Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Memorial Day Events
Announcement from VFP Gainesville:
Gainesville Vets for Peace
Memorial Day 2007
NW 8th Avenue and 34th Street
Mile long Display of Tombstones
Commemorating the War Dead
Cost of War Posters and Banners
Dawn to Dusk on Memorial Day, Mnnday May 28th
Parking at Westside Park on 34th street and NW 8th Ave
Dawn to Dusk on Memorial Day, Mnnday May 28th
Parking at Westside Park on 34th street and NW 8th Ave
Arlington - Liberty Bell
One of our fellow VFP chapters is also putting out tombstones to commemorate Memorial Day.
Friday, May 25, 2007
The Raw Story | Stewart: Justice officials are 'taking [a crap] inside my head!'
The Raw Story | Stewart: Justice officials are 'taking [a crap] inside my head!'
As usual the Daily Show is the best (and certainly the most pain - free) way to get thenews about the DOJ controversy. ;-)
As usual the Daily Show is the best (and certainly the most pain - free) way to get thenews about the DOJ controversy. ;-)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Informed Comment
Informed Comment
Juan Cole shows a graph of attacks in Iraq. I copied it above as he shows it sideways on his blog.- (you can click on it and enlarge it to read better) the source is a GAO document on Iraq. You will see that attacks have exploded this Fall and winter. I don't see much difference so far from the "surge". Juan says it is down to the levels seen in july of 2006 but they appear much higher than that time period to me. It is pretty horrifying to look at.
Juan Cole shows a graph of attacks in Iraq. I copied it above as he shows it sideways on his blog.- (you can click on it and enlarge it to read better) the source is a GAO document on Iraq. You will see that attacks have exploded this Fall and winter. I don't see much difference so far from the "surge". Juan says it is down to the levels seen in july of 2006 but they appear much higher than that time period to me. It is pretty horrifying to look at.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Crooks and Liars » The FOX News GOP Debate in 45 Seconds
Crooks and Liars » The FOX News GOP Debate in 45 Seconds
This video says it all about the recent presidential debates on Fox!
This video says it all about the recent presidential debates on Fox!
Americas Child Soldier Problem -- In These Times
Americas Child Soldier Problem -- In These Times:
"Almost 600,000 of America’s 1 million active and reserve soldiers enlisted as teens. The military lures these physiologically immature kids with a PR machine that would make Joe Camel proud."
"Almost 600,000 of America’s 1 million active and reserve soldiers enlisted as teens. The military lures these physiologically immature kids with a PR machine that would make Joe Camel proud."
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Good American - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
The Good American - CommonDreams.org - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community:
"I yearn for a time when “good Americans” will be able to stop and reverse equally evil policies of global hegemony achieved through pre-emptive war of aggression. I know all too well that in this case the “enemy” will only be emboldened by our silence, since at the end of the day the “enemy” is ourselves. I can see the Harvard professor shaking an accusatory finger at me for the above statement, chiding me for creating any moral equivalency between the war in Iraq and the Holocaust. You’re right, Mr. Dershowitz. There is no moral equivalency. In America today, we should have known better, since we ostensibly stand for so much more. That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans."
"I yearn for a time when “good Americans” will be able to stop and reverse equally evil policies of global hegemony achieved through pre-emptive war of aggression. I know all too well that in this case the “enemy” will only be emboldened by our silence, since at the end of the day the “enemy” is ourselves. I can see the Harvard professor shaking an accusatory finger at me for the above statement, chiding me for creating any moral equivalency between the war in Iraq and the Holocaust. You’re right, Mr. Dershowitz. There is no moral equivalency. In America today, we should have known better, since we ostensibly stand for so much more. That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans."
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal - washingtonpost.com
Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal - washingtonpost.com:
"A majority of members of Iraq's parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels. The development was a sign of a growing division between Iraq's legislators and prime minister that mirrors the widening gulf between the Bush administration and its critics in Congress."
"A majority of members of Iraq's parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels. The development was a sign of a growing division between Iraq's legislators and prime minister that mirrors the widening gulf between the Bush administration and its critics in Congress."
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Hate from Within: America's Home-Grown Terrorism
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Hate from Within: America's Home-Grown Terrorism
Attacks and plots against immigrants uncovered. It takes a racist to occupy another country because the basic assumption that you are "better than them" and your life is 'more important' is necessary in order to carry it out. but that racism does not just exist in Iraq and Afganistan it is here too.
Attacks and plots against immigrants uncovered. It takes a racist to occupy another country because the basic assumption that you are "better than them" and your life is 'more important' is necessary in order to carry it out. but that racism does not just exist in Iraq and Afganistan it is here too.
Big Brass Blog - Wacky Wocky Wonky
Big Brass Blog - Wacky Wocky Wonky:
Someone finally bothers to answer some ridiculous talking points on the war. whiy did it take so long?
"Here's a news flash -- there is no such thing as surprise withdrawal. You can't sneak 160,000 soldiers out of Iraq in the trunk of a Volvo. One day, America will leave Iraq, and when we do, we will catch no one -- no one -- by surprise. [...] When we start to leave, it will be broadcast on every station around the world for months in advance and there is not one damn thing anyone can do about that."
Someone finally bothers to answer some ridiculous talking points on the war. whiy did it take so long?
"Here's a news flash -- there is no such thing as surprise withdrawal. You can't sneak 160,000 soldiers out of Iraq in the trunk of a Volvo. One day, America will leave Iraq, and when we do, we will catch no one -- no one -- by surprise. [...] When we start to leave, it will be broadcast on every station around the world for months in advance and there is not one damn thing anyone can do about that."
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
TomDispatch - Tomgram: Klare and Constantino, Where is the USS Nimitz?
TomDispatch - Tomgram: Klare and Constantino, Where is the USS Nimitz?: "The Bush administration is, at this very moment, sending a third aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, to the Persian Gulf. Although the three carriers and their strike forces will add up to a staggering display of American military power off the Iranian coast, American journalists aren't much impressed. Evidently, it's not considered off the diplomatic page or particularly provocative to mass your carrier battle groups this way, despite the implicit threat to pulverize Iranian nuclear and other facilities. Journalistically speaking, this is both blindingly strange and the norm on our one-way planet. If Iranians send the materials to make some roadside bombs into Iraq (as the Bush administration, at least, continually claims is the case), it's a huge deal, if not an act of war; but put the most powerful fleet in history off the Iranian coast. No sweat."
Thursday, May 3, 2007
The Hippies Were Right! / Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time to give the ol' tie-dyers some respect
Tired of being called a hippie on the street corner? Read this article! ;-)
The Hippies Were Right! / Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time to give the ol' tie-dyers some respect:
"There is but one conclusion you can draw from the astonishing (albeit fitful, bittersweet) pro-environment sea change now happening in the culture and (reluctantly, nervously) in the halls of power in D.C., one thing we must all acknowledge in our wary, jaded, globally warmed universe: The hippies had it right all along. Oh yes they did."
The Hippies Were Right! / Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time to give the ol' tie-dyers some respect:
"There is but one conclusion you can draw from the astonishing (albeit fitful, bittersweet) pro-environment sea change now happening in the culture and (reluctantly, nervously) in the halls of power in D.C., one thing we must all acknowledge in our wary, jaded, globally warmed universe: The hippies had it right all along. Oh yes they did."
Michael Leon: MAL Contends . . .
Vet Imprisoned for Seeking Benefits
Now they are sending vets to jail for trying to get help for PTSD. One of the US attourneys that is following Bush instructions did this!
Has analysis of neocon arguments for how to "combat fraud in the VA health care system" just like they are combating voter fraud!
Now they are sending vets to jail for trying to get help for PTSD. One of the US attourneys that is following Bush instructions did this!
Has analysis of neocon arguments for how to "combat fraud in the VA health care system" just like they are combating voter fraud!
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