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Fact Check

Fact Check

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FactCheck.org has a great analysis of the debate last night. Here’s just the Summary for a quick perusal – but you really have to read the analysis: Obama said McCain adviser Henry Kissinger backs talks with Iran “without preconditions,” but McCain disputed that. In fact, Kissinger did recently call for “high level” talks with Iran starting at the secretary of state level and said, “I do not believe that we can make conditions.” After the debate the McCain campaign issued…

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Tweets for 2008-08-08

Tweets for 2008-08-08

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Reading: “Georgia ‘under attack’ as Russian tanks roll in – CNN.com” ( http://tinyurl.com/64yox3 ) # Reading: Take Action to Protect America’s Oceans and Fisheries ( http://tinyurl.com/6yusra ) # Reading: “Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time | War on Iraq | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/5tnyrh ) # Reading: “Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law? | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/6xwcpr ) # Reading: “More Details on Bush Admin Iraq Forgery Allegations | War on Iraq…

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Camilo

Camilo

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Camilo by State Radio [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BkvRnUZJys[/youtube] “Woke him up with a barrel to his head His eyes shut tight bracing for the blow Resigning his life to the metal held In another man’s hand Twenty days in a concrete fallout What life have I to take your own Oh my country won’t you call out Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones And from another land’s war torn corners To a prison cell in my own Punish me for not taking…

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Christian Prisons, Christian Torture?

Christian Prisons, Christian Torture?

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I wonder how many Christians regularly visit prisoners to offer consolation and comfort anymore? I’m not talking about ministers or special group missions, but regular laypeople of the many congregations in all their many denominations all over the country. Somehow I think that the ones who call for punishment and torture and war probably don’t do that. A prisoner is someone who is held against their will in… a prison! Oh, you can call it a penitentiary, a correctional facility,…

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How We Were Manipulated into the Iraq War

How We Were Manipulated into the Iraq War

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I hope that you’ve heard about the study from The Center for Public Integrity in which they collected 935 false statements by eight top administration officials in the period before the March 18, 2003 invasion of Iraq. We have the searchable database now. Provable, documented lies that can’t disappear or be denied. Iraq: The War Card – Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War argues that following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully…

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Protecting Our Common Dreams

Protecting Our Common Dreams

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These are just a few of the stories I got in one email from Common Dreams. Here’s the newswire, but email subscription is recommended. “If we do not act we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Can you imagine a trillion? How about the almost 9 trillion of our national debt? How could…

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