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This Personal Issues Ongoing/Revolving page is going to be a where I post the daily news and the issues that are always on my personal radar. If you ever wish to discuss these things register with this site and post to the fourm. I love to dialog on issues of war, peace and politics.

The creation of a cabinet level Department of Peace has been high on my priorities for many years. With President Obama the chances are higher than ever before. I encourage everyone to join the effort. Join the Peace Alliance..

Issue De'jour

* Buzz Aldrin’s Answer To The Louisiana Oil Spill *

* 10 films the US Government would rather you not see *

* Dennis Kucinich's H. Con Res 248 *

** Ashes ceremony marks Gandhi's death * Arms sale causes severe damage to overall China-U.S. cooperation * Hamid Karzai fails Taliban who gave up arms * Australia ranked world number one for sinning *

* Karl Rove & the Spectre of Freud’s Nephew ** Never a Year Like '09 *

Patrick Cockburn: Some in the US already see Arab state as 'tomorrow's target

U.S Soldiers Are Waking Up!

Strange Spiral light phenomena over Norway coincides with Obama peace prize reception

This I Believe By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity. "

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

** A Simple Idea to Influence Iran * Center for a New American Security * Center for Strategic and International Studies * Defense Policy Board * Wikipedia Defense Policy Board *

Blackwater: Murderous Crusaders for Christ * Lawyers: government misconduct in Blackwater case * Blackwater's Secret Operations in Pakistan *

* Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh in Conversation *

* How to Build a Palestinian State by David Ignatius * How Salam Fayyad plans to save the Palestinian dream * What Obama Needs to Say About Afghanistan - New York Times * The world tires of the Palestinian cause by Rami G. Khouri *

* Army combat stress is up Afghanistan, down in Iraq * Army probing apparent jump in suicides * Annie Lennox has been presented with the 2009 Woman of Peace Award * Annie Lennox Aids Campaign * Will a speed bump power the grid? * vegetarian jumping spider * Bush Librarium *

* Envoy Questioning More Troops in Afghanistan Was Military Hawk Under Bush * How the US Funds the Taliban By Aram Roston *

* The bitter tears of Johnny Cash * Italian couple discover 16th-century frescoes in bedroom * Feeling the weight of war * Villagers confine rare turtle, say it is God * The Spider Awards: Wired.com’s Arachnid Hall of Fame * Afghanistan’s Oil Binge: 22 Gallons of Fuel Per Soldier Per Day * Study: 2,266 Veterans Died Due to Lack of insurance in 2008 * The Power of Nonviolent Action in Honduras * New Dinosaur Species Discovered In South Africa * Drug Policy Alliance Conference Comes at a Crucial Moment for Drug Reform * Frontier town venerates Dalai Lama **

* Jane Mayer: The Risks Of A Remote-Controlled War is an iterwiew given by Terry Gross on NPR. I think people should lidten to it as it brings up some very interesting questions about the new frontier of warfare.*

* Kelley B. Vlahos, contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine, discusses the indirect U.S. and NATO funding of the Taliban *

* The State of the American Woman * Grave offenses at Arlington National Cemetery * Jon Stewart captures the essence of the madness * Enemy of the state. Are you next? * Goldstone Report an investigation commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed by Israel and Hams during the Gaza fighting * Saving Face in Afghanistan * Iconic Rock Shots * Report: Nations Seek to Dump Dollar as Oil Currency * FCC relaxes TV rules on use of f-word *

From the Ashes

Well, I've been wondering when the PNAC neo-cons would slither back. Liz Cheney is spearheading a new organization aimed at organizing conservative opposition to the new administration's foreign policy approach.

It is called Keep America Safe.

Board members are Elizabeth L. Cheney, Debra Burlingame and of course the grand wizard of PNAC William Kristol…

What the hell is their problem with Obama's foreign policy? Listen up. "There have been no terrorist attacks in America since he has been in office." Isn't that what the Bush supporters always used as the proof that the "war on terror" was working? Well seems that we are safe under Obama to me... How about you?

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* Eight Years of Big Lies on Afghanistan *

* Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion * Blair snubbed for having ‘blood on his hands’ * Pollution Lingers at Old Missile Sites * Michael Moore vs. Sean Hannity: Watch for yourself and judge * 160 Years After Mysterious Death, Edgar Allan Poe Gets Proper Funeral * N.Y. artist wins $250K in ArtPrize contest * One nation under a Moog * Razor Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison by Calvin Malone * Oregon dam's demise lets the Rogue River run * Monsters Of Folk: A Letter To God * Quiz: World water crisis * famous atheists * IndyBay * Beatles to Bowie: the 60s Exposed * S Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled" *