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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:00 PM
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Please forward this picture to everyone in your address book.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050806/480/co10308061837;_ylt=AlmS0cizsNadBwVwvUbCO.kDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

this is a powerful picture of a mother's grief over the loss of her son in Iraq.
A picture can say a lot. We all remember the little naked girl running in the Vietnam picture, and the lady crying with outstretched arms at Kent State.

In my opinion, this picture can be as powerful. Look at the grief on her face and the way her hands clutch at the folded flag.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:04 PM
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1. posting the pic here...dear jesus help me deal with my hatred of bush
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 09:38 PM by ElsewheresDaughter




Robert Williams, right, tries to comfort Mary Williams, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, in Columbus, Ohio, after she received a flag during the funeral of their son, Cpl. Andre Williams, 23, who was killed on July 28 in Iraq, is brought to the cemetery. Williams was a member of Lima Company 3rd Battalion based in Columbus, of which nine of 14 Marines killed Wednesday in Iraq were also members. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:05 PM
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2. Thnk you,
How did you get that to work?
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:11 PM
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6. like this
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 09:14 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
when you left click on the photo , click properties, then only copy the url to between the jpg and the ? and always give credit


us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050806/capt.co10308061837.marines_killed_co103.jpg?x=380&y=278&sig=ScMM13nHbeO5QGtW5vktmg--and then paste that into the field of your post
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:07 PM
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3. Oh my.
Very few pictures make me sob instantly. That did it. God, her pain is palpable. I hope and pray she has comfort.
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:12 PM
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7. It affected me in the same way.
I started weeping immediately. The PAIN that shows through.

My heart and prayers go out to this lady.

Please forward this picture. Those sitting in their comfortable homes need to see the price we are paying.
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:10 PM
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5. So terrible.
We do not want to intrude in this moment in their lives, but we MUST see it, as we must see the true face of Cindy Sheehan sometimes in her unguarded moments.

I thank the Williams family for helping me to understand the reality of what is happening.
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frictionlessO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:42 PM
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16. That was a stunningly beautiful thing to say... thank you. n/t
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:17 PM
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10. Thats so depressing
All for what? Gad I hate this war more everyday and my hatred for the asshole who lied to get it started only gets worse. One can only hope he gets his just due .

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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:35 PM
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14. the man' eyes look like he's mad at some monkey we all know
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 10:16 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
God this is too sad
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:46 PM
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22. The picture says a lot
The guy on the left looks so shocked, the mother in sooo much pain and the guy on the right looks like he's trying to hold back his anger. :cry:
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:08 PM
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4. A fucking flag in exchange for your own flesh and blood.....
while the cocksucker who started this mess sits his dumb fucking ass at a ranch in Texas.

One can only hope the motherfucker gets his cumupins.
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:50 PM
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18. i wonder if its got a chimp autograph on it
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 12:01 AM
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24. "cumupins???"
I think maybe you mean "comeuppance"?

Sorry, the anal retentive speller in me comes out sometimes.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 02:37 AM
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26. you mean while the cock sucker is on vacation
You would think he would at least have some decency to show up!

Didn't his parents teach him anything?
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peacebuzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:13 PM
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8. My God, there is no comfort
for this hell on earth. May this dear mother find some peaceful rest tonight.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:14 PM
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9. Edit and paste this url in your original post
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:21 PM
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11. And the father keeping it together for her sake.
:cry:
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:26 PM
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12. Thank you.
I needed to see some "Real" pictures of real people who are directly affected by this War. I have to ask though.......why do the families of Marines just suck it up and bear this horrible waste of their own flesh and blood?? I live near Brookpark, down in Akron, and now I want to go there myself because I find it incomprehensible that no one is asking for the Vacationer-in-Chief's head?? Not one sign of protest, no one holding a "US out of Irag" sign. Oh, but I guess since a "majority" of Ohioans voted for the asshole, they just idly accept their fates. My only hope is that this tragedy will start to awaken the "sleeping giant" that is the silent majority out there.

I highly recommend viewing all 102 of these images.
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:35 PM
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13. Oh, this is awful.
In the mean time, Prezdent Dumbfuck gets to walk around looking stupid, not a care in the world, not acknowledging the sacrifices of others. Where is the justice? :cry:
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:01 PM
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19. He's too busy to care
He's got brush to clear, Saudi hands to hold, bicycles to fall off of and of course, the thing that takes most of time, holding one of the twins' head over the porclein god.

If I could have one wish it would be that the cocksuckers responsible for this fiasco would feel the combined anguish they caused to all these families, Iraqi, American, etc, all at one time & that they feel it for 24 hours. It would drive them mad.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:48 PM
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23. Knowing them
they probably wouldn't feel it. It's obvious he doesn't feel any human emotions.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 12:03 AM
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25. He is a classic sociopath: ZERO empathy for others. ZERO.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:38 PM
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15. I think the definitive Iraqi War picture will be the one of the hooded man
standing on the box at Abu Ghraib
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leftynyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 05:26 AM
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28. I agree with you about that photo but
far too many people in this country have no interest in what happens to "them". This photo (of this mother's raw pain) shows what's happening to one of "us".
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:46 PM
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17. thanks I will. and below it I will post the dsm information too.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:11 PM
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20. I hope she survives.
Edited on Sat Aug-06-05 11:12 PM by Ilsa
Seriously, with that kind of pain, I hope she makes it somehow.

My uncle recently died of anticipatory grief. He was already in poor health with emphysema, but his second daughter was given only another sixty days to live. He had already buried one daughter. He told his sister he could not bear it. So he died a few days later.

I wonder how it would be possible for Bush* to ever understand what he is doing to families. I don't think he could, because I think he is a sociopath.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 11:45 PM
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21. thanks.
Recommend THIS PHOTO
Your Recommendation:

» Recommended Photos
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 05:15 AM
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27. Morning kick


We're so sorry, Mary Williams.
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 05:57 PM
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29. afternoon kick
our prayers are with you Mrs Williams.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 06:28 PM
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30. that picture brought tears to my eyes
as the mother of four sons, my heart goes out to her! :cry:
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