http://winkprogress.com/teapartycat/3691/breaking-congress-to-vote-on-strike-in-syria-within-the-hour/
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid motioned that there “be a clean vote, with no amendments for pet projects in ( Read more... )

http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/israel-and-gaza-on-love-and-criticism/

h/t to shakesville comment

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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/240598

Dreamers ( Read more... )

Intense, wartime thriller, set in the 2003 era Iraq war, I was glued to the screen throughout the film ( Read more... )

Don't feed the delusion. Just as was the case in Vietnam, none of these dead lost their lives because of a "mistake." Not the Americans, not their allies and not the Iraqis. That untruth will, unfortunately, continue to be the way the Iraq war is characterized by much of a traditional media that failed to yank off the faux-patriotic mask concealing ( Read more... )

But I am glad most of our men and women are coming home.

Too many have died in Iraq, and this was was a severe waste of resources, time, money, and most importantly, lives. I honestly believe that if this was had not been started, and dragged on --this United States of ours would be in a better place.

May Peace prevail.

Guess who this quote is from?

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower ( Read more... )

The unique coffeehouse welcomes soldiers with a free cup of coffee. There is access to the Internet, an informative library, and many referrals are available to community resources, including GI Rights counseling and Veterans Benefits. Free legal and educational resources are available.

Press Release: Veteran and Military Spouse Dragged from ( Read more... )