Regarding the Daily Record's August 22, 2008 article "Hamas Aid Costly", the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) has no knowledge of or involvement with alleged donations to Hamas by Richard David Hupper. The core of ISM's mission is nonviolence. The allegations against Mr. Hupper appear to relate to the period after Mr. Hupper was expelled from the ISM.

Mr. Hupper volunteered with the ISM in the West Bank during 2004. In the fall of 2004, the ISM concluded that, despite his evident goodwill, Mr. Hupper's skills were not compatible with those required by the ISM to conduct its work. Therefore, in a meeting with him in the fall of 2004, two ISM founders expelled Mr. Hupper from the ISM.

Anyone working with the ISM is prohibited from perpetrating or aiding any form of violence. This prohibition obviously includes giving money that would be used for armed resistance. Providing funding or support to any Palestinian political party, including Hamas, would also violate ISM policies, and the ISM has never violated these policies.

The ISM has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for courageously supporting Palestinian nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation. The ISM continues today to support West Bank Palestinian communities in places like Bil'in, Ni'lin and Tel Rumeida, Hebron as they nonviolently resist Israeli settlers' and soldiers' efforts to expel them from their ancestral lands.

Adam Taylor
Media Coordinator
International Solidarity Movement
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, Palestine

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Globalization and free trade, and the natural equilibrium that is supposed to occur have gone unmanaged. We, the American Consumer, are raising less developed countries' standard of living and are stagnating ours. We, the American Consumer, are letting our domestic automakers, the once largest industry in the world, fall face down in its own country while we enrich other countries. Quality, reliability, and gas economy, are no longer legitimate arguments. The American automakers build great vehicles and with our loyalty as consumers will build the products we need for our future. Other countries have loyalty to their domestic brands, we should be too.

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On August 7th, the Shrewsbury Township Supervisors held a hearing regarding
an ordinance to regulate the land application of sludge. This twelve page
ordinance is virtually the same one that was adopted by the East Brunswick
Township Supervisors. The problem is that East Brunswick is currently
involved in a lawsuit because the ordinance violates state law. Liverpool
Township had a similar ordinance, and lost their case in the Commonwealth
Court.

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I read your article that Ms. Mason wrote in last Friday mornings paper and it brought out some positive points, although, some very important points were omitted for reasons that may just be politically incorrect? We have never skated with the York program outside of the Pro-Am series although, the rink has been at our disposal since its inception; Mike Cleveland the rink manager has done a superior job running the rink and his name was totally left out! The Pro-Am series was a brain child of Mike Cleveland that brings talent from the surrounding counties to compete in weekly round robin games to keep Hockey Players competitively in shape during the off season; 75 to 100 kids enrolled this summer.

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This letter is in response to Anna Attig ("Speak of God in Schools," August 22). Ms. Attig asserts, "How come we dare not talk about [God] in our schools?" Normally I choose to ignore such religious fanaticism, but this is just one instance where I can not. Ms. Attig, we do not discuss God in America's public schools because our nation has the Constitutional principles of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson himself declared in an 1814 letter, "Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law." The U.S. Constitution begins "We the people" and contains no mention whatsoever of God, Jesus Christ, or the Bible. If America was established as a "Christian nation," why does our governing document fail to mention this?

Because we do not promote God in the public schools, Ms. Attig claims that we are guilty of atheism. Nonsense! Promoting atheism in the schools would involve advocating the viewpoint that God and gods/goddesses definitively do not exist. Christian fundamentalism is, sadly, all too common in York County. This fanatical mentality is what led to the 2004-05 Dover school board saga that made York County a national embarrassment.

Justin Garcia
Lancaster

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when did the u.s. press become so biased? now not all are biased but enough are that the influence can be measured by the election of george w. bush. twice. knowing what some of us know about all his skirting of the constitution, actions/treason regarding the valerie plame case, and starting a war by claiming weapons of mass destruction. why is obama such a threat after all of that? how much more damage could this man do than what W has done? where is the reward in a partisan press? i think it is so sad.

christine wilson
windsor

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I go to Dallastown and it is an amazing school. They have nice technology, dedicated staff, a beautiful building, and many educational resources. But what is going on behind the scenes isn't that amazing. Of course, just about everyone of the district residents are complaining about how high taxes are, but some have more "bragging rights" than others.

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We are on the path to environmental disaster and becoming energy hostages to power hungry radicals, and the only truly effective tool against these twin dangers is nuclear power. The technology for generating nuclear power has progressed a long way since Eric Epstein has last studied the matter, if he ever studied it at all.

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The presumptive Presidential Candidates are close to being nominated!

In the days before the 'first Tuesday after the first Monday in November' and in the days that follow this day, wouldn't it be great if the pundits, the media "talking heads", and the pollsters found a way to factor into their pontifications and figures the various third party candidates as a viable reflection of the voting electorate?

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Much of what goes for Republican campaign commercials says absolutely nothing about what Republicans plan to do if they win the election. (Smart move considering the mess they have made of the past seven and one-half years.)

Instead they harp over and over again about Barack Obama's supposed lack of ability to lead. These are the same people who gave us George Bush - this alone is enough to show that they have no idea what it takes to competently guide the country.

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