"Just look at these people. Look at their names. And look at their ages. Consider what they've done for you. Honor them. I truly believe that people will take away from this program the reflection of what they bring to it.'' Quote by Ted Koppel
Commentary Below By Jude at iddybud Blog. Well said girlfriend and thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Many of you may not be aware of my Honor Roll website/blog. I went there today to add what I consider to be a shameful headline: Sinclair Broadcasting refuses to air Nightline reading of the list of our fallen. I applaud any network that would devote its time and effort to honor the men and women who gave their lives for the cause and commitment they made for this nation, regardless of politics.
Whatever brought Sinclair Broadcasting to this decision..I don't understand it, but silencing mention of our dead is f*cking shameful! Those men and women fought for American values and freedoms that are being stepped on by the likes of Sinclair. Jane Bright of Military Families Speak Out is the mother of Sgt. Evan Ashcraft, who died July 24, 2003, near Mosul, Iraq. She said: "The Sinclair Broadcast Group is trying to undermine the lives of our soldiers killed in Iraq. By censoring Nightline they want to hide the toll the war on Iraq is having on thousands of soldiers and their families, like mine."
Sinclair's soft money political contributions will probably tell you exactly what they're afraid of. The hard money tells the same sordid tale. I'm right on this. I know it clearly. Our soldiers know it. Their families know it. If we cannot distinguish public mourning from making statements against a war, then we have failed as a free and civil people. We are no longer beholding of the American ideals on which our nation was founded.
Never Say Die
CITY PAPER BEAT
by Daryl Gale
http://citypaper.net/articles/current/cb5.shtml
On a roll, Kucinich lets loose when asked about the war's connection to terrorism. "We know that the war on Iraq was planned prior to 9/11," he says. "War creates a redistribution of wealth, and that's precisely what the current administration had in mind. They claim to be saving us from terrorism, but who's going to save us from the people who create terrorism by bombing other countries for their oil? Bush is both the fireman and the arsonist at the same time. He creates terrorism in order to save us from terrorism." It's time to reawaken the Democratic Party and take it back to its liberal roots, says Kucinich, who claims Democrats have knuckled under to pressure from Republicans on domestic issues. "We need the government to challenge the terror of unemployment, homelessness and substandard education right here at home," says the energetic congressman from Ohio. "We need to challenge the terror of the Patriot Act, not just accept the erosion of our liberties. True patriots don't give up their rights without a fight."
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