Brian
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Post by Brian on Jun 11, 2018 23:00:33 GMT -8
A few months ago I must have signed a petition that got me onto VoteVets' e-mail list -- and I'm glad. I've long admired the PAC, which was started by Iraq war veterans who opposed the war in Iraq. And their e-mails are brief and beautifully written, like this one from Will Fischer: I want to tell you something that is somewhat hard to believe. And that is, when we talk to members of Congress, some of them don’t understand just how pissed off people are about Trump’s ridiculous military parade.
It’s not just that this parade would be an international disgrace.
It’s not just about making women and men who signed up to sacrifice everything march down the streets of our nation’s capital to salute a chickenhawk.
It’s about a president who has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies.Here's the link to the VoteVets petition to Congress saying that you oppose the military parade in Washington and want them to prevent it: action.votevets.org/page/s/military_parade?source=em180603-full |
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Roberta
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Post by Roberta on Jun 15, 2018 16:29:33 GMT -8
Update on Trumparade, now postponed. Let’s wait and see what the organizing group (Win Without War?) of the Armistice Day peace and counter-parade events say about events like the one I signed MPV for, and then discuss/decide among us re what we should do on 11/11. www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/trump-military-parade-costs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news———— Well said, and we will be making a stand for peace here with the Montrose Armistice Day. If this Trumparade happens I will need to be with the like-minded. And if we stop it, what a happy event it would be! A few months ago I must have signed a petition that got me onto VoteVets' e-mail list -- and I'm glad. I've long admired the PAC, which was started by Iraq war veterans who opposed the war in Iraq. And their e-mails are brief and beautifully written, like this one from Will Fischer: I want to tell you something that is somewhat hard to believe. And that is, when we talk to members of Congress, some of them don’t understand just how pissed off people are about Trump’s ridiculous military parade. It’s not just that this parade would be an international disgrace. It’s not just about making women and men who signed up to sacrifice everything march down the streets of our nation’s capital to salute a chickenhawk. It’s about a president who has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies. Here's the link to the VoteVets petition to Congress saying that you oppose the military parade in Washington and want them to prevent it: action.votevets.org/page/s/military_parade?source=em180603-full Read more: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/posts/recent#ixzz5IcCoj5IO |
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Jun 25, 2018 23:01:10 GMT -8
This month, I've been reading about the bombardment of the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen by the Saudi led coalition backed by the U.S. military, after a three year war. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has a customizable letter to your members of Congress asking them to stop U.S. involvement in this large scale humanitarian disaster: org2.salsalabs.com/o/6357/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26318 |
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