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holy shit.
Saddam Hussein was executed. Immediate reaction? Now it’s time to brace ourselves for what will happen within Iraq, and beyond. It’s huge. And somehow, just really fucking weird. Whoa.
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“Congress passes ban on protests at military funerals; still OK to protest at funerals of murdered homosexuals.”*
*(thanks to my friend Chris for this post’s title) A while back I wrote about the new outcry over the Westboro Baptist Church’s protests at the funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq. In these demonstrations, they spew their usual, hateful homophobia, claiming that soldiers are dying because america, unlike their twisted version of God,…
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From one war on people of color to another
From a CNN report: “An amendment cutting Bush’s Iraq request by $1.9 billion to pay for new aircraft, patrol boats and other vehicles, as well as border checkpoints and a fence along the Mexico border crossing near San Diego widely used by illegal immigrants was adopted on 59-39 vote.” Really, when is the War on…
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What’s good for the gays…
…is apparently not good for the soldiers. As reported in this article from the New York Times, 31 states have either passed or are considering legislation that restricts demonstrations at a funeral or burial. Additionally, Congress is expected to address the issue of protests at federal cemetaries. This legislation stems largely from responses to the…
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Support the troops: listen to them
I’ve never liked or bought the rhetoric of “supporting the troops.” I support people in the military insofar as I support the well-being of all people as a general rule. I also acknowledge that many of the troops are only in the military because it was one of the few feasible career choices that they…
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More Lies from BushCo
From Reuters AlertNet: A captured al Qaeda operative who told U.S. authorities that Iraq had trained al Qaeda members to use unconventional weapons was identified as a probable liar months before the Bush administration began using his claims to make its case for war … “Saddam’s regime is intensely secular and is wary of Islamic…