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The news lately have been filled with various important stories such as the party conventions, hurricane Isaac, and Todd Akin's comments about rape accompanied by its subsequent fallout; however, one story fell through the cracks: treasonous plans within the ranks of the United States military. Some sites, including the Huffington Post, covered the incident but failed to highlight the importance of it all. Yes, the group was caught because they murdered in cold blood a member of the group and his girlfriend, but the story shouldn't end there. When a member of the military, no matter how low in rank, plans and prepares for the assassination of the president and the takeover of his base, the American people need to be thoroughly informed and we need to start asking questions concerning such an issue.

The country has always had extreme fringe groups and militias with plans to overthrow the 'evil' government but none, except for the Ft. Hood shooting, were active members of the military. But, then again, we've heard since the midterm elections rants by conservatives about having to use "second amendment remedies" to bridge our disagreements because discussion is unpatriotic. So, perhaps, these men saw it as their patriotic duty but what they've done is nothing more than treason and, if the military can imprison Bradley Manning for releasing some documents, they can charge this group with treason. Also, are we surprised the ringleader was at the RNC in 2008? Now for some news you need to know:

• Carlos Maza from Equality Matters went undercover at NOM's Ruth Institute event for college students and exposed all the anti-gay organization's indoctrination methods. Read about how he spent four days among virulently anti-gay people while being a gay man himself.
• The Texas GOP tried to gerrymander their electoral districts to an extreme but federal judges stopped them, claiming that the new electoral maps were racially discriminatory.
• One Thing. One thing continues to pester the boys from One Direction and that's the rumors about some of the boy band's member's sexuality. However, would it matter to their fans and the industry if one of the boys went in a gay direction?
• Apparently public schools gave us Barack Obama so Neal Boortz told a crowd at the 'Unity Rally 2012' to "preach school choice" so that children will be left with their parents prejudices. That's how we can move the country forward!
• The RNC has commenced in Tampa and so have the protests. LGBT protestors are among them protesting the GOP's anti-gay policies and making the community's voice heard.
• I had never heard of this but one can call for a sex strike. A women's group from Togo has called for a such a strike in an attempt to call for reforms. But, do sex strikes work?
• I dressed in girl's (my mom's) clothes once and my parents didn't take it well. How I wish that I had this dad growing up.