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Article by John on May 13th, 2009 at 10:35 am So much for learning from our mistakes. President Obama is attempting to block the release of hundreds of photos showing US personnel abusing detainees. Pass of Salang – Afghanistan President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his [...]
Article by John on February 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am GAZA, GAZA STRIP – NOVEMBER 25: Dear Mr. President, Last year, you were swept into office on the hopeful promise of redemptive change. You inspired the nation by repeating the phrase, “together, we will change the world.” For many Americans, your words were not merely the final lines of a campaign speech, but a call to action for a new historical moment. Nowhere is [...]
Article by John on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm Click here to sign up for this action. Walk your neighborhood door-to-door spreading the message to end the illegal war and occupation of Iraq. The coalition organizing Million Doors for Peace includes: Catholics United, Cities for Peace, MoveOn.org, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Progressive Accountability, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace & Justice, USAction & TrueMajority.org, Voters for Peace and Win Without War. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [...]
Article by John on August 19th, 2008 at 9:55 am A letter to the editor in The Columbian today: Can we afford change? President Bush has been in office for approximately 7½ years. During the first six years of his presidency the economy was fine. Consumer confidence stood at a 2½-year high; regular gasoline sold for approximately $2.19 a gallon; the unemployment rate was 4.5 percent; the Dow Jones hit a record high at 14,000 plus; Americans [...]
Article by John on July 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 am (ItS aLL AbOuT LoVe) — JoVi RoCkWeLL Rove McCain does good work here. He even gets Couric to edit his interview so that we do not find out once again about McCain’s faulty memory with regard to our illegal, immoral occupation of Iraq. But the media is biased towards Obama, right? Always accuse others of what is actually true with regard to yourself and you [...]
Article by paul spencer on July 13th, 2008 at 7:32 pm The Representative from Washington’s Congressional District # 3 is a member of the Democratic Party who has backed George Bush on several matters of critical importance to U.S. citizens in general and progressives in particular: 1) support for the occupation of Iraq, and, especially, support for ‘the Surge’; 2) approval of the Peru Free-Trade Agreement in late 2007; and 3) an affirmative vote for the [...]
Article by John on May 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am Image via Wikipedia David Sirota has a new, hopeful book called The Uprising about the beginning of a people’s movement in this country that will result in real change coming to America. America has learned the hard way that if we ignore our government, our government will ignore us. Real, positive change seems to have become anathema to anything taking place in Washington, D.C. With spiraling [...] | |
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