. Food and Beverage For All!
We the People of VWVortex Discussion Forums, in Order to form a more perfect Forum, establish Food & Beverage, insure domestic recipes, provide for the common meal, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Grace to ourselves and our food, do ordain and establish this Petition for the Creation of a Food & Beverage Forum.
Section 1
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Moderator or Moderators which shall consist of existing VWVortex Members.
Section 2
No person shall contribute to the Food & Beverage forum without first attaining membership in this Great VWVortex. Any citizen shall be allowed to read and review all postings therein without prejudice.
Section 3
No member shall be a Moderator who shall not have attained to the Age of ten Years, and been one month a member of VWVortex. Members may petition the Founding Fathers to have said Moderator or Moderators removed from power. No Moderator shall be removed from power without consent of the Founding Fathers.
Section 4
Members shall convene at least once a month to contribute and promote the general welfare of the Food & Beverage forum. Lack of contribution shall relegate known members to the status of Newbie and said member must re-establish his good name.
Section 5
Any Moderator may determine the Rules of Posting, punish members, and, with the Concurrence of the Founding Fathers, expel a member.
Section 6
The Moderators and/or Founding Fathers shall receive no compensation for their services. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of VWVortex Rules, be privileged from flames during their Attendance and Moderation of the Food & Beverage Forum.
Section 7
Every poll which shall have been created in the Food & Beverage forum, shall, before it become valid, will have added a Porcupine clause. No poll shall be locked or otherwise restricted until a Porcupine Amendment has been added.
Section 8
Members shall have these uniform powers in the Food & Beverage forum as indicated herein;
To ridicule or belittle a member in good standing as long as it shall be in good fun.
To declare a verbal or emotional war on other members as long as the flame fest does not breech the Rules of VWVortex.
To explain to new members and discourage the use of any variation of posting or entering before a lock.
To borrow recipes from fellow Members.
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Members in such Gatherings or GTG’s they deem fit to attend nationwide and local where they shall Enjoy their shared
Recipes.
To provide and maintain a Hollandaise Sauce
To determine the exact Use of the Spices so as not to overburden the
Tongue
To be a merry bunch on those nights deemed worthy of a Drunktex.
A Member charged in this Forum for Treason, Felony, or posting some such
recipe found to be so foul as to be considered Butt, shall be delivered
up, to be removed to the Forum for having offended our very Souls.
The Ratification of the Conventions of the Founding Fathers shall be sufficient
for the Establishment of this Forum for the discussion of Foods and Beverages.