from: William Hughes

The US Coast Guard Cutter “Taney,” (WPG37), sits in Baltimore harbor, as a museum/memorial, and is known as “The Last Survivor of Pearl Harbor,” according to the program notes prepared by the “Historic Ships in Baltimore.” See, http://www.historicships.org/ On Dec. 7, 2009, the “68th Anniversary” of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a moving noontime ceremony was held on the “Taney”; it included the dropping of a memorial wreath into the harbor. For background on the attack on Pearl Harbor, see: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.pearlharbor07dec07,0,740736.story and http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
WWII was a massive disaster for Humanity! Check out: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/statistics.htm It also introduced the “Nuclear Age.” Carl G. Jung warned in “The Undiscovered Self: “The evil that dwells within man is of gigantic proportions...If...the unconscious...puts a weapon in your hands, (a Hydrogen Bomb), it is aiming at some kind of violence...Fear of evil which one does not see in one’s own bosom but always in somebody else’s checks reason every time, although everyone knows that the use of these weapons [of Mass Destruction] means the certain end of our present human world.”
This video is dedicated to the memory of Harry C. Agro, U.S. Navy, Seaman First Class, who was one of Baltimore’s finest sons. He was a POW of the Japanese for close to three years during WWII. Go to: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/5060

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a rally in front of the White House. The event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ One of the speakers was the Rev. Graylan Hagler, a longtime fighter for peace and justice. He said: “Let’s build a world filled with justice...We need to push and shove to make people do what is right...If we can reward the banks, then we can surely reward the workers in this country.” Rev. Hagler strongly objected to President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. He added that everyone is entitled to the “dignity of a job with a future...We need a gigantic jobs program once again in this country that puts everyone to work.” For background on Rev. Hagler, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graylan_Hagler

The politicians are not in Washington to serve their country, they became politicians in order to line their pockets. They serve the people who are looting America into collapse, the military industrial bankster gang who used 9-11 to enslave America, and who now wage war after war, using America like a club to beat and rob smaller countries of their resources. Look at who benefited from 9-11, follow the money and you will find the perpetrators: The international privately owned Federal Reserve banking system- 47 trillion dollars, looted from the national treasury, since 9-11, the military industrial complex approximately- three trillion dollars for a pack of wars based on lies about 9-11, and Israel, who’s enemies America now attacks because of 9-11.

from Free Palestine

Israeli Settler Run Over A Wounded Palestinian...Watch. This is a 'NORMAL' act that zionist occupiers do to Palestinians. What would happen to such a criminal in your country?? In the zionist entity he's free and at home!! Oh Yes, because they do not consider Palestinians as human beings, actually they do not consider non-Jews (white) as humans at all and they were given a green light to kill them.

from: William Hughes

On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with Jim Baldridge, who is with the “Veterans for Peace” and the “Vietnam Veterans Against the War.” He spoke out strongly against Obama’s latest war-related conduct. Activists from “The Pledge of Resistance,” “Baltimore United for Peace and Justice,” and the “ANSWER Coalition” were at the rally.

from: William Hughes

On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with the long time Peace and Justice activist--Max Obuszewski. He said: “I believe [President Barack] Obama is worse than Bush! Bush was a buffoon... a puppet. [Dick] Cheney was behind him. But, Obama [came out of] Harvard Law School...He speaks in complete sentences...And, this guy is taking us, this country, into deeper and deeper quicksand.” Activists from “The Pledge of Resistance,” “Baltimore United for Peace and Justice,” and the “ANSWER Coalition” were at the rally.

from: William Hughes

On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, antiwar activists gathered in a light rain, at the War Memorial Building, in Baltimore, MD, just opposite the City Hall Plaza. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Barack Obama’s LBJ-Vietnam-War-like decision to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. He has ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to that country, which is well known as a “graveyard of imperial powers.” I talked with Peace and Justice activists Maria Allwine, Ellen Barfield, and Sharon Black. They shared their views with me about this situation. Activists from “The Pledge of Resistance,” “Baltimore United for Peace and Justice,” and the “ANSWER Coalition” were at the rally.

from Len Hart

Watch the Video | Sign the Petition | Email a Friend This time, the tears Obama has inspired are not tears of joy. He is brilliant and eloquent. But last night he spoke of 30,000 troops and $30 billion for escalating a war.

A war that will do nothing to protect our security.

A war that will result in the deaths of thousands of Americans and Afghans.

A war that will eat up resources that should be going to jobs, homes, schools, health care. A war that will hurt rather than help the people of Afghanistan. Join us in the work ahead to work to stop the funding for this war. We CANNOT remain on the sidelines anymore. This war MUST end. Sign the petition to tell Congress we cannot afford a war that does not make us safer. By Robert Greenwald, with the Brave New Foundation team

from: William Hughes

On Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, 2009, a spirited antiwar rally was held in front of the White House, led by activists from the ANSWER Coalition, Code Pink, and other Peace and Justice groups. Its purpose was to object to President Barack Obama’s reckless decision, (shades of LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam fiasco), to “expand the war in Afghanistan.” For some historical perspective on how the “unwarranted influence” of the powerful Military-Industrial Complex continues to dominate American society, check out: http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/04/10/p24695#more24695 Also, instead of repeatedly taking bum advice from his hawkish Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, aka “The Rahminator,” President Obama should read George Santayana. The philosopher warned: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

from: William Hughes

On Tuesday evening, Dec. 1, 2009, a spirited antiwar rally was held in front of the the White House, led by activists from the ANSWER Coalition, Code Pink, and other Peace and Justice groups. Its purpose was to object to President Barack Obama’s reckless decision, (shades of LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam fiasco), to “expand the war in Afghanistan.” I talked with Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, who shared his views with me about this situation and the plans for future antiwar events. For background on this demonstration, and the nationwide rallies, see: http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage