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CenterPoint Energy submits Indiana generation plan to prioritize long-term reliability, economic growth and customer affordability 

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 Long-term electric generation plan designed to minimize near-term rate increases while also meeting future energy growth and customer needs 

 

As part its commitment to affordability, CenterPoint is focused on keeping electric rates stable for the next two years 

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Dec. 5, 2025 – CenterPoint Energy’s Indiana Electric business today submitted its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) that focuses on customer affordability while also providing reliable service now and in the future across southwestern Indiana. The 2025 IRP, which was developed following a series of public meetings and stakeholder discussions since March 2025, is a vital strategic roadmap that defines the appropriate mix of generation required to meet the region’s future energy needs and support potential economic growth, while also prioritizing customer affordability. 

 

“We have listened closely to stakeholders across southwestern Indiana and worked together to address our customers’ and the community’s future energy needs and priorities. Our 2025 IRP reflects this shared focus on reliability and affordability for the Hoosier families we are privileged to serve. Most importantly, it provides a flexible path forward to support southwestern Indiana’s energy and economic needs for decades to come,” said Mike Roeder, President of CenterPoint Energy Indiana. 

 

2025 IRP: Key Benefits for Southwestern Indiana 

CenterPoint’s 2025 IRP is a forward-looking, 20-year generation plan, which all Indiana electric utilities are required to submit to the IURC. As part of a commitment to build a more reliable, safer and affordable energy future, CenterPoint’s 2025 IRP includes the following key provisions and benefits for its 150,000 electric customers across southwestern Indiana: 

 

·         Limits near-term rate impacts. Helps minimize any rate increase in the near term for southwestern Indiana customers. 

·         Uses existing and planned resources. Leverages existing and previously approved generation resources to meet customers’ energy needs. 

·         Defers higher-cost projects. Delays moving forward on certain higher-cost projects that would increase near-term customer bills. 

·         Provides flexibility for future growth. Includes an alternate preferred portfolio to support scalable system expansion to help accommodate potential new load growth while working to minimize impact to existing customers. 

·         Provides current and future customer savings. As part of CenterPoint’s affordability efforts, includes cancellation of nearly $1 billion in non-economical renewable projects, saving customers approximately $18/month in current and future costs. 

 

2025 IRP: Engaged with Stakeholders to Incorporate Varying Perspectives  

Throughout the planning of its 2025 IRP, CenterPoint has worked closely with stakeholders across southwestern Indiana and the state. The new IRP addresses stakeholder and community feedback and helps achieve a realistic and responsible generation resource plan that best serves southwestern Indiana’s energy future. The scope of local outreach and public engagement efforts included: 

  

·         Holding four public stakeholder meetings, with in-person and virtual options, bringing together customers and representatives from more than 30 organizations to share feedback and discuss local needs and priorities. 

·         Responding to various stakeholder requests and questions through public meetings and technical sessions and using that feedback to help refine the plan. 

·         Using stakeholder input to refine elements of the planning process by incorporating varying perspectives to develop a well-rounded plan. 

 

As part of the ongoing regulatory process, the IURC and stakeholders will review the IRP and provide additional feedback. CenterPoint will continue to engage customers, local and state officials and community organizations as it implements the plan and its previously announced affordability actions. To view the 2025 IRP and related documents, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/IRP. 

 

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TREATY OAK REVIVAL ANNOUNCE 2026 HEADLINE TOUR ACCLAIMED THIRD SELF-RELEASED STUDIO ALBUM WEST TEXAS DEGENERATE OUT NOW

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(December 5, 2025) Five-piece powerhouse Treaty Oak Revival has announced a 2026 U.S. headline tour in support of their acclaimed new album West Texas Degenerate. Kicking off February 5th at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA, the 25-city trek will hit arenas and amphitheaters across the country, including CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, WAMU Theater in Seattle, Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The tour also marks the band’s first-ever headline performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. Ticket presales begin Thursday, December 11th, with general on-sale following on Friday, December 12th at 12 p.m. local time. The tour features support from Wade Forster, William Clark Green, Laredo, Huser Brothers, Gannon Fremin & CCREV, and Parker Ryan, varying by date. A full tour routing is included below. For tickets and additional information, visit treatyoakrevival.com. 

About the tour the band shared, “Our fans have shown up for us in ways we never expected, and this tour feels like the best way to pay that back. We’re still the same degenerates, just a whole lot louder, and we’re ready to raise hell with everyone who walks through those doors.”

Just last week, Treaty Oak Revival released their third self-released studio album, West Texas Degenerate, available now on all DSPs HERE. Hailed by Rolling Stone as a band “on the brink of bona fide superstardom,” with West Texas Degenerate “poised to remove that ‘brink’ caveat for good,” Treaty Oak Revival delivers a raw, unflinching portrait of life on the edge – capturing the chaos, heartbreak, addiction, and resilience of working-class people in boom-and-bust West Texas. With blistering honesty and genre-blending grit, the record tells the stories of those who rarely get sung about – people just trying to get by, fall in love, and make sense of the wreckage. 

The new album is highlighted by recent singles “Happy Face” and “Bad State of Mind,” as well as the previously unreleased “Misery.” Earlier this week the band also shared the official video for their track “Blue Star,” streaming now on the band’s official YouTube channel HERE. “Bad State of Mind” reached No. 1 on Bubbling Under Hot 100, peaked at No. 19 on Hot Country Songs, was praised by Billboard as “one of the best songs of the year,” and saw the band perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “Happy Face” landed on Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and Bubbling Under Hot 100. “Misery” is a slow-burning last stand at the edge of heartbreak, driven by Sam Canty’s gravel-edged vocals and the band’s raw, unguarded intensity. The full album tracklisting is included below.

Next up, Treaty Oak Revival will headline a run of shows in Texas, including a special hometown performance at Odessa’s Ector County Coliseum on December 11th, a stop at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on December 20th, and a New Year’s Eve show at Houston’s Toyota Center on December 31st.

 

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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USI travels to Indiana State Sunday

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball finishes its two-game road swing Sunday when it travels to Terre Haute, Indiana, to play Indiana State University at noon (CST). All of the Eagles’ action is being streamed on ESPN+ and aired live on ESPN 97.7FM and The Spin 95.7FM (Saturday only).
 
The Screaming Eagles (3-6) are hoping to rebound after the tough loss to Western Michigan University, 88-74, Wednesday. Senior guards Ismail Habib and Cardell Bailey led the way for the Eagles in the loss with 26 points and 23 points, respectively.
 
For the season, Habib has been posting 19.4 points per game and leads the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring. Habib has hit for 20-or-more points in four of the last six games and is averaging 20.0 points per game during that span.
 
Bailey follows with 13.6 points per contest, while junior guard Kaden Brown is posting 12.0 points per outing.
 
ISU is 5-4 overall after defeating Eureka College, 99-57, Tuesday in Terre Haute. USI leads the all-time series, 2-1, after taking last year’s meeting at Liberty University, 87-77.

OVER 4,000 STUFFED ANIMALS THROWN ONTO FORD CENTER ICE ON TEDDY BEAR TOSS NIGHT

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Evansville, In.:  Despite the tough 4-3 shootout loss to the Macon Mayhem, it was a great win for children in need in the Tri-State as 4,304 stuffed animals were tossed onto the ice for the Thunderbolts’ Annual Teddy Bear Toss on Friday night at Ford Center.  The Thunderbolts’ next home game at Ford Center will be on Saturday, December 6th against the Birmingham Bulls at 7:00pm CT.
                The Mayhem took the game’s first lead 3:30 into the game off a net-front redirection by Conor Witherspoon.  At 13:20, Evansville tied the game as Isaac Chapman scored on a turnaround shot in the mid-slot from Dilan Peters and Derek Contessa to begin the deluge of stuffed animals onto the ice from the stands on all sides.  The Thunderbolts jumped ahead in the second period as Keanan Stewart scored from Scott Kirton and Tyson Gilmour to give Evansville their first lead, pushed further to 3-1 at 11:37 as Stewart scored again on a 2-on-1 rush from Eelis Laaksonen and Connor Tait.  Macon rallied to tie in the third period, as Connor May scored at 11:48 and Hayden Ford scored with 46 seconds remaining to force overtime.  The game required a shootout as overtime went scoreless, and Macon defeated Evansville in the shootout two goals to none to win 4-3.
Stewart scored twice for Evansville, while Chapman scored one goal.   In goal, Stead finished with 36 saves on 39 shots.  The Thunderbolts and Mayhem meet again on Friday, February 6th at Macon Coliseum, with Macon leading the season series 2-0.

No. 3/10 Grana Sets School Record, Hoosiers Roll in Fall Finale

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving junior Miranda Grana’s program record 200-yard butterfly swim highlighted a complete performance, as the Hoosiers defeated Cincinnati in its final dual meet of the fall semester Friday (Dec. 5) inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.

Already the school standard setter in the 100-yard backstroke (49.62), 200-yard backstroke (1:48.73) and 100-yard butterfly (49.98), Grana added the 200 fly to her collection Friday. Grana blew away the field with a 1:53.25, the only time under two minutes. That time toppled Gia Dalesandro’s eight-year-old record (1:53.67) set at the 2017 Big Ten Championships. Friday’s swim marked Grana’s first-career swim of the event in yards.

Grana was one of eight Hoosiers to win multiple individual events – also capturing the 200 IM in 2:00.24 – as the Hoosiers won all but one event.

Sophomore Raekwon Noel led the way with three victories despite competing outside his routine program. Noel set personal bests in the 100-yard freestyle (42.86), 200-yard freestyle (1:35.33) and 200 IM (1:46.25) and helped IU win the 200 medley relay.

Six freshmen contributed victories to the team win. In the 1,000 free, rookies Luci Gutierrez (9:54.97) and Luke Ellis (8:56.41) combined to sweep the event. David Kovacs swept the backstroke events with times of 48.19 and 1:44.03, and Grace Hoeper won both the 200 free (1:46.20) and 100 fly (53.46).

Indiana diving swept the springboards. Senior Maxwell Weinrich and sophomore Joshua Sollenberger traded first-and-second-place finishes on the 1-meter and 3-meter, respectively, while junior Ella Roselli won both boards on the women’s side.

TEAM SCORES

Women: No. 10 Indiana 157, Cincinnati 124

Men: No. 3 Indiana 162, Cincinnati 112

HOOSIER WINNERS

Women

Amelia Bray – 200 freestyle relay (1:29.35)

Mya DeWitt – 200 medley relay (1:36.87), 100 backstroke (51.65), 200 backstroke (1:54.63)

Miranda Grana – 200 medley relay (1:36.87), 200 butterfly (1:53.25), 200 IM (2:00.24)

Alessandra Gusperti – 200 freestyle relay (1:29.35)

Luci Gutierrez – 1,000 freestyle (9:54.97)

Grace Hoeper – 200 medley relay (1:36.87), 200 freestyle (1:46.20), 100 butterfly (53.46)

Jonette Laegreid – 200 medley relay (1:36.87), 200 breaststroke (2:12.73)

Kristina Paegle – 50 freestyle (21.88), 100 freestyle (48.07), 200 freestyle relay (1:29.35)

Ella Roselli – 1-meter (317.10), 3-meter (364.95)

Reese Tiltmann – 500 freestyle (4:51.20)

Chiok Sze Yeo – 200 freestyle relay (1:29.35)

Men

Toby Barnett – 200 medley relay (1:26.13), 200 breaststroke (1:55.10)

Josh Bey – 200 butterfly (1:45.08)

Vidar Carlbaum – 50 freestyle (19.45)

Luke Ellis – 1,000 freestyle (8:56.41)

David Kovacs – 100 backstroke (48.19), 200 backstroke (1:44.03)

Raekwon Noel – 200 medley relay (1:26.13), 200 freestyle (1:35.33), 100 freestyle (42.86), 200 IM (1:46.25)

Andrew Shackell – 200 medley relay (1:26.13), 500 freestyle (4:22.34)

Joshua Sollenberger – 3-meter (391.28)

Dylan Smiley – 200 medley relay (1:26.13), 100 breaststroke (52.63), 100 butterfly (47.62)

Maxwell Weinrich – 1-meter (425.55)

NCAA CUTS

Mya DeWitt – 100 back (51.65), 200 back (1:54.63); Miranda Grana – 200 fly (1:53.25); Kristina Paegle (21.88), 100 free (48.07)

NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS

1-meter: Kaylee Bishop (280.20), Mary Kate Cavanaugh (289.43), Dash Glasberg (330.38), Ella Roselli (317.10), Aiden Sadler (343.58), Jacob Schade (311.70), Joshua Sollenberger (391.28), Maxwell Weinrich (388.05), Lily Witte (292.13)

3-meter: Kaylee Bishop (296.55), Mary Kate Cavanaugh (304.05), Dash Glasberg (393.00), Ella Roselli (364.95), Aiden Sadler (392.55), Jacob Schade (346.35), Joshua Sollenberger (397.43), Maxwell Weinrich (425.55), Lily Witte (325.80)

UP NEXT

Indiana will resume dual meet action in January, starting with a road dual at Michigan on January 9.

UE travels to Western Kentucky for Saturday matinee

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 Game time set for 3 p.m.

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For the first time since 2009, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team travels to Bowling Green, Ky. to take on Western Kentucky on Saturday at 3 p.m. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.

Last Time Out

– Evansville earned a scrappy 64-52 win over Ball State on Wednesday at the Ford Center

– Connor Turnbull led the way with 21 points and 10 boards while AJ Casey and Trent Hundley scored nine points apiece

– Casey added a career-high 11 caroms

– UE held Ball State to 52 points on 32.1% shooting

Season Highs

– In the win over Ball State, Connor Turnbull set season highs in points (21), rebounds (10), and blocks (5)

– The effort marked the second double-double of Turnbull’s career

– His five blocks against the Cardinals put him on top of the MVC with an average of 2.13 per game after leading the league a season ago

– Turnbull has at least one block in seven of his eight games this season and has eight blocks in the last two games

– In the game versus UT Arlington, Turnbull had 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting

– He added 18 points along with a season-high 8 boards versus Charleston

– His field goal percentage of 53.8% is 9th in the MVC while his 12.88 PPG is 15th

First in Double Digits

– AJ Casey grabbed double digit rebounds for the first time in his career against Ball State finishing the contest with 11

– He added nine points as he was one shy his first collegiate double-double

– His effort against the Cardinals saw him move into a tie for 8th in the league with 6.00 rebounds per game while his average of 2.44 offensive boards is tied for 5th

– Casey has enjoyed a nice start to his UE career as he has reached double figures in five out of nine games including a career-best 14 points at #1 Purdue

Scouting the Opponent

– Western Kentucky comes into Saturday’s game with a 5-2 record following a 75-70 win over Wichita State last Friday

– The only defeats for the Hilltoppers came to Vanderbilt and South Florida in the Battle 4 Atlantis

– Teagan Moore enters the contest averaging 20.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game

– Armelo Boone is averaging 12.9 PPG while Grant Newell has chipped in 11.7 PPG

– Former UE player Cam Haffner has seen action in all seven games while making three starts for WKU; he is averaging 6.9 PPG and scored 18 against Vanderbilt

With 15 rejected amendments, Indiana House Democrats fail to slow down redistricting

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  • By Chloe White, TheStatehouseFile.com
  • On Thursday, the Indiana House of Representatives dismissed 15 amendments on House Bill 1032. The proposed legislation, written by Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, would redraw Indiana’s congressional voting districts six years early, ahead of the 2026 mid-term election—a major goal of the Trump administration.

    Each of the 15 suggested edits to HB 1032 were proposed by House Democrats and highlighted concerns like transparency and racial equity. Meanwhile, Smaltz urged the chamber to leave his bill untouched, calling it “carefully crafted,” which received laughs from his colleagues across the aisle.

    Funding issues

    Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, authored an amendment that, if successful, would have delayed the implementation of redistricting until the costs of child care, health care and utility costs across the state were lowered. The amendment failed 27-67. 

     

    Photo by Sydney Byerly, The Indiana Citizen.

    Amendment 1, authored by Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, would delay the implementation of redistricting until the costs of child care, health care and utilities were lowered across the state. In her testimony, Errington highlighted that 7.6% of Hoosiers have no health care. The amendment failed 27 to 67.

    “House Democrats have been and will continue to be focused on the affordability crisis,” said Rep. Carey Hamilton, D-Indianapolis. “We have been and will continue to fight for working families. … It shouldn’t be so difficult for our families to get by.”

    Amendment 2, by Rep. John Bartlett, D-Indianapolis, and Amendment 9, by Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, had near exact wording and were rejected under House Rule 80 for not being “germane.” The bills would have required the state comptroller to compile a report highlighting the funding required to perform mid-cycle redistricting. House Democrats requested to appeal the motion, but it was overturned 63 to 29.

    Amendment 21, by Rep. Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis, also was concerned with costs. It would have required a state cost-analysis report of redistricting that included topics like state and contracted employee pay and election updating costs, but it failed 29 to 63.

    Minority impact

    Stacks of pink sheets of paper with the different House Democrats’ amendments sit in wire baskets beside the clerk’s desk. Democrats authored and introduced 15 amendments on Thursday, with 13 being defeated and two overturned.

    Photo by Sydney Byerly, The Indiana Citizen.

    Amendment 10, by Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, which would require the General Assembly to perform an analysis highlighting the impact of policy or budgetary changes on Black and Latino communities. Smaltz said he was uncomfortable changing specific language in HB 1032 and discouraged his fellow representatives from voting in favor of the new wording. The amendment failed 27 to 67.

    Amendment 15, also written by Shackleford, would require the General Assembly to perform a district-specific population analysis. This would ensure that the redrawing of congressional maps would be nondiscriminatory and comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965; however, the amendment failed 29 to 66.

    Amendment 16, authored by Porter, would have given Gov. Mike Braun 30 days following the passage of HB 1032 to review the proposed bill to ensure that it does not violate the Voting Rights Act or federal laws and regulations. It also failed 28-65. 

    Rep. Ed Delaney, D-Indianapolis, throws his hands up in exasperation while discussing one of his proposed amendments that would have defined the term “community of interest,” a move he hoped would highlight the polarity within the proposed congressional districts combining some of the most rural parts of the state with larger urban areas.

    Photo by Sydney Byerly, The Indiana Citizen.

    Amendment 17, by Rep. Ed Delaney, D-Indianapolis, would define the term “community of interest” in HB 1032. The change was intended to highlight the polarity within the proposed congressional districts. For example, the proposed map would connect rural counties like Crawford, with more urban counties like Marion. The amendment failed 29-65.

    “We don’t redistrict for the sole and only purpose of suiting the whims of one political party,” said Delaney. “No interest of the public is involved, only the interest of one political party.”

    Public hearings and transparency

    Amendment 3, by Rep. Caroline Jackson, D-Hammond, would have added two lines to HB 1032 requiring the General Assembly to hold a public hearing in each congressional district, similar to the previous redistricting process, but it failed 30-64.

    “In 2021, the election committee went to each and every district,” said Jackson. “They allowed individuals in each one of your communities to come out and speak, to address issues, concerns, etc. … Why deny them that opportunity this time?”

    Rep. Mitch Gore, D-Indianapolis, authored two amendments—one to outlaw political gerrymandering and another giving Hoosiers the ability to vote on a new map via a ballot referendum. Both amendments failed.

    Photo by Sydney Byerly, The Indiana Citizen.

    Amendment 13, by Rep. Mitch Gore, D-Indianapolis, similar in nature to Amendment 3, would have given Hoosiers the ability to provide input and vote on any new district map provided by the General Assembly. Smaltz reminded members of the House that Indiana is not a state that allows referendums. It failed 28-66.

    Amendment 18, authored by Delaney would have required the General Assembly to identify all members involved in the redrawing of the congressional map. It failed 29-65.

    Committees 

    Amendment 5, 7 and 8 would each assign the topic of redistricting to a regular or interim committee to ensure fairness, legality, nonpartisanship and cost efficiency within the process. All three amendments failed.

    “Let’s not only not do mid-decade redistricting, let’s say we’re going to take a stand to take politics out of redrawing maps,” said Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington. “Let’s send a signal to other states that it’s time to stop.”

    On Friday, the House will meet for a third time to vote on HB 1032; if it is passed, it will head to the Senate on Monday. 

    Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, watched part of the session and said he believes if the legislation passes, topics like fiscal responsibility, citizens rights issues and appropriate representation must be reviewed within the bill before it is put into law.

    “Unfortunately, my colleagues on the Democrat side of the House were not successful getting any amendments, but hopefully we’ll get something done in the Senate,” said Taylor. “Midterm redistricting is wrong. … But if we’re going to have it, we should put some guardrails on it.”

    Chloe White is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news site powered by Franklin College journalism students. Sydney Byerly is a reporter for The Indiana Citizen, a nonpartisan, nonprofit platform dedicated to increasing the number of informed and engaged Hoosier citizens.

A NEW WORLD RESOLUTION

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GAVEL GAMUT

By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

(Week of 08 December 2025)

A NEW WORLD RESOLUTION

A new year is rapidly approaching. Hope for a better world is evidenced by universal blame placing, always onto someone else. Perhaps Jeffrey Epstein, or Donald Trump or Lane Kiffin or the idiot driving slowly in the passing lane. Or as Jimmy Buffett finally admitted in Margaritaville, “It was his own fault”.

One thing each of us believes is it is never our fault. Yet, in a republic, the United States for example, it is the fault of all citizens since we either choose or allow to remain in office our representatives. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth may have ordered Admiral Frank Bradley to carry out Commander in Chief Donald Trump’s order to kill the people on the alleged drug boat on September 02, 2025, but in America the President represents all of us. In the court of world opinion, each American violated our Constitution’s Bill of Rights and Due Process clauses as contained within the New World Resolutions of the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

Our Founders were well aware of the irony contained within those famous New World Resolutions, “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal”. They knew that thousands of years of human history belied such a reality. What real truth they knew to be self-evident was that power does not corrupt humans, it enables them to be corrupt. The words were aspirational, not factual. The Constitution of the United States designed a framework for a system of government in which the natural inclination of humans to abuse power is sublimated to the competing powers of the majority who would abide by Due Process of Law.

If the eighty-one people we have killed in the Venezuelan boats were drug runners, there are well established procedures for determining those facts and for dealing with each situation. The U.S.A. has the most powerful military on earth. Even if the Venezuelan government was sponsoring those boats, its military is impotent against ours.

Our aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers and aircraft can and do monitor every craft that comes within our United States territorial waters. We have the ability and authority to force any such drug boat or fishing boat, to stand down and be searched without danger to American personnel or equipment.

We could safely and thoroughly search such boats and vet their sailors as to drugs or other illegal contents. If such criminal intent against America were to be evidenced, the occupants could be arrested and taken before a court in the United States or a world authorized legal body. Any drugs could be confiscated, used as evidence and later destroyed and the drug runners imprisoned.

Such a procedure is what our Founders would have demanded from King George III. It is called Due Process. As the folk singer Phil Ochs sang in his song, Is There Anybody Here: 

♫Is there anybody here
Who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame?
Is there anybody here
Who wouldn’t mind to murder by another name?♫

We Americans who claim to be a light to the world should shout STOP! when our representatives justify killing others without affording them the rights we demand for ourselves. America was born in 1776 and should not lose its aspirational soul after only 249 years. For as Phil Ochs also said in his song, ♫This country is too young to die♫. America today can re-pledge our “Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor” to the hopes our Founders knew had not yet been made possible but that they and we should resolve to make reality. Due process should be our talisman, not just our hope.

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