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  • Stuck in a Rut: Forced Occupation for Gain
    18 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Bush Administration and their Neocon pals just don’t "get it". They didn’t in 2001, and they don’t now.
    While post war occupation by us and other countries in the past has been relatively successful, a FORCED occupation is seldom a winning action.
    The Romans, who spread their culture and their armies to the far corners of the then known world, were eventually bounced out by angry "little guys" who were far less effectively armed but were much more dedicated in their fighting.
    The (…)

  • Pentagon Focus of a Spirited Peace Demonstration
    18 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “There was never a good war, or a bad peace.” - Ben Franklin
    Washington, DC - At 12:30 PM, on March 17, 2007, near the Lincoln Memorial, at Constitution Ave. and 23rd St., NW, peace advocates, in the tens of thousands assembled for a “March on the Pentagon.” A blustery wind was blowing in from the Potomac River, which parallels the area. Meanwhile, the Democrats are in almost full retreat to the Bush-Cheney Gang, with respect to the issue of continued funding for the Iraqi War. And, thanks (…)

  • Racist West IGNORES 4th anniversary of Iraq Invasion & 1 MILLION post-invasion Iraqi excess deaths
    18 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The 4th anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq – 1 MILLION post-invasion excess deaths later - has been marked by very modest demonstrations around the world in Western countries e.g. 300 in Melbourne, Australia; 300 in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1,200 in Barcelona, the radical heart of Spain. Yet 4 years ago - 1 MILLION excess deaths ago - MILLIONS (150,000 in Melbourne, Australia) demonstrated around the world against the impending invasion.
    For a picture of the demonstration in Melbourne that (…)

  • IRAQ:Que Sera,Sera (song)
    17 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Here is the music:
    http://geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6159/queserasera.mid (short musical intro) WAY BACK IN 2003 WE ASKED THE ’DUBYA’, WHAT WILL THIS BE? WILL IRAQ SUFFER,WILL WE PREVAIL? HE SAID WE’D SET THEM FREE. QUE SERA,SERA WE’LL FIND ALL THEIR WMD THE FUTURE IS OURS, YOU SEE IT WILL BE, WILL BE. A COUPLE YEARS LATER HE WAS WRONG DIDN’T FIND NUTTIN’ LOTS ’O FOLKS DEAD! I.E.D.s, MORTARS, DAY AFTER DAY GEORGE BUSH’S FACE WAS RED! QUE SERA,SERA WE’RE "WINNING",OH CAN’T YOU SEE? (…)

  • Only Nonviolence Will End the War
    17 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Swanson
    On March 17, a huge mass of people will gather at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., and march from there to the Pentagon for the cause of impeachment and peace. http://www.impeach07.org
    A handful of pro-war people, some volunteer and some probably paid to be there, will stage a counter-demonstration. This relatively tiny pro-death contingent will garner 50 percent of the media coverage if those on the side of peace do everything right. If a single demonstrator (…)

  • Thank Kucinich for His Remarks Today on Iran and Impeachment
    17 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    When a Congress Member steps out into a firestorm of opposition from the corporate media and his own party’s leadership, he has to hear support from us to keep him going. Please call Rep. Dennis Kucinich at 202-225-5871 and Email him at http://kucinich.us/contact and thank him for his remarks today on the floor of the House, in which he stood up for Congress’ war powers and stated impeachment may be the only way to prevent President Bush from attacking Iran. If you really want to encourage (…)

  • Fake Congressional Opposition to War
    17 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Stephen Lendman
    The US electorate sent a clear, unequivocal message in the November mid-term elections. End the Iraq war and bring home the troops. Many supporting war in the 109th Congress lost out to more moderate voices taking over their seats because voters want change and expect new faces to deliver starting with the top issue on voters’ minds in recent polls - Iraq. A majority of the public demands it, protests and heated rhetoric continue building over it, and the Congress is (…)

  • To the U.S. Congress if you can’t end this war, go look for other work
    16 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To the U.S. Congress if you can’t end this war, go look for other work By Mary MacElveen March 16, 2007
    In speaking out against this war, those that have done so have pushed all fear aside and have done so with immense courage. If one is to look at the definition of courage, one is, “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.” The other being, “have the courage of one’s convictions, to act in accordance with one’s (…)

  • President Bush, the Iraqi people are not collateral damage they are victims
    16 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President Bush, the Iraqi people are not collateral damage they are victims By Mary MacElveen March 16, 2007
    The other night I started to write an editorial asking what did the Iraqis do to the United States of America to deserve their fate and put it aside to finish up at a later time. In preparing to finish it up tonight, I logged onto the CrooksAndLiars.com web site only to see a heart breaking Sixty Minutes story which aired this past Sunday called Will They Ever Trust Us Again? It is (…)

  • The Ides of March
    16 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Call Dennis Kucinich’s office to thank him: 202-225-5871
    A few days ago, I sent out a frustrated email to a small listserv that includes some major peace activists in the nation, including Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich. My email reads as follows:
    With the impending invasion of Iran, which will probably turn nuclear (or “nukular” as some say), why is no member of Congress introducing Articles of Impeachment?
    We live in a rogue state…who will stop them?
    I received the standard reply (…)