yesterdays shiite demonstration in baghdad caught my attention due to the play on irony.a therefore i decided to bring myself up to date concerning some of the numbers surrounding the iraqi war.
this is a photo taken april 9th 2003 during the toppling of an effigy of saddam hussein in baghdad during operation iraqi freedom.
this photo depicts a demonstration similar to th...... [Show More]
national review contributing editor andrew j. mccarthy imparts the following words of wisdom
inconvenient fact the iraqis dont like us
thousands of american lives and hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds have been expended to provide iraqis the opportunity to live freely. and this despite the facts that a the u.s. interest in iraqi democracy remains tenuous ou...... [Show More]
obama election spurs race threats crimes
from california to maine hun dreds821 7 of incidents reveal racism
university of alabama professor marsha l. houston posted a message against racism on thursday after someone defaced a previous poster of presidentelect barack obama and his family with a death threat and racial slurain tuscaloosa ala. photoajay reeves ap ...... [Show More]
counting the dead gets more complicated in iraq
jassim hatem right grieves as his sons coffin is taken for burial in baghdad iraq thursday nov. 13 2008. ali jassim 21 was one of 23 people killed in a string of bombings that rocked baghdad for the third consecutive day on thursday.a phot o ap khalid mohammed
nov. 14 2008
baghdada this much is agre...... [Show More]
a quickie on painted and drawn goodies seen at artissima the international fair on contemporary art that closed on sunday in turin.
one of the few artworks that made me feel alive at artissima is the series of clown paintings by shane campbell at the booth of nycbased bortolami gallery . his clowns are depressed and pathetic which has always been the way i saw clowns.
the...... [Show More]
thats right im not upset about prop 8. consider this a calling out if you need to.
its not that im happy about itim notor that i dont think its a bad thingit isor something that will have at least in the short term a lot of bad consequences for a lot of peopleit willor a setback to the l...... [Show More]
where do we go from here
looking ahead to the inauguration of a new president of the united states i began thinking about what sort of world we might create and the initiatives we must undertake in order to see that vision become reality.a there are many problems to address from poverty and hunger to warfare and terrorism but i wanted to get to the root of it all identifying what must ha...... [Show More]
this week in memoriam Post Source: www.electionbid2008.com Posted: Nov 10 2008 02:00:45
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this week with george stephanopoulos marks the passings of novelist michael crichton photographer cecil stoughton and barack obamas grandmother madelyn dunham as well as 3 soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan.
according to icasualties the total servicepeople killed in iraq now total 4507 . during this s...... [Show More]
a new day Post Source: joshua.almirun.com Posted: Nov 08 2008 16:34:12
so obama got in. in chomskys analysis last month he likened the democrats and republicans to two wings of a single business party divided only by minor differences in the implementation of a broad neoliberal consensus but that those small differences can make an awful lot of difference to peoples lives. i think his analysis is probably correct in terms of domestic ...... [Show More]
verblendet Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 03 2008 15:22:39
ein lage wird zwar auch nach der xten wiederholung nicht zur wahrheit aber es gibt natarlich immer noch leute die allen ernstes daran glauben sie warden im irak far eine gute und gerechte sache ihren hals riskieren
der 23jahrige soldat joe cook erklart wofar er und seine kameraden im irak gekampft haben wofar sie ihr leben und ihre gesundheit geopfert haben far die freihei...... [Show More]
the same paper that said this.. while the united states has an interest in preventing the resurgence of the afghan taliban the countrys strategic importance pales beside that of iraq which lies at the geopolitical center of the middle east and contains some of the worlds largest oil reserves.
mr. obama in iraq washingtonpost.com
the following a...... [Show More]
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the washington post undercounts iraq deaths
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papers feature lowballs iraqi casualties
the washington posts weekly saturday feature on iraq war casualties has consistently listed a maximum count of iraqi civilian deaths that is dramatically lower than the likely civilian death tolls assesse...... [Show More]
theologians are baffled today at the complete failure of divine intervention to prevent a recent global wave of starvation war and social strife.
were really at a loss remarked renowned christian theologian alister mcgrath. yesterday thousands of people lived and even died in a state of extreme undernourishment which totally defies expectatio ns. mr. mc...... [Show More]
lily hamourtziadou captures a bit of that feeling in her article at iraq body count this week .a this last saturday 50000 iraqis rallied in protest of the new status of forces agreement which among other things provides immunity for u.s. soldiers who commit crimes while on duty. in a statement that was read at the rally moqtada alsadr said
peace be upon the iraqi people w...... [Show More]
ever since the beginning of the cold war we have cultivated an irrational fear of socialism that defies all logic while at the same time maintaining some socialism deeply ingrained in our society. its as though we can choose the socialism we like as long as we never acknowledge that it is socialism. in the eyes of most americans socialism is not just unamericanit is the antiamerica. ...... [Show More]
to admit a mistake Post Source: intelligentdiscontent.com Posted: Oct 09 2008 16:31:02
normally i believe that elections should be more about choosing the person most qualified to fill the position in question and less about symbolism. however in this case i might make an exception.
i believe obama is capable of running the country but i think there is a more important function of electing him. and no its not because hes black. in protecting americas ...... [Show More]
from reuters via yahoo . the number of civilians killed in iraq last month more than halved to 359 compared to a year ago iraqi government figures showed and the number of u.s. troops killed in action also fell dramatically. u.s. combat deaths fell to eight in september down from 12 last month and vastly reduced from 43 in september last year statistics from independent web site http...... [Show More]
true the violence is down from absolutely insufferable to merely terrible.
yet everyone in iraq faces violent death and injury every day.
reducing violence was not the goal of the surge. in the words of the current federal administrator as he announced the spl 41urge4 0tm emphasis added
our enemies in iraq will make every effort to ensure that our television s...... [Show More]
on september 15 lehman brothers goes bankrupt. for the next 10 days people rushing to secure their money withdraw 16.8 billion from washington mutual precipitating by far the largest bank failure in american history.
lehman brothers bear stearns washington mutual merrill lynch goldman sachs morgan stanley fannie mae freddie mac aig. american mainstays of the world economy. fail.
the ...... [Show More]
to get a sense of the current level of violence in iraq i estimated the number of violent deaths there over the last 3 months june july and august using the figures from iraq coalition casualty count . as i noted here multiplying their civilian casualty figures by 1.5 provides a good estimate of the total number of casualties that will eventually be recorded by iraq body count ...... [Show More]
disambiguate with rahul mahajan the son of pramod mahajan a prominent indian politician
rahul mahajan is a noted american blogger and author of the new crusade americas war on terrorism and full spectrum dominance also on wikipedia . he has a phd in particle physics from the university of texas at austin he currently serves on the administrative co...... [Show More]
a recommendation Post Source: wesleyhill.tumblr.com Posted: Sep 24 2008 16:52:13
... our beloved billy graham beg us to pray for the victims of our bombing and killing. according to the iraq body count project an independent human rights organization that operates the web site www.iraqbo dycount.or g more than 55000 civilians were killed in the first three years of fighting with the death toll rising in the third to more than thirtysix civilian deaths per day the killings w... [Show More]
i am glad that democrats like barack obama think that it is important to win our fight against the taliban in afghanistan but i am bothered by the fact that virtually all democrats pretend that al qaeda is resurgent there and has found safe haven there because we took our eye off the ball when we invaded alqaedafree iraq in 2003. in fact unlike the u.s. al qaeda abandone...... [Show More]
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