Posts with the tag Iraq War
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OK now it is my turn....... This is my little Blog ( published on a mere six sites) so permit me to talk about the two Bush's and how they have brought down our country almost single handedly. Then I want to talk about the aging hunchback.
Bush ( the elder) came from Langley ( the CIA) and was brainwashed by the system of Alan Dulles who started the CIA. The CIA is and always has been an autonomous company that operates on it;s own agenda. If you believe that Congress oversight is sufficient or is informed of all their doings I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. There Texas cowboys still live in the wild West and view the world as their personal oyster. Be it Iran - Contra or Abu Ghraib the CIA is at the forefront. The CIA is a rule bending, terrorist organization that operates in the "my way or the highway" mentality. Read More »
Bush ( the elder) came from Langley ( the CIA) and was brainwashed by the system of Alan Dulles who started the CIA. The CIA is and always has been an autonomous company that operates on it;s own agenda. If you believe that Congress oversight is sufficient or is informed of all their doings I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. There Texas cowboys still live in the wild West and view the world as their personal oyster. Be it Iran - Contra or Abu Ghraib the CIA is at the forefront. The CIA is a rule bending, terrorist organization that operates in the "my way or the highway" mentality. Read More »
Based on protests against the Iraq war, on October 26, 2002 (over 100,000 protestors in Washington and 50,000 in San Francisco) at least 150,000 Americans had enough sense to know that invading Iraq was not a wise thing to do (among them one of the three presidential candidates) and based on the fact that 154 congress people had enough sense to vote against the war (Unfortunately, the 154 did not include either of the remaining two presidential candidates).
Don’t we want to elect a president who has demonstrated that he is at least as smart as the American people when it comes to making a judgment call regarding the invasion of another nation, or will we choose the candidate who has recently promised to obliterate Iran, or perhaps the one who has promised to stay there for 100 years?
Obama 08
I am so disgusted that the only things the media in this country can focus on are the issues they've created that have nothing whatsoever to do with either Barack Obama's or Hillary Clinton's ability to be President of the United States. That in turn has caused over half of the United States to believe those are the important issues in determining our next President. One of those issues they should be focusing and one I believe is at the top of most Americans minds is the Iraq War.
Here are some current facts:
The American Deaths are now at 4061, the total wounded is 29,829. Forty-nine American Soldiers have been killed in the Iraq War this month and three, in Afghanistan.
Five hundred and five, 505, Iraqi citizens were killed or found dead in just one week this month, April 2008. There is an estimated 1,205,025 civilians killed since this war started.
There are currently 320,000 soldiers that have received brain injuries and at least 300,000 soldiers that are now suffering from major depression and post traumatic stress; this represents soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.
This is a war Hillary Clinton voted for and defended, one she refuses to apologize for.
In Hillary Clinton’s Floor Speech on A Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq dated October 10, 2002 she says, Read More »
Donahue was among the first personalities on television to speak out against the war and he paid a price for it.
Back in 2003 Phil Donahue lost his MSNBC talk show. He got memo telling him that his bosses were concerned that he was turning his show into "a home for the liberal antiwar agenda at the same time that our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity."
Instead of "going gently into the dark night of retirement", Donahue collaborated with Ellen Spiro to create a documentary which premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is a heart-wrenching story of an American Soldier who was wounded in Baghdad. The audience gave it a 10 minute standing ovation.
I look forward to seeing it. If you are interested, for dates and cities, go to
Exactly one on half months ago a troubled mother just finishes her visit to the Arlington Cemetery were her son rest in peace she speaks to a reporter of NPR Radio and she quote “If there are someone guilty for my losses and the losses of other parents like me in this war, is the Americans media, they only need one week broadcasting the atrocity of this war” and am I totally sure in less of a weak this war is over.
She was absolutely right; it is amazing how cowardly and complacent was the media covering this war.
They have a lot to explain to the public why if they believe in the FREEDOM of information, they surrounded this FREEDOM to the government of Mr. Bush.
The media have a lot of responsibility in this mess.
They look like a puppet instrument of this administration.
In that way they deserve a warmed “Welcome to the third world”
Percy H Florez
She was absolutely right; it is amazing how cowardly and complacent was the media covering this war.
They have a lot to explain to the public why if they believe in the FREEDOM of information, they surrounded this FREEDOM to the government of Mr. Bush.
The media have a lot of responsibility in this mess.
They look like a puppet instrument of this administration.
In that way they deserve a warmed “Welcome to the third world”
Percy H Florez
The Name's of The Fallen / Part 13 / Total Count as a today 4/27/2008 4054 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4054 to 3897
4054 4/24/2008 Staff Sergeant Shaun J. Whitehead (24) Commerce GA
4053 4/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Ronald C. Blystone (34) Springfield MO
4052 4/23/2008 1st Lieutenant Timothy W. Cunningham (26) College Station TX
4051 4/23/2008 Private 1st Class John T. Bishop (22) Gaylord MI
4050 4/22/2008 Corporal Jonathan T. Yale (21) Burkeville VA
4049 4/22/2008 Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter (19) Sag Harbor NY
4048 4/23/2008 Sergeant Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez (26) Fort Irwin CA
4047 4/21/2008 1st Lieutenant Matthew R. Vandergrift (28) Littleton CO
4046 4/22/2008 Private Ronald R. Harrison (25) Morris Plains NJ
4045 4/21/2008 Sergeant Adam J. Kohlhaas (26) Perryville MO
4044 4/21/2008 Specialist Steven J. Christofferson (20) Cudahy WI
4043 4/20/2008 Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton (40) Bakersfield CA
4042 4/21/2008 Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos (22) El Paso TX
4041 4/18/2008 Corporal Benjamin K. Brosh (22) Colorado Spring CO
4040 4/18/2008 Specialist Lance O. Eakes (25) Apex NC
4039 4/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Jason L Brown (29) Magnolia TX
4038 4/14/2008 Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz (23) Clearwater FL
4037 4/14/2008 Sergeant Joseph A Richard III (27) Lafayette LA
4036 4/14/2008 Lance Corporal Dean D Opicka (29) Waukesha WI
4035 4/14/2008 Corporal Richard J Nelson (23) Racine WI
4034 4/12/2008 Sergeant William E Allmon (25) Ardmore OK
4033 4/9/2008 Specialist Jacob J Fairbanks (22) Saint Paul MN
4032 4/9/2008 Sergeant Jesse A Ault (28) Dublin VA
4031 4/9/2008 Sergeant Shaun P Tousha (30) Hull TX
4030 4/9/2008 Tech Sergeant Anthony L Capra (31) Hanford CA
4029 4/9/2008 Specialist Jeremiah C Hughes (26) Jacksonville FL
4028 4/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeffery L Hartley (25) Hempstead TX
4027 4/7/2008 Major Mark E Rosenberg (32) Maimi Lakes FL
4026 4/7/2008 Sergeant Timothy M Smith (25) South Lake Tahoe CA
4025 4/7/2008 Sergeant Michael T Lilly (23) Boise ID
4024 4/7/2008 Specialist Jason C Kazarick (30) Oakmont PA
4023 4/7/2008 Sergeant Richard A Vaughn (22) San Diego CA
4022 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E McNeal (23) Norfolk VA
4021 4/6/2008 Major Stuart A Wolfer (36) Coral Gable FL
4020 4/6/2008 Colonel Stephen K Scott (54) New Market AL
4019 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett (34) Teachey NC
4018 4/6/2008 Specialist Matthew T Morris (23) Cedar Park TX
4017 4/6/2008 Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz (29) No Data Available Puerto Rico
4016 4/6/2008 Private 1st Class Shane D Penley (19) Sauk Village IL
4015 4/16/2004 Staff Sergeant Keith M Maupin (24) Batavia OH
4014 4/3/2008 Staff Sergeant Travis L Griffin (28) Dover DE
4013 3/31/2008 Sergeant Dayne D Dhanoolal (26) Brooklyn NY
4012 3/30/2008 Sergeant Terrell W Gilmore (38) Baton Rouge LA
4011 3/30/2008 Sergeant Jevon K Jordan (32) Norfolk VA
4010 3/29/2008 Major William G Hall (38) Seatle WA
4009 3/29/2008 Specialist Durrell L Bennett (22) Spanaway WA
4008 3/29/2008 Private 1st Class Patrick J Miller (23) New Port Richer FL
4007 3/28/2008 Specialist Charles A Jankowski (24) Panama City FL
4006 3/27/2008 Corporal Joshua A Molina (20) Houston TX
4005 3/26/2008 Corporal Steven I Candelo (20) Houston TX
4004 3/26/2008 Specialist Gregory B Rundell (21) Ramsey MN
4003 3/25/2008 Staff Sergeant Joseph D Gamboa (34) Yigo Guam
4002 3/23/2008 Private George Delgado (21) Palmdale CA
4001 3/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher M Hake (26) Enid OK
4000 3/23/2008 Corporal Jose A Rubio Hernandez (24) Mission TX
3999 3/23/2008 Private 1st Class Andrew J Habsieger (22) Festus MO
3998 3/22/2008 Sergeant Thomas C Ray II (40) Weaverville NC
3997 3/22/2008 Sergeant David S Stelmat (27) Littleton NH
Total Count as a today @ 10:55 AM 4/27/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
The Name's of the Fallen : Link
Percy H Florez
The Name's of The Fallen / Part 12 / Total Count as a today 4/21/2008 4039 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4039 to 3896
4039 4/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Jason L. Brown (29) Magnolia TX
4038 4/14/2008 Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz (23) Clearwater FL
4037 4/14/2008 Sergeant Joseph A. Richard III (27) Lafayette LA
4036 4/14/2008 Lance Corporal Dean D. Opicka (29) Waukesha WI
4035 4/14/2008 Corporal Richard J. Nelson (23) Racine WI
4034 4/12/2008 Sergeant William E. Allmon (25) Ardmore OK
4033 4/9/2008 Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks (22) Saint Paul MN
4032 4/9/2008 Sergeant Jesse A. Ault (28) Dublin VA
4031 4/9/2008 Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha (30) Hull TX
4030 4/9/2008 Tech Sergeant Anthony L. Capra (31) Hanford CA
4029 4/9/2008 Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes (26) Jacksonville FL
4028 4/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley (25) Hempstead TX
4027 4/7/2008 Major Mark E. Rosenberg (32) Maimi Lakes FL
4026 4/7/2008 Sergeant Timothy M. Smith (25) South Lake Tahoe (CA)
4025 4/7/2008 Sergeant Michael T. Lilly (23) Boise ID
4024 4/7/2008 Specialist Jason C. Kazarick (30) Oakmont PA
4023 4/7/2008 Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn (22) San Diego CA
4022 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal (23) Norfolk VA
4021 4/6/2008 Major Stuart A. Wolfer (36) Coral Gable FL
4020 4/6/2008 Colonel Stephen K. Scott (54) New Market AL
4019 4/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett (34) Teachey NC
4018 4/6/2008 Specialist Matthew T. Morris (23) Cedar Park TX
4017 4/6/2008 Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz (29) No Data Available - Puerto Rico
4016 4/6/2008 Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley (19) Sauk Village IL
4015 4/16/2004 Staff Sergeant Keith M. Maupin (24) Batavia OH
4014 4/3/2008 Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin (28) Dover DE
4013 3/31/2008 Sergeant Dayne D. Dhanoolal (26) Brooklyn NY
4012 3/30/2008 Sergeant Terrell W. Gilmore (38) Baton Rouge LA
4011 3/30/2008 Sergeant Jevon K. Jordan (32) Norfolk VA
4010 3/29/2008 Major William G. Hall (38) Seatle WA
4009 3/29/2008 Specialist Durrell L. Bennett (22) Spanaway WA
4008 3/29/2008 Private 1st Class Patrick J. Miller (23) New Port Richer FL
4007 3/28/2008 Specialist Charles A. Jankowski (24) Panama City FL
4006 3/27/2008 Corporal Joshua A. Molina (20) Houston TX
4005 3/26/2008 Corporal Steven I. Candelo (20) Houston TX
4004 3/26/2008 Specialist Gregory B. Rundell (21) Ramsey MN
4003 3/25/2008 Staff Sergeant Joseph D. Gamboa (34) Yigo - Guam
4002 3/23/2008 Private George Delgado (21) Palmdale CA
4001 3/23/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher M. Hake (26) Enid OK
4000 3/23/2008 Corporal Jose A. Rubio Hernandez (24) Mission TX
3999 3/23/2008 Private 1st Class Andrew J. Habsieger, (22) Festus MO
3998 3/22/2008 Sergeant Thomas C. Ray II (40) Weaverville NC
3997 3/22/2008 Sergeant David S. Stelmat (27) Littleton NH
3996 3/22/2008 Sergeant David B. Williams (26) Tarboro NC
3995 3/21/2008 Private 1st Class Tyler J. Smith (22) Bethel ME
3994 3/19/2008 Sergeant Gregory D. Unruh (28) Dickinson TX
3993 3/17/2008 Staff Sergeant Michael D. Elledge (41) Brownsburg IN
3992 3/17/2008 Sergeant Christopher C. Simpson (23) Hampton VA
3991 3/15/2008 Specialist Lerando J. Brown (27) Gulfport MS
3990 3/15/2008 Corporal William D. O�Brien (19) Rice TX
3989 3/12/2008 Staff Sergeant Juantrea T. Bradley (28) Greenville NC
3988 3/12/2008 Specialist Dustin C. Jackson (21) Arlington TX
3987 3/12/2008 Private 1st Class Tenzin L. Samten (33) Prescott AZ
3986 3/11/2008 Staff Sergeant Laurent J. West 32 Raleigh NC
3985 3/10/2008 Sergeant Phillip R. Anderson 28 Everett WA
3984 3/10/2008 Specialist Donald A. Burkett (24) Comanche TX
3983 3/10/2008 Captain Torre R. Mallard (27) Oklahoma OK
3982 3/10/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Shawn M. Suzch (32) Hilltown PA
3981 3/10/2008 Staff Sergeant Ernesto G. Cimarrusti (25) Douglas AZ
3980 3/10/2008 Staff Sergeant David D. Julian (31) Evaston WY
3979 3/10/2008 Corporal Robert T. McDavid (29) Starkville MS
3978 3/10/2008 Corporal Scott A. McIntosh (26) Houston TX
3977 3/7/2008 Corporal Jose A. Paniagua-Morales (22) Bell Gardens CA
3976 3/4/2008 Staff Sergeant Christopher S. Frost (24) Waukesha WI
3975 2/25/2008 Corporal Kevin S. Mowl (22) Pittsford NY
3974 2/24/2008 Specialist Orlando A. Perez (23) Houston TX
3973 2/24/2008 Specialist Micheal E. Phillips (19) Ardmore OK
3972 2/22/2008 Specialist Keisha M. Morgan (25) Washington DC
3971 2/21/2008 Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver (20) St. Charles MO
3970 2/20/2008 Captain Nathan R. Raudenbush (25) PA
3969 2/20/2008 Staff Sergeant Bryant W. Mackey (30) Eureka KS
3968 2/20/2008 Sergeant Conrad Alvarez (22) Big Spring TX
3967 2/20/2008 Corporal Albert Bitton (20) Chicago IL
3966 2/20/2008 Specialist Micheal B. Matlock (21) Glen Burnie MD
3965 2/17/2008 Corporal Luke S. Runyan (21) Spring Grove PA
3964 2/17/2008 Corporal Chad D. Groepper (21) Kingsley IA
3963 2/14/2008 Staff Sergeant Javares J. Washington (27) Pensacola FL
3962 2/10/2008 Sergeant Corey E. Spates (21) La Grange GA
3961 2/8/2008 Private 1st Class Jack T. Sweet (19) Alexandria Bay NY
3960 2/8/2008 Corporal Michael T. Manibog (31) Alameda CA
3959 2/8/2008 Sergeant Timothy P. Martin (27) Pixley CA
3958 2/8/2008 Staff Sergeant Jerald A. Whisenhunt (32) Orrick MO
3957 2/8/2008 Sergeant Gary D. Willett, (34) Alamagordo NM
3956 2/7/2008 Petty Officer 1st class Luis A. Souffront (25) Miami FL
3955 2/6/2008 Staff Sergeant Bradley J. Skelton (40) Gordonville MO
3954 2/5/2008 Sergeant Timothy R. Van Orman (24) Port Matilda PA
3953 2/5/2008 Sergeant John C. Osmolski (23) Eustis FL
3952 2/5/2008 Corporal Miguel A. Baez (32) Bonaire GA
3951 2/5/2008 Staff Sergeant Rafael Alicea Rivera (30) Bayamon Puerto Rico
3950 2/4/2008 Specialist Christopher J. West (26) Arlington TX
3949 2/4/2008 Chief Petty Officer Nathan H. Hardy (29) Durham NH
3948 2/4/2008 Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch (29) State College PA
3947 2/2/2008 Staff Sergeant Chad A. Barrett 35 Saltville VA
3946 1/31/2008 Sergeant Matthew F. Straughter (27) Charles MO
3945 1/31/2008 Captain David E. Schultz (25) Illinois IL
3944 1/31/2008 Captain Michael A. Norman (36) Killeen TX
3943 1/28/2008 Sergeant James E. Craig (26) Hollywood SC
3942 1/28/2008 Staff Sergeant Gary W. Jeffries (37) Roscoe TX
3941 1/28/2008 Corporal Evan A. Marshall (21) Athens GA
3940 1/28/2008 Specialist Brandon A. Meyer (20) Orange CA
3939 1/28/2008 Private 1st Class Joshua A. R. Young (21) Riddle OR
3938 1/27/2008 Sergeant Mikeal W. Miller (22) Albany OR
3937 1/27/2008 Major Alan G. Rogers (40) Hampton FL
3936 1/26/2008 Staff Sergeant Robert J. Wilson (28) Boynton Beach FL
3935 1/25/2008 Corporal Duncan C. Crookston (19) Denver CO
3934 1/25/2008 Sergeant Tracy R. Birkman (41) New Castle VA
3933 1/22/2008 Sergeant Michael R. Sturdivant (20) Conway AK
3932 1/19/2008 Staff Sergeant Justin R. Whiting (27) Hancock NY
3931 1/19/2008 Lance Corporal James M. Gluff (20) Tunnel Hill GA
3930 1/19/2008 Specialist Richard B. Burress (25) Naples FL
3929 1/19/2008 Specialist Jon M. Schoolcraft, III (26) Wapakoneta OH
3928 1/16/2008 Private 1st Class Danny L. Kimme (27) Fisher IL
3927 1/16/2008 Private 1st Class David H. Sharrett II (27) Oakton VA
3926 1/16/2008 Specialist John P. Sigsbee (21) Waterville NY
3925 1/12/2008 Private 1st Class Keith E. Lloyd (26) Milwaukee WI
3924 1/11/2008 Lance Corporal Curtis A. Christensen Jr (29) Collingswood NJ
3923 1/9/2008 Corporal Todd E. Davis (22) Raymore MO
3922 1/9/2008 Staff Sergeant Sean M. Gaul (29) Reno NV
3921 1/9/2008 Sergeant Christopher A. Sanders (22) Roswell NM
3920 1/9/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Matthew I. Pionk (30) Superior WI
3919 1/9/2008 Staff Sergeant Jonathan K. Dozier (30) Rutherford TN
3918 1/9/2008 Sergeant Zachary W. McBride (20) Bend OR
3917 1/8/2008 Sergeant David J. Hart (22) Lake View Terrace CA
3916 1/8/2008 Private 1st Class Ivan E. Merlo (19) San Marcos CA
3915 1/8/2008 Private 1st Class Phillip J. Pannier (20) Washburn IL
3914 1/7/2008 Private 1st Class Timothy R Hanson (23) Kenosha WI
3913 1/6/2008 Specialist James D Gudridge (20) Carthage NY
3912 1/5/2008 Corporal Jason F Lemke (30) West Allis WI
3911 1/4/2008 Petty Officer Second Class Menelek M Brown (24) Roswell NM
3910 1/3/2008 Captain Thomas J Casey (32) Albuquerque NM
3909 1/3/2008 Major Andrew J Olmsted (37) Colorado Springs CO
3908 1/2/2008 Staff Sergeant Ryan D Maseth (24) Pittsburgh PA
3907 1/2/2008 Specialist Joshua R Anderson (24) Jordan MN
3906 12/31/2007 Sergeant Reno S Lacerna (44) Waipahu HI
3905 12/31/2007 Petty Officer 1st Class Victor W Jeffries (52) Honolulu HI
3904 12/30/2007 Private 1st Class Joseph R Berlin Jr (21) Chelsea AL
3903 12/26/2007 Sergeant Benjamin B Portell (27) Bakersfield CA
3902 12/26/2007 Captain Rowdy J Inman (38) Panorama Village TX
3901 12/25/2007 Sergeant Bryan J Tutten (33) St. Augustine FL
3900 12/25/2007 Sergeant Peter C Neesley (28) Grosse Pointe Farms MI
3899 12/21/2007 Private 1st Class George J Howell (24) Salinas CA
3898 12/20/2007 1st Lieutenant Jeremy E Ray (26) Houston TX
3897 12/17/2007 Private 1st Class Juctin R P McDaniel (19) Andover NH
3896 12/15/2007 Sergeant Austin D Pratt (22) Cadet MO
Total Count as a today @ 4:39 PM 4/21/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
The Name's of the Fallen : Link
Percy H Florez
Another Busy Week â�" Less Than 1 Day To Go!!!
I started out the week on Monday with a trip to State College to meet with the PSU College Democrats. I took the time to give special thanks to the PSU Dems for their hard work getting students registered to vote in this election. It really is encouraging to see how interested young voters throughout the district are about this election. I think our young people realize that they have to get involved and make a difference in this election. Read More »
I started out the week on Monday with a trip to State College to meet with the PSU College Democrats. I took the time to give special thanks to the PSU Dems for their hard work getting students registered to vote in this election. It really is encouraging to see how interested young voters throughout the district are about this election. I think our young people realize that they have to get involved and make a difference in this election. Read More »
Habiendo toda la nación escuchado con detenimiento los mensajes o mejor dicho el libreto del General Petraus y del Embajador Crocker acerca de la ilegal guerra de Irak y el sorprendente y efusivo respaldo presidencial que estos tuvieron no que da otra cosa que pensar acerca de los perversos intereses que hay en todo esto. Por eso la siguiente pregón ta:
CUAL ES LE VERDADERO Interés DE ESTA INSENSATA GUERRA?
Lo cierto es que ninguno de las respuestas que estos “honorables” señores dieron ante el Honorable Congreso de este país tiene ninguna congruencia y sustento que permita decir ELLOS TIENEN LA RAZ"N!
Más aun creo que esto fue nada mas que un SHOW bien montado y efectivamente estudiado para distraer la atención de lo que realmente esta sucediendo no solo en el país sino en esta insensata guerra.
Pero como dicen la sabiduría y el proverbio de los viejos hombres……………nunca hay mal que por bien no venga………………y por ahí vino la respuesta del mismísimo primer ministro de Irak, declarando ante los medios internacionales…………………. “NO ESTOY DE ACUERDO CON LA PAUSA EN LA RETIRADA DE LAS TROPAS NORTEAMERICANAS”
Lo mas asombroso de todo es que la prensa de Este país casi no se hiciera eco de semejante declaración y las implicaciones de las mismas………………..mas aun los lideres políticos de ambos partidos y los opositores a la guerra tampoco hicieron eco de estas declaraciones.
PARECIERA QUE A NADIE LE INTERESA LA VIDA DE LOS SOLDADOS AMERICANOS!
Percy H Florez
CUAL ES LE VERDADERO Interés DE ESTA INSENSATA GUERRA?
Lo cierto es que ninguno de las respuestas que estos “honorables” señores dieron ante el Honorable Congreso de este país tiene ninguna congruencia y sustento que permita decir ELLOS TIENEN LA RAZ"N!
Más aun creo que esto fue nada mas que un SHOW bien montado y efectivamente estudiado para distraer la atención de lo que realmente esta sucediendo no solo en el país sino en esta insensata guerra.
Pero como dicen la sabiduría y el proverbio de los viejos hombres……………nunca hay mal que por bien no venga………………y por ahí vino la respuesta del mismísimo primer ministro de Irak, declarando ante los medios internacionales…………………. “NO ESTOY DE ACUERDO CON LA PAUSA EN LA RETIRADA DE LAS TROPAS NORTEAMERICANAS”
Lo mas asombroso de todo es que la prensa de Este país casi no se hiciera eco de semejante declaración y las implicaciones de las mismas………………..mas aun los lideres políticos de ambos partidos y los opositores a la guerra tampoco hicieron eco de estas declaraciones.
PARECIERA QUE A NADIE LE INTERESA LA VIDA DE LOS SOLDADOS AMERICANOS!
Percy H Florez
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Posted By The Media Line Staff
IRAQ (The Media Line) April 8, 2008 " Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki announced on Monday he would ban a powerful Shi'ite parliamentary bloc from running in the next local elections unless it disarmed its 60,000-strong armed force.
The 'Sadri parliamentary bloc, led by Muqtada A-'Sadr, responded by saying it would disarm its armed force, known as the Mahdi Army, only if the Shi'ite religious authorities ordered them to do so.
"The Mahdi Army does not accept its orders from anyone except A-'Sadr and the religious authorities with whom he consults. If the religious authorities would ask him to disarm the Mahdi Army, he will definitely execute their demand," spokesman for the 'Sadri bloc, 'Salah A-'Ubeidi told reporters. Read More »
Posted By The Media Line Staff
IRAQ (The Media Line) April 8, 2008 " Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki announced on Monday he would ban a powerful Shi'ite parliamentary bloc from running in the next local elections unless it disarmed its 60,000-strong armed force.
The 'Sadri parliamentary bloc, led by Muqtada A-'Sadr, responded by saying it would disarm its armed force, known as the Mahdi Army, only if the Shi'ite religious authorities ordered them to do so.
"The Mahdi Army does not accept its orders from anyone except A-'Sadr and the religious authorities with whom he consults. If the religious authorities would ask him to disarm the Mahdi Army, he will definitely execute their demand," spokesman for the 'Sadri bloc, 'Salah A-'Ubeidi told reporters. Read More »
Sen. Joe Biden was interviewed by Matt Lauer this morning on NBC's The Today Show. Here is the Web link to watch the video: you can copy and paste this link into your Web browser-
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24026439#24026439
Sen. Biden discussed his role as chairman of the Senate committee currently hearing testimony from General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, as well as his take on fellow senators Obama and Clinton and the race to the White House.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24026439#24026439
Sen. Biden discussed his role as chairman of the Senate committee currently hearing testimony from General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, as well as his take on fellow senators Obama and Clinton and the race to the White House.
For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain's background, you will not learn some important things about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff"and some of it might surprise you.
Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends, family, and coworkers. We cannot rely on the media to tell folks about the real John McCain"but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.
Click here to tell us how many people you can pass it on to"and to see our progress nationally:
http://pol.moveon.org/mccain10/?id=12407-5077189-XKR_ot&t=231
Ten things you should know about John McCain.
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he has continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban Waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3
4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4
5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5
6. He is one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6
7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he is too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7
8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than McCain has any of the other presidential candidates.8
9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9
10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a zero"yes, zero"from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be. Please help get the word out"forward this email to your personal network. And if you want us to keep you posted on MoveOn's work to get the truth out about John McCain, sign up here:
http://pol.moveon.org/mccaintruth/?id=12407-5077189-XKR_ot&t=232
Thank you for all you do.
"Eli, Justin, Noah, Laura, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Sources:
1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html
"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/
2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us
"Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,'" ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/
3. "McCain Sides with Bush on Torture Again, Supports Veto of Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/
4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/
5. "2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007
"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/
6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80
"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,'" Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=home
7. "Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022
"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/
8. "Black Claims McCain's Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: 'I Don't Know What the Criticism Is,'" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/
"McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251
9. "McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html
"Will McCain Specifically 'Repudiate' Hagee's Anti-Gay Comments?," ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/
"McCain 'Very Honored' By Support Of Pastor Preaching 'End-Time Confrontation With Iran,'" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/
10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/
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Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends, family, and coworkers. We cannot rely on the media to tell folks about the real John McCain"but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.
Click here to tell us how many people you can pass it on to"and to see our progress nationally:
http://pol.moveon.org/mccain10/?id=12407-5077189-XKR_ot&t=231
Ten things you should know about John McCain.
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he has continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban Waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3
4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4
5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5
6. He is one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6
7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he is too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7
8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than McCain has any of the other presidential candidates.8
9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9
10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a zero"yes, zero"from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be. Please help get the word out"forward this email to your personal network. And if you want us to keep you posted on MoveOn's work to get the truth out about John McCain, sign up here:
http://pol.moveon.org/mccaintruth/?id=12407-5077189-XKR_ot&t=232
Thank you for all you do.
"Eli, Justin, Noah, Laura, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Sources:
1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html
"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/
2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us
"Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,'" ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/
3. "McCain Sides with Bush on Torture Again, Supports Veto of Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/
4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/
5. "2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007
"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/
6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80
"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,'" Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=home
7. "Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022
"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/
8. "Black Claims McCain's Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: 'I Don't Know What the Criticism Is,'" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/
"McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251
9. "McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html
"Will McCain Specifically 'Repudiate' Hagee's Anti-Gay Comments?," ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/
"McCain 'Very Honored' By Support Of Pastor Preaching 'End-Time Confrontation With Iran,'" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/
10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/
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In the Democratic Party radio address today, former presidential candidate and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comittee, Joe Biden, blasted the Bush Administration's lack of strategy, policy and common sense.
"We Democrats understand that this war must end so that America can regain the credibility to lead around the world and the flexibility to meet our challenges here at home," Biden remarked. "That's what the American people want - and it's what America's security needs."
Biden cited the topmost errors by the White House include the continued loss of the lives and limbs of our soldiers - every day, and the emotional and economic strain on our military families due to repeated, extended tours - lasting up to 15 months.
"I believe the President has no strategy for success in Iraq," Biden continued. "His plan is to muddle through -- and hand the problem off to his successor. Our troops and their families deserve better than that."
To hear Sen. Biden's remarks, go to this link and click on the audio file bars:
http://www.dnc.org/a/2008/04/senator_joe_bid.php
"We Democrats understand that this war must end so that America can regain the credibility to lead around the world and the flexibility to meet our challenges here at home," Biden remarked. "That's what the American people want - and it's what America's security needs."
Biden cited the topmost errors by the White House include the continued loss of the lives and limbs of our soldiers - every day, and the emotional and economic strain on our military families due to repeated, extended tours - lasting up to 15 months.
"I believe the President has no strategy for success in Iraq," Biden continued. "His plan is to muddle through -- and hand the problem off to his successor. Our troops and their families deserve better than that."
To hear Sen. Biden's remarks, go to this link and click on the audio file bars:
http://www.dnc.org/a/2008/04/senator_joe_bid.php
The general U.S. news media continues to report on the number of U.S. casualties - over 4000 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, not to mention coalition and contractor casualties. While this alone is disturbing, the news media should also report on the total number of Iraqi dead and casualties - several hundred thousand dead and about a million wounded to date. That's about 5% of their population. Thats like us having 15 million casualties. Thats pretty shocking. Reporting those numbers allows us to better judge the impact and 'success' of our war.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that more than 2.2 million people have been displaced inside the country, while a further 2.2 million have fled to neighbouring countries, thats almost 20% of the countrys population. That's like 60 million American being forced to leave our homes or our country.
Are we really winning? What does that term really mean to George Bush and John McCain? I haven't even mentioned the hundreds of billions of our U.S. tax dollars spent on this venture. What is the real cost of this war? Lets take another look at the numbers, all the numbers. Its time to get out.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that more than 2.2 million people have been displaced inside the country, while a further 2.2 million have fled to neighbouring countries, thats almost 20% of the countrys population. That's like 60 million American being forced to leave our homes or our country.
Are we really winning? What does that term really mean to George Bush and John McCain? I haven't even mentioned the hundreds of billions of our U.S. tax dollars spent on this venture. What is the real cost of this war? Lets take another look at the numbers, all the numbers. Its time to get out.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E4C51233-2D21-4FBB-85FD-7D7F5AF173D9.htm
By Rob Reynolds in Columbus, Ohio
On the road to clinching the Republican Party nomination for president, John McCain worked hard for the endorsement of influential Evangelical Christian ministers.
The ministers are helping shore up McCain's support on the party's right wing, which has always been skeptical about whether the Arizona senator is a true-blue conservative.
But one of those minister's beliefs about Islam and Muslims raise disturbing questions.
Rod Parsley, the pastor of a large and profitable Ohio mega-church, calls Islam a false religion. He says Allah is a demon spirit and that Muslims are bent on world conquest.
Parsley endorsed McCain in February, praising him as a "strong, true, consistent conservative".
(Please goto the above link or URL to continue with this story, thank you.)
By Rob Reynolds in Columbus, Ohio
On the road to clinching the Republican Party nomination for president, John McCain worked hard for the endorsement of influential Evangelical Christian ministers.
The ministers are helping shore up McCain's support on the party's right wing, which has always been skeptical about whether the Arizona senator is a true-blue conservative.
But one of those minister's beliefs about Islam and Muslims raise disturbing questions.
Rod Parsley, the pastor of a large and profitable Ohio mega-church, calls Islam a false religion. He says Allah is a demon spirit and that Muslims are bent on world conquest.
Parsley endorsed McCain in February, praising him as a "strong, true, consistent conservative".
(Please goto the above link or URL to continue with this story, thank you.)
we have just passed a grim mile stone in Iraq. early this week the 4,000th soldier was killed in Iraq. We started this war for no reason, We keep setting the goal post back, and we keep letting our best men and women die needlessly. 1.2 Million Iraqis have died. We are caught in the middle of a civil war. McCain wants to keep us in Iraq for 100 years.
I am outraged at Clinton Democrats who are going to stay home in November. You have the power to stop this by Voting Obama in 2008.
I am also Insulted by People who say "the Surge is working". Though There have been less American deaths and a stable amount of Iraqi deaths there is something wrong with the Idea of the surge. The fact is the people who are dying are still dying needlessly. a reduction in numbers won't change that and the truth is if one soldier dies needlessly it is still a sin (Morally, not religiously). I am angered at the argument that "There are less people dying" for this very reason.
The next president must end the war. staying at home because your mad that Hillary lost, or voting for McCain because she lost is just enabling this needless war to go on.
I am outraged at Clinton Democrats who are going to stay home in November. You have the power to stop this by Voting Obama in 2008.
I am also Insulted by People who say "the Surge is working". Though There have been less American deaths and a stable amount of Iraqi deaths there is something wrong with the Idea of the surge. The fact is the people who are dying are still dying needlessly. a reduction in numbers won't change that and the truth is if one soldier dies needlessly it is still a sin (Morally, not religiously). I am angered at the argument that "There are less people dying" for this very reason.
The next president must end the war. staying at home because your mad that Hillary lost, or voting for McCain because she lost is just enabling this needless war to go on.
(This post is for everyone; but I wondering if anyone out there can pass this a long to the Clinton and Obama campign. This is a good chance for them to show up and give there thoughts about Terrorism. Maybe I was just dreaming, but it never hurt to try.)
OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 3/25/08) - On Saturday, April 5th, the Institute of Interfaith Dialog will host a day-long conference, "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam." Participants at the event will have an opportunity to hear Islamic scholars, academics, law enforcement officials, and journalists discuss the "Islamic perspectives on terror, especially terror that is associated with Islam."
WHAT: Institute of Interfaith Dialog's "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam"
WHEN: Saturday April 5, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Oklahoma City University, The Henry Freede Center (Southwest corner of 27th and Florida)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Cherif Bassiouni - Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: Robert Pape - University of Chicago; Muhammad Abu Laylah - Al-Azhar University, Egypt; Fred Von Der Mehden - Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Greg Barton - Monash University, Australia; Dr. Robin Myers - Oklahoma City University; Ekrem Dumanli - Editor of Zaman newspaper, Turkey; John Coyle - Special Agent of FBI, Oklahoma; Andrew Tevington - Daily Oklahoman; and Dr. Imad Enchassi " Imam of Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC)
CONTACT: Orhan Kucukosman, Phone: (405) 426 5425, E-Mail: osmanokc@gmail.com
The conference is free of charge and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
Orhan Kucukosman, from the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, stated the reason for holding the conference in Oklahoma: "In the early days of Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, there were speculations on individuals associated with a religion who might be responsible for the bombing.
As the truth was revealed, the bombing had no connection with any religion, but was a consequence of mentally challenged personality."
Sponsors include Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University, OU Religious Studies, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Texas, Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and Mainstream Baptists, and the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK).
For more information goto:
http://www.interfaithdialog.org/
OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON TERRORISM
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 3/25/08) - On Saturday, April 5th, the Institute of Interfaith Dialog will host a day-long conference, "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam." Participants at the event will have an opportunity to hear Islamic scholars, academics, law enforcement officials, and journalists discuss the "Islamic perspectives on terror, especially terror that is associated with Islam."
WHAT: Institute of Interfaith Dialog's "Denouncing Violence in the Name of God: The Case of Islam"
WHEN: Saturday April 5, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Oklahoma City University, The Henry Freede Center (Southwest corner of 27th and Florida)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Cherif Bassiouni - Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of the International Human Rights Law Institute
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: Robert Pape - University of Chicago; Muhammad Abu Laylah - Al-Azhar University, Egypt; Fred Von Der Mehden - Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Greg Barton - Monash University, Australia; Dr. Robin Myers - Oklahoma City University; Ekrem Dumanli - Editor of Zaman newspaper, Turkey; John Coyle - Special Agent of FBI, Oklahoma; Andrew Tevington - Daily Oklahoman; and Dr. Imad Enchassi " Imam of Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC)
CONTACT: Orhan Kucukosman, Phone: (405) 426 5425, E-Mail: osmanokc@gmail.com
The conference is free of charge and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.
Orhan Kucukosman, from the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, stated the reason for holding the conference in Oklahoma: "In the early days of Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, there were speculations on individuals associated with a religion who might be responsible for the bombing.
As the truth was revealed, the bombing had no connection with any religion, but was a consequence of mentally challenged personality."
Sponsors include Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University, OU Religious Studies, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Texas, Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and Mainstream Baptists, and the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK).
For more information goto:
http://www.interfaithdialog.org/
So? ... A Note from Michael Moore
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Friends,
It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?
4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.
And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?"
"So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."
I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.
The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?
Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.
The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.
I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.
But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?
God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.
God help America. Please.
Michael Moore Read More »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Friends,
It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?
4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.
And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?"
"So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."
I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.
The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?
Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.
The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.
I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.
But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?
God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.
God help America. Please.
Michael Moore Read More »
Posted by Council on American-Islamic Relations
(WASHINGTON D.C., 3/24/08) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said the tragic milestone of 4,000 military personnel killed in Iraq reinforces the need to withdraw America's armed forces from that country.
SEE: US Toll in Iraq Hits 4,000 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSCOL430884
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the war's five-year military and civilian death toll has severely damaged America's security and international image.
In a statement, CAIR National Director Tahra Goraya said:
"After the tragic deaths of 4,000 American military personnel and of uncounted thousands of Iraqi civilians, we are less secure and less respected as a nation. As we enter the sixth year of this war, it is time to finally withdraw our troops and to do what we can to mitigate the damage caused by our unjustified and counterproductive invasion of Iraq."
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
(WASHINGTON D.C., 3/24/08) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today said the tragic milestone of 4,000 military personnel killed in Iraq reinforces the need to withdraw America's armed forces from that country.
SEE: US Toll in Iraq Hits 4,000 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSCOL430884
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the war's five-year military and civilian death toll has severely damaged America's security and international image.
In a statement, CAIR National Director Tahra Goraya said:
"After the tragic deaths of 4,000 American military personnel and of uncounted thousands of Iraqi civilians, we are less secure and less respected as a nation. As we enter the sixth year of this war, it is time to finally withdraw our troops and to do what we can to mitigate the damage caused by our unjustified and counterproductive invasion of Iraq."
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 35 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.