The ACLU decried what is described as a "lack of safeguards" for youths captured by the U.S. military and "no comprehensive policy in place" for dealing with juveniles. "Juveniles and former child soldiers should be treated first and foremost as candidates for rehabilitation and reintegration into society, not subjected to further victimization," Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU's human rights program, said in a statement. In Iraq, where the U.S. military holds more than 20,000 Iraqis in detention centers, the United States reported the average stay of a juvenile as less than a year and said a "majority of juvenile detainees are released within six months."

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American geopolitical ideals such as “Manifest Destiny” , which displaced the Native American, again find their source in the activities of the “Chosen People”. If it was good enough for them, then it is good enough for us..... This constant stream of religious rhetoric is a bedeviling charade. It dazzles the simple into thinking that this man and his audience is God-fearing and just. But his God and the God of his audience is not the Father of the Son. His is not our God. No one who prays to God, the Father of Jesus could drive an entire people out of their homeland and leave them to live in poverty, squalor, and filth, a veritable cloaca, for 60 years.

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Don Harkins is the publisher of The Idaho Observer, and a recent guest on Out There TV. He sent out the following letter which I believe is something everyone in this country should read.

We must all consider what is happening to our youth and to this country as mood-altering drugs become the answer to every little bout of depression or anxiety. Whatever happened to support systems? Whatever happened to talking it out? Where are you when a friend or loved one reaches out? Read this letter, and be aware. This could be your son or daughter, your brother or sister, your friend.

Kate Mucci

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Alex Panameno is the former principal and managing director of various commodity firms. He is an experienced and licensed trader of everything from financials, energies, grains and precious metals.

In light of what appears to be an imminent worldwide financial meltdown, Alex was invited on the show to help us understand how we got into this situation, and what, if anything, we can do to get out of it.

In this, Out There TV's 300th episode, Alex Panameno, Trading Director at Goldworth Financial, offered his perspective on the current economic state of affairs in the U.S. and worldwide. Dispelling many financial myths, Alex shocked hosts Kate and Richard Mucci by saying that the long-discussed Amero has actually been minted, and that the North American Union is a political and economic reality. ...

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