Posts Tagged ‘war’

Oklahoma City’s Union Station – Petition – 1000 sign in 3 days!

Posted by on 24 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Oklahoma City’s Union Station – Petition – 1000 sign in 3 days!
Source: bit.ly
We, the undersigned, support efforts to ensure the future of public transportation for Oklahoma City, Central Oklahoma and the state of Oklahoma. As residents of Oklahoma, we specifically ask the Oklahoma …
    * LAST CALL!!* to Sign the Petition to *“SAVE UNION STATION RAIL YARD”*!!!

http://bit.ly/usokc

If you haven’t signed, PLEASE do so and then forward
to your friends.

We’ll let you know when the Petition will be submitted LIVE! to the
Oklahoma City Council, so that you can join in.

Thank you!!!!

PS: We have 1,500 signatures so far.    

Understanding and treating the hidden wounds of war

Posted by on 20 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized, war

Documentary video explores the hidden wounds of war
Date: Wednesday, 7/21
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16th, OKC
The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Oklahoma GI Rights Hotline invite you to a screening of the film “PTSD: Invisible Wounds of War” on Tuesday, July 21 at 6:30 pm at Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma [...]

PTSD Expert- Michele Rosenthat 9/1/2009 – Laurie Carty on Blog Talk Radio

Posted by on 20 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
PTSD Expert- Michele Rosenthat 9/1/2009 – Laurie Carty on Blog Talk Radio
Source: www.blogtalkradio.com
http//healmyptsd.com Michele is the founder of Heal My PTSD LLC an organization whose mission is to advocate for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD awareness education treatment and self-empowered healing. …
    http://healmyptsd.com    

Daily Kos: The cost of no public option

Posted by on 12 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Daily Kos: The cost of no public option
Source: www.dailykos.com
There’s a lot of arguing about the cost of the public option. The plan put forward by the HELP committee, is expected to cost $600 billion. The numbers (plucked from extremely well researched thin air) by the GOP insist the final number will be well above a trillion.
    VERY good argument — with clear facts and statistics and a simple cost comparison formula — to use with your Republican friends and family who are screaming about the expense of a public plan.    

FDR and the Economic Bill of Rights (Everyday Citizen)

Posted by on 12 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
FDR and the Economic Bill of Rights (Everyday Citizen)
Source: www.everydaycitizen.com
In the book Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics, Howard Zinn said in an interview:
    powerful and relevant today as ever    

Rules of Disengagement:The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent

Posted by on 11 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Rules of Disengagement:The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent
Source: p3books.com
Rules of Disengagement examines the reasons men and women in the military have disobeyed orders and resisted the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes readers into the courtroom where sailors, soldiers, and Marines have argued that these wars are illegal under international law and unconstitutional…
    A good friend of mine is co-author of this book. If you are interested in learning about resistance in the military and in supporting those resisters, you should buy it.     

War Resister Robin Long released from prison today!

Posted by on 09 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
War Resister Robin Long released from prison today!
Source: adoptresistance.blog…
Today, at long last, war resister Robin Long becomes a free man. Or perhaps I should say, Robin will be released from military prison. Because in a very real sense, Robin has been a free man all along, …
    great news!    

McNamara’s “Moron Corps” – Salon.com

Posted by on 08 Jul 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
McNamara’s “Moron Corps” – Salon.com
Source: dir.salon.com
HBO’s “Path to War” leaves out some of the most shameful brainstorms of the Vietnam War’s masterminds — including a little-known recruitment program that turned the mentally and physically deficient into cannon fodder.
    McNamara’s Project 100,000 was a heinous idea, and is echoed in today’s lowered recruitment standards of the “volunteer” Army.    

Obama must call off this folly before Afghanistan becomes his Vietnam | Simon Jenkins | Comment is f

Posted by on 28 Jun 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Obama must call off this folly before Afghanistan becomes his Vietnam | Simon Jenkins | Comment is f
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Simon Jenkins: Senseless slaughter and anti-western hysteria are all America and Britain’s billions have paid for in a counterproductive war
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