Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBarack ends empire, promises to release colonies we possess, territories stolen by warclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: The British Empire ruled Ireland, India, Arabia, Rhodesia, and numerous other locales. The French Empire cast its dominion over Vietnam, Algeria, and Lebanon, among other places. The Roman Empire claimed Britain, Judea, Gaul, Macedonia, and points beyond. The American "empire" rules no one. Though in the lexicon of the Left, the term "empire" possesses an amazing elasticity. This week Fareed Zakaria praised Barack Obama for ?ending our imperial foreign policy?:  I?m not sure how being solicitous of autocrats and tyrants who dream of empire comes to be described as anti-imperialist.  But ideology aside, how is reset-button diplomacy panning out? Iran issued a demand for U.S. apologies and is still full-steam-ahead on its nuclear track; while we?ve stopped scolding the Chinese, the Chinese started scolding us Russia has been thumbing its nose at the U.S. Ivanov rebuffed Joe Biden?s friendly overtures in Munich last month, the Kremlin turned down Obama?s Iran-missile shield swap, and now we?re being scolded about NATO?s expansion. It?s hard to see why Zakaria thinks Obama?s tack is ?deserving of praise,?  but I suspect it has to do with Zakaria?s distaste for America?s post-9/11 foreign policy Because reset buttons, indifference to human rights, and pleading with bullies is going swimmingly. Tags: barry, oppressedbyterians, inventing facts, moore-ons, kumbayanics, palin haters, pangaytheists, fact spinners, yoga classes for terrorists Stop Materilaism, Militarism and Racismclipped by: papananookclippers remarks: This was the speech in which King powerfully opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam and argued that domestic problems in the United States, including poverty, could never be solved as long as we continued with such wars and with the investment of so many of our resources in militarism. When the U.S. House of Representatives first voted on a banker bailout bill last year, it responded to immense public pressure and voted No. Then forces heavily represented on Wall Street refused to take No for an answer. Kings giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism were protected by the three enforcers of money, media, and party that control the people who are supposed to represent us. By David Swanson United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the largest coalition of peace groups in the United States, is organizing a national march on Wall Street on Saturday, April 4, to "End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Address the Economic Crisis by Cutting Military Spending." A separate coalition is organizing marches on Wall Street on April 3 and 4 with a very similar message. And our brothers and sisters in Europe will be traveling to Strasbourg on April 4 to protest NATOs activities on its 60th birthday. If there is a day for mass action in the United States for peace and justice, April 4 is it. And if there is a place for it right now, its Wall Street. April 3rd is a Friday, so more robber barons will be at "work" that day, but April 4th is a Saturday, so more of the robbed will be off work and able to take part. April 4 is also the anniversary, not only of Martin Luther King, Jr.s, death in 1968, but of his speech exactly one year earlier 3 Ppl killed Trying to saw open a bombclipped by: jkrabbit  Three killed after sawing through old bomb - Metro.co.uk: This is surely a contender for the Darwin Awards. Three men have been blown up and killed after trying to saw through a shell left over from the Vietnam war. More than 38,000 Vietnamese nationals are thought to have been killed and 100,000 injured by explosives left over from the Vietnam War, which ended in 1975. Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2009/03/25
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