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How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home? "All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

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I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

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    Sunday, April 30, 2006

    GI Death Toll Reaches 2400 in Iraq About 3 Years After Mission Accomplished

    BuzzFlash's daily commentaries that come with their top five headlines are so good that I often re-post them here, along with the headlines. Today's commentary is no exception, as readers will see for themselves.

    These commentaries are re-posted here with the permission of BuzzFlash.


    TOP FIVE HEADLINES

    Last night Stephen Colbert, who plays a priggish right wing commentator as his television persona, lambasted Bush with laceratingly true humor at the Washington D.C. White House Correspondents (Transcribers) Dinner.

    Immediately, the right wing started howling that Colbert had been disrespectful to Bush. We heard the same thing when Bush was criticized for starting a foolish, bloody, costly war at the funeral of Coretta Scott King.

    Message to the Wingers: Bush is a President, an American, a Citizen. He is not king, although his followers worship him as one.

    He is a man that declared "Mission Accomplished" nearly three years ago and this weekend we passed the mournful threshold of 2400 GIs killed in Iraq. Bush taunted, like an adolescent, the insurgents to "Bring 'em on," and it resulted in more deaths and grievous injuries to our fighting men and women and the Iraqis.

    Bush can sit through some criticism. The memory of our dead soldiers demands it. They would be alive today if it weren't for this incompetent, arrogant, spoiled brat.

    Our hats off to Stephen Colbert. Revealed as complete lapdogs and worthless publics relations funcitionaries were the attendees at the event, the so-called White Horse Press Corps. They are just lackeys for the corporate media.

    Colbert, with devasting irony and wit, shamed them by showing what the "reporters" fail to do: make the new American monarchy accountable.

    Many stories on the Colbert "moment" on BuzzFlash.com this Sunday, April 30, 2006.

    Bush Said "Mission Accomplished" Nearly Three Years Ago and It Wasn't. Bush Said "Bring 'Em On," and Our Soldiers Were Killed. Now, 2400 of Our GIs Have Died in Bush's Folly.

    Bush Fails America's Safety and Security as the Photo-op Presidency Once Again Tries to Have Visual Image Fool the Nation About Rampant Incompetence: "Few Immediate Improvements in Disaster Response Seen As New Hurricane Season Looms."

    Stephen Colbert, You Are My Hero!

    Tens of thousands of protesters marched Saturday through lower Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, just hours after this month's death toll reached 70.

    We Need Your Dollars to be Pro-Democracy Davids Against the Corporate Mind Control Goliaths. The big profiteers have their sights on the Internet and we need your support.


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