Posted in life, social issues on Nov 20th, 2004
You never fully appreciate just how interconnected we all are until some event on the world stage impacts your life. Take the Abu Ghraib prison scandal for example. As a program manager in the information technology field, working in Kansas, you wouldn’t expect my life to be directly impacted by heinous human rights violations [...]
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Posted in social issues on May 7th, 2004
This week’s coverage of the torture and abuse of prisoners in Iraq sickens me. That the ordinary citizens of Iraq are likening the occupying United States force to Saddam Hussien is a damning indictment.
President Bush’s weak apology to the families of the tortured was embarrassing for me as a citizen of the United States. Secretary [...]
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Posted in life on Jul 18th, 2003
This is just too funny for words. Bomb Iraq.
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Posted in elsewhere, social issues on Jun 26th, 2003
AlterNet is carrying a copy of Senator Robery Byrd’s, June 24, 2003 speech regarding the cover up by President Bush and his administration over the actual threat Iraq posed to the United States in the months leading up to our invasion, and subsequent occupation, of that country.
I wish I lived in West Virginia so I [...]
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Posted in social issues on Mar 16th, 2003
I have become politically active. Below is a copy of a letter I e-mailed today to both of my senators and representative. You can find the address and contact information for your elected officials here. I urge you to participate in your country by writing your elected officials no matter what your beliefs or opinions. [...]
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