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Waco, OK City and Banality on April 19
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 7:53am | mal contends
Update: Intelligence analysts at the Homeland Security Department ignored objections by civil-liberties officials before sending out a controversial report on the resurgence of domestic right-wing extremism, a department official confirmed Friday.
April 19, Sunday is the anniversary of two American tragedies: Waco (1993) and Oklahoma City (1995).
Waco Casualties — Some 76 people dead, including more than 20 children
Oklahoma City Casualties — 168 dead and over 800 people injured
[A reader points out Ruby Ridge, April 19, 1992 — three people killed]
These numbers obviously understate the horror.
No doubt, the FBI and Homeland Security are properly on alert, trying to prevent a deadly marking of these anniversaries.
April 19, Sunday is the anniversary of two American tragedies: Waco (1993) and Oklahoma City (1995).
Waco Casualties — Some 76 people dead, including more than 20 children
Oklahoma City Casualties — 168 dead and over 800 people injured
[A reader points out Ruby Ridge, April 19, 1992 — three people killed]
These numbers obviously understate the horror.
No doubt, the FBI and Homeland Security are properly on alert, trying to prevent a deadly marking of these anniversaries.
Obama to Vietnam vets: Welcome home
Tue, 01/20/2009 - 7:25pm | xoff
He had me at "my fellow citizens."
But of the many remarkable things Barack Obama said as he assumed this office of president, this simple phrase spoke volumes to me, and no doubt to many of my fellow Vietnam veterans, numbering some 2.5-million with another 6+ million who served during the Vietnam era:
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
I'll leave the analysis to others. I know what hearing that from the lips of our new President meant to me.
Vietnam, like Iraq, was a terrible mistake. But, as Vietnam Veterans Against the War have said for 40 years, it is possible -- and fitting -- to honor the warrior, not the war.
By mentioning Khe Sahn in the same breath as Lexington, Gettysburg, and Normandy, Obama has done that.
GOP Writers: Reading Is Bad on Voter Suppression Case
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 2:03pm | mal contends
Those wishing that the 2008 election will result in commentary from the rightwing that is not quite so uninformed and dull will be disappointed.
Seeing the reaction to the news that the GAB is considering a timetable of its maintenance of its statewide registered voter list (SVRS), one is left with the impression that desire for rightwingers to read before commenting constitutes a lost hope. Hyperbole? I wish.
Regarding the Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board case, one would believe that those rightwing writers dissing the decision would read the briefs, relevant sections of the HAVA statute and the text of Judge Sumi's decision to dismiss. Sumi’s decision is 22 pages-long and is a quick read.
But rightwingers, like Dad29, show a stubborn resistance to facts. Hey, they were right all along, Dad29 would have you believe.
Seeing the reaction to the news that the GAB is considering a timetable of its maintenance of its statewide registered voter list (SVRS), one is left with the impression that desire for rightwingers to read before commenting constitutes a lost hope. Hyperbole? I wish.
Regarding the Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board case, one would believe that those rightwing writers dissing the decision would read the briefs, relevant sections of the HAVA statute and the text of Judge Sumi's decision to dismiss. Sumi’s decision is 22 pages-long and is a quick read.
But rightwingers, like Dad29, show a stubborn resistance to facts. Hey, they were right all along, Dad29 would have you believe.
Michelle Obama and WAL-MART
Wed, 07/04/2007 - 6:22pm | Anonymous
There are many reasons to oppose Obama, whose paltry legislative record disqualifies him for the Presidency. That he would cite state legislative experience during a Presidential campaign as a qualification already reveals to this voter how underprepared he is for the Presidency.
But the real reason I oppose him is his wife's deep connections to WAL-MART. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times published an article about this highly controversial connection in May. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/05/sweet_column_michelle_obama_qu.html According to Sweet, Michelle Obama is no longer connected to the company. But this was not a decision Michelle Obama made on her own volition; following the lead of her husband's vague campaign, Michelle Obama quit the company that ties her deeply to WAL-MART. According to Lynn Sweet,
Michelle Obama resigned Tuesday from the board of TreeHouse Foods Inc., a Wal-Mart vendor, eight days after husband and White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he would not shop at the anti-union store.
I guess Obama's attempt to pander to AFL-CIO union voers in Trenton, NJ, created a conflict with one of the Obama family's sources of income.
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Wal-Mart and Organic Food - Try to say them both in one sentence.
Thu, 09/28/2006 - 12:17pm | Steve Hanson
This is a recent news release from the Cornucopia Institute in Wisconsin in regard to Wal-Mart increasing the amounts of "Organic" food in its stores and the likely outcome for both farmers and the organic food industry.
Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2042
Ronnie Cummins, 218-226-4164
Steve Sprinkel, 805-290-0988
Daniel Stranahan, 206-794-3656
Wal-Mart Declares War on Organic Farmers
Partners with Agribusiness for Corporate Takeover
CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN:
A report released today by The Cornucopia Institute, the nation's most aggressive organic farming watchdog, accuses Wal-Mart of cheapening the value of the organic label by sourcing products from industrial-scale factory farms and Third World countries, such as China.