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- Hometown:
- Springfield, Mo. San Francisco, Ca.
- Type of Sevice
- Activist for Peace
- About Me:
- I am a U.S. military veteran, 5 years active in the Marines and 3 years active in the Army, I got out out in late 2008.
I'm also a war resister
No..., a real one, who went to jail for it, not AWOL, just standing by my principles and refusing to participate in the madness after eight years of doing just that, and I am active in Iraq Veterans Against the War because I feel that it is the responsibility of every single person to help change the world we live in for the better, and as a veteran I feel that IVAW is one of the best ways for me to do that. Somewhere in all my traveling around between 17 states and 14 countries in the last several years I turned from a motivated patriotic hard ass evangelical know it all into a person who sees nations and religions as the borders which are used to divide us and diplomacy as one of the most important resources mankind has, I have finally come to the conclusion that the violence that I once highly advocated is the most detrimental and shameful aspect of the human experience, dont get me wrong, I am not a pacifist, I believe in the right to true self defense. I currently chill in San Francisco, California
- Your Personal Website:
- http://gypsyvet.blogspot.com/
- Your Peace Organization
- http://IVAW.org
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- At 1:15am on March 24, 2009,
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- I got these photos from the link that Sarah sent us.
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Antiwar Radio
John Brown: A Terrorist who Deserved Hanging
This is the 150th anniversary of the hanging of John Brown. When he attacked Harper’s Ferry with a handful of followers, the butcher of Kansas helped sow the seeds of the Civil War. Few things would have made Brown happier than the thought of hundreds of thousands of people dying for [...]What a Difference a Week Makes for Bill Kristol
One day out from Obama’s long-awaited announcement on troop deployments to Afghanistan the White House is getting plenty of criticism from both sides of the aisle. Democrats, including Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the influential chair of the House Appropriations Committee, have expressed concerns about both the cost of the war and the difficulty of achieving victory [...]Ron Paul on Afghanistan and Perpetual War
Ron Paul cuts through the bull:How Many Needles Can Obama Thread?
To answer Jim Bovard’s earlier question — will President Obama “out-BS” Bush? — I think no, after watching Obama tonight, it seems that Bush set a perverse standard that even an over-achiever like Obama can’t exceed. But that didn’t seem to be Obama’s goal tonight. He was all about threading the needle, rather than pouring rhetorical [...]All You Can Cheat
From Big O’s speech: [W]e have made progress on some important objectives. … In Afghanistan, we and our allies prevented the Taliban from stopping a presidential election and — although it was marred by fraud — that election produced a government that is consistent with Afghanistan’s laws and constitution. Hurrah! Stolen elections for everyone! Try and stop [...]TRUTHOUT NEWS FEED
Andy Worthington | Four Men Leave Guantanamo; Two Face Ill-Defined Trials In Italy
On Monday, the Obama administration announced that it had transferred four prisoners from Guantanamo: Sabir Lahmar, an Algerian, was transferred to France; an unidentified Palestinian was transferred to Hungary; two Tunisians, Adel Ben Mabrouk bin Hamida Boughanmi and Mohammed Tahir Riyadh Nasseri, were transferred to the custody of the Italian government.
At Least 30 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Mosque
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded Friday in an attack on a mosque in a military area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Initial reports said that explosions and gunfire were used in the assault, which took place during Friday prayers at around 1:15 p.m. local time. Suicide bombers also may have been part of the attack. Authorities feared that several gunmen remained on the loose, and may have taken hostages.
VIDEO: Climate Scams Won’t Save the Planet
Whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh, you’ve probably heard about climate change. And if you’ve heard about climate change, chances are you’ve also heard about “cap and trade.” It’s a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming.
Non-Profit Group Helps Strained Homeowners
Nonprofit's program to extract better terms from lenders draws thousands from near and far.
A Trigger We Can Believe In
Olympia Snowe wants a trigger. It sounds like the blue dogs want a trigger. Let's give them a trigger we can all believe in.
How about if the insurance companies cannot cover everyone by a date certain, we blow up the whole health care reform process and make everyone eligible for Medicare? We won't have to argue over opt-ins or opt-outs. We won't have to argue over who's eligible for a public option. Let's let everyone in.
It won't take very long, nobody will need to enroll; just take your Social Security card to the Doctor and the bill will be paid.
DEMOCRACY NOW NEWS FEED
Democracy Now! 2009-12-04 Friday
Headlines for December 04, 2009; Eliot Spitzer: Geithner, Bernanke "Complicit" in Financial Crisis and Should Go; "The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther"Democracy Now! 2009-12-03 Thursday
Headlines for December 03, 2009; NY State Senate Defeats Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage; “One Voice for Choice" - FireDogLake Founder Launches Campaign to Target Dems Supporting Stupak Amendment; 25 Years After Bhopal Disaster, Survivors Still Seeking Justice; As Troop Escalation Begins, Relief Groups Decry Militarization of US Aid to AfghanistanDemocracy Now! 2009-12-02 Wednesday
Headlines for December 02, 2009; More War: Obama Unveils Plan to Send 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan; Rep. Kucinich on Afghanistan War: "We're Acting Like a Latter Day Version of the Roman Empire"; Vietnam Vet, Scholar Andrew Bacevich on Obama War Plan: "The President Has Drawn the Wrong Lessons From His Understanding of the History of War"; Nir Rosen: "We Managed to Make the Taliban Look Good"Democracy Now! 2009-12-01 Tuesday
Headlines for December 01, 2009; Hondurans Divided After Coup Backer Wins Presidential Election Boycotted by Zelaya Supporters; In Third Week of Hunger Strike, Ailing Western Saharan Human Rights Activist Aminatou Haidar Demands Moroccan Authorities Allow Her Return to Occupied Homeland; Study: In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds in Nation's Two Leading Newspapers© 2009 Created by Gordon Soderberg on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
