Posts Tagged ‘iraq war’

VideoVets: Ron Kovic Interview

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Kovic, a former Marine who was wounded in Vietnam and came home a paraplegic, eventually became an antiwar activist and joined Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Over the years, Kovic has been fearless in his resistance to all wars. I’ve just watched a deeply moving video of Ron Kovic speaking about his personal experiences in [...]

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Former White House Press Secretary’s Book Burns Bridges

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

It’s being reported that an upcoming book by McClellan says that President Bush relied on a propaganda campaign to sell the Iraq war in the place of honesty and candor. Will you buy former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s new book? Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has written that President Bush relied [...]

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Interview With Libertarian Presidential Candidate Wayne Allyn Root

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

He never ever supported Ron Paul or donated to his campaign. For his dirtbag supporters, as it is to blame Ron Paul for attracting support from Don Black or David Duke. (Of course, Root thinks that McCain will be the Republican nominee, and Paul will not be running. Wayne Allyn Root was for the Iraq [...]

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The Odd Couple

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Chesley is the head of the fund-raisers host committee and the only Democrat on it among several high-profile Republicans. Schmidt is best known for a flap that occurred just weeks after first taking office in 2005. During debate on the floor of Congress, Schmidt called John Murtha, a disabled Democratic congressman and decorated former Marine, [...]

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Off To FDR Hyde Park And Vanderbilt Mansions

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

In this war, we have been compelled to learn how interdependent upon each other are all groups and sections of the population of America. The social contract was something everyone had been taught to respect or else such words would have been silly. Exceptions, will make available for war production or for any other essential [...]

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PBS’ Carrier Miniseries

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Carrier was filmed from May to November 2005 during a full deployment from Coronado, Calif., to the Persian Gulf in support of the Iraq War. Her three camera-and-sound teams shot a total of 1,600 hours. Meanwhile, she said, We were living in the same racks, eating the same food as the sailors and Marines they [...]

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