January 8, 2006
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SUNDAY GOOD NEWSThis week the organization CODEPINK, on board against the war in Iraq since 2002, has launched a campaign aimed at ending it and all attacks on Iraqi civilians in 2006. First step: the Women Say No to War Campaign will gather some 100,000 signatures by March 8, International Women’s Day, when US and Iraqi women will deliver the signatures to leaders in Washington, DC and women around the world will deliver them to US embassies. And here is where you can go to sign the petition (men too). They say:
“We, the women of the United States, Iraq and women worldwide, have had enough of the senseless war in Iraq and the cruel attacks on civilians around the world. We’ve buried too many of our loved ones. We’ve seen too many lives crippled forever by physical and mental wounds. We’ve watched in horror as our precious resources are poured into war while our families’ basic needs of food, shelter, education and healthcare go unmet. …
“This is not the world we want for ourselves or for our children. With fire in our bellies and love in our hearts, we women are rising up – across borders – to unite and demand an end to the bloodshed and the destruction.”
If you have nothing better to do in the next five minutes on this Sunday morning and you still give a darn, use that finger or thumb to click on the link and type in your name. Maybe it will help bring Good News. (Oh, and you can buy those shoes here).
Deep Thought: “It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.”
Today I am grateful for: Cinnamon
Guess the Movie: “I came home to raise crops, and God willing, a family. If I can live in peace, I will.” Answer: Braveheart, 1995.
Winner: butterflyxlife.
Iraq War Could Cost US Over $2 Trillion, says Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
· Economists say official estimates are far too low;· New calculation takes in dead and injured soldiers
by Jamie Wilson in Washington
The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert. (Rest of article here.)
Comments (15)
Quite an interesting strategy to speak our minds…thanks for sharing
Thank you for this. Women are the majority in the world. You’d think we would have more of say in what governs our lives.
Thanks for the information. I have done so…..
Thanks for sharing this Andrea. Are we still on for tomorrow? Judi
Great link! Also, wanted to stop in and let you know my new Xanga address. Take care.
code pink has a very interesting operation…
hmm codepink. is there a reason for the pink? am i missing something?
thats a good idea though
I signed. Hope the government doesn’t haul me away.
Thats great…. Audrey Hepburn.She was so lovely..
Very good idea. I will see you at 2pm Judi
Hey, I was site-hopping and happened across yours. I like it. I especially like your poetry! Clear and concise.
I would like to know how you did the “link thing” to your individual poem. I would like to be able to do something similar, but I am an e-goof when it comes to the computer.
Could you give me a little insight? – John
I can’t remember names of movies for the life of me.. but I know that it was Mel Gibson..the war one.. .. The Patriot? I think that’s the one.. ahh.. well… It’s a guess anyways
Wait.. maybe it’s Braveheart.. Oh good lord I’m retarded.. anyways.. I remember Mel Gibson saying it.. of course, I know I’m off my rocker, but.. well.. I’m tryin!
Braveheart is Right!
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