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Jerry442

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4. I visited D.C. last year, looked at the monuments,...
Mon Oct 27, 2014, 09:13 AM
Oct 2014

...and realized there was not one monument to the wars that were prevented. Want to go down in history as a hero? Get into a war that leads to destruction and death.

Want to die in obscurity? Work tirelessly over decades to avert violence and promote peace.

K&R.... daleanime Oct 2014 #1
I visited D.C. last year, looked at the monuments,... Jerry442 Oct 2014 #4
Then, dear Lord, let me die obscure. daleanime Oct 2014 #6
Pentagon Papers leaker and now fervent antiwar activist Daniel Ellsberg says KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #15
K&R G_j Oct 2014 #2
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2014 #3
10. Kent State KansDem Oct 2014 #5
The recent behaviour... CanSocDem Oct 2014 #7
Created, enabled, and protected by corporate-government rule in America. woo me with science Oct 2014 #21
When I first saw the photos of the Abu Ghraib Mr.Bill Oct 2014 #8
I would have to add the tv show COPS. Really the first one to glorify SWAT and terror tactics used LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #9
and it's broadcast on......Fox! Since 1988. LiberalElite Oct 2014 #11
I wonder if the big bad rough & tumble cops we have now watched COPS when they were LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #13
Well, there was a (fictional) TV show called SWAT ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #14
We need to change the way law enforcement police themselves Uben Oct 2014 #10
I would also add the failure to prosecute Wall Street banking executives made it clear whereisjustice Oct 2014 #12
Good post. woo me with science Oct 2014 #16
Bull's eye. hifiguy Oct 2014 #18
Democratic National Convention … 1968. 11 Bravo Oct 2014 #17
Creeping fascism has been around since Hoover hifiguy Oct 2014 #19
kick woo me with science Oct 2014 #20
10. In 1985... Glassunion Oct 2014 #22
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