Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsColin Powell for Obamaclipped by: papananookclippers remarks: Lots of Indies will follow... WASHINGTON ? Colin Powell, a retired general whod often been mentioned as a Republican presidential candidate himself, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday during the taping of NBCs "Meet the Press" television program. Powell, who served as President George W. Bushs secretary of State during Bushs first term and made the case for an Iraq invasion before the United Nations, said Obama had shown that he had the "intellectual vigor" to be president. Powell told reporters after he emerged from the Meet the Press taping that he had been impressed by the differences between the way Obama and Republican John McCain reacted to the building financial crisis. He also said he was troubled by McCains negative campaigning and the emphasis on Obamas ties to former Vietnam-era radical William Ayers. Obama Didnt Get the Endorsement of Four Former Secretaries of State..McCain Did...Why?clipped by: Alexianclippers remarks: Powell indicated a political dislike of "conservatism" on the Supreme Court as his key factor in backing the radical Barak Obama 
Henry Kissinger, retired Gen. Alexander Haig, Lawrence Eagleburger and George Shultz all said they would support McCain. The former heads of the State Department said the senator?s leadership skills, his record and his vision make him the right choice for president in difficult times. ?The world?s challenges are radically changing and our country needs John McCain?s experience and optimism,? said Kissinger, who served as secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and won a Nobel Prize for his efforts to end the Vietnam War. Tags: hoshienu 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 |
2008/10/20
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2008/10/19
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsWarner Brothers Block POW Film to Foil John McCainclipped by: Cezanne777clippers remarks: Here they go again! It is a typical of left-wing Hollywood to shamelessly promote liberal Democrats while dumping on Republicans. Here, they are withholding a Hanoi Hilton documentary that shows American POWs in a favorable light. Supposedly, they dont want to influence the election. Of course, TV had no problem airing similar documentaries that let John McCains Hanoi tormentors to make light of McCains POW experience. Warner Brothers block release of pro-John McCain filmWarner Brothers has delayed the re-release of a film about American prisoners of war in Vietnam in case it influences the outcome of the US presidential election.The studio has temporarily blocked the release of the DVD version of the 1987 film Hanoi Hilton, which will feature an interview with John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, about his imprisonment in Hoa Lo prison during the war. The film, which gave a favourable portrayal of US prisoners, will now be released on November 11 - a week after the election. Barry Meyer, the companys chairman and chief executive, last month attended a fundraising dinner for Barack Obama, Mr McCains Democratic opponent. Warner Brothersclipped by: Cezanne777Warner Brothers block release of pro-John McCain filmWarner Brothers has delayed the re-release of a film about American prisoners of war in Vietnam in case it influences the outcome of the US presidential election.The studio has temporarily blocked the release of the DVD version of the 1987 film Hanoi Hilton, which will feature an interview with John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, about his imprisonment in Hoa Lo prison during the war. The film, which gave a favourable portrayal of US prisoners, will now be released on November 11 - a week after the election. Barry Meyer, the companys chairman and chief executive, last month attended a fundraising dinner for Barack Obama, Mr McCains Democratic opponent. Osama bin Laden is Forgottenclipped by: benaloyclippers remarks: George Bush sent in forces to catch osama bin laden ... and now the american troops are busy arresting people for money and uprooting ganja plants for resale. Nice going Yankee, no wonder you cannot be trusted anymore ... like in Vietnam its true in Afghan country. In an editorial October 15 entitled ?Downward Spiral,? the New York Times calls for the next administration to carry out ?a swift and serious buildup of troops? in Afghanistan. ?The United States will also have to send more troops into Afghanistan and persuade its allies to send more,? the editorial declares McCains Better Half, Number Twoclipped by: thinkingblueclippers remarks: Cindy McCain, played a role in the Keating Five S&L scandal, and just as her husband was rehabilitating his reputation, she was caught stealing drugs from her nonprofit organization to feed her addiction to painkillers. She has a fortune that sets the McCains apart from most other Americans, a problem in a presidential race that hinges on economic anxieties. She can be imprecise: she has repeatedly called herself an only child, for instance, even though she has two half-siblings. Those close to her say she aspires to be like another blonde, glamorous figure married to an older man: "Diana, the Princess of Wales" . Carol McCain, (1st Mrs) worked in the Reagan White House as an event planner. She had stood by her husband during his captivity in N. Vietnam, never passing word of her debilitating car accident, (more about her... http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/carol.asp ) a few years after their reunion, McCain told her, he was leaving her for a younger, richer woman.
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2008/10/18
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsWar Hero or War Criminal?clipped by: zaselclippers remarks: This article is written by Robert Richter, who was the CBS political director during the 1960s. He writes compellingly about a controversial issue that is rarely spoken about. Whether or not fighter bombers in the Viet Nam war should be charged as war criminals, due to their flagrant disregard of the Geneva Conventions that prohibit bombing of civilian areas. As it turns out, a documentary on the subject was done by a general back in the day, and CBS refused to show it, because they felt it was too hot. Now that Mr. McCain is running for president, he is holding up his position as a bombing pilot as heroic duty for which he should be honoured. But the facts have shown, that he and his colleagues, have killed many millions of Vietnamese civilians by their incessant bombing of civilian enclaves. If the tables were turned, and Vietnamese pilots were bombing civilian enclaves in the United States, when they were captured, as McCain was, they would have been tried as war criminals. As character assassination attacks on Sen. Barack Obama have now taken over Sen. John McCains campaign, and because McCain cites his military experience as of prime importance, now is the time to focus closer attention on a facet of the Arizona Senators own character. This is related to his 23 combat missions for Operation Rolling Thunder - the Pentagons name for U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. I will never forget how stunned I was when Gen. Telford Taylor, a chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after World War Two, told me that he strongly supported the idea of trying the U.S. pilots captured in North Vietnam as war criminals - and that he would be proud to lead in their prosecution. Why would anyone have wanted to prosecute McCain and the other captured pilots? Taylors argument was that their actions were in violation of the Geneva conventions that specifically forbid indiscriminate bombing that could cause incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian objects. stoking the furyclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: i like the closer in this article-the revelation that the palin family spent 13,000 of the tax payers money to go on religious retreats-then goes on to comment........no wonder she winks at us- hmmm i never had any doubt as to why Stoking the fury Between traveling to various cities for my various jobs, I dont get to spend a lot of time in front of the tube. So I was relatively late to cotton on to the alarming and not-so-subtle change in atmosphere at the Republican presidential Klanvokations ? oops, rallies. Then, two people I respect got my attention. One is a remarkable man, a U.S. Air Force colonel, now retired, named Colin Chauret. He lives in Texas, and is a renowned fighter pilot who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. You might think with that pedigree, Chauret would be a Dubya supporter all the way. Think again: This fighter pilot really does have the eyes of an eagle. He is an authentic American patriot who didnt think he dropped his right to think when he earned his wings. For years, he has been arguing that the Shrub needed to be impeached. But George W. Bush will be a toxic remembrance in a little over three months, and now the colonel is angry about something else. Tags: politics Heroin Addictionclipped by: jimmy123clippers remarks: Heroin addiction is one of the most destructive and painful addictions in the world. Produced from the poppy, heroin transfers a semi synthetic form of morphine, usually by way of injection. Administration of heroin gives the user euphoric feelings, which differ depending on the area that the heroin is injected. If the heroin is injected intravenously effects are felt within 7 to 8 seconds. Muscular injections are slower with full effects being felt at 5 to 8 minutes. Heroin addiction has been regarded as rapidly increasing in the North America, giving rise to alarm amongst the authorities and health professionals. The largest producers of heroin are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Mexico, and Columbia. The rising epidemic of heroin addiction cuts across class and race lines, making it harder to contain. The joy during the use of the drug and the painful feelings during withdrawal from heroin add to the rate of increase addiction versus successful addiction recovery numbers. Heroin addiction remains one of the most complex and frustrating substance addictions in the world. Despite the upward battle in prevention and recovery, there are some positive gains in terms of awareness made towards thwarting heroin addiction. McCain was not tortured, PoW guard claimsclipped by: mycelium_obscurumThe Republican US presidential candidate John McCain was not tortured during his captivity in North Vietnam, the chief prison guard of the jail in which he was held has claimed. In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Nguyen Tien Tran acknowledged that conditions in the prison were "tough, though not inhuman". But, he added: "We never tortured McCain. On the contrary, we saved his life, curing him with extremely valuable medicines that at times were not available to our own wounded." Tran, now 75, said McCain reached Hanoi with the worst injuries he had seen in a downed pilot. But he denied torturing him, saying it was his mission to ensure that McCain survived. As the son of the US naval commander in Vietnam, he offered a potential valuable propaganda weapon. Tran told Corriere that McCain was sent to hospital the day after he was brought to Hanoi and stayed there for a month. "I never lost him from sight. I was frightened a doctor or nurse might do him harm." A Single Womanclipped by: debbyski A Single Woman brings to life the adventures of Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), the world?s first female Congresswoman who also co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union. Rankin was a suffragist, and peace activist, inspired by Gandhi. Elected to Congress twice, with over two decades between her terms, she was the only Congressperson to vote against both World Wars. A lifelong advocate for peace, she led a campaign against the Vietnam War in 1968, when she was 87 years old. The film is a timely and provocative look at a true American maverick and reformer. Although Rankin changed the American political landscape forever, her life and works have been relatively unknown ? until now. More reasons not to trust McCain on Ayersclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: - Despite McCains misquotation, did not say after 9/11 that he wished he had bombed more - never was involved in killing anyone - all the regrets he has expressed about his involvement in violence - charges were dropped because of government misconduct - been honored by and served with many prominent Republicans There is reason to be skeptical about McCains depiction of Ayers nowadays. Despite McCains misquotation, did not say after 9/11 that he wished he had bombed more. He said he wished that the underground had done more to stop the Vietnam War, and he avers that he meant political action, not bombings. Ayers never was involved in killing anyone, contrary to the impression given by calling him a terrorist, and erasing from the record all the regrets he has expressed about his involvement in violence. McCain also does not mention that charges were dropped against Ayers because the government itself engaged in misconduct with the COINTELPRO program.. Ayers is now a respected professor of education who has been honored by and served on committees with prominent Republicans. 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 |
2008/10/17
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsMcCain Advocates Communism in Debate; Homeowner Bailoutclipped by: blueridgeclippers remarks: Taxpayers to bailout defaulting homeowners? Lets take 300 of that billion and go in and buy those home loan mortgages and negotiate with those people in their homes, 11 million homes or more, so that they can afford to pay the mortgage, stay in their home.Then, he even ADMITS the criticism, how is that fair to responsible homeowners, that have to pay for the bailout of others who did not make their payments as contracted? Now, I know the criticism of this. Well, what about the citizen that stayed in their homes...That paid their mortgage payments? It doesnt help that person in their home if the next door neighbors house is abandoned. And so weve got to reverse this. We ought to put the homeowners first.McCain advocates communism, which the dictionary defines: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as neededFor a Vietnam Vet fighting communism to advocate thi  |
2008/10/16
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsSE Asian coffee growers reeling from downturnclipped by: BirdBaristaThe global economic uncertainty is having a detrimental impact on the coffee industry in Southeast Asia - particularly in Indonesia and Vietnam. The worst affected growers are those planting Robusta coffee, who tend to be the poorest of the regions farmers. "One of the fundamental problems with perennial crops is that they often go through boom and bust cycles because farmers who are responding to higher prices plant the crops," he said. "But in a case of coffee, it takes two to three years for the crop to begin producing and then when the coffee prices decline, farmers are somewhat locked in to the fact that they have coffee plants in production." 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 |
2008/10/15
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsCONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMANclipped by: klippetyclippers remarks: An insider view of economic blackmail, corruption and assassinations The Secret History of the American Empire The Truth About Global Corruption Video - John Perkins, author of Confessions of An Economic Hit Man. Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world such as Venezuela, Tibet, Iraq, Israel, Vietnam and others and exposes the network of events in each of these countries that have contributed to the creation of the American Empire and international corruption in "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption" [Video] American Terrrorists, part Vclipped by: lifecyce1898clippers remarks: America right or wrong does not allow for growth. Only in looking at the evils we were guilty of can we prevent similar actions. Vietnam atrocities revealed in reportElite unit said to kill hundreds of civiliansTOLEDO, Ohio -- An elite unit of American soldiers mutilated and killed hundreds of unarmed villagers over seven months in 1967 during the Vietnam War, and an Army investigation was closed with no charges filed, The Blade reported yesterday. Soldiers of the Tiger Force unit of the Armys 101st Airborne Division dropped grenades into bunkers where villagers -- including women and children -- hid, and shot farmers without warning, the newspaper reported. Soldiers told The Blade that they severed ears from the dead and strung them on shoelaces to wear around their necks. William Doyle, a former Tiger Force sergeant now living in Willow Springs, Mo., said he killed so many civilians in 1967 he lost count. The atrocities carried out by the unit came just months before the killing of about 500 Vietnamese civilians by an Army unit in 1968 at My Lai. Tags: terrorism CLUSTER BOMBS MADE IN USAclipped by: klippetyclippers remarks: Continued refusal of this and past administrations to join the World Community in the Effort to BAN these vicious munitions, it is time to put more pressure on the candidates and the new president Issues: Cluster BombsEast Lansing City Council Resolution on Cluster BombsResolution to Support a Cluster Bomb Ban and to Declare October 6-12, 2008 Cluster Bomb Awareness Week in East Lansing WHEREAS, the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs has arranged an Oct. 6-15 survivors tour through the Midwest in order to encourage the Senate to pass legislation to ban the U.S. from using and exporting cluster bombs; and, WHEREAS, cluster munitions are large weapons containing multiple smaller munitions that have exacted a devastating toll on civilians; and, WHEREAS, over the past ten years, the United States has used such weapons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo; today, munitions dropped in Vietnam and Laos continue to kill and maim people; and, WHEREAS, the United States is the leading producer and exporter of cluster munitions; though Congress has placed a one-year moratorium on the export of cluster bombs, the administration has called for their use for another decade 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 |
2008/10/14
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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips9/11 was Sad but this is Genocide, right?clipped by: joejoepmcclippers remarks: Less than 3,000 people died in 9/11 Since 2001, nearly 1,080,000 people have died from MEDICAL ERRORS Who are the terrorists now? PS - this is from 2001!  more Americans are killed in US hospitals every 6 months than died in the entire Vietnam War, and some have compared the alleged rate to 3 fully loaded jumbo jets crashing every other day.2 Widely disseminated quotes include, "medical mistakes kill 180 000 people a year in US hospitals"3 and "medical errors may be the 5th leading cause of death."4 If these inferences are correct, the health care system is a public health menace of epidemic proportions. Seeing White House From a Cell in Hanoiclipped by: JorjorTo endure their long ordeal, John McCain and the other U.S. servicemen held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam in the 1960s developed a number of survival techniques. None was quite as effective as the one former Navy pilot Richard Stratton remembers: "If you kept your mind occupied, you were going to be okay." McCain had the most audacious dream of all, and he shared his vision one day with a group of fellow POWs. "He was talking about his father to us and then he said: I want to be president of the United States. Someday Im going to be president, " Stratton recalls. "If the cell wasnt so small, wed have been rolling around laughing." "We reminded him that he had dug himself a big hole with his demerits in the past and nearly being the bottom man of his class at the Naval Academy," Stratton recalls. "And now he was talking about being president? Come on, John. Get your career straightened out. " Tags: mccain Amnesty International condemns ?widening persecution? of Catholics in Vietnamclipped by: Efrain Alvarado.- The global humanitarian group Amnesty International on Thursday issued a statement condemning the government of Vietnam?s ?widening persecution? of Vietnamese Catholics who are demonstrating to secure the return of confiscated church lands. Catholics began their protests in December 2007 seeking the return of several properties including the former papal nunciature in Hanoi and also property formerly belonging to the Redemptorists. Negotiations between the Church and the government stalled in February. In August and September thousands of people, some from other parts of the country, joined in peaceful protests at the properties. At the end of September authorities had sealed off the disputed areas. ?Authorities are also using criminal law to stifle free expression of opinion,? Amnesty international continued, stating that four protesters have been detained and charged while numerous protesters have been called in for questioning in recent days. 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 |
2008/10/13
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsStagflation Definedclipped by: katsteevnsclippers remarks: (cont.)The term first came into use in the mid-1970s, when inflation soared to 12 percent and the unemployment rate nearly doubled to 9 percent. This inflation was the result of the quadrupling of oil prices by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), increases in the price of raw materials, and the lifting of Vietnam-era government-imposed Price and Wage Controls. At the same time, the economy went into recession. In 1979 the high inflation rate was sent spiraling upward when OPEC doubled petroleum prices after the Iranian revolution. President Jimmy Carter established the Council on Wage and Price Stability, which sought voluntary cooperation from workers and manufacturers to hold down wage and price increases. The council could not control OPEC, however, and repeated oil-price hikes thwarted the councils efforts. Years of continued inflation and high unemployment was one of the factors that undermined the Carter presidency and Democratic Party proposals for welfare Investment Dictionary: Stagflation A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment - a time of stagnation - accompanied by a rise in prices, or inflation. Investopedia Says: Term coined by economists in the 1970s to describe the previously unprecedented combination of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) with rising prices (inflation). The principal factor was the fourfold increase in oil prices imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel in 1973-74, which raised price levels throughout the economy while further slowing economic growth Obama under fire for playing T-ball during Vietnamclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Who IS Barack Obama? What T-ball players did he pal around with? Obama Under Fire For Playing T-Ball During VietnamWASHINGTON?At a press conference on Monday, members of the Vietnam Veterans Alliance blasted Democratic nominee Barack Obama for his failure to serve in the Southeast Asian war that ended 33 years ago, alleging that during the conflict the candidate frequently engaged in games of T-ball. "While our boys were dying in Vietnam, Barack Obama was running around a little league field, laughing and having fun without a care in the world," VVA spokesman James Lowry said. "John McCain left his wife and three children behind and fought bravely, but I guess Sen. Obama decided that practicing cursive and learning how to ride a bike was just more important than defending his country in her hour of need. I bet he wasnt even able to point out Vietnam on a map." Lowry later speculated that if Obama had been sent over to fight in the conflict, he probably would have peed his pants and cried for his mommy as soon as he touched down in Saigon.  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 |
2008/10/12
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsJan Rose Kasmir, confronts the American National Guard outside the Pentagonclipped by: yoginiclippers remarks: An American young girl, Jan Rose Kasmir, confronts the American National Guard outside the Pentagon during the 1967 anti-Vietnam march. This march helped to turn public opinion against the war in Vietnam. After my friend, Lilly went missing, her fiance, Christen Pacheco, told me that Lilly often mentioned this symbolic picture. She said he was like the soldier pointing his weapon, and she was like the girl holding the flower. I think about this statement a lot lately. It saddens me. I miss my friend so much.  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 |
2008/10/11
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Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsHalong bay Vietnamclipped by: vietravel247 This is the first time the 2008 ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City Award to be presented to ten ASEAN representative cities which have achievements on enhancing living environment quality as well as on raising awareness of environmental protection and sustainable development among ASEAN member nations people and leaders. RFK Jr. - AIP and Sarah Palinclipped by: ancientgirlIn 2004, Americas malleable mainstream media allowed itself to be manipulated by artful Republican operatives into devoting weeks of broadcast attention and drums of ink to unfairly desecrating John Kerrys genuine Vietnam heroics while obligingly muzzling serious discussion of George W. Bushs shameful wartime record of evasion and cowardice. But if McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is once again a valid political consideration, Palin, it would seem, has more to lose than Obama. Palin, it could be argued, following her own logic, thinks so little of Americas perfection that she continues to "pal around" with a man--her husband, actually--who only recently terminated his seven-year membership in the Alaskan Independence Party. So when Palin accuses Barack of "not seeing the same America as you and me," maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska. The Reality of Ayersclipped by: oscarrobclippers remarks: There is a quote from a movie and book whose title escapes me "The past is like a foreign country. People do things differently there." To people who grew up in the 60s and 70s although people who did what Ayers did were wrong and on the fringes, we understand the anger. Think of peoples anger today at terrorism and remember that many were that angry at the US government. Think of parents who wouldnt let there children watch the news because of the death and destruction that came every day. Think of riots at political conventions and in the streets of cities across America. Think of the fear of nuclear attack from a volatile and powerful Russia. What Ayers did was wrong and should, by all rights have been punished. It was not, however, today. The Bill Ayers that Barack Obama and I worked with was no "domestic terrorist." The publication in 1997 of Ayers book A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court attracted much local and national attention he powerfully contrasted and compared the lives of his children, growing up in privilege, with those he had taught in prison That year, Chicago named Ayers its "Citizen of the Year." In November, Michelle Obama, who was then director of the universitys community service center, convened a panel at the law school to discuss Ayers book and the issues it raised After 9/11, many angry Chicagoans called Ayers and Dohrn "unrepentant terrorists" I know them better as the couple that invited me into their home in 2000 to meet their extended family, make gingerbread-cookie houses, and share Christmas dinner. Our conversation that night, as it almost always did, focused on the future, not the past. the real story of obama and ayersclipped by: prin1clippers remarks: the entire article is very interesting Stormy Weather, Underground Bill Ayers notoriety dates from the radical, anti-Vietnam War group he helped to start in 1969, splintering off from the activist Students for a Democratic Society. The members of the new group, the Weather Underground, favored shows of violence to further their cause. On March 6, 1970, though, three of them blew themselves up in a Greenwich Village townhouse during a bomb-making session gone badly awry. Ayers and his fellow Weathermen, as they were called, soon dropped out of sight Barack Obama, who was born Aug. 4, 1961, was 8 years old at the time. The Weather Underground continued setting off bombs, including one in a mens lavatory in the Capitol building in 1971 and another in a womens restroom in the Pentagon in 1972 . Nobody was killed, due to evacuation warnings the Weathermen sent out in advance. 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 |
