Sat - October 29, 2005

Rochester, N.Y., marks 2000+ U.S. Soldiers Dead in Iraq War




Link to selections of my photos from today's anti-war rally in Rochester, marking 2000+ U.S. soldiers dead in the Iraq War.

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Tue - September 13, 2005

Bring Them Home Now Tour


The "Bring Them Home Now Tour" stops in Rochester. A photo should appear below. Don't know why it won't publish! Grrrr.

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Sun - June 12, 2005

Air Show Glamorizes War




My thoughts on standing against war in a driving rain...

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Thu - May 27, 2004

The President Who Cried "Wolf!"


Here's the problem with "lying" or fudging the truth when you are President of the United States. Once you are caught in a lie -- particularly about national security issues -- who can ever believe you again? It's like the boy who cried "Wolf!" one too many times, and the townspeople would not believe him when the wolf truly was at the door. President Bush's lies about the WMDs now make it impossible for most of us to believe him or anyone in his cabinet when they try to call attention to potential danger.

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Sat - May 22, 2004

Bush's E-mail


I found a link to this through the blog North Coast Cafe. Look closely. Laugh.

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Fri - May 21, 2004

"Homeland Security" Nightmare


The term "nightmare" in the title is used in its literal sense. Last night I had a horrible dream...

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Thu - May 20, 2004

Afghan Massacre: Eyewitnesses Testify that US Troops Were Complicit in the Massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban Prisoners During the Afghan War


The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers in Abu Ghraib is just the tip of the iceberg. A film was made of a massacre of Afghani prisoners over a year ago -- but though it has been shown in Europe, no U.S. media would touch it, except for Pacifica's Democracy Now!

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Nick Berg's Killing: 50 Fishy Circumstances, Contradictory Claims, and Videotape Anomalies


This from the Utne Webwatch: "The ugly scene of Islamic militants decapitating Nick Berg in front of the world may not be quite what it seems. Kuro5hin reveals plenty of reasons to wonder whether the United States military is being forthright with us. Among them: The perpetrator in the video couldn't have been infamous terrorist Abu Masab Al-Zaraqawi, as the CIA tells us, because Zaraqawi has a prosthetic leg, a hand tattoo, and speaks with a Jordanian accent ... none of which applied to the murderer in the video tape." See the article referenced here.

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Wed - May 19, 2004

More Weapons of Mass Deception...


From a Knight Ridder story Monday: "The Bush administration helped rally public and congressional support for a preemptive invasion of Iraq by publicizing the claims of an Iraqi defector months after he showed deception in a lie detector test and had been rejected as unreliable by U.S. intelligence agencies."

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Sat - May 8, 2004

Mother's Day Speech By a Military Mother


Consider this speech on mother's day by Military Families Speak Out member Connie Moss. From the Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) website: MFSO is "an organization of people who are opposed to war in Iraq and who have relatives or loved ones in the military. We were formed in November of 2002 and have contacts with military families throughout the United States, and in other countries around the world. As people with family members and loved ones in the military, we have both a special need and a unique role to play in speaking out against war in Iraq. It is our loved ones who are, or have been, or will be on the battlefront. It is our loved ones who are risking injury and death. It is our loved ones who are returning scarred from their experiences. It is our loved ones who will have to live with the injuries and deaths among innocent Iraqi civilians."

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Thu - May 6, 2004

Why Donald Rumsfeld Must Go (and so must Bush)


Responsibility for the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison rests squarely in the lap of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, whose policies outlined two years ago set the stage for the actions by prison staff, officers, and military interrogators that CBS and others have brought to light since "Sixty Minutes" aired its story on the abuses last Sunday.

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Mother's Day is about Working For Peace, not Breakfast in Bed


When American poet and feminist Julia Ward Howe fought for the establishment of Mother's Day, she never intended it to become the schmaltzy, Hallmark-y day it has become. For Howe, Mother's Day meant recognition of how mothers suffered as a result of war. Mother's Day is also about empowering women's voices so they may have a say in how their lives are governed. Mother's Day is about the politics of gender. In this entry, I reprint Howe's 1870 Mother's Day proclamation, which calls for disarmament and for women the world over to join in the rejection of war in favor of peaceful resolutions to conflict.

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Fri - April 30, 2004

Teen's Artwork Investigated by Secret Service


Apparently a Washington state teenager's anti-war drawings represent such a threat to the U.S. government that the Secret Service was called in to investigate.

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Sun - April 25, 2004

Dubya's Roots -- Is It Any Wonder?


Somehow I missed this when it came out last year. It's all Barbara Bush's fault! She raised him to be this way...

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More ways to support our troops and their families


On my daily jaunt around my neighborhood this afternoon, the problem of the unfair burden of sacrifices being placed on Reservists and their families because of the war in Iraq was heavy on my mind. Here are some more ways I thought of that we can ensure that their sacrifices do not go unrecognized and unrewarded.

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Sat - April 24, 2004

Support Our Troops -- Tell President Bush to Take Care of Their Families and Reinstate the Draft!


It is a crying shame what is happening to the families of National Guard Reservists who are serving in Iraq. Not only do they deal daily with fear over their loved ones' safety, they also face incredible financial hardship. I encourage people to tell Mr. Bush what they think of this!

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Sun - April 18, 2004

Bring Them Home Now!


"Bring Them Home Now! is a campaign of military families, veterans, active duty personnel, reservists and others opposed to the ongoing war in Iraq and galvanized to action by George W. Bush's inane and reckless challenge to armed Iraqis resisting occupation to "Bring 'em on."

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Mon - March 22, 2004

It Was a Dark and Stormy Day...


My personal reaction to covering the Global Day of Action event in Buffalo.

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Sun - March 21, 2004

March 20 Global Day of Action: More IndyMedia Reports


This entry contains links to IndyMedia websites around the world providing coverage of the March 20, 2004 Global Day of Action.

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Global Day of Action -- Buffalo, NY March 20, 2004


Selected photos I took during the Global Day of Action anti-war rally and march in Buffalo, NY, are available on my homepage. Click on "News Photos."

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