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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Pictures from the Peace March on Washington
tags: Iraq, protest, march, demonstration
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Friday, January 19, 2007
March on Washington
I'm sure you have all heard the latest plan to "surge" 20,000 more troops into Iraq and I'm betting most of you aren't happy with this. Well, you have a chance to show your opposition if you can get to Washington DC next weekend. On Saturday, January 27th there will be a march to protest against the war and I hope some of you can get there, if not I'm sure there will be local demonstrations and actions around the country.
I will be traveling to D.C., so if anyone wants to meet up (or wants to give me a place to crash for a night or 2 other than on my friend's dorm room floor), then get a hold of me and we can work something out.
More information about the march is available online:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3436
Peace
tags: Iraq protest march rally demonstration Washington
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I'm sure you have all heard the latest plan to "surge" 20,000 more troops into Iraq and I'm betting most of you aren't happy with this. Well, you have a chance to show your opposition if you can get to Washington DC next weekend. On Saturday, January 27th there will be a march to protest against the war and I hope some of you can get there, if not I'm sure there will be local demonstrations and actions around the country.
I will be traveling to D.C., so if anyone wants to meet up (or wants to give me a place to crash for a night or 2 other than on my friend's dorm room floor), then get a hold of me and we can work something out.
More information about the march is available online:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3436
Peace
tags: Iraq protest march rally demonstration Washington
Labels: Iraq, march, protest, Washington
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Thursday, December 07, 2006
Iraq Study Group says "US policy is not working"
Basically the report says that Iraq is a mess and will only get worse unless diplomatic measures are pursued aggressively. Overall it calls for a change in strategy, a new course if you will.
Here are some highlights:
We will have to see if Bush's White House listens to the outside advice, it has not been known for doing that in the past however.
tags: Iraq war study
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Basically the report says that Iraq is a mess and will only get worse unless diplomatic measures are pursued aggressively. Overall it calls for a change in strategy, a new course if you will.
Here are some highlights:
Without setting a timetable, the group also asserted that the United States could withdraw most combat troops by early 2008. But to reach that goal, the panel said, the Bush administration must immediately reassign far more US troops to advise Iraqi Army units, aggressively pursue the help of Iraq's influential neighbors, and place new pressure on the Iraqi government to reach a political settlement between warring ethnic groups.
"Current US policy is not working, as the level of violence in Iraq is rising and the government is not advancing national reconciliation," said the report. "Making no changes in policy would simply delay the day of reckoning at a high cost."
We will have to see if Bush's White House listens to the outside advice, it has not been known for doing that in the past however.
tags: Iraq war study
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Rumsfeld to resign!
Wow, the GOP announced that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be stepping down from his position today. This follows many calls for his removal including most notably in a recent editorial from the Army Times.
They clearly wanted to wait until after the election for this, but this is good. It will hopefully mean that change will be acceptable and forthcoming regarding the war in Iraq.
It's about time.
tags: Rumsfeld resigns Iraq resignation war
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Wow, the GOP announced that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be stepping down from his position today. This follows many calls for his removal including most notably in a recent editorial from the Army Times.
They clearly wanted to wait until after the election for this, but this is good. It will hopefully mean that change will be acceptable and forthcoming regarding the war in Iraq.
It's about time.
tags: Rumsfeld resigns Iraq resignation war
Labels: Iraq, resignation, resigns, Rumsfeld, war
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Democrats win major gains in elections
Not much to say that has not been said elsewhere. The Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives and by all appearances they are going to win control of the Senate as well. The pendulum has swung back.
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Not much to say that has not been said elsewhere. The Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives and by all appearances they are going to win control of the Senate as well. The pendulum has swung back.
tags: election Democrats House Senate
Labels: Democrats, election, House, Senate
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Monday, October 23, 2006
President Bush on Iraq: It's Never Been "Stay The Course"
I'm calling shenanigans.
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I'm calling shenanigans.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
The end of the the Great Experiment?
You may not have heard of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 because of a boy hungry congressman, but you should know about it.
Republicans proposed, debated over, and passed the act which gives Bush control over who is an "enemy combatant" and what constitutes torture. At the same time Foley gets thrown under the bus as distraction.
It's all a set up, game over. They drew the line in the sand, now America can torture, imprison people indefinitely as long as Dear Leader says so, and people don't care because a minor sex distraction overruled it in the media.
I really just have a bad case of outrage fatigue right now, I'm waiting for the elections, but I know that those are a flimsy joke to make us all feel like we participate and have a say. Sigh.
I don't know if I can express how major suspending Habeas Corpus really is, it goes back to the Magna Carta. I've always been proud to live in a country that gives a fair and speedy trial even to the worst criminals.
Ok, I realize nobody cares because hey look, the Dow is over 12,000! And gas prices have come down a little! But most people don't own stocks and are still suffering under growing debts. How many of you are going to have outragous debts to pay off after school, how many worry about paying for adequate health care. I have a solution: Gitmo, they'll give you a cage to sleep in and treat any medical problems you have (granted the torture probably caused them)
Habeas Corpus isn't some silly civil liberty like privacy concerns or something, it is the essential right. "The Great Writ."
My America doesn't torture and it does not hold people indefinitely without charge, especially American citizens (like Jose Padilla).
Take your stand on this side of the line or enjoy corporate feudalism. Don't let fear and hatred guide you towards what profits the greedy and buries the rest of us in debt. If we don't, the great American experiment is in its true form over.
/end rant.
tags: habeas corpus military Bush
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You may not have heard of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 because of a boy hungry congressman, but you should know about it.
Republicans proposed, debated over, and passed the act which gives Bush control over who is an "enemy combatant" and what constitutes torture. At the same time Foley gets thrown under the bus as distraction.
It's all a set up, game over. They drew the line in the sand, now America can torture, imprison people indefinitely as long as Dear Leader says so, and people don't care because a minor sex distraction overruled it in the media.
I really just have a bad case of outrage fatigue right now, I'm waiting for the elections, but I know that those are a flimsy joke to make us all feel like we participate and have a say. Sigh.
I don't know if I can express how major suspending Habeas Corpus really is, it goes back to the Magna Carta. I've always been proud to live in a country that gives a fair and speedy trial even to the worst criminals.
Ok, I realize nobody cares because hey look, the Dow is over 12,000! And gas prices have come down a little! But most people don't own stocks and are still suffering under growing debts. How many of you are going to have outragous debts to pay off after school, how many worry about paying for adequate health care. I have a solution: Gitmo, they'll give you a cage to sleep in and treat any medical problems you have (granted the torture probably caused them)
Habeas Corpus isn't some silly civil liberty like privacy concerns or something, it is the essential right. "The Great Writ."
My America doesn't torture and it does not hold people indefinitely without charge, especially American citizens (like Jose Padilla).
Take your stand on this side of the line or enjoy corporate feudalism. Don't let fear and hatred guide you towards what profits the greedy and buries the rest of us in debt. If we don't, the great American experiment is in its true form over.
/end rant.
tags: habeas corpus military Bush
Labels: democracy
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Monday, September 25, 2006
It's time for discussion
We as a country are at a point where we need to have a serious discussion with our neighbors and assess the direction we are heading in the War on Terror. No real discussion has occurred because anybody who raises a challenge is labeled as unpatriotic and a terrorist appeaser.
The fact is there are other options, and if this democracy is to work we have to discuss them seriously. Opinions should be respected on their merits and not just attacked if they do not agree with your view.
Bush has admitted to having secret prisons, spying is going on unchecked by the system of "checks and balances" (read: get a warrant), the Administration wants to make sure they can torture people and then not show them the evidence gathered against them (if they ever see a trial), intelligence agencies now say that the war in Iraq has actually made the terror threat worse.
What are we doing? Is this the America we want? Is this the shining example of hope and liberty we love?
It's time for everyone to ask themselves these questions and discuss the answer with their neighbors.
I have asked myself and here are my answers: The US shouldn't torture, the US shouldn't have secret prisons, the US shouldn't have secret trials, the US shouldn't spy here at home without warrants, the US should either give our troops everything they need to secure Iraq (like we should have done originally), or we should leave. I want a better way.
What is your answer?
tags: politics questions terror
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We as a country are at a point where we need to have a serious discussion with our neighbors and assess the direction we are heading in the War on Terror. No real discussion has occurred because anybody who raises a challenge is labeled as unpatriotic and a terrorist appeaser.
The fact is there are other options, and if this democracy is to work we have to discuss them seriously. Opinions should be respected on their merits and not just attacked if they do not agree with your view.
Bush has admitted to having secret prisons, spying is going on unchecked by the system of "checks and balances" (read: get a warrant), the Administration wants to make sure they can torture people and then not show them the evidence gathered against them (if they ever see a trial), intelligence agencies now say that the war in Iraq has actually made the terror threat worse.
What are we doing? Is this the America we want? Is this the shining example of hope and liberty we love?
It's time for everyone to ask themselves these questions and discuss the answer with their neighbors.
I have asked myself and here are my answers: The US shouldn't torture, the US shouldn't have secret prisons, the US shouldn't have secret trials, the US shouldn't spy here at home without warrants, the US should either give our troops everything they need to secure Iraq (like we should have done originally), or we should leave. I want a better way.
What is your answer?
tags: politics questions terror
Labels: democracy
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