solidarity for peace on october 27th

www.oct27.org
 
those words mean working together for peace. on october 27th, massive demonstrations will take place in boston, chicago, jonesboro, tn, los angeles, new orleans, new york, orlando, philadelphia, salt lake city, san francisco, and seattle- not to mention in other communities across the country. for more info- go to their website- www.oct27.org
 
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a little something for the weekend

i haven’t been doing as much posting these days as reading. it’s probably just as well because what i have been reading hasn’t been pretty. many folks are leaving their blogs in what is probably best described as a state of ptsd- and that isn’t to make light of the problem. there is one thing [...]

Real War /Faux War

Like most Americans, I suspect, I’ve been riveted by the PBS 7-part series on WWII, told from the ground up (by the real people who experienced it) , and with benefit of newly unearthed contemporaneous video footage (some in color) & stills. It’s been nothing short of astounding, in my opinion.
I fervently [...]

Expressing Myself Authentically

I’ve been blog-surfing for hours, trying to come up with something to post about and I gotta tell ya, I got nothin’.
Sometimes I come across things that get me excited (more like worked up) and I start pounding out what ends up being an incoherent rant that goes straight into the “delete” zone.
One of the [...]

what the politicians don’t want you to know about iraq

it has been a rough ride for me these last few years. there was a time when i was- while not a bright eyed idealist- a naive young person bent on saving the world. because back then- i thought i could one person at a time. it has become abundantly clear that [...]

Walter Reed is still a clusterf**k according to the GAO

Paul Reickhoff, of IAVA, has a piece up at HuffPo about the latest reports showing Walter Reed Army Hospital is still a quagmire and our wounded soldiers are still suffering. The 32 page GAO report is here for your viewing. Below a short blurb from Paul’s HuffPo writeup;

This latest report joins the increasing chorus [...]

LOVING PARENTS DON’T ALWAYS SAY YES

A guest post by Donatra’s mother-in-law Rachel. Please welcome her to the Sirens family.
KEEPING THE KIDS OFF THE HIGHWAY, OFF DRUGS AND BRINGING THEM HOME FROM THE BUSH WAR
by Rachel
I assume you have already heard about the delusional band of abusive and neglectful parents who are slithering their way down [...]

midnight musings

i have been trying to wrap my mind around many things lately- why some football teams are way better than others; why cats are so ridiculously needy and stalkish sometimes, and how people can think so regressively. it struck me as i read about pakistan the other day- and the one line in the [...]

I don’t know what to think about this…

The phrase “Bush Lied” was superimposed over the names. As the casualty count grew, the bumper sticker became a T-shirt, and Frazier added the words “They Died.”
It is a pain to be able to see both sides of this argument. The LAT has a writeup about it, and I was perusing their email edition newspaper [...]

FYI

 

h/t to our very own proudprogressive for this one
united for peace & justice- 11 regional demonstrations on october 27- pick one and go if you can!