this evening we spoke with min. paul scott; we also had shaheed and tunisia haamid!

here are some links of things we spoke about during the show, and more...  there are a lot of links, but hopefully they will be educational for you, and you will be able to move further in your journey and dig deeper and share with others what you've learned:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jan/1/fiscal-cliff-deal-repeals-part-obamacare/#ixzz2H2Z1AR8X

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/business/despite-new-health-law-some-see-sharp-rise-in-premiums.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

http://www.nationalcenter.org/PR-PfizerJJ042310.html
 

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/obamacare_brought_to_you_by_johnson_johnson/

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130109/white-house-2nd-amendment-does-not-trump-1st-pie

http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/obama-detention-ok-for-1st-amendment-activities/

http://m.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-05-06/story/fact-check-does-new-law-restrict-protests-and-violate-first-amendment

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130103/violence-against-women-act-bill-dies-house-first-time-since-1994-18-years

(note: part of the original bill which included the 'assault weapons ban' also included a 'violence against women' segment.  interestingly, as they move to push the assault weapons ban they let the 'violence against women' act die)

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-sandy-hook-school-massacre-unanswered-questions-and-missing-information/5316776

(note: even if you don't agree with the above piece, you have to ask yourself why the inconsistencies in reporting on this shooting have largely gone unanswered)

here's some platinum and other (older and newer) news regarding the south african miners, etc.:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/05/us-safrica-strikes-idUSBRE8930W320121005

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/27/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE88Q0N420120927

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/12/implats-outlook-idUSL3E8MC18620121112?type=companyNews

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/us-safrica-strikes-idUSBRE9080K420130109

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9459

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-whats-new?oid=169348&sn=Detail

some history on the older assault weapons ban bill:

http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/02/23/assault-weapons-ban-history/

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c103:H.R.3355.ENR

and some information on the omnibus bill current vice president joe biden drafted (which was a precursor to the patriot act):

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/joe-biden-drafted-the-core-of-the-patriot-act-in-1995-before-the-oklahoma-city-bombing.html

and...  are armed police or guards a response to the school shootings, especially after all the video evidence of police abusing their power and physically abusing children who have been late to class or were deemed 'hyperactive'?

http://news.yahoo.com/two-jersey-school-districts-install-armed-police-guards-000046648.html