Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Brendon Schweers
Overall US death toll in Iraq hits 4,000
hmmmm…
see a problem?
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Filed under: Congress, Constitution, Corruption, Declaration of Independence, Dick Cheney, Election 2008, Featured Stories, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Uncategorized, crime
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Sometimes I think I live in an entirely backwards state that does more harm than good. Other days I read stories like these that make me proud to be a Texan:
El Paso denies feds access to road for border fence
from HoustonChronicle
EL PASO, Texas — The country’s largest border city has decided to block efforts […]
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Filed under: 4th of July, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Immigration, Opinion, Texas, border fence, freedom of speech, prison, prisons
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Sorry for the light posting during my vacation. Been having way too much fun to pay a lot of attention to politics. Good thing that people sometimes send me links like this one!
New Poll: 12 Year Olds Know Congress Could Cut War Money, Adults Believe Congress Powerless to End Iraq Occupation
from AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush […]
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Filed under: Congress, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Iraq War, Politics, War on Iraq, children, equality, kids, news, teens
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Brendon Schweers
In the past 8 (almost) years, we have had quite a bad taste of a”Republican Rule,” and I use the term “Rule” strictly. I think you can all understand where I am coming from if you have seen anything in the
news over the past years. Bush and his administration is nothing but corruption.
That being said…
In […]
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Filed under: Barack Obama, Brendon Schweers, Corruption, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Election 2008, Featured Stories, George W. Bush, Government, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Media, Politics, Republicans, news
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I’ve written before about prison camps for teenagers and the abuse that happens there, but this one’s the worst I have seen described INSIDE the U.S. Nothing, NOTHING these girls did could justify this. Never!
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers (AP)
from Yahoo! News
AP - The Columbia Training School […]
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Filed under: Child Abuse, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Moral Issues, Opinion, Politics, Young Adult Issues, children, crime, kids, news, prison, prisons, teens, violence
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I write about prisons and prisoners a lot, so you might never know that it’s a really hard subject for me to write about, but it is. It’s not just numbers and statistics and information; it’s family. My mom is in prison, on drug charges, and would be much better off in a drug treatment […]
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Filed under: FrecklesCassie, Mental Illness, Moral Issues, Opinion, Politics, Secondary Featured Stories, Texas, crime, poverty, prison, prisons
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
YouTube - Link to: Hillary Ad using Ann Richards
Dan Solis from ThinkYouth (who is formerly one of our editors and founders) sent me this video along with this note:
If this doesn’t get you motivated to endorse Hillary on your blog, I don’t know what will.
I gotta admit, this video made me tear up a bit. Have […]
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Filed under: Election 2008, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Hillary Clinton, Opinion, Politics, Texas, Women's Rights, equality