There was a choice on the Iraq war vote

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Thursday March 01, 2007 · 4:36 AM PST

2007/03/01 · 04:36

Lincoln Chaffee, in a very clear and concise Op Ed in the New York Times today explains it.

In summary, it was an amendment proposed by Sen. Levin just 11 hours before the actual vote to authorize the war took place and in nearly a mirror-image vote, those who opposed the Levin amendment (called the Multilateral Use of Force Authorization Act of 2002) voted for the authorization which led to the Iraq war, including all of the Senatorial candidates that are running for presidency today.

Levin's amendment, as Chaffee writes, "called for United Nations approval before force could be authorized. It was unambiguous and compatible with international law. Acutely cognizant of the dangers of the time, and the reality that diplomatic options could at some point be exhausted..."

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Wednesday November 22, 2006 · 4:55 AM PST

2006/11/22 · 04:55

McCain and the “last push crowd” are OK with the fact that Army combat and support units scheduled to deploy to Iraq in 2007 will have less than the required one year period for rest and re-training, and far less than the two years General Peter Pace recently told a bunch of National Guard and Reservists. (That is already happening, by the way... I spoke with an officer from the 101st Airborne Unit based in Clarksville, TN who’s been back about a month. He said he is due to go back within 250 days.

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Tuesday November 14, 2006 · 4:13 AM PST

2006/11/14 · 04:13

Backstory: Lamar Alexander is up for re-election in '08. He's got a good pedigree (according to Tennessee Republicans and the mindless rest), having been Secretary of Education, Governor, and now, adding Senator to his resume. He has also tossed his name into the ring for Minority Whip. Bad news for any possible Dem Opposition in '08 (Namely, Harold Ford Jr. who we hope we can entice...)

The following, though, from The Hill, is good news: He's got opposition. See below the fold. Read More

Dispatched to a Nashville Black Precinct

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Tuesday November 07, 2006 · 6:12 PM PST

2006/11/07 · 18:12

And I bring hope:

I was there to watch the polls at the end of the day, and had several umbrellas cause it was pouring, offering them to all who came to vote. Depsite the rain, voters came. In droves.

I was told turnout was greater there than it was during the '04 election.

Keep the hope alive. '69 Mets, '80 USA Hockey Team, Harold Ford Jr. Keep the hope alive.

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Sunday November 05, 2006 · 7:02 AM PST

2006/11/05 · 07:02

I knew it was a fluke!

Ford's internals showed him ahead by 6, temper that with some oversampling of D's and you get near break-even.

Corker's internals showed Corker ahead by 1, temper that, too with some oversampling of R's.

This race is dead-even, neck and neck and the latest Zogby cancels out all others as outliers.

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Ford's Bus Driver

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 4:47 AM PST

2006/11/03 · 04:47

So there I am, waiting for an event to start with Harold Ford Jr. and there's a guy waiting too.

I see the bus outside and know it's the Ford Campaign bus driver, waiting to pick the Congressman up from a flight across the state.

"So, how long you been with him?"

"I've been driving him around for eight weeks now," Charles or Charlie the Vietnam Veteran who could pass for a redneck says.

"You support him, do you?"

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Get out the (College) Vote! Here's how!

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Monday October 23, 2006 · 4:03 AM PDT

2006/10/23 · 04:03

Is it fear-mongering if it is true?

Despite pronouncements that the army is making its enlistment goals, I can tell you from experience this is clearly not the case.

Case in point. Son #1. Served in the Marines during two deployments to Iraq and two more counter-terrorism deployments. He was honorably discharged last year, got a great job, started college at night and is living the life of any good civilian.

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He was called to "muster" last weekend and said after extensive conversations with commanding officers, it is very likely he'll be one of the Marines called back. (Remember that news announcement this summer?The actually call up will take place after the elections.

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Non-partisan Vets Group Endorses mostly Dem Candidates (w/poll)

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 4:55 AM PDT

2006/10/18 · 04:55

Monday, October 16, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATIONAL CONTACT: Matt Cary, President Tel: (202) 841-1687 president@vmfp.org

21st Century non-partisan, non-profit Veterans and Military Family organization endorses additional candidates nationwide for House and Senate seats in November. Read More

Newly formed Progressive Vet s & Military Family Organization to be politicial force (w/poll)

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 3:34 AM PDT

2006/05/17 · 03:34

Announcing the Formation of a New 21st Century Veterans and Military Family Organization that Intends to Get Political!

Washington, DC:

Veterans and Military Families for Progress (VMFP) claims there will be "no mas" for lawmakers that offer only lip service to the military and veterans of America, and fail to back up their words with legislative action.

Unlike other veterans service organizations, VMFP advocates on issues of policy affecting veterans, military personnel and their families; endorses and works on behalf of candidates for public office who support our issues; and welcomes family members who participate fully in the organization.

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100 FEMA Homes Sit Empty in TN at Tornado area

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Saturday April 22, 2006 · 5:14 AM PDT

2006/04/22 · 05:14

Sad but true, this article in the local Gallatin News Examiner.

The homes have been sitting at this manufacturer's site for some time, 100 in all. My guess is, since the "parking lot" of FEMA homes were discovered, as in North Carolina where there were, as of February, 509 stranded, and Arkansas which stored 10,000 as of early March, Mississippi or wherever that other mass of homes was discovered recently.

3 years on military mom's letter to editors

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Sunday March 19, 2006 · 8:15 AM PST

2006/03/19 · 08:15

I woke up from a nightmare this morning, one I've had intermittently for three years. I am a mother enduring a third deployment of a son to Iraq and feel powerless in the face of this immoral and grave experience.

I say immoral because, whether this for-profit war was justified or not, it was immoral to send troops to war without proper equipment, armor, or supplies. Three years in, my son lives in a shelled-out building without running water, with no electricity, and dines on one freeze-dried Meal a day. To provide sustenance, I send canned pasta meals, and tuna fish and mayonnaise packets.

Another son went into battle three years ago in this for-profit war-of-choice and I devoured CSpan's coverage of the run-up to the war. We went in there under false pretenses. History will decide whether it was honest mistake or intentional.

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Justice O'connor Forecasts Dictatorship and no coverage w/ Poll

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 · 3:24 AM PST

2006/03/14 · 03:24

Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke at Georgetown on Friday, and the only coverage her speech got was by Nina Totenberg of NPR. (See, there remains one voice of quasi-independence in the media, still to be squashed!)

Anyho, in her speech, she warned of judicial activism of right wing forces, and a weakening of the judiciary in the face of stronger exec and legislative branches.

Make the jump with me and see what darker gloom she forecast if things are not changed, with a link of links. Read More

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Get out the (College) Vote! Here's how!

Non-partisan Vets Group Endorses mostly Dem Candidates (w/poll)

Newly formed Progressive Vet s & Military Family Organization to be politicial force (w/poll)

100 FEMA Homes Sit Empty in TN at Tornado area

3 years on military mom's letter to editors

Justice O'connor Forecasts Dictatorship and no coverage w/ Poll