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sadly i couldnt find this story on the bbc or other uk news sites it may be hidden or just not reported..
Anti-Bush demonstration banned from Whitehall.
The Stop the War Coalition has been informed by the Metropolitan Police that a proposed march, co-organised with CND and the British Muslim Initiative, to protest George Bush's visit will not be allowed.
It seems that when George W Bush visits this country traditional rights of assembly are to be removed from the people. This would be unacceptable for the visit of any foreign leader, but for George Bush, a man many regard as a war criminal, it is particularly deplorable.
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For Memorial Day 2008, TouchArt.net's Charleen Touchette
talks about war and its immeasurable costs to the world.
Touchette, a mother of 4 adult children asks us to stop war
and work for peace and justice.
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthblog.blogspot.comFor Memorial Day 2008, TouchArt.net's Charleen Touchette
talks about war and its... more
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It must have been frightening to stand and protest the continued occupation with armed soldiers all over the country.It must have been frightening to stand and protest the continued occupation with armed... more
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More U.S. soldiers committed suicide in 2007 than at any time since the first Gulf War, according to an Army study to be released later Thursday.
There were 108 suicides last year, up from 102 the year before. The 2006 figure also was itself the highest since 1990.
More than two in five of the suicides came after soldiers returned home from deployments.
Roughly one in four of the soldiers who killed themselves were on their first deployments, according to the study. About the same percentage killed themselves without ever having been deployed. Forty-three percent committed suicide after coming home.
The statistics cover active-duty Army troops, including National Guard and reserve soldiers. The numbers do not account for other branches of service.
There are 1,075,000 troops serving in the Army, according to the Department of Defense, comprising 525,000 on active duty, 194,000 in the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard's 356,000.
The Army recorded 87 suicides in 2005, 67 in 2004 and 79 in 2003, the year the Iraq war began. The war in Afghanistan began in October 2001.
More U.S. soldiers committed suicide in 2007 than at any time since the first Gulf... more
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Shocking! I was a kid once in my life! I used to love to roll but never like to Thunder!
You know certain things are better left to nature to do it!Shocking! I was a kid once in my life! I used to love to roll but never like to... more
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The Bush administration is drawing up plans to launch a strike against Iran within the next two months says a former top US diplomat. This will be the third Muslim country he's going to attack in a row.
The source, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of state, said senior Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana have already been briefed on the attack plan.
Both senetors are planning to go public with thier opposition to the Iran war "within" days.
This comes as Bush's ex-aide claims Bush wasn’t exactly "open and forthright on Iraq".
The Bush administration is drawing up plans to launch a strike against Iran within the... more
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Memorial Day was a tragically sad reminder of the enormous human cost of Bush's invasion of Iraq.
But amidst our sadness, we have reason for hope. On May 15, something remarkable happened: your calls and emails persuaded 149 Representatives to vote against Bush's demand for $163 billion more to occupy Iraq for another year, and we won the vote in the House 149-141!
What's most amazing is that only 46 Representatives voted against Iraq occupation funds in January. So in just 4 months, we picked up 103 votes!
Clearly Congress is hearing from the overwhelming 68% majority of Americans who want our troops home within 6 months. All 435 Representatives are up for re-election in November, and they know they will lose their jobs if the anti-war majority gets organized.
While we lost the vote in the Senate by 70-26, the House will vote again next week. And if the House stands firm by voting no, Bush will have to bring our troops safely home.
http://www.democrats.com/user/register
Memorial Day was a tragically sad reminder of the enormous human cost of Bush's... more
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As John McCain plans to continue the occupation of Iraq for at least five more years one soldier stands up and says No. Sergeant Matthis Chiroux is willing to fight, but not to commit war crimes or fight in an "unconstitutional and illegal" war. As Americans it is time to ask ourselves which direction we want to go in Iraq.As John McCain plans to continue the occupation of Iraq for at least five more years... more
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In one TV commercial, Kool and the Gang warble their celebration of good times because coal, yes, coal, makes the party possible in America. In another, white and black, young and old, male and female, and even someone in a doctor's green scrubs, stare into the camera and soulfully declare: "I believe" American know-how will make coal clean and stop it from contributing to climate change. Not sold? Maybe you missed the newspaper ads and billboards warning that turning away from coal could mean blackouts, unemployment and higher electric bills.
These messages and other variations on the coal-is-great theme are flooding the nation courtesy of the coal industry, coal-fueled utilities, railroads and related industries. The pro-coal marketing campaign -- known by its tag line "Clean Coal" -- has kicked into high gear as prospects for new plants have turned bleak. Wall Street is tightening financing, leading to what one analyst told the Christian Science Monitor is a "de facto moratorium on coal power." The expected election of a more environmentally friendly president may lead to the first federal limits on carbon dioxide emissions. Even red states like Kansas are now battling the construction of coal-fired plants. Last year, 59 new plants were either canceled or halted across the nation.
When it comes to the threat of global warming, "the coal industry are the last people to get it," says Daniel J. Weiss, senior fellow and director of climate strategy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit, progressive think tank. "That's why they're fighting so hard. They're on a death spiral right now."
The coal industry's woes have risen as worries over climate change have increased. Today's coal-fired plants emit copious amounts of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. One new plant planned for Iowa, for example, would dump 5.9 million tons of the stuff into the air in just one year. Two proposed Kansas plants would add 11 million tons annually.
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As the coal debate continues, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced April 23 that global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide increased by 19 billion tons in the last year. The worldwide concentration is now 385 parts per million. The level that is expected to tip the world into disaster is 450 parts per million.
But climate change isn't raining on the coal industry's campaign. In April, Barack Obama acknowledged a voter sporting one of the industry's hats at a campaign stop in Dunmore, Penn., and then used the industry's own terminology to talk about his support for investing in carbon storage research. In an appearance in Charleston, W.Va., Hillary Clinton also used the industry's own words to pledge her support for doing the same.
Obama, Clinton and John McCain all favor legislation to fight climate change. The nearly identical programs proposed by the two Democrats are more far-reaching than that put forth by McCain. However, none of them support a moratorium on building new coal-fired plants.
Meanwhile, the Clean Coal marketing machine keeps rolling. As one commercial declares, coal powers "our way of life." On the soundtrack, Kool and the Gang sing, "Celebrate good times, come on!"
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What an insidious campaign. And all the presidential candidates go along with it! It is time to tell them to stop this pandering to those industries who care about nothing but their own balance sheets. CO2 levels are now the highest they have been in 650,000 years and it is because of the very garbage being spewed by coal plants.
"Clean coal" is an assault on reason! Shame on Obama, Clinton, and McCain for giving it credence to get votes while people die from its effects.
In one TV commercial, Kool and the Gang warble their celebration of good times because... more
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The main question you have to ask to yourself every single day when you wake up is:
"Why is that that You keep giving the power to a criminal spirit and mind to run and pollute our World, our Country, Our Cities and Our lives?"
Please, write these words in your bathroom mirror so You will remember it daily!
Everyday you can do something to correct mistakes and move forward!
Here is some lyrics that fits well to your insisting oversee programming to keep fooling America over and over again. Hey Yo! Can You be a little more creative than that?
-Ship of Fools - World Party;
We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby
You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You will pay tomorrow
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now
Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't, pay
You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Where's it coming from
Oh, Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of FoolsThe main question you have to ask to yourself every single day when you wake up is:... more
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There are some questions I would like to make to you:
-Can you appreciate SF Bay-Area's Beauty without trashing it?
-What are you doing today to honor individuals and the environment?
-What are you doing today to effective abate pollution?
So you let me know what you think about it and what are your solutions to abate noise pollution here in the City of San Francisco.
Thank You!There are some questions I would like to make to you:
-Can you appreciate SF... more
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To McCain & Hillbillary: Put YOUR daughters where YOUR mouths are!
Word up to Nancy Pelosi: at what cost are you willing to play mother to Bush?
"The Department of Defense statistics are alarming - one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military. The warnings to women should begin above the doors of the military recruiting stations, as that is where assaults on women in the military begin - before they are even recruited."
"But, now, even more alarming, are deaths of women soldiers in Iraq and in the United States following rape. The military has characterized each death of women who were first sexually assaulted as deaths from "noncombat related injuries," and then added "suicide." Yet, the families of the women whom the military has declared to have committed suicide strongly dispute the findings and are calling for further investigations into the deaths of their daughters. Specific US Army units and certain US military bases in Iraq have an inordinate number of women soldiers who have died of "noncombat related injuries," with several identified as "suicides."
Read on... http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042808A.shtmlTo McCain & Hillbillary: Put YOUR daughters where YOUR mouths are!
Word up to... more
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The proverbial s*** has hit the fan. The fact that oil IS a finite resource is coming to light and the former centerpiece of the American Dream is being transformed. Life as we know it to be is over. I told several friends in November 07 that by the end of 08 we'd see $200 oil prices per barrel... as of this article, we're hoovering around $120. America needs to wake up... fast.The proverbial s*** has hit the fan. The fact that oil IS a finite resource is coming... more
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60 years of enormous military spending is taking a dramatic toll on the rest of the economy.60 years of enormous military spending is taking a dramatic toll on the rest of the... more
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