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Posted: Nov 4, 2009 4:51am
Oct 27, 2009
U.S. Official Resigns in Protest of Afghanistan War Policy
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 Serge - 5 minutes ago - politicsdaily.com 
"I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States' presence in Afghanistan," 
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My comment; 
Why are we there? First we supported the poppy farmers, and poppy production boomed. Al Queda crushed this and poppy production went down 95% under their government. 
Now we are moving in that direction as well... but the consequence is that we lost the farmers, and they now hate us, because they cannot make a living raising other crops, or so they say. 
More people hate us and want us out in that country than ever before.. Why is that, when we are there supposedly to install democracy? 
Why is it that under our watch, the most corrupt vote ever held was taken and then thrown out?... The scandal was uncovered mostly due to UN watchdogs and international observers.. not internal controls via a democratic process. 
Corruption is so epidemic there that there is very little that is NOT corrupted.. The US private army of contractors is totally corrupt, all profits, bribes, slush funds, payoffs, stealing, coverups, cost overruns, ad nauseum.. 
The military wants to keep getting lots of money, so they have to justify a never ending war. If they cannot succeed in this, then why would we keep spending BORROWED money from Communist CHINA on a war that cannot be won, ever? 
No country on Earth has ever conquered Afghanistan and held it.. Lots of countries have invaded it, but none could hold it for long.. We cannot win there either... just like Vietnam. The deck is stacked against us for MANY, MANY reasons.. 
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May 31, 2009
Ron Paul-- "War Is a Racket"-- (The Revolution Continues) [Video]

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 Janet - 3 hours ago - youtube.com 
Ron Paul continues to deliver his message. Maybe that's because he actually has something to say and it committed to it. A rarity in US politics.
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Posted: May 31, 2009 3:38am
May 11, 2009
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Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics in art and photography. 
Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. 
My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. 
Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month. 

This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. Employing themes such as the near versus the far, and the one versus the many, I hope to raise some questions about the roles and responsibilities we each play as individuals in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming. 

~chris jordan, Seattle, 2008 


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Posted: May 11, 2009 2:22pm
Feb 19, 2009

"Afghanistan needs troops--but it needs troops of doctors, troops of teachers, troops of Peace Corps volunteers, and troops of farmers to go and replant the fruit orchards." 
--Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women

Dear Friend,

Call on President Obama to fulfill his promise for peace and change! 

Call him at (202) 456-1111 TODAY!

We danced the "Yes We Can-Can" on Inauguration day as we applauded President Obama's promises to take our nation in a new direction. With his recent announcement of an additional 17,000 troops to be deployed to Afghanistan, we see change come to a screeching halt and a dangerous continuation of the same failed US policies of the Bush era blaze forward. 

Just as in Iraq, misplaced hope in military solutions is pushing peaceful strategies to the back seat. Take action and help President Obama do the right thing- we need an escalation in peaceful alternatives, not military force!

Call 202-456-1111 today! Tell the Administration that we want:

1) Reduction of troop levels in Afghanistan
2) 
Rapid withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq
3) 
A commitment to diplomacy involving all major regional players, including major international peace-keeping bodies
4) 
Addressing the real needs of Afghans by funding development assistance for Afghanistan's basic human needs - health-care, clean water, education, security, rights for women and girls-, through Afghan NGOs, using local labor and services

Take a tip from Senator Feingold and ask the tough questions"We need to ask: After seven years of war, will more troops help us achieve our strategic goals in Afghanistan? Is there a danger that a heavier military footprint will further alienate the population, and, if so, what are the alternatives?" 

Even Obama's advisors say the war in Afghanistan "cannot be won on the battlefield." Over 2/3 of Americans oppose the deployments, and a majority of Europeans want their troops home- leaders of Spain, France and Germany have refused to send any additional forces!

It is said that the definition of insanity is to repeat the same action but to expect a different result. President Obama is a deeply intelligent man, but it is crazy for him to stay on Bush's crash course of empire building, and all the devastation and loss of life it leaves in its wake. We can help Obama find the road to peace and make sure he keeps his promises! 

Yes we can end war,
Audrey, Dana, Deidra, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jean, Jodie, Liz, Lori, Medea, Nancy, Paris, and Rae

P.S. When you are connected to your Representative's office, keep your message short and to the point. Tell them:

More troops only means more violence, more suffering, more killing of innocents, and more recruits for the Taliban. Instead of a surge, President Obama must take bold and compassionate action to address the Afghan's real need for health care, clean water and education, instead of continuing to cripple Afghanistan with more years of war. Call on Obama to fulfill his promise for peace and change! Call (202)456-1111 TODAY!
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