.:Dec 09, 2004:.

KKK IN NYC, like the Republican Convention wasn't enough...

In a move typical of the republican party when they came to one of the most democratic cities in the United States to try to use us (New Yorkers) as pawns to their publicity stunts, we are now faced with the repeated attempts of the KKK to have another parade in NYC.

Their last parade happened in 1999, when they (16 people exactly) were allowed to march amidst 8000 anti-Klan protesters.



At some point things got so heated that they had to be recued by a majority of African American police officers who hid them in the Supreme Court building and got them away from the crowds.
They had expected about 80 Klan members to show up that day, but blamed the the ban on the Klan masks by the Supreme court for the low attendance.

It's a known fact that most hate is created by fear, so it's obvious that the members of the KKK have terrible self esteem and are terrified of African Americans and most people who are not .. well... THEM, but they are also making it clear to all that even they are aware of how socially disfunctional and morally disturbed they are individually by having to hide themselves behind masks before showing up in public.

Makes you wonder about the compassion deprived, intellectually limited and culturally deficient upbringing these poor individuals had.

Today the Supreme Court has again rejected the appeals of the KKK to demonstrate wearing their masks.
So, come to New York ...but at least have the courage to let us see who the cowardly ignoramus 5 or 6 of you really are.

.:Dec 08, 2004:.

VOICES OF IRAQ
Interesting documentary about what's been going on in Iraq, filmed by 150 civilians. Watch trailer HERE..

.:Dec 07, 2004:.

Just a reminder.. Picture made with the faces of the dead american soldiers in Iraq. Since then, many others have been killed..

.:Nov 16, 2004:.

Soldiers Pay, the documentary

Very interesting 30 minute documentary about the soldiers who found $700 million in cash in Iraq. While one would expect a story about how noble they were and how dignified the whole thing was, what you really get is the truth for a change.

Interviews with those soldiers, as well as with several military heads, tell a story of blaming, looting and the realities of war, and how that money vanished once it got to the hands of those running this war.

It is estimated that one third of the monthly 3.9 billion cost of US troops in Iraq is going to private contractors.

Halliburton, the company formelly headed by vice-president Dick Cheney has won contracts worth more than 2 billion so far under Operation Iraqui freedom.

Soldiers complain that while they have been working with outdated materials, are short in ammunition, fighting for a gas mask and having even things like water rationed, so that some are having issues like kidney stones from dehydration, contractors lack nothing.
One mentions that one of the contractors was making 300k a year just to be a truck driver. Three to four times what soldiers make.

According to the Washington Post, the Bush draft budget for 2006 calls for over 900 million to be slashed from veteran's administration.

Right now, the only way to see it is on and off on IFC (Independent Movie Channel http://www.ifctv.com/ifc/index ) or by ordering it here: http://www.docworkers.com/.

For more information it might be worth checking out
Veterans Against the War
http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php

 

.:Nov 05, 2004:.

ARE WE SAFER NOW?

North Korea is now the 9th nuclear power. There is enough evidence to suggest they have at least one or 2 nuclear weapons. Maybe up to nine. How does that affect us besides the obvious?

During the Clinton administration, the USA and North Korea signed an agreement that stated that North Korea would freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear program, which would be verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in exchange for technology to use nuclear energy. A resource that would be vital to their economy, where several cities suffer from blackouts and power outages.

Another important aspect of the accord was the U.S. pledge to "provide formal assurances to the DPRK against the threat or use of nuclear weapons by the United States," a commitment that the United States has not lived up to.

In 2002, the Bush administration decided that pre-emptive strikes was a means to safety. So basically, by attacking any country at will, without any provocation, he would make us safer. He also included North Korea on the Axis of Evil.

Feeling rightfully threatened, they re-started their nuclear weapons program, and developed even more aggressive experimentations with chemical and biological weapons, testing them in their own population of prisoners believed to being descendents of American supporters during the Korean war (their only crime).
They have now succeeded in achieving their mission. They have also warned the other countries, that if attacked or threatened, they could choose to strike first OR second anywhere in the world.
The fear is not only real from that perspective. North Korea's biggest import has been missiles. Mostly to countries like Iran, Yemen, Syria, and Pakistan, which support them and feel threatened by American allies.
What would stop them, now that diplomatic resolutions have fallen apart, from selling weapons to our enemies, or even Al-Qaeda?

When a 15 year old is asked by BBC reporters who he believes is the responsible for the tense situation between the US and North Korea, he has one reply: Bush
His family nods in aggrement.

.:Nov 03, 2004:.

ELECTIONS 2004: NEW YORK SOBS

I'm walking around today, and people are visibly shaken. Kerry's speech happens and you can see tears. It's my birthday and still, I feel the same.
But it's more than saddness and disappointment. It's frustration, and a sense of disbelief.

First, if americans are willing to accuse muslims of violence, to hate them and discriminate them because of what a few of them have done, how about the reasons of the world to hate americans because of what 58 million americans have decided?

Let's see, what makes us different from the terrorists? They are uneducated, hateful, scared people based on a leader who fools them into believing lies, who is based on religious fanatiscism, and who makes his people attack innocents victims in other countries.

Bush is a religious fanatic, who has the intelligence of a mole, but who still, with his puppeteers, managed to convince the majority of the frightened people in this country that attacking a country that never even as much as threatened us and that had nothing to do with 9/11 was a good cause.

And talking about 9/11: Let me remind those of you in conservative states that it happened HERE, in NYC. The people killed were OUR family members, OUR friends, in OUR backyard. And yet, we voted in average 82% against Bush. If he is worried about our security and not oil, why are we reacting this way? Somehow the people in small town Texas believe they know better what is good for our safety than the family members of those killed.

Why is the whole world protesting this administration? Is the whole world crazy, but conservative americans are the only ones who know what's good? Obviously NOT.

There is a saying that mentions that people deserve the representatives they choose. Well, americans seem to deserve a president who can't even speak English, who is greedy, limited, uncultured, easy to manipulate, religiously biased, corrupt, and who has no depth of thought in relation to the future of this country or our role in the world.

If there is one good thing about it, it's that he will be the only one to be blamed for the mess in Iraq, for the division of this country, for the failing economy, for the high unemployment, and for the United States being now the most hated country in the world.

But then again, that was already true, so the people who voted for him again might be too dense to notice. They might blame someone else when the number of terrorists growns larger with each act of aggression against innocent people from Bush. They probably will blame another president when their children don't have the same opportunities because the country has used up all of the money for health and education with ridiculous tax cuts and building bombs. When our wildlife reserves become oil landfills to bring even more money to the Bush family. And they will say that it's someone else's fault when their social security falls apart because the country is in debt.

Now, I don't blame only the conservatives. The democrats started by choosing the safest and least charismatic candidate, and have proven that they are spineless by giving up before the votes in Ohio were all counted. But they at least chose someone who could speak English, who knew that other countries exist and that americans need help right now, with health, education and the economy.
The message is, why bother to vote? It only affects our future, the lives of millions all over the world and the environment of the whole planet.

And my final words are: Why do I still care? Because 55 million people tried to make things better. 55 million people care about others but themselves and tried to educate themselves to make the right choices.
If you could have voted and didn't.. you have no right to complain. The young people in this country, who will pay for this in the long run seem to have decided that voting was too much trouble.

At least be the cowboys and terminators you all long to be and take responsibility for the consequences of your choices. We already know the president won't....

 

.:Nov 02, 2004:.

To vote or not to vote:

Vote, have a voice, make a difference. People are dying and your vote can change that. Countries are a mess and your vote can change that. Your friends are unemployed and your vote can change that. Your children's future is being harmed and your vote can change that. Children are losing their parents, their arms and legs, their homes, and your vote can change that. Laziness is just not an excuse this time around.

Quote from an open letter from the wife of a soldier who lost his leg in Iraq to President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld:
"Your behavior has been inexcusable. You have been dishonest about the support the troops weren't getting and about what's happening on the ground in Iraq. I only have one vote. And my husband, David, is so disheartened that he feels his vote will not even matter. He has no faith left in our current government. I want all those who voted for you, President Bush, or who failed to vote, to realize that your actions led to my husband's terrible injury, as well as those of all the dutiful men and women who fulfilled your demands and have been maimed or killed in Iraq as a result of the administration's miscalculations and poor judgment."

Before voting, please check the following sites:

Veterans Against Iraq War
http://www.vaiw.org

National Priorities Project
http://costofwar.com/

.:Oct 9, 2004:.

HELP NOW !!!!

The Kerry campaign has been inundated with requests from people who want to volunteer in swing states. There are too many people for the campaign staff to call, so out-of-state volunteers have been enlisted to make calls from home to help coordinate efforts.

The Kerry Phone Corps works like this: you access a web-page with a list of campaign events in a given state and a list of five people to call there. You ask the people if they can help at a particular event. You then fill out a web form with their response and click to send it back to Kerry headquarters. The names of any people you can't reach go back into the pool at 4 AM.
I just got this urgent e-mail from the Kerry Campaign re canvassing this weekend in Florida:
The Florida campaign's field team has scheduled 50 door-to-door canvasses across their state for this weekend, and they're relying on you and other JohnKerry.com supporters to recruit volunteers to show up and work. The only limit to the number of undecided and sporadic voters that the Florida campaign can reach this weekend is the number of volunteers these calls can recruit. Start making calls to Florida right now by going to: http://calls.johnkerry.com
Just read our short instructions and script, and then call your list of Florida supporters. These are people who signed up or contributed on JohnKerry.com just like you did -- folks who want to volunteer and just need to be told where to go.
You know how important Florida is to winning this election. Help us come through for Florida tonight by taking even just 15 minutes to make a few phone calls. Start off with five and work your way up.
Our best caller made more than 100 calls in one night. But 1000 people making five or ten calls can make a huge difference. I can't tell you how important this effort is. Kerry has made up a lot of ground in the last few weeks. But the Bush team does not give up easily when its back is against the wall. With a little less than three weeks to go, things are going to get very intense and probably ugly. We need an army of volunteers to counteract whatever they are going to throw at John Kerry. If you could make some phone calls to Florida, that would be a great service to the cause.
To get started, go to: http://calls.johnkerry.com If you are not already a Kerry volunteer, you'll be directed to a page to create an account. Please forward this message to anyone on your list who might be able to help.

Yours for regime change on Nov. 2

.:Oct 3, 2004:.

Important Events:

The time is now, and it takes very little to make a difference. Stop complaining about things that shouldn't be and take action. Here are a few suggestions:

Protest Fox Network:
MoveOn.org, and a bunch of other organizations have launched a campaign to take on Fox for pretending partisan news is "fair and balanced." They've posted a really horrifying but funny video clip highlighting Bill O'Reilly's hypocrisy as well as a complaint to the FTC at: http://www.moveon.org/fox/

Check it out.
The challenges to Fox's partisanship are mounting. It's crucial that we voice our disgust with Fox's deceptive advertising now.
Also support the movie "OUTFOXED" by purchasing the incredibly affordable dvd ( $9.95) at:

And find out more about it at:
http://www.outfoxed.org

The Brooklyn Peace Fair is an all-day event that brings together people from across Brooklyn to learn about peace and justice issues at home and abroad in a fun, dynamic environment. Organizations and individuals present workshops, discussion groups, films, arts activities, storytelling, performances, and much more. Please bring non-perishable goods for hurricane Ivan victims, books for prisoners,and gifts for soldiers fighting in Iraq.

Saturday, October 16, 2004, 11:00 am–5:00 pm
YWCA
30 Third Avenue, at Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NYC.

Convenient transportation from all neighborhoods in Brooklyn Subway: D, Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave., B, M, N, R to Pacific Street, A, C, G to Hoyt Schermerhorn. Buses: B25, B26, B37, B38, B41, B45, B52, B63, B65, B67, and B103

For more information, check out:
http://brooklynpeace.org/

.:Sept 3, 2004:.