Dear Wesley,
You’re two today and you’re napping. If you’re dreaming, they’re probably happy dreams. You’re almost always happy awake. Whatever your worst dreams are, they’re probably not worse than what I fear may become of this world and your future in it. You’ve spent your first two years and the nine months before that in a loving family in a beautiful town in a very wealthy country that has shared a little of that wealth with us, though not with
By David Swanson
Wow. All I did was sign this petition http://www.nonviolence.cz opposing the construction of a U.S. “missile defense” base in the Czech Republic, an outpost of our growing empire actually intended for aggressive war, not “defense.” And I got this Email in reply:
“Dear petitioner,
“Thank you for your e-mail and your concern about Czech foreign policy.
“I have already announced that as member of the Senate of Parliament of the Czech Republic
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By David Swanson
In 2006 we elected a Congress to end the occupation of Iraq. If we don’t hold that Congress to it, we will not have the power in 2008 to elect anyone for any stated purpose. Fulfillment of campaign promises will be entirely optional in 2009. Our last chance to hold the current Congress to its commitment is in the coming month of April, when the House takes up Bush’s request for another $102 billion of our grandchildren’s money.
All over the country, ordinary
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By David Swanson
How would you like to vote for a political party that sacrifices hundreds of thousands of lives to win elections? Yeah, neither would I. So, how can they be so sure they will win elections?
Of course I’m talking about the Democratic Party’s strategy of continuing to fund the bloody occupation of Iraq.
Or how would you like to support an activist or think-tank organization that obeys the Democratic Party in the same strategy?
I just took part in a media conference call
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By David Swanson
Chris Hedges recently published an article called “The Dangerous Atheism of Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris,” ( http://www.alternet.org/rights/80449 ) but he failed to include in it any indication of what he thinks is dangerous about their atheism. He thinks they have horrible political opinions, but does not explain how those relate to atheism. He thinks they have
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I’ll be on Clout on Air America with Richard Greene tonight from approximately 10 to 10:30 p.m. ET discussing Iraq Town Halls and ending the funding of the occupation of Iraq. Join us: http://www.airamerica.com/clout
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