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  • Join Cindy Sheehan and Protect Kids from the Pentagon (Sojourners BARF ALERT)

    08/31/2005 9:03:01 AM PDT · by Terriergal · 19 replies · 586+ views
    sojo.net (email) ^ | 8/30/2005 | sojo.net
    Join Cindy Sheehan and Protect Kids from the Pentagon Dear _____________, Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over students' private contact information to military recruiters. If a school does not comply, it risks losing vital federal education funds. As if that weren't bad enough, the Pentagon has now built an illegal database of 30 million 16 to 25-year-olds as another recruitment tool. Action 1: Protect our Children - "Opt Them Out!" Sojourners is partnering with Working Assets and others in The Leave My Child Alone Coalition to...
  • Bogus Betrayal? [New York Times (mis)identifies livid lib as disillusioned Bush supporter]

    08/28/2003 9:40:41 AM PDT · by Stultis · 75 replies · 637+ views
    <p>In a front-page story Tuesday on the President and his compassionate conservative agenda, the New York Times said that, "some religious supporters of Mr. Bush say they feel betrayed by promises he made as a candidate and now, they maintain, he has broken as president." The story relies heavily on quotes from one Reverend Jim Wallis, whom the Times describes as an, "early supporter" of the President. Wallis tells the Times Mr. Bush has, "failed the test." He is the only person in the whole story identified as a Bush supporter. But Wallis is, in fact, an ardent Democrat, who did not vote for Mr. Bush, and who edits a liberal religious magazine called Sojourners, which has consistently criticized the President and his administration. None of this is mentioned in the Times story.</p>