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I am amazed at the depth of your article. I do have a request. As I understand it, the 4 top US oil companies and BP from the UK will "get" the oil for 35 years. Can someone calculate out the TRUE cost of that oil, based on the cost of stealing it through this horrible war?

We are undergoing a Civil War of sorts, much like what happened in the 1860’s. Battle lines are being drawn. They are not physical, there is no Mason-Dixon Line drawn in the dirt. But there are lines nonetheless. This line is a human one, it is the welfare line. This war is an economic one. Big Business claims they need cheap immigrant workers in order to make a profit. This is eerily similar to what the Southern Plantation owners said with regard to their need for slave labor in the 1860’s. It was blatantly untrue then just as it is untrue now. Yes, America is at war. And Americans are under siege. Our casualties are numbered in the jobs lost to offshoring, and from cheap labor south of the border. And the battle rages. Corporate profits are up. Family incomes are down. We are being bombarded with misinformation. The fear mongers make idle claims of the high cost of produce if we lose the cheap immigrant labor. And to paraphrase the Eagles; “Jesus, people are buying it.” We are being sold out by the very people we elected to represent us. Our President, and even some in Congress, put the financial interests of Big Business over the welfare of the American worker. We elected the bums. We can vote them out! Robert Kruger 232 Gorham Street Morenci, MI 49256 Phone: 517.458.7765 Email: rkruger@tc3net.com

Please! You have an article on the women under the Taliban regime and I want to know who I can donate to that can possibly help these women. Women in Black? Who? I'm talking about policy and plain old food and healthcare - something has got to be done for these women! Please help me!

In light of the recent news that Cheney now considers himself an entity unto himself and a separate branch of government unto himself, immune from oversight and above the law, I am calling upon all MoJo readers to send the following message to the House Judiciary Committee, Pelosi and Reid. It's high time we put an end to the madness: I am calling upon your committee to immediately issue arrest warrants for Dick Cheney, George Bush, Karl Rove and Roberto Gonzales for conspiracy to overthrow the Constitution of the United States of America. It is apparent that a coup d'etat is currently underway and our nation faces great and grave peril. We, the People call upon your committee to use its powers to put an end to this madness immediately. Who and what does this Cheney person think he is? Above the law? A branch of government unto himself? We, the People, demand action today. Sincerely, Your name

Where are you Dick Cheney? Are you over the rainbow, under the linden tree or beyond the pale? There were a great many moments during the past six and one-half years when I could have sworn you were giving a steady stream of tips to whatshisname but I guess those heady days now are gone forever. It could not have been easy extricating yourself from what the Constitution makes very clear is one of three branches of the government. It's also quite clear that you can't be a member of the Supreme Court since you've never been seen in black judicial robes that, come to think of it, might imply a bulk reduction of 35 or 45 lbs. When you left the executive branch, did you say "goodbye" to your secretary or would that have been simply too human an experience? If you belong to neither the executive nor the highest court, that seems to leave the legislative branch although I don't recall your running for office. Perhaps you were "divined' into it through your good works at Halliburton, credits not to be underestimated. Where are you Dick Cheney? Maybe, we simply imagined you as a major nightmare in this most improbable world? Robert H. Sanders Bellingham, WA 360-647-8773

July 4, 2007 A Patriot’s Message The hammer falls on the Constitution of the United States of America. Our freedom and Democracy, our sovereignty as a nation is coming to an end. The politically appointed neoconservatives in Justice sneer at Habeas Corpus; Geneva Convention; worker, consumer, investor and environment protection; education; affirmative action; individual rights and “entitlements” like Social Security and health care. The corporate neo-con conspirators (Establishment) have their own agenda of a New World Order; W.T.O; N.A.F.T.A; immigration; globalization and “free trade”; military seizure of foreign oil fields; employing a private army of mercenaries and propagandist; “dealing” with Afghanistan Opium drug lords harboring Osama Bin Laden and financing Al Qaeda. The ideal corporate model is “Communism” where individual freedom and democracy are mute. The board of directors rule. The corporate neo-cons hate our regulatory government, Constitution and Individual Rights. Our Federal Government is purposely bankrupt by war/trade debt and the ideal corporate nation, China, are carrying trillions of dollars of our debt. Communist China and their junior corporate American partner’s technically own the”U.S.A” resulting in “Globalization” and loss of sovereignty. Mission accomplished. The surge strategy is not to win the war but to pump oil and further indebt U.S.A to Communist China. Patriots, sign on! Impeach Bush, Cheney and nullify their Supreme Court appointments! Lawrence Baker

Iraq, Iraq, we did attack. By May ‘03, we nothing lacked. Mission accomplished said flight suited Prez, But most don’t believe all what he says. 51 months later, blood still flows. In fact, the violence just grows and grows! Whatta we do? Stay the course? Not, of course! How ‘bout cut ‘n run? Not! You sonvagun! So, what’s the forward path? One that won’t be filled with wrath? One that stops Muslim bloodletting, Without forgetting Justice, balance and fair play. This is gonna take many a day. So, what’s the role of the USA? Just what role should we play? Should we advise and train? Then let them try to end their pain? Work ourselves out of our blood toil And let them use their own oil. Will it be separate regions of sect? A tri-federation the Iraqis can erect. Where each sect gets a even share That is clearly seen by all as fair.

I am a subscriber and I read an article about Denmark and Sweden and their use of alternative energy sources. I can't find it now. Can you please tell me which Mother Jones it was in? Thanks and Peace Mini

The mars back home of all Iraqi refugees. One of the greatest things Mahatma Gandhi had organized against de British colonial power, was his Satyagra Salt Mars. Millions of Indian people stood up and travels immens distances to the seashore as a protest against their British rulers. That was the beginning of the collaps of the colonial occupation. How salutary would it be, when in our days all the four million Iraqi refugees decided to go back home. All men, women and children stand up and start their journey back to their own cities, their own villages, their own houses. Two millon people marching from Syria, Jordan, Iran, Saudi Arabia. Also starting to march two million people more from their temporary locations in Iraq. When determined, all those people sure would be a tremendous power, really invinceble. Protesting against all violence, rape, sectarianism, ethnic cleansing, robbery, occupation, looting and marauding. Claiming back their own houses, villages, cities and country. On that day no militias and foreign troops can decide anymore. No foreign governement can rule anymore. The mars back home of fout million Iraqi refugees will bring about a conversion of minds towards peacefull thoughts and deeds. Language of war becomes Language of peace. Signs of war becomes Signs of peace. I am aware that to organize such an powerfull event is gigantic. But at first: spread the word to anyone as much as possible. I hope somebody or a group of persons will take the initiative for The mars back home of all Iraqi refugees. Niek Albers Zonstraat 53 bis 3581 mr UTRECHT Netherlands tel 030 – 254 59 33

TACKLING THE IRAQI PROBLEM HEAD-ON: The only Honorable, Acceptable and Long-lasting Solution. (An Igbo/Biafara perspective) The Igbo (Ibo, Ebo, Egbo, Hebo, …) a nation that call themselves Ndi Mbu (the first created people), Ndi Gboo (the ancient people), Umu Chukwu (the sons and daughters of the Most High), Ndi Eze (kings and queens), and the human being the call Mma Ndu (the beauty of life or the masterpiece of life) have sayings that are well tested and thousands of years old, below are some of them: Oha Ka - The people are supreme Eziokwu bu ndu - Truth = Life Odi be ndi - Respect for the way of life of other peoples or nations Egbe belu Ugo belu - inalienable right of both the strong and the weak to co-exist in peace Using the ageless wisdom and philosophy of my forefathers, the above proven philosophical truths or axioms, I will seek to produce a framework (general outline) for the resolution of the Iraqi dilemma. It is my hope that this will help move the debate of the Iraqi crisis towards a seedy and fair resolution. The American people have spoken loudly and clearly, they demand the end of the Iraqi project/experiment FORTHWITH! To produce a lasting and holistic solution below are some of the conditions that must be met,  Genocide or ethnic cleansing is not acceptable and must not be condoned  All Iraqi political and religious leaders must be identified and put on notice that, o Any Iraqi leader whose followers are involved in ethnic cleansing will be persecuted to the fullest and held accountable (Accountability)  The new Iraq by all measurements must be better than the old Iraq  Terrorists and their organizations whether home grown or imported must not gain a foot hold in Iraq  The independence and sovereignty of Iraq as a nation cannot be compromised as long as the composite peoples that make up Iraq agree to continue as one  Iraqi natural resources cannot be negotiated away  Any solution must be based on truth, so that each section will accept the outcome  The right of all the peoples of Iraq to co-exist in peace cannot be compromised Having set out a solid foundation for the process of lasting peace in Iraq we can now begin to lay out the solution. As senator Bidden continue to remind us, the solution is already contained in the new Iraqi constitution – a loose federation. The Kurds are already implementing this solution in their region. The question then is how to implement this solution in all Iraq with the least amount of pain. Areas of Interest Non Mixed Areas – Areas with 80% (?) or more of the same group Mixed Areas – Areas with no defined majority Care must be taken to make sure that ethnic cleansing is not implemented in any of the areas as control is gradually transferred to any of the groups. The goal is to convert Iraq into regions which will give the peoples, be they Sunni, Shiite or Kurds a stake in their own region, importantly they themselves will govern themselves. As can be seen, the solution is a bottom up instead of a top down solution (you build from ground up) – all fundamentally sound governments are built from ground up. This should explain why the current government of Iraq remains unpopular and coming apart at the seams. Implementation From the period a plan is worked out and accepted to not more than three months after congress and the president have come to an agreement, the regions would have been identified and put in place. This will give the Iraqis a sense of owership, something that is lacking at present. Areas of contention can be labeled as federal territories that will be administered by a mix of Iraqis and an international coalition. As control is gradually handed over in the non-mixed areas, most of the US troops in these areas will be re-deployed to the mixed areas. An internation coalition of troops will be put together to replace the US troops as they are drawn down. A drawdown of the US troops will begin as soon as the president and congress agree on a date, at a pace determined by the US military leaders until 90% (?) of the troops have been drawn down. The 10% (?) left will be part of the internation coalition that will help Iraq towards a peaceful transition. Maazi Nnaemeka Mene Onumonu-Uzoaru An Igbo/Biafara Analyst, Strategist and Long Range Planner Member: Ekwe Nche Research Institute/Organization A 501 (c3) organization Website: www.ekwenche.org E-mail: ekwenche@hotmail.com

We should export a few million illegal immigrants to Iraq to help rebuild the country. The pay should be better as well as job security without the risk of deportation. This is particularly true as american construction jobs dry up. Gary Cruzan

Paddy Chayefsky’s satire “Network,” won an Academy award for best screenplay in 1976. He was so far ahead of the rest of us in seeing what was happening to this country and the world that much of what was in the play has in fact happened. There are two scenes that I think are exceptional. The first is where the character Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch) tells the audience why they should be concerned about the death of Marc Ruddy the head of the network: Beale: “…Because you people and 62 million other Americans are listening to me right now. Because less than 3 % of you people read books. Because less than 15 % of you read newspapers. Because the only truth you know is what you get over this tube.” “Right now, there is a whole, an entire generation that never knew anything that didn’t come out of this tube! This tube is the Gospel. The ultimate revelation. This tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers, This tube is the most awesome goddamn force in the whole godless world and woe is us if it ever falls into the hands of the wrong people!” The fact is that the media we have taken for granted for so long to be an unbiased part of our checks and balances in this democracy, has in fact been taken over and centralized. Powerful rich people like Rupert Murdock now control much of the “freedom of speech” in this country. Much of what took place in the play such as the superfluous crap that passes for “news” has taken place. Certainly, the major news networks do not question the actions of the government as in the past. Where was CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, or Fox when Bush was raving about going into Iraq? None of the networks even questioned the idea. The second scene is where Howard Beale is asked to see Arthur Jensen (played by Ned Beatty): Jensen: “You have meddled with the primal forces of nature Mr. Beale and I won’t have it! Is that clear? You think you merely stopped a business deal. That is not the case. The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country and now they must put it back! It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity. It is the ecological balance! “You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no Third Worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems! One vast and immane, interwoven, interacting multi-variant, multinational dominion of dollars! Petrol dollars, electro dollars, multi-dollars, Reich Marks, Rins, Rubles, Pounds, and Shekels!” “It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today. And you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and you will atone! Am I getting through to you Mr. Beale?” “You get up on your 21-inch screen and howl about America and democracy. There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT and AT&T and Du Pont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today.” “What do you think the Russians talk about in their councils of state? Karl Marx? They get out their linear programming charts, statistical decision theories, minimax solutions and compute the price-cost probabilities of their transactions and investments just like we do.” “We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies Mr. Beale. The world is a college of corporations inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business. The world is a business Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime.” “And our children will live, Mr. Beale, to see that perfect world in which there’s no war or famine, oppression or brutality. One vast and ecumenical holding company, for whom all men will work to serve a common profit in which men will hold a share of stock. All necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom amused.” “And I have chosen you Mr. Beale to preach this evangel.” Beale: “Why me?” Jensen: “Because you’re on television, dummy! Sixty million people watch you every night of the week, Monday through Friday.” Beale: “I have seen the face of God.” Jensen: “You just might be right, Mr. Beale.” Globalization (“The New World Order”) has in fact created the situation that the character played by Ned Beatty describes in the scene above. The fact is that international banking and the Trilateral Commission, World Bank, WTO, IMF, G7, GATT, and NAFTA etc. do create foreign policy, even if it goes against democratic principles. The Federal Reserve does create domestic policy, even if it goes against democratic principles. Eisenhower warned us about the Military-Industrial Complex. The corporations that make weapon systems such as General Dynamics, Raytheon, McDonnell Douglas, create foreign policy. That is why I am not so sure that those in power have not already selected the next president, and that what we will be participating in will be “smoke and mirrors.”

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"Conservatism Kills" would be a great t-shirt factotem (slogan) that I'd be proud to wear. Here is another idea for one: I kind of adopted the top sentence from a graphic comic; I think in the book "Alice in Sunderland". Above a round ceramic pot, with a shot of Bush rising from the pot below it, it says: "GROW YOUR OWN DOPE". Underneath the ceramic pot it would say: Plant a BUSH". What do you think?

Creating A Carbon Economy We have developed systems to make carbonsequestration profitable, overcoming the main objection to it by creating a new carbon economy instead of treating it as a waste. The systems are under Patents Pending, CN 8283. You can read all about it at our website at: http://www.geocities.com/profadrian/SCAF.html Adrian Vance

When I look at what topics i think about and then think about what views I take, Its no wonder we are where we are. I have become a unwitting, suporting participant for the status quo. Its no wonder I pay 200.00 a week for a psychologist to convince me to keep going.From the clothes, cars, houses, etc. i gravitate to buying, to the marching orders i execute at the behest of our glorius information providers, I'm not feeling real positive today. I have accepted the un-acceptable. My peers can accept sending people to die,George Bush in their bedrooms, And the impoverishing of their friends and families, but they can't accept their neighbors smoking pot.

Gary Greenberg's "Gay by Choice" , for all its good intentions, risks misrepresenting the scientific consensus about "therapy" of homosexuality. Most argument about homosexuality being a "choice" is coming from religious groups,not from science. The majority opinion among experts is that sexual orientation is difficult, at best, to change, if such a thing is really possible at all. It is not good science to focus on anecdotal claims from anonymous sources, as Greenberg did immediately, to being his article. There are many "ex-gays" who swear that they have changed orientation. There have also been embarrassing incidents of "reformed" gays who were caught seeking sneaking into gay establishments. Roy Cohn, once counsel to Senator Joe McCarthy, insisted that he was not gay. He also swore until his dying day that he did not have AIDS, even as he was seeking aggressive drug treatments for it. Talk is cheap; denial is deep. The real test of the "ex-gay " movement will be when scientists can do brain scans and measure involuntary responses to erotic stimuli. At this point in time, no "ex-gays" have any real business holding themselves up as "living proof" that all gays can change. Even if their claim were true, it does not follow that what is true for one individual is necessarily true for another. It would be best to put the unprovable claims and armchair theories aside, and wait until the hard science is available. Meanwhile, Mother Jones could better spend its valuable space by documenting the abuses that occur against gays and lesbians in jobs and housing, in many foreign countries, in Iraq, or in the courtrooms of America. Tom Keske

Re: Ken Burns and his WWII documentary, and Mother Jones To the Editor: "Mother Jones has the right to hire anyone it wants - to exclude Latinos from the editorial board=ADwhich it does. However, it does not have the right to call itself a leftist journal. Leftist are not supposed to discriminate - and ignorance of issues is a sign of discrimination."-- Prof. Rodolfo Acuna, Cal State Northridge, in a letter to the editors of Mother Jones, on Aug. 16, 2007, excoriating the magazine for publishing a puff piece about Ken Burns, without mentioning the controversy on Burn's last-minute inclusion of Latinos. See the entire letter at Defendthehonor.org. How would you respond to the above list serv posting? Thank you, CR Holguin

Does even a single damn one of you recall the World Trade Center??

Achieving the Impossible: A Stable Iraq in 12 to 24 Months (An Igbo/Biafara Solution) On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly supported a bipartisan plan for a political settlement in Iraq, passing a measure proposed by Sen. Joe Biden to promote a federal political system with a weak central government and three regional states, a step in the right direction of finally resolving a very vexing problem that has cost the tax payers billions of dollars and unless resolved will run into the trillions of dollars not including the already incurred long term costs. With the approval of nearly 200 billions dollars for the fiscal year 2008, the estimated cost of the Iraqi war is now close to 800 billion dollars. Can the United States continue to spend the taxpayers’ money in just Iraq at such a tremendous clip into the foreseeable future with no end in sight? The presidential candidates of both the Republican and Democratic parties continue to show that they are yet to embrace a significant draw down of American troops from Iraq in the near future even with the bipartisan approval of the Biden plan. The unfounded and false premise by all experts and both parties that there is/are no easy solution(s) to the Iraqi dilemma has now become part of the American psyche. Of course there is an easy solution if we know what to look for and more importantly a painless draw down can be implemented in 12 to 24 months! Using the Biden plan, can an honorable and complete US troop draw down be accomplished in 12 to 24 months that will satisfy all concerns of the American people, and of both parties? § Create a more stable and independent Iraq § Resolve the sectarian violence and the civil war § Prevent Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups from establishing a beachhead in Iraq § Prevent further ethnic cleansing or genocide in Iraq § Satisfy all and every other unlisted reasonable concerns that will not compromise the Iraqi sovereignty The answer is resoundingly yes. Below is a proposed framework on a stated solution to the Iraqi dilemma that I had e-mailed to the GAO, some news media and discussion groups proposing an outline on how this can be achieved many months before the approval of the Biden plan by the senate: TACKLING THE IRAQI PROBLEM HEAD-ON: The only Honorable, Acceptable and Long-lasting Solution. (An Igbo/Biafara perspective) The Igbo (Ibo, Ebo, Egbo, Hebo, ...), a nation that call themselves Ndi Mbu (the first people created), Ndi Gboo (the ancient people), Umu Chukwu (the sons and daughters of the Most High), Ndi Eze (kings and queens), and the human being they call Mma Ndu (the beauty of life or the masterpiece of life), have sayings that are well tested and thousands of years old, below are some of them: Oha Ka - The people are supreme Eziokwu bu ndu - Truth = Life Odi be ndi - Respect for the way of life of other peoples or nations Egbe belu Ugo belu - The inalienable right of both the strong and the weak to co-exist in peace Using the ageless wisdom and philosophy of my forefathers, the above proven philosophical truths or axioms, I will seek to produce a framework (general outline) for the resolution of the Iraqi dilemma. It is my hope that this will help move the debate of the Iraqi crisis towards a speedy and fair resolution. The American people have spoken loudly and clearly, they demand the end of the Iraqi project/experiment FORTHWITH! To produce a lasting and holistic solution below are some of the conditions that must be met, § Genocide or ethnic cleansing is not acceptable and must not be condoned § All Iraqi political and religious leaders must be identified and put on notice that, o Any Iraqi leader whose followers are involved in ethnic cleansing will be persecuted to the fullest and held accountable (Accountability) § The new Iraq by all measurements must be better than the old Iraq § Terrorists and their organizations whether home grown or imported must not gain a foot hold in Iraq § The independence and sovereignty of Iraq as a nation cannot be compromised as long as the composite peoples that make up Iraq agree to continue as one § Iraqi natural resources cannot be negotiated away § Any solution must be based on truth, so that each section will accept the outcome § The right of all the peoples of Iraq to co-exist in peace cannot be compromised Having set out a solid foundation for the process of lasting peace in Iraq we can now begin to lay out the solution. As senator Biden continue to remind us, the solution is already contained in the new Iraqi constitution - a loose federation. The Kurds are already implementing this solution in their region. The question then is how to implement this solution in all Iraq with the least amount of pain. Areas of Interest Non Mixed Areas - Areas with 80% (?) or more of the same group Mixed Areas - Areas with no defined majority Care must be taken to make sure that ethnic cleansing is not implemented in any of the areas as control is gradually transferred to any of the groups. The goal is to convert Iraq into regions which will give the peoples, be they Sunni, Shiite or Kurds a stake in their own region, importantly they themselves will govern themselves. As can be seen, the solution is a bottom up instead of a top down solution (you build from ground up) - all fundamentally sound governments are built from ground up. This should explain why the current government of Iraq remains unpopular and coming apart at the seams. Implementation From the period a plan is worked out and accepted to not more than three months after congress and the president have come to an agreement, the regions would have been identified and put in place. This will give the Iraqis a sense of ownership, something that is lacking at present. Areas of contention can be labeled as federal territories that will be administered by a mix of Iraqis and an international coalition. As control is gradually handed over in the non-mixed areas, most of the US troops in these areas will be re-deployed to the mixed areas. An international coalition of troops will be put together to replace the US troops as they are drawn down. A draw down of the US troops will begin as soon as the president and congress agree on a date, at a pace determined by the US military leaders until 90% (?) of the troops have been drawn down. The 10% (?) left will be part of the international coalition that will help Iraq towards a peaceful transition. Benefits § The Saddam's Sunni disbanded army with a two week re-training can be tapped into § Gains being made in the Sunni areas will become permanent § Both the Sunni and the Shiite will now turn their illegal standing armies inwards towards implementing the rule of law, instead of genocide against each other when the US army eventually pulls out § The trained Shiite army can now be redeployed to the Shiite areas § This is the most effective, fastest, most honorable, stable and the only way to bring about a draw down of the US army in the shortest and fastest time § This plan meets all the stated goals, conditions and concerns of the American people § This plan makes it impossible for either home grown or imported terrorist groups to establish a foothold in Iraq § This will surely check Iran's emergence as a major power in this area. Maazi Nnaemeka Mene Onumonu-Uzoaru An Igbo/Biafara Analyst, Strategist and Long Range Planner Member: Ekwe Nche Research Institute/Organization A 501 (c3) organization Website: www.ekwenche.org E-mail: ekwenche@hotmail.com The map below from http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/ pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/NEWS/709270381 shows the three proposed regions (Kurds, Sunni and Shiite) and the two areas of concern, mixed areas (Areas of contention that will be labeled as federal territories that will be administered by a mix of Iraqis and an international coalition) – the Kurds/Sunni and Sunni/Shiite areas, this also includes the capital Bagdad. To re-emphasize, a real solution is a very easy possibility and can be completed within 12 to 24 months if the proposed framework which must include a re-examination of the Igbo philosophical truths or axioms that have been tested and proven to be sound and correct for thousands of years, on which this proposal is built on. Unless this is accepted, the government will continue a yearly expenditure of not less than 100 billion dollars for each year into the foreseeable future, not including the continuing loss in lives, that a monetary value cannot be put on, with no end in sight. Maazi Nnaemeka Mene Onumonu-Uzoaru E-mail: onumonu@hotmail.com An Igbo/Biafara Analyst, Strategist and Long Range Planner Member: Ekwe Nche Research Institute/Organization A 501 (c3) organization Website: www.ekwenche.org E-mail: ekwenche@hotmail.com