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Honor Those Who Stand Up Against Immoral War

11/10/2010 Nativegrl77

Honor Those Who Stand Up Against Immoral War

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Tomorrow is Veterans Day, the 10th Veterans Day since the Afghanistan War began.

The burden of this brutal, futile war falls heaviest on a very small slice of the population: military members and their families. Many of them think that this war is immoral, and that makes fighting in it a weight they’ll have to carry their whole lives. Our new video features the voices of some of these veterans, urging us to rethink the burden we’re laying on troops.

Rethink Afghanistan is partnering with the Truth Commission on Conscience in War to help lift some of this burden. We’re pushing to expand the rights of veterans who refuse to serve in specific wars on moral grounds. Right now you have to oppose all wars, ever, to be granted conscientious objector status. That’s silly–you don’t have to be a pacifist to think it’s morally wrong to be fighting an endless war in Afghanistan. You can learn more about this push to honor troops’ consciences at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War’s website.

Share this video with your friends to help honor those who stood up to say, “I can’t fight this war. My conscience won’t allow it.” Let’s all remember what we’re asking of our troops on this Veterans Day.

Sincerely,

Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Foundation team

P.S. If you haven’t done so already, please join Rethink Afghanistan on Facebook and Twitter.

Donate today to help bring an end to this atrocious war that’s not making us any safer.

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MSNBC is hearing our message!

11/06/2010 Nativegrl77

Within hours, you and 200,000 others signed the petition telling MSNBC to put Keith Olbermann back on the air.

Our petition was covered by The New York Times — and Rachel Maddow said on her show that MSNBC was feeling the public outrage!

Our pressure is working — can you help continue the momentum by sharing the petition with others?

If you’re on Facebook, click here to share an UPDATED message.

If you’re on Twitter, click to auto-Tweet: 200,000 of us tell @MSNBC: Put Keith Olbermann back on the air. Help us reach 250,000?

Or just pass along this email to others — asking them to sign the petition here.

Thanks for being a bold progressive,

— Julia Rosen, Jason Rosenbaum, Michael Snook, and the PCCC team

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Was race a factor in Bears nightclub incident?

10/29/2010 Nativegrl77

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
4:09 PM

By John Mullin
CSNChicago.com

Bears veterans took the rookies out Monday night for their traditional dinner but it didn’t all go well. The moveable feast went to a number of establishments but one, Angels & Kings in Chicago, turned away the group, according to some reports because of the presence of so many black players.

Defensive end Israel Idonije did not view the incident as racial in nature. “No, absolutely not,” Idonije said.

Lance Briggs was less certain. “I’m not to sure about all of that so I can only speculate on what happened,” Briggs said. “It sounded along those lines, that maybe the crowd was ‘too dark.’ But that’s just hearsay for me.”

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As far as going back, “probably not,” Briggs said. “No, not at all. You’re not going to see me in Angels and Kings.” Informed that people involved in the turn-away were fired, “then maybe we can think about going back,” Briggs said.

The club released the following statement:

“Every Monday night, operations of the bar are turned over to an outside vendor who hosts special events. We understand that this Monday night, members of the Chicago Bears were not admitted to the venue. We have terminated our relationship with the outside vendor. We will continue to investigate the facts and have started to reach out and apologize to the various Bears players who were involved.”

Click here for an in-depth report on the story from the Chicago Tribune.

John “Moon” Mullin is CSNChicago.com’s Bears Insider, and appears regularly on Bears Postgame Live and Chicago Tribune Live. Follow Moon on Twitter for up-to-the-minute Bears information.

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boldprogressives.org

10/27/2010 Nativegrl77

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Jon Reacts to the Reaction to the Reaction to Sarah Palin — Watch Now

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

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Boo-Gate

While the cable news networks were asking whether Sarah Palin got booed on “Dancing With the Stars,” The Daily Show was asking the question that was really on everyone’s mind: “Who cares?”

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