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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 48
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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THE COVERUP QUILT
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From tburkett@clark.netMon Oct 14 20:45:06 1996
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 96 11:52:53 -0500
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From: Tom Burkett <tburkett@clark.net>
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To: Brian Redman <bigred@duracef.shout.net>
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Subject: Coverup Quilt
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The Coverup Quilt
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Parents Against Corruption and Coverup (PACC) invites you to
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participate in creating a memorial to our loved ones who have
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been murdered and denied justice because of flawed investigations
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or coverups. If all of us surviving families contribute squares
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to honor our lost children, spouses, siblings or parents, The
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Coverup Quilt will be a vivid symbolic representation of the
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extent of the coverup problem in the United States. The squares
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will symbolize the anguish we feel individually as we grieve and
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fight for justice and honest investigations. Most of our fellow
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citizens are blissfully ignorant of the extent of the coverup
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problem and the pain it causes surviving families. Words alone
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cannot make them understand. Yet we need their understanding and
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help in asking Congress for legitimate investigations. The
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Coverup Quilt can speak volumes for us!
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Materials: 362 X 362 square of cotton or cotton blend fabric in
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color of your choice (solid or print) 362 X 362 square of
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unbleached muslin (for backing) Any of the following for letters
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and designs: contrasting/coordinating fabrics for applique,
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embroidery yarn, iron-on letters, stencils, embroidery paints,
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permanent markers, hand made letters, fabric paints, beading,
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sewing notions, other methods and materials of your choice to
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design your square as you like; photo transfer is fine, materials
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which create texture are fine; wonder-under is useful in making
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adhesive backed fabric)
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Directions: Prewash fabric to eliminate shrinking and prevent
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color from running later. Your finished, seamed quilt square
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will measure 342 X 342 . On paper or poster board of this size,
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draw a rough pattern showing how you will position your designs
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and lettering. The letters should be readable from some
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distance, so they need to be around 2 1/2 to 5 inches high and
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contrast significantly with the color of your square. Measure
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the width of your letters, keeping in mind the width of your
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square, and plan accordingly so everything fits the way you want
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it to. Your loved one's name should appear on the square, along
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with dates of birth and death (years alone are fine, or
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month/day/year) and any other desired sentiment. Include designs
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symbolizing things he/she liked, did well, etc. Once you are
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satisfied with your plan, you can sew, iron, embroidery, paint,
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stencil, applique, quilt or otherwise put your letters and
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designs on the right side of the colored (can be white) fabric.
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Next, hand or machine stitch the muslin backing to your newly
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designed square, making an inside seam of 1/22 to 3/4 all around,
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so finished size is 342 X 342. If you machine stitch, place
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right sides of the fabrics together, stitch around three sides,
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turn right side out, and hand stitch the 4th side. Do not put
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batting between the square and the muslin backing. Next, with a
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double thread, tack the designed square to the backing in four
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places as follows: from each top corner, measure across
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approximately 10 inches, then down ten inches, and make a single
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tacking stitch. Knot should be on the muslin backing, not on
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your designed square. From each bottom corner, measure across
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approximately 10 inches, then up ten inches and place your
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tacking stitch. Knot should be on muslin backing. Make your
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square sturdy, so the quilt can be displayed several times on the
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mall, and at nearby college campuses. Dates will be announced in
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The Bulldog.
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Last, Mail or Fed Ex square (By Nov 21) to:
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Beth George & Tom Burkett / PACC
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13456 Muirkirk Lane
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Herndon VA 20171
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Questions?
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call (703) 435 3112
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or e-mail: tburkett@clark.net or tburkett@aol.com
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Squares can't be returned, so take a photo.
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All squares will be kept safe!
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Volunteers Needed
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Interspersed with squares honoring our loved ones, (or maybe in a
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separate section of the quilt) we want to place a few squares
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representing earmarks of faulty investigations leading to the
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"suicide" and "accidental" rulings in these cases where there is
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evidence of foul play and agencies involved do not answer
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legitimate questions. Whether the ruling is military or
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civilian, the earmarks are the same: no interviewing of
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witnesses, no tests for gunpowder residue, no ballistics tests,
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lost or destroyed evidence, sham autopsies, discrepancies in
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reports, forgeries, lost body parts, unexplained injuries,
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stalling, lying, complicity, discrediting the victim and/or the
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inquiring survivors, etc. And of course, the most common line
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used in all coverups : They're just grief-stricken parents who
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can't accept a suicide. We have all heard the same script.
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If you are creative and have a little extra time, please make an
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extra square representing/ symbolizing one or more of these
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common threads running through all of our cases. (Did I miss
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some?)
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Can you do an extra square?
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Call: (703) 435-3112
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e-mail: tburkett @clark.net or tburkett@aol.com
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write:
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Beth and Tom (PACC)
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13456 Muirkirk Lane
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Herndon VA 20171
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Tommy had things he wanted to do.
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Tom Burkett & Beth George
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(703) 435-3112 (Voice/Fax)
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http://www.clark.net/pub/tburkett/pacc/PACC.html
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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