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A Pleasant Note:

Within hours of originally posting the article above as a newsletter item on August 21, 2005, I received the following correspondence and attachment from CtC warrior Gerald Brown, which he has generously allowed me to share with any who may be interested:

Pete,

Regarding the USA Passport application issue, see my letter (attached) that I sent with my application in January 2004. After nearly a month, they responded with a supplemental request for three documents that were more than 5 years old. They issued the passport within a week of that submission.

Gerald Brown, Ed.D.

Author: Cooperative Federalism

Co-author: In Their Own Words

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This weeks recommended reading: '1984'

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P. S.

Since the original posting of 'Your Papers, Please', many CtC Warriors have come forward to share stories of successfully upholding the law in the face of this scam. The means employed by these fine Americans ranged from simply leaving the SSN line blank, to the inclusion of a carefully reasoned explanation such as the one by Gerald Brown appended to the commentary-- and everything in between.

Outstanding!