politics

I couldn't make it to Washington for the anti-war rally yesterday, but I did go to one here. One of the speakers was a Viet Nam vet and anti-war activist by the name of Carl Rising-Moore. He basically breaks federal law by helping AWOL soldiers who do not want to go back to Iraq to escape to...

This would be hilarious...if it weren't for the fact that it's true.

im not sure if theres already a hurricane rita thread so if there is, just close this one. anyways...we're getting ready to probably evacuate cause rita's supposed to hit where i live sometime on saturday. (so i wont be on for a while) any thoughts on this? its a 4 already and 150 mph...

the following are two articles my friend sent me... located here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=58476 and located here: BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabwe's torture training camps comments? i dunno if this thread relates to other threads that have already been started...

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Saturday, September 3, 2005 Posted: 11:26 p.m. EDT (03:26 GMT) </span> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who helped shift the U.S. Supreme Court toward a more conservative ideology and strongly supported states' rights during his...

Just thought I'd post this courtesy of latimes

Anyone in and or around New Orleans...I know you aren't going to be able to read this, but my prayers and thoughts are with you. I know what you are going through. :hug: Be safe!!

Hi Everyone, I know every once in a while you get forwards about missing children and you might glance at the picture and delete it. This is an e-mail about a missing child and this is no joke, she is a friend of mine. Desariee Compton (She is better known under her stage name of Scout Taylor...

What are peoples thoughts on these two? ...and the movie coming out... if you dont know who they are, i suggest google...i'd rather not explain the "activities" here...

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Comment...18/1177655.html Opinions, comments? :huh:

The army went into to Neve Deckalim settlement this morning to remove protesters holed up in a synagogue. I feel sorry for the settlers being told to up and leave from and place they have built up and known as home for some 30 years. The reality is though that those settlements cannot be...

I was just curious if anyone else is an animal rights advocate? Is a vegetarian, has any antifur policies? Here's an anti fur site I found, it's pretty interesting: News page 1 | peta2

I always loved Peter Jennings, and the news of his passing really got to me. His family is in my thoughts.

hi everyone, this has been in the news pretty recently, i was just wondering what Aussies (and others) think about the white australia policy and multiculturalism?? are we having the problems we have now (like terrorism) because we are multicultiral? some countrys, such as japan, dont have...

Here's a little op ed piece from the NY Times. The Voting Rights Act is still very important and it helped to change the course of history. Key provisions are up for review and could potentially be overturned. One issue that some members of Congress want to address is allowing illegal...

Google this and you can find a lot more articles on it...this was just the first one I grabbed. So the basic jist of the story is that these two jurors were adament that Michael Jackson was not guilty and voted so during the trial. Now they've gotten book deals and have publically come out and...

Woman Smuggling in USA 135-lb. woman hidden behind the dashboard of a car http://www.yumlum.com/119.html is this possible ? How? I think this is Fake .

taken from the New York Times:

prophecies are visions that are supposedly stated ahead of time and later come true. but how do we know what is believed to be a prophecy is not really something that is created by us? That is to say, how do we know that we don't force these prophecies to come true? Without hearing about a said...

I don't know if any one did a topic on this yet, but I'm going to start one. But I'm trying to lose weight so I started taking these pills called Stacker 2. I did alot of research on it and it says if I followed the rules nothing bad will happen. But I was wondering if anyone else tried and if...