A blog post very much worth reading.

I just had to post a link to this entry on one of my favorite blogs. Cyrus at "The Lair of the Okapi" wrote a very heartfelt and eloquent letter that everyone should read.

How low can this administration go?

Fallen U.S. troops cremated at ‘Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service.’

Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service... Read more at ThinkProgress.org.

This administration continually pays lip service to the troops saying how much they appreciate the sacrifices our men and women in uniform are making. But at every turn their actions prove just the opposite.

This is a real shitty world for a lot of kids.

This is one of the saddest stories I've ever read.

Here's a small excerpt -

"Whenever I hear the sound of a plane I feel it has come to bomb me," [Mohamed Kharsa, age 10] told Al-Ahram Weekly. Aish Samour, director of the Psychiatric Hospital in Gaza, says that 30 per cent of Palestinian children under 10 years of age suffer from involuntary urination due to deep-seated fear, and mentions other nervous problems such as nail- biting, nightmares, bodily pains of unknown cause, crying and introversion.

You know, I'm 43 years old and this damn Israeli-Palestinian thing has been going on since before I was born and this is what they have to show for it. Kids pissing their pants when they hear airplanes. Congratulations guys! Good job running your countries and your people into the ground!

Sam Seder talks to Professor Philippe Sands about America’s torture policy

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Another agent of intolerance in McCain's camp

Can I buy what McCain is selling?

What John McCain Says -
"Anyone who knows what waterboarding is could not be unsure. It is a horrible torture technique used by Pol Pot and being used on Buddhist monks as we speak,” said McCain after a campaign stop at Dordt College here.

"People who have worn the uniform and had the experience know that this is a terrible and odious practice and should never be condoned in the U.S. We are a better nation than that."

What John McCain does -
In his never-ending campaign to suck-up to the conservative wing of the Republican party - McCain Votes Against Bill that would ban Waterboarding

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What John McCain Says -
When running for President in 2000 he said, "Neither party, should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell on the right."

What John McCain does -
This time around McCain seems to realize that he's going nowhere without the help of those "agents of intolerance". So during this campaign he's has actively courted the endorsement of those same leaders of the religious right that he once condemned. Including Rev. John Hagee, a minister who says that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for a Gay Pride parade in New Orleans and who promotes a political agenda based on the idea that the prophecies of the Book of Revelation will come true in our life time.

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What John McCain Says -
On his own website McCain says he is committed to ensuring that the men and women of our military remain the best, most capable fighting force on Earth - and that our nation honors its promises to them for their service.


What John McCain does -
Since January of 2007 McCain has refused to sponsor the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007, intended to be “a mirror image of the WW II G.I. Bill."

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There was a time when I really believed his "Straight Talk Express" line.
Now...not so much.

The price of eggs

Imagine spending your whole life in a 6ft x 6ft x 6ft room with 5 other people. Your food gets shoved under the door. No bathroom. No Doctor. Just you and 5 other people living in your own excrement year after year. If one of your roommates dies they just get left on the floor at your feet.

That gives you a rough idea of the price millions of hens pay so that we can eat eggs.

Over 90% of the egg laying hens in this country are forced to live their entire lives crammed into tiny cages with 5 to 7 other hens in stinking sheds with no windows.

John McCain vs John McCain