Category Archives: Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind

Quotable: Molly Ivins’ famous last (published) words

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We are the people who run this country.We are the deciders. And every single day,every single one of us needs to step outsideand take some action to help stop this war.”—Molly Ivins, sorely and sadly missed

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A tale of two marches

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Tell me, dear friend: have you heard about the March for Life? You know–the one that took place this year, as it does every year, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade? It is awfully hard to miss an annual … Continue reading →

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A song that says it all

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

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One more reason to stop the Surge

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

It’s called “Baghdad Brutality”. 9:11 minutes of evidence that things have degenerated to utter madness. And that far from stopping sectarian violence, the US presence in Iraq has actually encouraged it.Video courtesy Raw Story.

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Beginning of the end for BushCo?

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Don’t let the numbers fool you. This is big–because the troops aren’t supposed to speak out against Preznit Chucklenuts. President Bush’s plan to send additional troops to Iraq is facing public opposition from a slice of the American population that … Continue reading →

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Richard Perle gets his pee-pee whacked

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And so nicely, too!Brava to this gentle lady for saying what the rest of us are just dying to say to him. (And what over 3,000 US troops never got the chance to say, themselves.)What a good thing he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Two more reasons to condemn the Iraq hangings

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

One of them basically because it’s too grotesque for words. Iraqi officials have shown journalists video footage of the hanging of two of Saddam Hussein’s aides, during which one of the men was decapitated. The film shows Barzan Ibrahim – … Continue reading →

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Quotable: General Sherman on the hell of war

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting–its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, … Continue reading →

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One more reason to condemn Saddam’s hanging

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Or three, as if we needed more. From El Nuevo Diario, of Managua, Nicaragua, we get this incredibly sad item: A 10-year-old boy of Guatemalan origins killed himself accidentally while imitating the hanging of Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein after seeing … Continue reading →

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The ugly truth leaks out

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Damn the Internets. First you get this, and then this: The Iraqi government has launched an inquiry into unofficial mobile phone footage showing the execution of former leader Saddam Hussein. The mobile phone footage showed he exchanged taunts and insults … Continue reading →