Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsWorld Press Photo competition 2008 winnersclipped by: JohnWatermanclippers remarks: Video at first link Video (3min 19sec), the Guardians Roger Tooth looks at the winners and notable entries from this years World Press Photo competition  British photographer Tim Hetherington won the world press photo of the year prize with this picture of an unidentified US soldier resting in a bunker in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan  The evacuation of dead mountain gorillas at Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo won first prize in the contemporary issues singles category  Hunting the Narwal in Nunavut, Canada won second prize in the nature stories category  Operation rock avalanche, Afghanistan, won first prize in the general news stories category            Mui, a homeless woman with HIV, and her son bathing in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam, the picture that was the first prize winner for daily life singles 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 |
2008/11/18
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2008/11/16
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBill Ayers Tells His Story, Finallyclipped by: katsteevnsFriday, November 14, 2008BERNADINE DOHRN: Nothing the Weather Underground did was terrorist. And, you know, we could make lots of choices if we were reliving it. Nothing we did was perfect. But decision was made, after the death of our three comrades in a townhouse, not to hurt people, to engage in direct actions that were symbolic, that were recognizable and understandable to the American people and that protected people. And that kind of restraint was widespread. There were tens of thousands of political bombings over that first three?1970, ?71, ?72, ?73, all across the country, not under anybody?s leadership, but they were overwhelmingly restrained, symbolic. go back to the savage and unrestrained terror that the United States was unleashing in the world, in Vietnam, as Bill said, and at home. You remember that the assassinations of black political leaders in the United States was a regular feature of life. And, you know, it seemed?the context of the time has to be understood. PARTICIPATION REQUIRED-ALWAYSclipped by: klippetyclippers remarks: When a people decide to participate in a Democracy, they will bring about change
 250,000 War Protesters Stage Peaceful Rally In Washington; Militants Stir Clashes LaterA Record Throng 250,000 War Protesters Stage a Peaceful March and Rally in Heart of Washington Washington, Nov. 15--A vast throng of Americans, predominantly youthful and constituting the largest mass march in the nations capital, demonstrated peacefully in the heart of the city today, demanding a rapid withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam. 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 |
2008/11/15
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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips"Strange Buildings" part 1clipped by: cakebelly1. 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) 7. Wonderworks (Florida, United States) 8. Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada) 9. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands) 10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House (Vietnam) 11. Chapel in the Rock (Arizona, United States) 12. Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic) 13. Calakmul building a.k.a La Lavadora a.k.a The Washing Mashine (Mexico, Mexico) 14. Kettle House (Texas, United States) 15. Manchester Civil Justice Centre (Manchester, UK) 16. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan) 17. Mind House (Barcelona, Spain) 18. Stone House (Guimarães, Portugal) 19. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States) 20. Weird House in Alps 21. The Ufo House (Sanjhih, Taiwan) 22. The Hole House (Texas, United States) 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 |
2008/11/13
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsFort Benton Honors War Dogsclipped by: jkrabbitFort Benton ceremony honors true heroes"When you talk to dog handlers, they can name all their dogs and tell you about the relationships and bonds that formed between them," Probist said before the ceremony. "At the end of the cavalry era, the Army machine-gunned its horses to death. After Vietnam, much the same thing happened to the working dogs, although it was more humanely done," he said. "Of more than 4,000 dogs sent to Vietnam, only two shipments, about 190 dogs, returned." The rest may have starved in their pens or have been killed and eaten by the North Vietnamese or the Viet Cong, Conklin said. They were classified as disposable "weapons systems." A dog handler himself between 1971 and 1981, including a six-month tour of duty in Thailand, Probist also participated Tuesday in the dedication of the Military Working Dogs Memorial in the riverside park three blocks downstream from the pedestrian bridge. 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 |
2008/11/12
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsLogic?clipped by: lifecyce1898clippers remarks: Global warming and tobaccos link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools. A president lying about an extramarital affair is a impeachable offense, but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet. The public has a right to know about Hillarys cattle trades, but George Bushs driving record is none of our business. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless youre a conservative radio host. Then its an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. Supporting "Executive Privilege" for every Republican ever born, who will be born or who might be born( in perpetuity.) Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq. A woman cant be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches, while slashing veterans benefits and combat pay. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents wont have sex. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart. On Veterans Day, Dont Forget About the Warclipped by: katsteevnsclippers remarks: (cont.)Most Americans want to put the war behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion. In many ways, we as a country find ourselves in a mood like the one towards the end of the Vietnam War: we are tired and simply want to move on and forget the conflict ever happened. Yet this feeling can come at a great cost, because it is this same dynamic that led to the betrayal of more than three million Vietnam veterans. On Veterans Day, Dont Forget About the WarBy Aaron GlantzNovember 10, 2008The War in Iraq has disappeared from the headlines. The ongoing economic crisis has Americans looking inward, wondering if they can keep their homes and their jobs, with little interest in death and destruction half a world away. According to the Pew Research Center, media coverage of the war has plummeted from an average of 15 percent of stories in July 2007, to 3 percent this February, to just 2 percent of stories during the last week of October. The war also disappeared as an issue in the presidential campaign. Both Barack Obama and John McCain barely mentioned the war in Iraq in their final debate. In his historic victory speech, Obama said "Iraq" only once. Some say the election results show Americans demanding a "change," and in many ways they do. But they also show a collective desire to forget. 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 |
2008/11/11
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsDemocrats make gains with veteransclipped by: duliosclippers remarks: Current Republican leaders, from Bush and Cheney to Giuliani and Rove, avoided service in Vietnam. In the past two election cycles, Democrats have added ten new Democratic veterans to Congress. Last week, President-elect Barack Obama helped close the gap among military voters, winning 44 percent of veterans as opposed to John F. Kerry?s 41 percent in 2004.  Domestically, the party that rushed us into war in Iraq has abandoned the needs of veterans here at home. It was a Democratic senator, Jim Webb of Virginia, who led the successful fight against the Bush Administration for a new GI Bill. It has been Democrats who have fought to expand health benefits for veterans, improve access to health care for reservists, and cut through the red tape at the VA. Now, it will be up to a Democratic president to rebuild a military that has been pushed to the breaking point by a Republican. Hope for Change?clipped by: thisnamecantbetakenclippers remarks: Bush may speak of al Qaeda, perhaps of "Islamofascism," and others hell accuse of brutality, while contrasting their ideology with a vision he claims to have of peace, liberty, prosperity. But the U.S. government differs not from those extremist groups who use violence to further their causes, for ours is a government which also uses unjustified violence or the intimidating threat thereof to advance its own agenda. The US... has become like the rogue states it takes pride in condemning. Our military is not used to defend our freedom any longer, it is used to enforce an evil interventionist foreign policy. I do believe this empire will eventually end. The choice is between ending it voluntarily by choosing peace and bringing our troops home from all over the world, or its demise out of necessity from economic and human suffering in America. To save lives, rather than a "liberation" of Iraq, the world needs liberation from American imperialism. No Hope for Change This Veterans Day  I realize that the U.S. government has learned nothing from Korea or Vietnam. The same goes for past presidents all those who have risked their lives "for our freedoms," those who have fought "the enemy, " and "served our country." those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Bush is the one with blood on his hands, and his speech on Veterans Day does not wipe them clean in the eyes of America or the world. his "war on terror." our military men and women are not dying protecting our nation. Americans are a people slowly acknowledging that our military men and women are merely pawns to be slaughtered in a game, a deadly political game of geopolitical control of resources which has nothing to do with preserving the freedom of this nation. It is a government which calculatingly uses the cause of "national security" to enrich themselves and subjugate others. his "war on terror" militarism and empire building has nothing whatsoever to do with "security" but with conquest Hanoi Janeclipped by: jkrabbitclippers remarks: Who can ever forget this! how does she feel now when she looks upon the Wall and sees those names.Soldiers that died horrible deaths all alone and afraid with this memory in the back of their minds.  "Sweep The Invaders!" Proclaims a NVA Poster  "War Criminals," Jane Fonda Proclaims in Hanoi!
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2008/11/10
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsFBI tracked Halberstam for two decadesclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: This is why protecting the internet from government snoops matters: sooner or later, they cant resist NEW YORK ? The FBI tracked the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam for more than two decades, newly released documents show. The FBI monitored Halberstams reporting, and at times his personal life, from at least the mid-1960s until at least the late 80s, the documents show. The agency released only 62 pages of a 98-page dossier on the writer, citing security, privacy and other reasons. Halberstam won a Pulitzer in 1964 for his coverage of the Vietnam War while working as a reporter for The New York Times. In 1972, he wrote "The Best and the Brightest," a best-selling book critical of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. The documents also include stories written by Halberstam and telephone company records of calls to him. Tags: technology, security The Wal-Mart "Main Street" Christmas Hoaxclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: "The headline on Wal-Marts press release this week simply makes no sense: Wal-Mart Backs Main Street." After having ravaging Main Street merchants for the past 46 years, how could Wal-Mart "back" Main Street turns out that Wal-Marts promise is not to Main Street---but to "thousands of rollbacks...targeting the needs of American families helping "Main Street" sounded good--even though businesses on Main Street will tell you that Wal-Mart is the Grinch who stole their Christmas. This October alone, 38,000 jobs were lost in retail Many Wal-Mart shoppers are working less, thanks, in part, to Wal-Marts lack of appetite for American products, and a relentless pursuit of cheap labor in Third World sweatshops If Wal-Mart were willing to be brutally honest, their Main Street press release would proclaim: "Our price rollbacks have led to American job rollbacks." So thank you, Wal-Mart As Americas manufacturing base hemorrhages to China, Thailand, and Vietnam and Wall Street implodes its comforting to know that we can still get an 8" Home Decor Digital Picture Frame with iPod-Ready Input for only $99 Tags: wal-mart 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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