Overall US death toll in Iraq hits 4,000
hmmmm…
see a problem?
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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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Today, in a move that many of us saw as it circled the drain and crossed the threshold between Bill and Law, effectively squandering $170 Billion of the government’s hard-taxed, and hard-printed cash, the Senate passed the House-approved stimulus package to give almost every American a fat, though entirely non-permanent, check in the mail. […]
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The Democratic Leadership in Congress has recently decided to split the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) bill, which originally protected Americans from discrimination workplace discrimination due to sexuality or gender identity. Essentially, this bill would have meant that people can’t be denied employment, fired, or denied career advancement because they’re gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered.
However, the […]
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These suggestions are from Code Pink. (Thanks Franya.) What else might work?
1. Tell Senator Lieberman: No War in Iran!
Joe Lieberman is waving his sword again. On Sunday, he told CBS “I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans […]
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This is from Progressive Democrats of America. Please call or email.
Push the Senate Today to Support Katrina Survivors
September 25th, 2007
100,000 displaced. 65,000 families still living in FEMA trailers. This is the Gulf Coast two years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. After years spent dragging its feet, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing […]
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Wouldn’t it be nice if Bush would nominate some honest lawyers to head up the justice department? All of the top spots are empty. But he will want people he can trust to not investigate his administration, someone who agrees to illegal wiretaps and torture and prisoner rendition around the world, and I really hope […]
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My brother was 6 when he decided to join the military and 18 when he did. He was not drafted. It was his choice. I do not want to get drafted when I turn 18 in 2 yrs (and a few months). Do you? If Bush […]
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Think Progress has a post up called If It’s Sunday, It’s Karl Rove and in it they have a list of questions that they want the talk show hosts to ask Rove tomorrow morning. Here’s their list:
Promoting the war as a member of the White House Iraq Group
Leaking Valerie Plame’s identity
Compiling the list of […]
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According to the Guardian UK, the United States army and the contractors are losing some stuff in Iraq. Whose fault is it?
Also, some soldiers have lost the weapons they were assigned for their job when they were deployed.
Compare these two stories.
The US arsenal lost in Iraq
· 110,000 AK-47s
· 80,000 pistols
· 135,000 bits of armour
[…]
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