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I recently obtained a list of ‘people-in-high-places’ and their own particular brand of military sacrifice. Personally, I found it to be ... well ... telling. List as provided by SergeantD, posted on www.huffingtonpost.com, November 13, 2005
Democrats * Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71 * David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72 * Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72. * Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer (…)

Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s (R-Maine)A Declaration of Conscience
June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine spoke on the Senate floor on behalf of the Declaration of Conscience. The declaration opposed McCarthyism. Smith’s speech is printed here.
I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition. It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could result in national suicide and the end of everything that we Americans hold dear. It is a (…)

DEATH SENTENCE; TOO DIFFICULT FOR AMERICANS, BUT TOO EASY FOR INNOCENT IRAQIS ! The case of the execution of Stanley Roorkie Williams has drawn much attention in the western media. It took the American justice about 24 years to trail, convict, and execute a man who had brutally killed 4 innocent people !. This may express the preciousness of human life, that should not be terminated without a justice trail and due cause.
ON THE OTHER hand, the scene in Iraq is very much gloomy. The (…)

Much more than 30,000 Iraqis civilians were killed by the invasion !
Mr Bush has announced in a recent speech that about 30,000 Iraqis have been killed after the invasion of Iraq. This number is very little compared with the actual number of civilians killed in Iraq. The reasons are:-
1- The USA troops kill from the Iraqis and do not bother to keep an account of their killing. General Tomy Franks was quoted to say: "We do not do body count". 2- In the first few months after the (…)

Police in Sydney will be given tough new powers to crack down on rioters who have rampaged through the city’s southern beachside suburbs for two nights, New South Wales state leader Morris Iemma announced Tuesday. ’’New South Wales parliament will be recalled for a special emergency sitting on Thursday morning to provide police with extra powers to deal with criminals and thugs who are causing disturbances across our city,’’ Iemma said. He was talking after a second night of race riots (…)

Washington — It’s about time that the "me too" Democrats, particularly those in Congress who vote with the Republicans so often, stand up and be counted.
Too many Democrats are tiptoeing around the major issues facing our nation, afraid to venture out of the mainstream. This is a big mistake at a time when the nation is begging for true leadership.
Democrats with the courage to be leaders could have a field day pointing out that millions of Americans lack health insurance and that 37 (…)

THINGS BUSH COULD SAY
By Peter Fredson
December 13, 2005
Torture? What Torture? No Torture!
Someone outed a CIA agent? Gee, wonder who that could have been?
Karl Rove. Nice Guy. I hadda punish him by putting him in charge of the reconstruction of New Orleans..
Tom DeLay? Haven’t seen him around lately.
Condi Rice. Nice Shoes. Perky. Good Liar.
Dick Cheney? Uncle Dick? Keeps secrets.
Laura? Knows when to shut up.
I have to kill them “over there” or else they will come to (…)

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My name is Alex Schenck. I am a Wikipedia administrator and I go by the username "Linuxbeak". You may find my user page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Linuxbeak. I would like to discuss this issue on behalf of Wikipedia and Wikimedia.
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SAN QUENTIN (FinalCall.com) - “The State of California just killed an innocent man,” three supporters of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, who witnessed his execution, harmonically yelled with their fists in the air as they left San Quentin State Prison’s death chamber. This most unusual rally cry at the end of a state sponsored execution was echoed outside the prison where nearly 3,000 supporters gathered to protest Mr. Williams’ killing.
“Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cold blooded (…)

President Bush offered encouragement to war-weary Iraqis on Monday but acknowledged they have paid a heavy price _ 30,000 dead _ as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and its bloody aftermath.
As Iraqis began voting in parliamentary elections, Bush said that no country has formed a democracy without "challenges, setbacks and false starts."
"There’s still a lot of difficult work to be done in Iraq," the president said, "but thanks to the courage of the Iraqi people, the year 2005 will be (…)