Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsIs THAT What They Fought and Died For?clipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: Clear thinking. Remember, it?s not the fact that you were born here that makes America great. It?s the principles that America stands for, struggles with, and protects. this week you?ll be honoring those who have fought and died for America when you: * Use birth control * Download porn * Watch the Sopranos or South Park * Go to a raunchy comedy club or listen to a raunchy CD * Have non-intercourse sex * Get a lapdance at a neighborhood club * Read a gay magazine * Have sex with someone of a different race * Write a letter to the editor about same-sex marriage Every single one of these acts took a court decision to affirm its legality. Some will say that granddad or the local barber didn?t die in Flanders, Gettysburg, or Vietnam so that his neighbor could go see a stripper I say that that?s exactly why people died to defend America?a special country in which people have the extraordinary right to do, say, and think things of which their neighbors disapprove. Cost Plus Side Tableclipped by: alannamiel
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A paradox of the modern United States is that it wields unprecedented military power in the world yet its people are constantly kept frightened about unlikely foreign dangers. Its politics, too, are dominated by fear. The way this plays out most often is that Republicans (aided by the U.S. news media) exaggerate overseas threats and denounce the Democrats for being ?soft? on whatever the current ?threat? might be: the Reds, the yellow menace, Soviet ?beachheads? in Central America, or now Islamic terrorism. From the Vietnam War to today?s ?war on terror,? Democrats have reacted out of fear of getting blamed for not doing enough to ?protect? the nation, so they undertake misguided actions to look tough, as Lyndon Johnson did in escalating U.S. troop levels in Vietnam or as Democrats in Congress did in going along with George W. Bush?s invasion of Iraq. Iraq Vet: "How Many Nine-year Old Boys Have You Held in Your Arms, Crying for Their Father?"clipped by: JackieDelclippers remarks: How to create a terrorist: The terrible and tragic tale which begins in Vietnam and ends in Iraq. An Iraqi boy and his father were driving home in their pick-up after a days work harvesting watermelons. When US soldiers at a checkpoint ordered them to stop they didnt, so the soldiers machine- gunned the vehicle, killing the father and leaving his distraught son, who survived, to be "taken away" by the soldiers. It turned out that the truck couldnt stop because the brakes were faulty. Perhaps their day harvesting melons was to earn enough to get the brakes fixed? "That was over five years ago, making him a teenager by now. Maybe he will be driving a white Toyota pickup truck tomorrow, approaching a collation check point somewhere in Iraq. And I can damn sure bet you that he won?t be hauling watermelons." How about a boy clinging to his lifeless father that you just killed? I don?t remember how old I was when my father asked me this peculiar question, maybe sometime during my high school years. And I don?t know why he asked me or how it came up in conversation, but when it did, it hit me like a brick. ?How many dying boys have you held in your arms, crying for their mother?? To this day I have never held anyone dying in my arms, and no one crying for their mother. I don?t remember how I answered his question. I was dumb founded. My father fought in the Vietnam War. during the firefight, a soldier in the squad took a bullet to the lower stomach and was bleeding fast. All my father could do was hold his friend and provided what comfort he could as he died in his arms. So the answer to my dad is no But let me ask you this, Dad: How many nine year old boys have you held in your arms, crying for their father? How about a boy clinging to his lifeless father that you just killed? What about your MONEYclipped by: dwinbizclippers remarks: Something to think about................. In 1971, President Richard Nixon changed the rules of money: Without the approval of Congress, he severed the U.S. dollars relationship with gold. He made this unilateral decision during a quietly held two-day meeting on Minot Island in Maine, without consulting his State Department or the international monetary system. 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 |
2009/05/31
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2009/05/26
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBest pictures of the dayclipped by: zadozGallery: Best pictures of the day Lightning is seen over San Sebastian, Spain, as thunderstorms hit several parts of the country. Picture: AP  Evelyn Shepherd touches the gravestone of her late husband, Korean and Vietnam wars veteran Clarence Shepherd, during her visit to Quantico National Cemetery in the US. Picture: News Ltd Indigenous Bolivians march to protest against racial discrimination during a rally in Sucre.  Pedestrians walk on a closed sections of Broadway and 7th Avenue in New York City. Starting today, a five block section of Broadway in Times Square and a smaller section in Herald Square will be closed to vehicular traffic for use as a pedestrian promenades.  A girl performs at the closing ceremony of the IPL Twenty20 league at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg    Tags: light Veterans make up 1 in 4 homelessclipped by: disenchantedcitizenclippers remarks: This is a shameful travesty. The mental health toll from war is enormous. With the spotlight on the plight of Iraq veterans, they hope more will be done to prevent homelessness and provide affordable housing to the younger veterans while theres a window of opportunity. "People get tired of it. Its not glitzy that these are young, honorable, patriotic Americans. Theyll just be veterans, and that happens after every war." said John Keaveney, a Vietnam veteran and a founder of New Directions in Los Angeles, which provides substance abuse help, job training and shelter to veterans. A big problem is that military training does not translate to civilian jobs. What is combat specialist supposed to do? Honorable veterans should never face this situation. Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11% of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday. And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job. The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars and says 400 of them have participated in its programs specifically targeting homelessness. Some advocates say the early presence of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan at shelters does not bode well for the future. It took roughly a decade for the lives of Vietnam veterans to unravel to the point that they started showing up among the homeless. Advocates worry that intense and repeated deployments leave newer veterans particularly vulnerable. 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 |
2009/05/25
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsWe should mourn for all who have died because of militarismclipped by: disenchantedcitizenclippers remarks: Amen. I remember the first time I prayed for an enemy. It was just outside An Khe, a village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. A helicopter gunship rocketed some North Vietnamese regulars who were about to attack us. I prayed for those kids. My top sergeant berated me for my prayer. I realized then that my enemy was not the North Vietnamese, not the Viet Cong, but militarism. As for the first sergeant, he was a good man who was simply unaware, unaware of the fact that loving an enemy means loving specific people, North Vietnamese in this case. GOP elephant headed for same fate as woolly mamothclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: tisk-tisk "I dont want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny - Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear," said pioneering Maine Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith. The GOP senator must be turning over in her grave at the current state of her beloved Republican Party. Fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear seem to be the only ammunition left for a once-mighty political party that now seems to suffer from the mind-numbing malady of Obama Derangement Disease. Once upon a time not so long ago, such Republican moderates as Sen. Smith were respectable voices for their party on Capitol Hill and across this nation. Moderate and liberal Republicans in the House and Senate helped to pass a 1964 Civil Rights Bill that was opposed by many Southern Democrats in Congress, including West Virginias Robert Byrd, Tennessees Albert Gore Sr. - father of former Vice President Gore - and Arkansas William Fulbright, who later became a leading opponent of the Vietnam War. Tags: gop 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 |
2009/05/24
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2009/05/23
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsStrange Buildings of the World part 1clipped by: JackieDel1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland) 2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building (Darmstadt, Germany) 3. The Torre Galatea Figueras (Spain)4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace (France) 5. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States) 6. Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States) 10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House (Vietnam) 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic) 14. Kettle House (Texas, United States) 17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) 18. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal) 19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States) 30. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria) 31. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia) 40. Mammy?s Cupboard (Natchez, MS, United States) 41. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States) 49. Ripley?s Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) Vietnam Travelclipped by: Monain66clippers remarks: Vietnam Tours ? Online is a leading tour operator in Vietnam. We are a legally registered international tour operator, offering all tailor made travel services including package tours, hotel reservation, air and train ticket booking and other travel needs in Vietnam and Indochina. We also specialize in organizing incentive trips and MICE services.  Experience the unique taste of Vietnam and its timeless traditions & mystery of Cambodia with its giant complex of temples in Angkor Wat and the memorable charms of Laos. If you want to visit the very best of the Indochina Peninsula, join us and discover the essence of Asia! Tags: vietnam travel 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 |
2009/05/22
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsThe Persistence of Natureclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: A friend once spoke this "vision" of nature subtly flowing into everything. This article shows it beautifully. There is something even more interesting about these buildings because of interplay of nature - at least for me.  Some historic, religious structures, like Angkor Wat in Cambodia or the pyramids in Egypt, draw hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. Other temples, tombs and mosques, no less spectacular than their tourist-heavy peers, have been reclaimed by nature, turning from architectural marvels into man-made shells covered with trees, plants, vines, or sand. Despite being aged and broken down, the unique hybrid of man-made elements and natural ones makes the ruins below as spectacular as when they were newly constructed.  Beng Mealea, CambodiaTa Phrom Cham Ruins, Vietnam Nepal Bali East Africa Middle East Churches India?s Best Archaeological Site Tombs of the Kings, Central Vietnam Babri Mosque The Miracles Of Realismclipped by: debbyskiThere?s an exchange in ?The Quiet American,? Graham Greene?s novel about the damage American good intentions can cause, that I?ve thought about a lot. ?You and your like are trying to make a war with the help of people who just aren?t interested.? ?They want enough rice. They don?t want to be shot at. They want one day to be much the same as another. They don?t want our white skins around telling them what they want.? Vietnam teaches several lessons, the first of which is that the United States can have normal relations with countries whose political systems and ideologies it rejects. There remains the mystery of Vietnamese forgiveness. Of course, a victor can always be magnanimous I don?t know how to transplant that notion to the Middle East. I do know Obama has to reject Pyle ? ?They don?t want Communism? ? for Fowler ? ?They want enough rice? ? to advance his vision of a more peaceful world. 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 |
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