This information is good to know, especially if you are searching for a new area or home to live in. I typed in one zip code that I used to live in and it had far more offenders than the one I'm in now.
www.familywatchdog.us
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
We've now been in Iraq longer than WWII
Yesterday marked the day that we will have been in Iraq longer than we were in all of World War II.
That's right. We were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad.
And we haven't even done THAT. After 1,347 days, in the same time it took us to took us to sweep across North Africa, storm the beaches of Italy, conquer the South Pacific, and liberate all of Western Europe, we cannot, after over 3 and 1/2 years, even take over a single highway and protect ourselves from a homemade device of two tin cans placed in a pothole. No wonder the cab fare from the airport into Baghdad is now running around $35,000 for the 25-minute ride. And that doesn't even include a friggin' helmet.
Is this utter failure the fault of our troops? Hardly. That's because no amount of troops or choppers or democracy shot out of the barrel of a gun is ever going to "win" the war in Iraq. It is a lost war, lost because it never had a right to be won, lost because it was started by men who have never been to war, men who hide behind others sent to fight and die.
Let's listen to what the Iraqi people are saying, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Maryland:
** 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq.
** 61% of all Iraqis SUPPORT insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
Meanwhile, Bush comes out today to say we wont leave until the mission is completed. But I thought it was already "accomplished."
Let's get the fuck out of dodge already! No more U.S. deaths!
That's right. We were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad.
And we haven't even done THAT. After 1,347 days, in the same time it took us to took us to sweep across North Africa, storm the beaches of Italy, conquer the South Pacific, and liberate all of Western Europe, we cannot, after over 3 and 1/2 years, even take over a single highway and protect ourselves from a homemade device of two tin cans placed in a pothole. No wonder the cab fare from the airport into Baghdad is now running around $35,000 for the 25-minute ride. And that doesn't even include a friggin' helmet.
Is this utter failure the fault of our troops? Hardly. That's because no amount of troops or choppers or democracy shot out of the barrel of a gun is ever going to "win" the war in Iraq. It is a lost war, lost because it never had a right to be won, lost because it was started by men who have never been to war, men who hide behind others sent to fight and die.
Let's listen to what the Iraqi people are saying, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Maryland:
** 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq.
** 61% of all Iraqis SUPPORT insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
Meanwhile, Bush comes out today to say we wont leave until the mission is completed. But I thought it was already "accomplished."
Let's get the fuck out of dodge already! No more U.S. deaths!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
9/11 widows demand accountability
NEW PETITION, PLEASE SIGN
9/11 WIDOWS PETITION TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON POSSIBLE 9/11 FOREKNOWLEDGE:
[Fwd from 9/11 Widows: Patty Casazza, Monica Gabrielle, Mindy Kleinberg, Lorie Van Auken --
Please help us break the 100k mark with this important petition and use it to build support for a new investigation in the new year. Please forward and post widely]
All American Citizens,
Please join us by adding your name to the online petition at the link below. If you experience problems with the link, copy and paste into your browser. Please pass this on! Thank you,Patty CasazzaMonica GabrielleMindy KleinbergLorie Van Auken
Public's Right To Know - Declassification and Release of Documents
To: U. S. Congress; Press/Media
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate declassification and release of all transcripts and documents relating to the July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then-National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. It has been alleged that this urgent and out-of-the-ordinary meeting was called to discuss the increasingly dire warnings of an imminent al Qaeda attack within the U.S.Given that much of the July 10, 2001 meeting has already been made public in Bob Woodward’s newly released book, “State of Denial”, it is unacceptable to continue to keep these documents and transcripts hidden from the American public’s view.In addition, we again call for the declassification and release of both the redacted 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (JICI) and the CIA Inspector General’s report, “CIA Accountability With Respect To The 9/11 Attacks”.
The disastrous nature of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks warrant the release of all of this information so that the American public may learn what its government did or did not do to protect them. Had this nation been properly warned of the looming and imminent terrorist threat, life saving choices could have been made that day.
Sincerely,
http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html
9/11 WIDOWS PETITION TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON POSSIBLE 9/11 FOREKNOWLEDGE:
[Fwd from 9/11 Widows: Patty Casazza, Monica Gabrielle, Mindy Kleinberg, Lorie Van Auken --
Please help us break the 100k mark with this important petition and use it to build support for a new investigation in the new year. Please forward and post widely]
All American Citizens,
Please join us by adding your name to the online petition at the link below. If you experience problems with the link, copy and paste into your browser. Please pass this on! Thank you,Patty CasazzaMonica GabrielleMindy KleinbergLorie Van Auken
Public's Right To Know - Declassification and Release of Documents
To: U. S. Congress; Press/Media
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate declassification and release of all transcripts and documents relating to the July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then-National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. It has been alleged that this urgent and out-of-the-ordinary meeting was called to discuss the increasingly dire warnings of an imminent al Qaeda attack within the U.S.Given that much of the July 10, 2001 meeting has already been made public in Bob Woodward’s newly released book, “State of Denial”, it is unacceptable to continue to keep these documents and transcripts hidden from the American public’s view.In addition, we again call for the declassification and release of both the redacted 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (JICI) and the CIA Inspector General’s report, “CIA Accountability With Respect To The 9/11 Attacks”.
The disastrous nature of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks warrant the release of all of this information so that the American public may learn what its government did or did not do to protect them. Had this nation been properly warned of the looming and imminent terrorist threat, life saving choices could have been made that day.
Sincerely,
http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is now on video to rent or own.
It makes a great educational gift for the holidays. Set up a family or mass viewing. Help spread this urgent message.
Global Warming by the Numbers
Some chilling statistics to think about:
1 - Rank of 2005 as hottest year on record (tied with 1998), according to NASA.100 % - Increase in intensity and duration of hurricanes and tropical stormssince the 1970's, according to a 2005 MIT study.
$100 billion - Estimate of damage caused by hurricanes hitting the U.S. coast in 2005 alone, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
2030 - Year by which Glacier National Park will have no glaciers left, according to the U.S. Geological Survey predictions.
400,000 - Square miles of Arctic sea ice that have melted in the last 30 years (roughly the size of Texas), threatening polar bear habitats and further accelerating global warming worldwide, according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
15-37%- Amount of plant and animal species that global warming could wipe out by 2050.
1 - Rank of the United States as a global warming polluter compared to other large nations.
6- Number of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leaders who say the U.S. is not doing enough to fight global warming.
0- Number of bills passed by Congress to cut global warming pollution.
0- Number of times President Bush has mentioned the words "global warming," or "climate change" in previous State of the Union addresses.
2003 - Europe suffered worst heat wave in history where 27,000 people died
US and Australia didn't sign the Kyoto Treaty
It took 10 centuries for the oceans to rise as much as they did in the 20th century.
Sources: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005 Study, Nature Magazine January 2004, National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
Buy the DVD here: http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Truth-Al-Gore/dp/B000ICL3KG/sr=8-1/qid=1164211813/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3139561-5622534?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
Buy the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Truth-Planetary-Emergency-Warming/dp/1594865671/sr=8-2/qid=1164211840/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-3139561-5622534?ie=UTF8&s=books
Or rent it at any Blockbuster or Hollywood Video store
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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