Thank you for your response, Dawn. I feel this is a good conversation to have. You aren't the first kindhearted, intelligent social worker I've known who holds political views (that's what this amounts to, really) that are exactly the opposite of what one would expect. Hearing you explain the discrepancy is helpful. I hope you're getting something ( Read more... )

One of George Bush's first acts after becoming president was to stop all US funds to foreign organisations that helped women in any way to get an abortion, including providing advice. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) lost $34m that Congress had appropriated for it in 2002 ( Read more... )

"W H O H A T H E A R S T O H E A R , L E T H I M H E A R ( Read more... )

Wasn't McCain part of the Keating Five?

Folks ( Read more... )

Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7396366.stm

Billions of dollars poured into Pakistan to fight americas war down the plug

Americas wailing and whining over russian forces ejecting the georgian assault on Ossetia
is in stark contrast to the american silence on the fungus that is israel spreading across palestine.

Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of West Bank land beside the barrier it is building, according to an Israeli rights group. Leave a comment

How do people in this community feel about medicinal marijuana?

is anyone from a green friendly state?

we are trying to raise awareness and start de-bunking the myths and misconceptions about marijuana
http://www.medicinalmarijuanaeducation.com

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Hi, this video is directed to an American public and the rest of civilized Western world. I am a Russian citizen, I live in United States for a long time, for over 10 years. I happened to be in Russia now and I caught all this "action" that's taking place in South Ossetia, a region in Georgia. I never posted on youtube, but I couldn't hold myself ( Read more... )