The link below contains 2 things - a story written by someone who lost his dad on 9/11 and a video of people who lost loved ones who's lives were touched by Sen Ted Kennedy.

The video in particular made me cry.  Grab some kleenex and watch it.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/08/27/ ( Read more... )

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Video created by a soldier currently in Iraq:

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"If you really support the troops, you need to do more than just a f***ing magnetic sticker on your car."

This text is from his MySpace profile:
My name is Casey J Porter and I am a professional filmmaker and I just happened to be a Stop-Lossed Soldier serving a forced second tour in Iraq. Instead of ( Read more... )

VoteVets Action Fund

Follow this link to cast your vote for your Top 3 radio spots, submitted by Americans, to work on getting rid of some of the Republicans who continue to support Bush's homicidal "stay the course" hooha in Iraq.  The winner will be professionally recorded and aired in the target states... There are some good ones there, check them out & vote:

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Video of and interview with Vice President Cheney in 1994 saying that invading Iraq would create a quagmire. (This video aired on C-Span)

It's clear from this video that the administration knew all along that the war would be a disaster and didn't care.

CNN Breaking News:

The U.S. Senate today passed a war spending bill that would require U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq by the end of March 2008, ignoring a veto threat from President Bush.

Get your free "End This War" bumper sticker - 
https://pol.moveon.org/endthiswar/


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If in your presence an individual tried to sacrifice an American serviceman or woman, would you intervene?

Would you at least protest?

What if he had already sacrificed 3,003 of them?

What if he had already sacrificed 3,003 of them - and then announced his intention to sacrifice hundreds, maybe thousands, more?

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From the Military Times:

Here's the poll -- http://www.militarycity.com/polls/

Here's an article about it that was apparently written/published on the Military Times website too, but I'm too lazy to find it on there today... Here it is as a re-post on the TruthOut website -- Read more... )