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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 10:57 AM
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this is why the war must end *pic*
Edited on Sat Jun-17-06 11:06 AM by Glenda
this image made me cry :cry:



caption: Katrina Gionet mourned the death of her husband, Daniel, at graveside services yesterday at Gibson Cemetery in Pelham, N.H. Army Sergeant Gionet died after a roadside bomb hit his tank outside Baghdad.

article:

PELHAM, N.H. -- Army Sergeant Daniel Gionet, a 23-year-old medic, waved off help as he lay mortally wounded after his tank was ripped apart by a roadside bomb outside Baghdad. Tend to the others, he said, after helping pull his comrades from the wreck.

`` `I'm OK,' he said, but he wasn't OK," recalled Joe Connors, his high school baseball coach, in a eulogy at St. Patrick's Church. ``Dan died that day in the Iraq desert."

That sense of giving, even as Gionet lay dying June 3, epitomized the newly married soldier, Connors said. He had never been the star athlete, had never helped a team win a state championship, but had always been the consummate teammate.

...

Gionet, who was born in Lowell but moved to Pelham after fifth grade, was married in November. Gionet and his 19-year-old wife, Katrina, had made detailed plans for their early years together. Both of them would complete college, help the other meet the costs, buy a house, and start a family.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/06/17/hometown_recalls_soldier_who_gave_his_all/


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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 10:59 AM
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1. This is also why impeachment is a MUST
:grr:
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:06 AM
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4. Absolutely - George Bush and his Gestapo must be stopped.
Edited on Sat Jun-17-06 11:31 AM by AndyA
Not since Adolf Hitler has the world seen such abuse of power and arrogance. The war in Iraq was built on lies. We have Bush on record as lying to the American people, and attempting to cover up the outing of a CIA agent.

Nixon was about to be impeached for similar circumstances when he resigned in August 1974. The Constitution must be protected above all else, and Bush must be removed from office in order to do so!

Edit: Fingers move faster than brain.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:24 AM
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11. Nixon was not impeached, but he would have been had he not resigned.
I think what the current president has done is far far worse. And it is definitely worse that what Clinton did.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:32 AM
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15. Fixed - thanks. Sometimes my fingers do not do what my brain
tells them to do. Kind of like Bush and the Constitution...
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:35 PM
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21. That pic is nothing compared to this one...
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-18-06 03:16 PM
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29. do you have any text related to that pic? n/t
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-18-06 10:30 PM
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30. Sure, it's an AP pic
Dave Rowe kissed the headstone of his son, Army Sergeant Michael D. Rowe, as he comforted his son’s pregnant widow yesterday in Bushnell Fla.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:01 AM
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2. Gosh we are so lucky
that "conservatives" have not one ounce of love or compassion or humanity in their bones so they can continue to wave the flag and support our great leader so more such pictures can be made. Besides as that brave american statesman limbaugh would tell you "more die in car wrecks."
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:08 AM
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6. Our good Christian leaders are the biggest hypocrites of all time!
They do not do ANYTHING that is Christian. NOTHING. They are not Christians, they are the wolf in sheep's clothing The Bible warned us about.

Even The Pope said he thought George Bush was the anti-christ. What more do we need, America? Do we need him to start slaying Americans in the streets before you wake up?
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:05 AM
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3. It stopped being a war when the last Iraqi tank and jet were
reduced to cinders. Now it is a tool for a squatter to maintain a powergrab with... so sad that America can be fooled again and again and again.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:25 AM
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12. It never was a war; it is an INVASION
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:30 AM
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14. An invasion is a war.
An occupation is arguably not a war, however it is the direct result ofa successful war of aggression, and if the occupation is up against a determined insurgency then it is also a war. What is important to make clear is that Iraq is not part of the 'war against the people who attacked us on 9-11', as the Iraqis had nothing to do with that. The Iraq War and the supposed War on Terror are separate wars.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:43 AM
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17. It was the largest theft in history, shutting out France, Germany,
Russia and other nations from business dealings they had forged with Iraq, the same Iraq that had more PhD's per capita than the U.S., as well as few if any Burqa card carrying women.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:08 AM
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5. We're winning the war !
staying the fucking course of death and destruction! Whoohoo bushitler whoohoo. "THANK GOD!" BUSHITLER "THANK GOD!"
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:12 AM
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7. ...........
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:20 AM
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8. All I can think is, "for what?"
Like the parents in F9*11, mourning thier fallen son, "for what?!"

I want bush/cheney/rummy/condi and the rest of the war criminals, and their cheerleaders, to answer that question. Lying, murdering bastards.
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:23 AM
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10. The president assured us it's for a Noble Cause.
And millions still believe it.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:26 AM
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13. To quote Cindy Sheehan
WHAT NOBLE CAUSE?
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:22 AM
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9. Heartbreaking n/t
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:35 AM
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16. I get to hold my Son close to me for
2 weeks before he goes back to Iraq until November..

That picture is my worst nightmare, I live it daily. My heartfelt wishes to all families of fallen soldiers....
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:48 AM
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18. Oh dogday,I cannot imagine what you are going through.
This horrible war has got to end.
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:45 PM
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22. I can imagine..which is why I am such a strong anti-war,pro-veteran
activist.I remember watching the news...for three deployments...to see if my kid was one of them.I remember him calling me in the middle of the night"mommy,something bad is going down".He's never been the same since.Hug that boy,Dogday.I'll do what I can to get him home as soon as possible.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 01:23 PM
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25. You and your son are in my prayers.
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koopie57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 11:55 AM
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19. It hurts so much to see this photo
Edited on Sat Jun-17-06 12:00 PM by koopie57
and to think that there are souls everywhere mourning and lost cuz of this stupid war. We need to start small. I think that since we can't show the flag drapped coffins, let us show the coffins of soulders draped by their loved ones. Whatever we cannot do, let us do what we can.

Let us each suggest a very small thing to do, do it ... and see how loud we can get.

I suggest that everyone who is against this war should march at the end of every 4th of July parade held in this country. Just get in line at the end and scream, hollar, march and bitch.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 12:14 PM
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20. yes--we need to get pictures out there
The best way to impact people is through their emotions. Seeing a picture like this will be a way to get them to ask themselves, for once, "is it worth it?" and they will begin to look for the answer. Otherwise they will not.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 01:10 PM
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23. If we don't turn it around in November, we're screwed, killing continues
as Bush leaves it up to the next presidents to decide the fate of our soldiers lives in a war started for power and profit.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 01:21 PM
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24. The Republicans claim to care about families
Look what they are doing to families in this country.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 01:25 PM
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26. Yeah right, Bush really cares about the families of Halliburton...
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-17-06 07:01 PM
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27. Is that one of Ann Coulter's "War widows"...
...enjoying her husband's death so much?
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-18-06 07:13 AM
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28. .............
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-18-06 10:42 PM
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31. Yes, too much death!!
Team Bush makes me wish there really was a hell.

Julie
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