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    Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green

    MAY 28, 2012 6:19PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: gay/lesbian, working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, saddam hussein, republican tea party, republican party, reichstag fire, presidential politics, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, obama, nazis, nazi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, military-industrial-corporate complex, military industrial complex, middle class, memorial day, matt taibbi, labor unions, labor movement, labor, june 5 presidential primary election, john mccain, john kerry, jill stein, iraq war, iraq, halliburton, green party, gray davis, george w. bush, doma, democratic party, defense of marriage act, cruz bustamante, coke party, california gubernatorial recall election, california, bushcheneycorp, bill clinton, big oil, barack obama, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold

    • 10 Ratings
    • 640 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Time to reel in our stormtroopers and shrink the Death Star

    MARCH 11, 2012 7:12PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, warfare, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, united states military, u.s. military, treason, traitors, terrorism, stupid white men, stormtroopers, sgt. gary stein, samuel wurzelbacher, pentagon, pat benatar, national security, national interests, muslims, military spending, military overspending, military industrial complex, middle east, marine sgt. gary stein, looting the u.s. treasury, israel, islam, iraq war, iraq, hero worship, halliburton, george w. bush, gary stein, federal budget deficit, fascists, fascism, dick cheney, death star, collapse of the american empire, china, bushcheneycorp, bogus warfare, bogus war, bill clinton, armed forces tea party patriots, afghanistan

    • 3 Ratings
    • 204 Views
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    ‘Letters to the Heart’: Remembering Japan’s Great Tragedy

    MARCH 10, 2012 1:48PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: family, books, u.s. military, relief efforts, operation tomodachi, japan earthquake and tsunami

    • 2 Ratings
    • 470 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    QUOTE FROM GEORGE WILL ABOUT OUR MILITARY BUDGET

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 3:28PM

    By Katmancross


    Topics: military budget, u.s. military, george will, open call

    • 5 Ratings
    • 605 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The two Pricks vie to be the top fascist

    JANUARY 15, 2012 6:27PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: assassination, barack obama, catholic church, central intelligence agency, cia, evil, fascism, fascists, george w. bush, goldenshowergate, hatred, homophobia, hypocrisy, hypocrites, iran, israel, jingoism, jingoists, leon panetta, misogyny, mitt romney, mormon cult, mormonism, mossad, mostafa ahmadi roshan, murder, nuclear weapons, nukes, patriarchy, politics, republican party, republican tea party, rick perry, rick santorum, salt lake city, theocracy, theocrats, theofascism, theofascists, u.s. military

    • 9 Ratings
    • 581 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Bogus warfare is the real pisser

    JANUARY 12, 2012 1:33PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: warfare, war, u.s. military, u.s. marines, terrorists, terrorism, taliban, politics, military industrial complex, military, marines, international relations, desecration of the dead, barack obama, afghanistan, abu ghraib prison, abu ghraib

    • 1 Ratings
    • 250 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    ‘HoBos’ in HELL

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 12:59AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, gay/lesbian, wingnuttery, wingnut, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, progressives, non-heterosexuals, monogamy, military, militarism, marriage, liberals, jonah goldberg, human rights, homosexuals, gay rights, equal rights, dadt, co-option, civil rights, capitalism, bobos in paradise

    • 4 Ratings
    • 332 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Repeal of DADT is a scrap of a scrap

    DECEMBER 18, 2010 4:46PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, war profiteering, united states military, u.s. military, treason, president obama, president barack obama, politics, military, joseph lieberman, jon stewart, john mccainosaurus, john mccain, human rights, gen. james cartwright, gen. james amos, equal rights, dadt, civil rights, benedict lieberman, barack obama, adm. mike mullen, "don't ask don't tell"

    • 0 Ratings
    • 235 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Court Ruling Highlights Need for Due Process at Bagram

    MAY 24, 2010 4:30PM

    By Daphne Eviatar Human Rights First


    Topics: afghanistan, bagram, battlefield capture, defense department, federal court, habeas corpus, maqaleh, u.s. military, uniform code of military justice, war on terror, washington d.c., world news

    • 2 Ratings
    • 326 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Of Immigrants Willing to Fight and Die for our Country

    APRIL 27, 2010 10:49AM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: belief/religion, family, politics, immigration, u.s. military, medal of honor, us marine corps, rafael peralta, south vietnamese refugees, omar mora, ecuador, iraq war, ekaterine bautista

    • 3 Ratings
    • 599 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Ramblings of a Fake American

    APRIL 23, 2010 1:44PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: republicans, democrats, u.s. naturalization, the netherlands, immigration, u. s. air force, u.s. military, support the troops, patriotism, sarah palin, real americans, u.s. constitution, politics, belief/religion

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 2034 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    What the Kyrgystan Revolution Means For the Manas Air Base

    APRIL 8, 2010 5:32PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: manas air base, kyrgystan, kyrgystan revolution, u.s. military, afghanistan, the pottery barn wars, foreign affairs, bishkek, bakiyev, obama, politics, medvedev

    • 0 Ratings
    • 260 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Mississippi is still burning

    MARCH 17, 2010 1:13AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: liberty and the pursuit of happiness, life, military, mississippi, oppression, prom, racism, rick mitchell, teresa mcneece, u.s. military, united states military

    • 0 Ratings
    • 347 Views
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    Assorted shit (Under the Sea Edition!)

    FEBRUARY 24, 2010 11:14PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: whales, u.s. navy, u.s. military, submarines, submarine, shame, seaworld, schwarzenegger, republican party, out, orlando, orcas, orca, obama administration, non-heterosexuality, navy, meredith baxter, killer whales, killer whale, johnny weir, human rights, gay rights, florida, equal rights, dolphins, closet, clay aiken, civil rights, cetaceans, arnold schwarzenegger, animal cruelty

    • 1 Ratings
    • 508 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Yet another dream deferred

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 10:09PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: robert gates, prejudice, john mccain, integration, ignorance, human rights, homophobia, hatred, harry truman, fear, equal rights, discrimination, desegregation of the armed forces, desegregation, civil rights, carl levin, bigotry, u.s. military, u.s. armed forces, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 337 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Assorted shit

    JANUARY 28, 2010 11:14PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: andrew young, barbara boxer, california, civil rights, elizabeth edwards, equal rights, gay rights, human rights, jerry brown, john edwards, joseph gordon-levitt, meg whitman, military industrial complex, national security, perpetual war, politics, rielle hunter, u.s. military, war machine

    • 3 Ratings
    • 354 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    “Peace President” Bombing Houses: U.S. Media Dead Silent

    JANUARY 13, 2010 12:29PM

    By Tom Wright


    Topics: news, politics, media, obama, terrorism, reagan, bush, afghanistan, u.s. military, censorship, war, death, destruction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    In Cameron’s magnum opus, Bad Guys R Us

    JANUARY 11, 2010 5:29PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 9/11, avatar, dayglo, entertainment, film, i see you, iraq, jake sully, james cameron, john smith, marines, michelle rodriguez, militarism, military industrial complex, movies, na'vi, national guard, native americans, natives, neytiri, oppression, pandora, peace, race, racism, sam worthington, sigourney weaver, stupid white men, u.s. marines, u.s. military, war profiteering, zoe saldana

    • 3 Ratings
    • 877 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Protesting Obama's Troop Surge & Stopping Business As Usual

    NOVEMBER 29, 2009 6:06PM

    By Emma Kaplan


    Topics: u.s. military, iraq vets, troop surge, afghanistan, obama, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 528 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Another 'senseless' tragedy we won't bother to learn from

    NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:05PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: war profiteers, u.s. military, u.s. army, texas, nidal malik hasan, military industrial complex, john van de walker, islam, iraq, ignorance, hatred, hasan, gangs for god, fort hood massacre, fort hood, christianity, bigotry, afghanistan, abu ghraib

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