Tag: iraq war
member name: Ann Weaver Hart
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August 11, 2008 06:49 PM EDT --
For the second time in two months, the Iraqi government has publicly asked the United States to create a timeline for us to withdraw our forces, and for the second time, American negotiators have balked . . .
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May 07, 2007 07:24 PM EDT --
I hate this war.
I thought at first it was a knee-jerk reaction because I was a teenager during the worst of the Viet Nam tragedy. It's not. I hate this war.
I hate it because from the very beginning, . . .
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December 15, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
Over the weekend, George W. Bush went to Iraq and Afghanistan, presumably to tell everyone what a great guy he is. One Iraqi journalist disagreed, and threw his shoes at Mr. Bush. Freedom of speech is . . .
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December 15, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
Dear Mr. President:
Over the weekend, an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at you.
When you were running for office, you let everyone know that you employed the Cliff’s Notes version of policy. That . . .
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October 26, 2007 03:49 PM EDT --
For the first 40 years of so of my life, I considered myself a Christian. I was a member of numerous congregations of two major denominations during my travels through life, ending up in the Episcopal . . .
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June 16, 2008 05:59 PM EDT --
Imagine walking down the street, minding your own business when a soldier walks up to you, slaps you in irons and carts you off to prison. Several days later, guards put you on a plane that crosses the . . .
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June 13, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
No one who knows me could think I support the war in Iraq. That would make me a peacemaker, right? Hardly.
They say charity begins at home.
So does peace.
When the bible talks about beating swords . . .
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August 07, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
I am sick and tired of hearing about illegal immigrants. Not that there is no problem; there are millions of people in this country who don't belong here. Unfortunately, someone has spread the vicious . . .
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October 04, 2007 08:49 PM EDT --
On my travels through town this week, I started noticing signs in people's yards that read "Pray to end abortion."
"All right, I thought, Dear God, please make it unnecessary for women . . .
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November 05, 2007 07:17 PM EST --
It’s your choice, and it always has been. If you like the way the United States is going; if you really don’t miss your constitutional rights; if you really don’t mind the possibility . . .
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January 20, 2008 12:35 PM EST --
I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the cradle of our democracy. I don't know if it was where I was that gave me the picture of the United States of America that I have. All I know is that I . . .
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April 02, 2008 08:15 PM EDT --
The newspaper photos seemed to say it all: the couple in fatigues beams blissfully because the U.S. Army has decided that married couples can co-habit in the Iraqi war zone. The article goes on to inform . . .
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May 29, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
CarryaBigSticker.com is selling a shirt that has been outlawed in several states, including Oklahoma and Arizona. The shirt is an anti-war protest that contains the names of over three thousand fallen . . .
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November 06, 2007 09:17 AM EST --
There's still time to tell your representatives what you want them to do. It's your country. Participate!
Here is the link: HR 333 action form.
By the way, if you don't agree that . . .
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June 09, 2008 06:42 PM EDT --
There may be 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, but the damned thing is still there.
Hillary Clinton has endorsed Barak Obama, asking her supporters to do the same. For those who agree with the . . .
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June 11, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
An article in the Jerusalem Post states that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) is calling for the United States to attack Iran immediately. According to the Post, in an interview with CBS, Lieberman . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
One of the elements of a successful stage magician is misdirection of the audience’s attention. Without mastering that skill, a stage magician is nothing more than a sideshow, background noise. Indeed, . . .
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September 20, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Sometimes it is not so much the stories I hear on NPR that bother me as their juxtaposition. On the way home from taking the youngest princess to school, first I hear that the senate refused to mandate . . .
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May 18, 2007 08:02 PM EDT --
Discussions of politics have always spawned colorful language. What's your favorite (or least favorite) word coined by discussors and cussors of the political scene?
Mine:
Favorite: "Shiite . . .
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August 10, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
If you haven't seen this you should.
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