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What say you? (n/t)

Mentarch — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:28:30 -0600

What say you? (n/t)

Real HONOR, Right or Wrong

jimstaro — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:49:26 -0600

Real HONOR, Right or Wrong the Conflict

This is what the Country, the U.S., that Cheers on Invasions and Occupations, based on Lies, Doesn't Do!!

Real HONOR, Right or Wrong the Conflict

The bodies of five British soldiers from one regiment who were killed in Afghanistan have been flown to the UK.

They arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire for a repatriation ceremony.

With 'Independence Day'

jimstaro — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:55:40 -0600

With 'Independence Day' Weekend Coming

What do these three words now mean, 'Independence', 'Freedom', and 'Democray'?

And further this countries two names, 'America' and the 'United States'?

I don't know anymore, not what they are supposed to signify to us and the rest of this planet!

It is also obsolete thinking

Catzoned — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:45:29 -0600

It is also obsolete thinking to hold the Federal government responsible for elections that are conducted by the States.

Not voting would put me in the same position of those who are too apathetic to have a sense of civic duty and partipation! I will vote and it will not be for anyone who is for war.

I have to agree with some of

Catzoned — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:58:17 -0600

I have to agree with some of post that is anti-war. However, I strongly disagree with the NOT voting in November. This election is the time to make our voices heard.

If you are worried about a bad voting system then go to your Representatives in your state. Here is a link to states that have an accountable system:

Verified Voting Should Be Mandatory in Each and Every State of the Union.

I’m sure everyone has heard the horror stories of how susceptible the Diebold voting machines are to hackers and that they either need to be eliminated or at least produce a valid paper trail of each and every vote. What is absolutely pathetic is that after the scandalous Presidential election of 2004 – NOT every state has made the effort to rectify the situation. A paper trail should be mandatory in every state or we can just continue to deal with a broken election system and kiss our Democracy goodbye. The following information is from http://www.verifiedvoting.org. This web site has a map that shows if your state has a paper ballot system in place. It is very disturbing to see how many states still do not utilize the paper ballot. If yours does not, please email or call you’re your Representatives to correct this sad situation of our right to vote and be counted! Thanks.

I believe I would follow

wyll12 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:58:42 -0600

I believe I would follow your movement and identify with your argument closer and more strongly if it wasn't based on your "any vote is a vote for war" mantra. It's oversimplifed, and I find it diluted to the point of being obsolete--a vote is only a vote for war if you, the voter, make it one. I'm not voting for war, I'm voting for a progressive step in health care, a withdrawal of a large majority of our military from Iraq, an end to the Bush tax cuts, and financial political moves benefitting Americans trying to pay for college. To say that all I'm voting for is War and a continuation of the Military Industrial Complex is just wrong. The movement you're calling for is noble, but I don't want to throw my vote away in November, and your argument doesn't really convince me that by not voting in the election, I'm saving my democratic voice.

This entry has also been

Mark E. Smith — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:25:45 -0600

This entry has also been posted on DailyKos, OpEdNews, SmirkingChimp, Care2, and TruthAwaits.

To see the source material, most of which is in the candidates' own words, Click here and then click on any statement in blue.

The No in November

Mark E. Smith — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:14:35 -0600

The No in November pledge:

The United States government has refused to ensure free, fair, honest, transparent elections, and has ignored clear, regular and widespread evidence of election fraud and deception--the political parties and candidates ask for my vote but cannot ensure that my vote is counted. Once elected, officials no longer take my vote into consideration and cannot be held accountable, so my vote is not a voice in government and therefore not a true vote.

The United States government is comprised of a President who is in breach of his Presidential oath and of legislators and officials who have passed unlawful and unconstitutional bills and who have placed themselves above the law.

I reaffirm the final authority of the people to grant or to withhold the mandate to govern or enact laws in our name and I withdraw my vote from these compromised and discredited elections. I do not delegate power to any representative to govern or enact laws in my name. I do not consent to unjust government in which I have no voice.

I am voting instead for true government of the people, by the people, and for the people, and to this end I pledge to work with everyone who joins this petition to establish citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy.

www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-the-no-back-in-november

Conyers - Now Is the Time to

jimstaro — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:04:15 -0600

Conyers - Now Is the Time to Impeach - VFP

Veterans For Peace Requests Meeting with Representative John Conyers About Impeachment

The Letter

Proving the public can stop

Jacob Freeze — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:31:46 -0600

Proving the public can stop an attack on Iran is like proving that pigs can fly.

First, you add some pigeon genes to the pig genome, then you inbreed all the pigs that show a little tendency to grow wings, and repeat this process for a hundred or a thousand generations.

Voilà! A flying pig!

But the public and the major players in politics and the media would have to be transformed even more radically than flying pigs before they would support a general strike, and we don't have a hundred generations to transform them.

Beyond writing blogs or

Jacob Freeze — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:40:08 -0600

Beyond writing blogs or letters to Congress, can you suggest anything else anyone can do to avert this disaster?

In the last seven years, a great many progressives have written blogs and letters to Congress, with no visible effect.

Welcome back Jim. You were

kerry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:08:04 -0600

Welcome back Jim. You were missed!

Thousands of soldiers have

Jan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:06:27 -0600

Thousands of soldiers have died just for power and oil. Although I can understand the reason but it's just too much. What a great loss.

Yes, President Bush has been

Catzoned — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:32:52 -0600

Yes, President Bush has been threatening action against Iran for quite some time now. The guy must still be living in a gilded cage as he has done his entire life. But it is ridiculous to drag the entire country, it’s greatest assets in uniform, and it’s fortune into his fantasy life. He seems to be clueless as to how the war in Iraq is actually failing. And he entirely missed the point of appropriate military action in Afghanistan to pursue bin Laden and the Taliban insurgents to invade the sovereign nation of Iraq instead of “staying the course” to finish that post 9/11 effort. Is it possible that President Bush is unaware that he has bankrupted America in his two failed wars? Is it possible that he believes “heck, if one or two wars fails let’s find one that I can actually win”? I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t understand the man so am open to ideas about him and his and Cheneys ideology. Because I don’t get it!

I would like to remind people that the only way to acquire more “military assets is a mandatory draft”. He may crazy enough to not believe in climate change but to deny the effects of nuclear fallout is seriously insane. Will he stoop to the level of mandatory draft to achieve his goals?

Let’s hope the Congress, the U.N. and the citizenry can reach through his dementia. They’ve been ineffective up to this point. Are we supposed to wait to see if he just runs out of time in office before he can wreak more havoc? How do we stop this madman? I don’t think we’ve the luxury of just waiting him out until the next election.

12 Soldiers 12 Soldiers,

jimstaro — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:16:28 -0600

12 Soldiers

12 Soldiers, some of them Served Together, 12 Soldiers who Died Together, 12 Soldiers who were Buried Together!

As a Nation only sees a few seconds of this Ceremony, and Rarely sees the Flag Draped Coffins or Funerals of The Fallen, and pays only passing attention, if any attention at all, to the names and profiles when they are rarely shown!

And Sacrifice Very Little or Nothing, as a Nation, themselves!

12 More Families Who Sacrificed All An Grieve Their Loss!