Paying the Price
Quote to remember (from smith2004-discuss): I don't support this war, but I grieve for the kids paying the price of it. Tom Knapp I heard that brother.
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Tractor Assholes
Nathan Newman asks the obvious question: If an arab drove a truck into the National Mall, announcing he had explosives, do you think the police would let him stay there for three days? Or...
Empty Promises
The board of Veterans for Common Sense have issued a letter to the President today regarding the contradiction in issuing a Congressional proclamation in support of the troops while simultaneously slashing the VA budget...
Corpsman Lewis
I was recently sent a copy of the famous letter from Corpsman Lonnie J. Lewis to his mother regarding anti-war protestation. Read, it. It's an interesting letter written from the perspective of a young...
Joint Press Conference
There's a joint press conference tomorrow at the National Press Club hosted by Win Without War and Veterans for Common Sense. I'll be in attendance and may or may not speak depending on time...
Islamic Libertarianism
Al-Muhajabah has an interesting post on the subject of government enforcement of theocratic mandates: …each person has a right to his or her religion, life, intellect, progeny, and property and the law's purpose is...
Jersey Police State
Tom Baldwin reporting for the Courier-Post on Red alert? Stay home, await word: If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed...
Hastert Repeals First Amendment
Little Denny Hastert, the biggest boy on the House block has decided that criticism of the President or his actions is "mighty close" to giving comfort to U.S. adversaries and undermining the president as...
It Has Begun
Agence France-Presse reporting on First Iraqis surrender: FIFTEEN Iraqi soldiers have crossed the border into Kuwait and surrendered to US troops, a US officer said. The 15 were handed over to Kuwaiti police after...
Sickness and Cowardice
Ray Rivera, reporting for the Seattle Times on Ailing Gulf vets fear troops today at risk: Like so many veterans of the 1991 war, Mock left the Gulf seemingly healthy. The rashes that soon...