Land of The Heartless

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America has never cared.
Americans have a distorted view of themselves. They think that they are good and caring people. It isn't their fault. The press has brainwashed them in to their beliefs.
If you would donate a dollar to a dog before a person, you are a sad excuse for a human being. It is disgusting that an animal actually has more rights than a person. It is immoral that the law favors an animals living conditions than a humans. I love animals and I don't support cruelty or mistreatment. I had cats my whole life and they were like family. My aunt had a dog she took everywhere and we all loved him. The fact is though that when a person can kill another person and get a lower sentence than someone who kills an animal, there is something very wrong in America. When people watch the news and see reports of murders and are not moved, but are moved by the death of an animal we have hit an all time low. If the words he got what he deserved or he made a bad choice pass your lips to explain the death of a person, there is something very wrong. Do pets make bad choices. I don't think I've heard anyone say that.
We have mistreated each other since this country was founded. African Americans were slaves, but many immigrants came here as indentured servants also. Every new group of immigrants have been the subject of some kind of prejudice. Americans feel that people who come here from abroad should have been born speaking English. If we were treated the same way we treated people from other countries there would be an International incident. These are facts, but America has hit a new low in it's hard heartiness.
I have heard the statement; It doesn't effect me so many times that i am ashamed. This statement is used to dismiss the mistreatment of millions of Americans ever day. I heard it about the uninsured. I hear it about people who are wrongly convicted. I hear it about the disabled. These words simply dismiss the fact that a fellow human being is suffering. I find it revolting to hear that another person has no value.
This attitude has led to an America where kids can't read when they graduate from high school, where people can step over a dead person on the sidewalk (New York City), where drugs can be sold on the corners, where children's parents die because they have no health care, and where tragedies are simply less interesting than what is going on in Hollywood.
If you don't think this is sick you are bordering on being a sociopath. It wouldn't surprise me though, because sociopaths are becoming the norm.

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Terrorists May be posing as U.S. Citizens

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In what could be one of the hardest to detect schemes yet, terrorist from Militant Islamic Groups may be posing as U.S. citizens to access site where they can then freely chat. This could be happening on some dating sites that have chat built in.
It is unconfirmed, but it maybe that the terrorist are posing to be from states where they aren't citizens under fictitious U.S. identities. They friend each other on these more secure sites and then have discussions. If this is true then they could go undetected by authorities while planning an attack.
It is a fact that Ghanian's are doing this on some dating sites to lure in American men. There may be other nationalities who do this also. Since many sites do not check the origin of the IP and it can be routed through U.S. servers it has become easier for this kind of activity to occur. Many of these sites are payed sites that do not lend themselves to public scrutiny.
The Hidden News would like to appeal to members of these types of sites to report this kind of activity.

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It's time to Split New York State

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Upstate NY knows that the interests of downstate NY are separated by a huge rift. Downstate votes laws that have no benefit for upstate, but they are forced to pay for them. Downstate doesn't even like upstate NY. They snobbishly consider themselves the only part of NY that counts, so it's time to split New York State and allow Upstate NY to persue it's own course. If votes were decided on geographical area upstate would win every vote, but they have the majority of the people. They also cost the state the majority of the money it costs to run the state. So let us have our land, which downstate doesn't care about and have a government that is truly responsive to us. It's time for north and south NY. Just like the Carolinas.
That worked out fine for both halves of the Carolinas and it will work out just as well for north and south NY. Upstate is a totally different environment from downstate and they really don't want us, so cut us loose. We can do what is economically beneficial to us and southern NY will not have to be bothered with us. It makes total sense that when two areas have nothing in common that they separate and persue their own interests. Upstate is rural with a few major cities, that with time and without the straight jacket Albany has put on it, will do quite well. It has vast natural resources and no need for people from New York City or Albany to spend a day here and there in it and decide what's in it's best interest. We don't need the PSC and The Attorney General doesn't recognize upstate, so no big deal there. The governor, the legislature and most of the agencies that should represent us are from Downstate. It makes total sense that they should deal with downstate and allow us to become a separate state that represents itself with people from our geographic region. We are best able to decide what is right for our region economically, politically, and in any other manner that need be considered.
For years upstater's have talkled about splitting the state and I think the time has come. Our issuse have nothing in common with downstate at all and their attachment to us has caused nothing but economic ruin and inconvience for us.
We do not want or need a state that is ruled by monopolies, which drain our wallets and cause the area to be economically depressed, because it is convient for downstate. We have plenty of energy, tons of land that can be developed, and a transportation corridor that is rival to none. All we need is for Albany to release the corrupt strangle hold it has on us and let us develope it. Upstate has the potential to be a tax bastion since we have a very small drain on the economic budget.We don't want or need every hair brained law and ordinance that downstate whimsically places on us.
The time has come people to do what has been socially, economically, and politically logical for decades. Simply split the state.

New York State Tanks

In a message carried across the state Governor Patterson has stated that in 90 days New York's budget Deficit has risen by over a billion dollars. He has called for the state Representatives to return to Albany on August 29th to begin to work on the crisis. The trouble is that these politicians couldn't agree to get into a bunker in case of a nuclear attack. So far every budget has been agreed upon in backroom deals that cover up who is getting what. One thing New Yorkers can be sure of is that someones palm is getting greased. The trouble for the state has just begun. Even a person who has a cursory knowledge of the states income sources knows that as the stock market continues to lose ground and banks write off billions in losses New York's revenue stream will dry up even more. The party is over and the state has just woken up with a hangover, but this hangover is guaranteed to last years. New York's habit has always been to throw money at it's problems rather than fix them. Those days are over. Not only has throwing money at the problem been unsuccessful, but it has resulted in soaring budgets. With the state carved up into political territories and budgets being based on who wields the power, New york seems to be unwilling or unable to address the root of it's problems, which is that every program is a sacred cow to someone. My advice to anyone thinking of investing in New York is to run very fast, because it is almost a sure bet that the states bond rating will tank too.