SECOND REPUBLIC OF VERMONT

FREE VERMONT - GREEN MOUNTAIN VOICES OF INDEPENDENCE
E-ISSUE/NOVEMBER 2007: The "U.S. Out of Vermont" Issue
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
1. BAKING INDEPENDENCE! VIP Party at American Flatbread - December 8!
2. Support Us - Subscribe, donate, or buy independence gear.
3. V Tube - VC Video of the Month.
4. The Monthly Maul: News from the US Empire's Edge.
5. Web Site - What's New?
6. "U.S. Out of Vermont" Print Issue.
7. Free Vermont Town Meeting Initiative.
8. Our Sponsors.
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OUR MISSION: Welcome to the future of Vermont. Dateline - November 2007.
Read more about "Vermont Commons" multimedia newspaper here: www.vtcommons.org.
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FREE VERMONT STORE: Sport your support for Vermont independence.
Buy your Vermont independence bumper stickers, buttons, lapel pins and other gear.
New! "Most Likely to Secede" and "U.S. Out of Vermont" organic cotton in-state screened T-Shirts.
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EDITORIAL: U.S. OUT OF VERMONT - LONG LIVE THE "UNTIED STATES"
"U.S. Out Of Vermont.” How to explain the popularity of such sentiment?
Some of the energy is faddish, no doubt, while other left-leaning Bush-bashers reflexively point to, as a primary cause, the past seven years of “King George” and Vice Resident Cheney’s Beltway reign.
But “U.S. Out Of Vermont?” This from a state that has enthusiastically contributed, to the rest of the country, Ethan Allen’s defiance, John Deere’s plow, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Robert Frost’s poetry, Joseph Bentley’s science, Grace Potter’s music, John Dewey’s pedagogy, and more pancake syrup than you can shake a maple limb at? This from a state that has willingly sent its own sons (and now daughters, too, in the Iraqi desert and the Afghani mountains) to fight and die on behalf of America since the independent republic of Vermont joined the United States in 1791?
Read the whole editorial online at http://www.vtcommons.org.
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1. VIP: VERMONT INDEPENDENCE PARTY! Mark Your Calendars!
American Flatbread hosts a benefit bake for Vermont Commons on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 at their Route 100 restaurant just south of Waitsfield.
Doors and the bar open at 4:30. First come, first served seating begins at 5:30.
Post-Bake party at the Purple Moon Pub begins around 8:00 p.m. Music! Performances! Fun!
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2. SUPPORT US.
Subscribe to "Vermont Commons" and keep up with the latest news related to
sustainability and nonviolent secession. Or, make a donation at our web site today!
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3. "V TUBE" VIDEO FEATURE.
Allez Allez! TeleQuebec TV Covers Vermont Independence.
QUOTE: "We have some nice values in the state I don't want us to forget - like self reliance."
View it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spgkgtwuwYo
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4. THE MONTHLY MAUL: NEWS FROM US EMPIRE'S EDGE.

WOOD PELLET PARTY! St. Johnsbury Trains in new Energy Source
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071101/BUSINESS/711010302/1003/RSS05

LAST IS BEST: Quiz - Vermont the lowest ranked state in the country in terms of...?
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071027/NEWS02/710270306/1007/RSS02

BLEAK FOLIAGE?!: Climate Change Blamed for "Drab" Fall Colors in Vermont
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/NEWS02/710210309/1007/RSS02

INCOME DISPARITY/Gap Widest in New England
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071021/BUSINESS/710210304/1003/RSS05

AVOIDING THE VACCINE MACHINE: Increasing Numbers of Vermonters Refusing to Vaccinate Their Children
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/NEWS01/710180316/1009/RSS01

"DECLARE VICTORY AND...": "The AIKEN FORMULA" - What did the Vermont Senator Really Say?
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS01/71019002/1009/RSS01

BLACK MONDAY? Investors Seeing Troubling Signs In Markets
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/BUSINESS/710180323/1003/RSS05

WINTER PRODUCE: Four Vermont Farms Now Providing Food All Year Round
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071017/NEWS02/710170305/1007/RSS02

BORDER (DIS)ORDER: Leahy - U.S. Empire's Border "Security" Will Harm Vermont Businesses
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/NEWS02/710110318/1007/RSS02

COFFEE, TEA OR...US? U.S. Government to U.S. Flying Public-You Must Seek Permission!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18549.htm

BIG LIE: Scott Ritter on the Bogus "Iran Threat" and US Imperial Foreign Policy
http://www.countercurrents.org/ritter091007.htm

SURPRISE! (NOT): Auto Industry Appeals Vermont's Legal Victory In Emissions Decision
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS01/710060304/1009/RSS01

NRC'ED: Sanders Says Vermonters Mistrust Feds' Nuclear Regulatory Commission - "Captive Regulators, Anyone?"
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS01/710040314/1009/RSS01

UNIVERSAL COVERAGE? Catamount Health Care Launched - Can Vermont Cover 65,000 Uninsured?
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071006/NEWS01/710060305/1009/RSS01

EDITORIAL: "Bushvilles" and the Coming 'Great Depression'
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/OPINION/710050329/1006/RSS06

LONGEVITY: Colchester maintenance worker Ray Jenkins receives "America's Oldest Worker" recognition
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/NEWS02/710050305/1007/rss02

MEX WAR: The U.S. Empire's Senate Passes $459 Billion War Bill, Including $4 Billion to Control Mexican Border
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/BUSINESS/710040313/1003/RSS05

VALUE ADDED: "Ethan Allen" Pres. on Globalization and VT Businesses: "Don't Make It Cheaper, make It Better."
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/BUSINESS/710050312/1003/RSS05

EDITORIAL: The PATRIOT ACT and the US as a Fascist State
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/OPINION/710050330/1006/RSS06
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5. BLOGGING INDEPENDENCE - What's New on the RSS?
Read weekly updates from our growing numbers of bloggers, including Carl Etnier on energy, Susan Ohanian
on education, Carol Moore on secession globally, Jim Hogue/Ethan Allen on the U.S. government, Greg Nixon
on 9/11 and the "military/terror complex," and Carolyn Baker on the U.S. Empire and the future.
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6. IN PRINT: The FALL 2007 "U.S. Out Of Vermont" Issue.
Robin McDermott on growing a statewide "Localvore" Movement.
Chris Morrow on the Virtues of Local Businesses.
Don Livingston on "The New England Secession Tradition" (III).
Erik Esckilsen's Interview with Vermont filmmaker Deb Ellis.
The Greenneck: Call and Response.
Rick Foley on "The Great Hydro Power Heist" (II).
and much more...including Carl Etnier and John Dowling Web Exclusives!
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7. FREE VERMONT - "200 TOWNS" CAMPAIGN.
Volunteer to bring the FREE VERMONT discussion to your town meeting!
Visit www.freevermont.net to find out more. All those in favor of a debate, e-mail us.
Free FREE VERMONT bumper stickers to all interested.
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8. OUR BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
American Flatbread.
Big Picture Cafe and Theater.
The Center for Whole Communities.
Chandler! Music Hall.
Chelsea Green.
Chipman Point Marina.
The Independent Enthusiast.
Jamieson Insurance.
Maple Wind Farm.
Middlebury Institute.
Northshire Books.
Second Vermont Republic.
Sellers and Company Architects.
Sugar Mountain Massage.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.
Vermont Society for the Study of Education.
Whole Systems Design.
Yestermorrow Design/Build School.
1824 House Inn.

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