"Quickies - Vol. 137"
Hello?........
Since 2000, Gays are allowed to serve in the British military ; so far 25 countries have granted such rights.
[:-) Source : Time magazine.
This just in..............
Recently, Israel assassinated a Hamas arms - runner in Dubai and the U.S. uses drones to assassinate terrorists in Afghanistan.
Editor's note : This tool will never bring about world peace. How sad. [:-[
President Obama...........
To the GOP : "Saying 'No' to everything may be good short - term politics, but it's not leadership." [:-)
Comment...............
"Dick Cheney's a fine fellow. He's entitled to his own opinion. He's not entitled to rewrite history." - Vice President Joe Biden.
This just in.................
The Justice Department is investigating whether officials of Blackwater tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm's security work in Iraq after a deadly shooting episode in 2007.
Source : NYTimes.
Al Gore................
"January 2010, was the second - warmest - globally - 130 years since records have been kept. Nations spew 90 million tons of global - warming pollution into the air every 24 hours, as if it were an open sewer."
Editor's note: Al Gore supports a bill that would cap carbon emissions. How about you? If you're not thinking GREEN, you're not thinking.
This just in..................
The greater sage grouse, native to the high plains of the American West, is facing extinction. [:-[
Source: NYTimes.
Editor's note : Also, we need to keep commercial whaling illegal. Sprawl: To kill our wildlife & rape our wilderness. [:-[
Earthquake in Chile..............
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Reconciliation...................
Before April, 2010, we should have new, meaningful, health care reform in America. [:-)
Editor's note: Using reconciliation is nothing new, just ask G.W. Bush.
Peace..................
A revived US antiwar movement [ " Healthcare Not Warfare." ] that unites with the growing one in Europe would be a powerful force for a negotiated solution and a drawback of forces.
Source : The Nation magazine.
Howard Zinn 1922 - 2010.............
"My primary motive in teaching young people is to provoke them with ideas that would make them more active, more perceptive, more probing, more independent thinkers, and also inspire them to become active members of the society." - Howard Zinn
[:-)
Best Wishes,
Jerry
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Best Wishes Always - Jerry.