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Obama: Reenact the Afghan Children`s Fund

Come on President Obama, please do this for Afghan kids

(SALEM, Ore.) - When then President George W. Bush enacted the Afghan Children's Fund, most Americans were still trying to get their minds around what was actually going on there.

The fund was a good idea, but Bush apparently decided that the kids of Afghanistan had received enough help, and the program was abandoned by the White House on April 1, 2005. We need it to revive it.

So Much Anger, Energy and Feelings of Helplessness

Time for common sense to help us pick the real enemy.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - We are in the middle of a war and nobody is really mad. I have yet to see a single Taliban member hanged in effigy and none of us even know who their leaders are.

Most people in the world are sure Osama bin Laden has been dead for years.

Ummah, Either We Change, Die, or Die Trying

Obama’s silence on the Goldstone Report once again shows who runs U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In 1949 President Truman was so outraged (the man responsible for Israel's creation) by the mass expulsion of Palestinian refugees he convened the Lausanne Conference in Switzerland.

The purpose was to pressure Israel to stop its ethnic cleansing and accept UN Resolutions 181 (Partition of Palestine) and 194 (right of return of Palestinian refugees).

Afghanistan War Protest in Eugene Saturday

The mobile drum ensemble Samba Ja will close the event and lead a peace march around downtown.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Lane County residents are taking action to stop the Afghanistan war Saturday Oct. 17 at noon. There will be an Afghanistan peace rally at the old Federal Bldg., 7th and Pearl in Eugene. The theme of the rally “Stop the killing: War will not Bring Peace in Afghanistan.”

The speakers will be Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, University of Oregon Professor and Pakistan expert Anita Weiss, Rev. Dan Bryant and Jim Schmidt of Veterans for Peace.

New Book Chronicles Published War Stories From SE Asia

"These stories needed a wider audience for the world to know what they suffered, how most survived, and how they overcame adversity." - Marc Yablonka, author of "Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia"

(BURBANK, Calif.) - A new book by Reporter/Author Marc Yablonka, Distant War: Recollections of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. chronicles eighteen years of Yablonka’s reportage on American involvement in Indochina, and the people affected by America’s connection to that part of the world.

The reports in this newly-edited compilation account for a time that in Yablonka's view, that left an indelible mark on American history.

Combat Infantryman`s Curse: We are Expendable: More Troops Will Save Lives

If we don’t send more Combat Infantry we will have many more killed and wounded.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I’m not talking about swearing here but most of the time we had much to swear about. Being treated like half-trained hunting dogs was the worst.

It seemed we green as grass DOGFACES were supposed to know more about soldiering than our sergeants or looeys (some of us did!).

Ending America`s Acceptance of Permanent War
Building an America we Can Live With

What invisible force is driving us to continue a seemingly endless war?

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - Whatever happened to America? Millions of Republicans voted for Barack Obama, hoping he would just simply do something, maybe anything, not just health insurance reform and political grandstanding for the party faithful.

Bush left us up to our necks in quicksand of Afghanistan and the Democrats seem to think it's their job to put us the rest of the way under.

Medical Marijuana Gestapo

And medical marijuana orgasms.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I posted the first article Sept. 8, 2009. I was surprised that dozens of others had posted articles from all over the country indicating that Gestapo-like tactics of marijuana police are routine and terribly vicious. Most actions seem to be directed at sick and/or disabled patients. My article attracted a good amount of Web traffic.

Just for the halibut, I punched up Medical Marijuana Orgasms. I have never gotten over my astonishment at the informational kaleidoscopic results which showed up. I’m over-awed!!

DoD Announces Units for Next Iraq Rotation and Extension

DoD will continue to announce major unit deployments as units are identified and alerted. For information on the units announced today or other units involved in this rotation.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Department of Defense announced today major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next force rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The announcement involves three brigade combat teams, and one armored cavalry regiment totaling approximately 15,000 personnel.

Eight Years of U.S. War in Afghanistan: The Dollars Add Up (PHOTOS)

With the passage of the FY 2010 Department of Defense budget, total U.S. spending for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will exceed $1 trillion by March of next year.

(NORTHAMPTON, Mass.) - October 7, 2009 marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.