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President Barack Obama has approved adding about 17,000 U.S. troops for Afghanistan. Strange. No reaction from the rambunctious Code Pink. Heres's Code Pink's Mission Statement from their site:

The "liberal solution" to America's conflict with the Islamic world, Dinesh D'Souza argues, is doomed from the outset because it imagines that American political values may be absolutely abstracted from its cultural values. Most Americans, according to D'Souza, have cultural beliefs that give them much more in common with the "family values" of Islamic culture, than that of the cultural Left. The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11 by Dinesh D'Souza published by Broadway (February 12, 2008) Ppbk., 384 pgs. ISBN-10: 0767915615 ISBN-13: 978-0767915618 In his 2008 book The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left...

Shoe throwing has jumped the shark? Code Pink gals say hand cuff 'em, just like they did Karl Rove.

BOSTON — A lesbian couple who led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts has filed for divorce. Julie and Hillary Goodridge were among seven gay couples who filed a lawsuit that led to a court ruling making Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriages in 2004. The couple became the public face of the debate in the state and married the first day same-sex marriages became legal.

We weren't their long before being reminded of what it's all about. One of the Walter Reed buses that have been converted so they can carry wounded troops flown in from the field to Andrews Air Force Base, and from there transported to Walter Reed came by Seeing one of them always quiets you for a bit as you wonder about who is coming in and what they've been through. Not to long after we got going, we had a special visit. Mr. Trooprally tells the tale: Trooprally was on the southwest corner when he heard "CONCRETEBOB". Looking around he...

During the course of the Bush/Cheney interregnum, millions of Americans resisted the worst excesses of a lawless and irresponsible administration that led this country into wars of whim, sanctioned torture and extraordinary rendition, embarked upon a spying regimen that made a mockery of the right to privacy, and destroyed the system of checks and balances that was supposed to protect the republic from monarchical abuse. Each year during a period of democratic decline that was so aptly anticipated by Jefferson with his 18th century reference to "the reign of the witches," we honored Most Valuable Progressives -- groups and individuals...

A reporter for The Nation magazine reported today that the President Barack Hussein Obama support group Code Pink held a witchcraft ceremony to 'cleanse' the White House on President Bush's last full day in office.One of Code Pink's leaders, Jodie Evans, was an early financial supporter of Obama's, serving as a bundler for his campaign and donating the maximum to his primary and general election campaigns, as well as thousands of dollars to the Obama Victory Fund. Code Pink also organized get out the vote efforts for Obama.Code Pink's affiliation with witchcraft was present at its creation--a Wiccan who calls...

<p>You know things have changed in Washington when Code Pink gets seats up front at the inauguration.</p> <p>Medea Benjamin, the group's founder, and Desiree Fairooz, one of the group's most visible members, are in Section 10, about 100 feet from the stage.</p>

Dubai (PTI): In what could be an echo of the sentiment of 'Gandhigiri', two women in Bahrain have launched an international 'flower power' campaign to halt the Israeli onslaught in Gaza that has claimed over 900 Palestinian lives. Christine Hasan and her daughter Moona Fairooz are asking women in the country to send white flowers to US Ambassador Adam Ereli, with a message urging a halt to the killing. They have also e-mailed peace groups around the world, including Iraq, the UK and Australia, asking women there to send flowers to their respective US embassies, Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News has...

As some of you may know, I am deployed to Iraq. I sent a Christmas card to Code Pink which read, "Merry Christmas from a soldier in Iraq defending your rights." Today I recieved a response. It is a nice card with a picture of a little girl on the front. Written on the front it says, "All children deserve a happy life." I agree that all children do deserve a happy life. On the inside of the card it says, "Happy New Year! Peace on Earth includes Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia Darfur." There is also a picture enclosed...

North Berkeley BART Station windows were smashed in the early hours of Thursday morning “in memory of Oscar Grant and all who are murdered at the cold hands of the police,” according to a message posted on www.indybay.org by “anarchists.” The message says in part, “This action was taken out in response to the murder of Oscar Grant by BART police and in solidarity with the riots that have been taking place in Oakland. Our hope is that this action will inspire others to rise up against this atrocious police state in which we live. “This action was very easy...

Coulter advocates punching protesters on live TV John ByrnePublished: Thursday January 8, 2009 Outspoken conservative author Ann Coulter said Republicans should have "punched" two protesters who interrupted Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention last September on Tuesday's "Lou Dobbs Tonight."' Coulter, known for her over-the-top attacks on Democrats, bemoaned the liberal protesters and the muted response of "strong Republican men" on the convention floor. "How about a punch in the yap to these screaming banshees?" she asked. She also tried to tie the two women to Obama, saying they were "Obama bundlers." A video of her...

Sen. Harry Reid's office in Reno targeted by activists Friday RENO - Sen. Harry Reid's office here (Federal Building, 400 Virginia St. at Liberty) will be the site of a "CAMP HOPE" sponsored by anti-war and other social justice activists this FRIDAY, Jan. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m."We will be building a Wall of Hope at CAMP HOPE where people can create and attach their vision of hope for the new Obama Administration, and Sen. Harry Reid," said CodePINK in a statement.Similar CAMP HOPE's are springing up all over the nation, with a big one in Chicago.The hot-pink...

This is part #2 of the best of 2008 of the Conscience of Kansas radio program. Listen to excerpts of such interesting interviews as those with Myrna Sokoloff of "An American Carol", Paul Shanklin of the Rush Limbaugh program and Duane Dog Chapman the Bounty Hunter. Listen to the debates with Westboro Baptist Church and CODE PINK. A great wrap up to a great year! enjoy!

Dear President-Elect Obama, Congratulations on your historic election as the next President of the United States. Last year, you pledged to ""take an active role, and make a personal commitment to do all I can to advance the cause of [Israeli-Palestinian] peace from the start of my Administration."" We are eager to work with you to fulfill this goal. To do so, your Administration should break with past policies of unconditional support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, and change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and...

Fox News just showed footage of Code Pink protesting outside the Hay-Adams hotel in DC where Obama is staying, demanding that he condemn Israel. Fox also reported that Code Pink plans to be there every day until the end of Obama's stay. No link yet.

Santa looks in on a car full of kids. Tells them they're all getting coal in their stockings! Sent them all off crying. BAD Santa! Notice you'll never see Mr Trooprally and Santa together in the same picture? Lurker Bill Mr Scrooge! What's the CO2-friendly equivalent for coal? MOAB Slogan Contest Current MOAB has been in use for some time and is starting to show a lot of wear and tear. Time for a new one. Here's our current MOAB as seen in Freep 193. The Original MOAB read: GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS LIBERATING THE WORLD OF ONE TYRANT...

US activists call for release, pardon of Iraq shoe-thrower Dec 29 03:52 PM US/Eastern US activists on Monday urged Baghdad to release the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush, insisting that his gesture was meant to insult, not harm the US leader. "This was a form of insult... If he had wanted to hurt George Bush, he would have chosen a different weapon," Medea Benjamin of the Codepink peace activism group told AFP at a rally of about a dozen people outside the Iraqi consulate in Washington. Zaidi, 29, threw his shoes at Bush...

On Wednesday, November 26, a 39-year-old woman, Fatemeh Haqiqat-Pajouh, was hanged, together with nine male prisoners, in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. A few days before Fatemeh’s execution, Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, two wealthy American women and co-founders of Code Pink, arrived in Tehran on a “citizen diplomacy” trip. Well known for their radical stances and for their continued disruption of political events like the Hillary Clinton event where they protested by exposing their nude upper torso — or as they call it, “breasts for bombs” — until escorted to the exit by security, and the Republican Convention, where they...

For the antiwar crowd, the shoe is now on the other foot. The activists were really cut off at the knees when the nation voted in a president who promises to bring an expeditious end to the war in Iraq. And in a month, the other shoe will drop: George W. Bush will be gone — and with him will go the raison d’etre of those who have protested, picketed and heckled him these last eight years. And so they assembled Wednesday on Pennsylvania Avenue, outside the White House gate, to take a few final shots. Literally. They assembled a...