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Third World America 2011: Forget "Fast Tracking to Anarchy" We've Arrived Janet Tavakoli, Tavakoli Structured Finance Jun. 8, 2011, 2:15 PM Last summer I wrote about Arianna Huffington's latest book, Third World America: How Our Politicians are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream and talked about the Great Recession, the Great Bailout, and the Great Cover-Up of financial crimes. I also wrote that municipal financial problems spelled a lower quality of life. Downtown Chicago crime escalated, along with attacks on officers in the Chicago Police Department. An officer who spoke up about the low morale of the...

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A coalition of US Muslims launched a Web-based campaign Monday aimed at countering what they called a rising tide of anti-Islamic sentiment and to show themselves as Americans who love their country. The group launched a website and online video featuring brief clips from American Muslims, including young children, with comments such as "I'm an American," and "I don't want to take over this country." The campaign is in response to the controversy over plans to build an Islamic center near the site of the World Trade Center in New York destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The group...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Are US voters as angry at BP over the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and at big Wall Street banks over the sour US economy, as they are furious at the political establishment in Washington? President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, facing glum prospects in November elections shaped by anti-incumbent fire, hope the answer is yes, and have bet their fortunes on painting Republicans as pawns of wealthy interests. Obama on Saturday accused his foes of "dreary and familiar politics," saying Republicans were blocking his efforts to address unemployment and obstructing a bill to "hold...

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday he was very satisfied with Pentagon planning to counter the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.

MADISON — The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec. 21) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a new compound, one on the threshold of final testing in humans, may be more potent and safer for treating "bird flu" than the antiviral drug best known by the trade name Tamiflu. Known as T-705, the compound even works several days after infection, according to Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist and...

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2009 – Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team servicemembers recently took to the airwaves to combat misinformation about the spread of the H1N1 flu virus here. Navy Lt. Jennifer Dreiling, a senior medical officer for the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, records a radio message on Radio Kalagush, a U.S.-funded Afghan radio station that broadcasts from Forward Operating Base Kalagush in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, educating locals about the H1N1 flu virus, Nov. 19, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Natassia Cherne  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Navy Lt. Jennifer Dreiling, team senior medical officer...

Republican challengers across the country have found a new way of capitalizing on the roiling emotions surrounding congressional health care town hall meetings. Driven by intense voter interest in the topic, the almost-certain promise of media coverage and the opportunity to upstage incumbent Democrats, GOP candidates in state after state are holding their own health care town halls — and reveling in the subsequent publicity bonanza. The health care events are proving to be a boon for those seeking to oust incumbents, delivering the most precious of political commodities — voter attention and local press coverage. Florida Republican Allen West,...

It is a short notice, but tomorrow, 1/4/09, there will be a pro-Hamas demonstration in San Diego, in Balboa Park. Let's show support for the true ally of America - Israel - by countering this pro-terrorist demonstration. Let's get together near the El Cid statue in front of the Museum of Art (the horseman where Prado becomes pedestrian only). Let's meet tomorrow, 1/4/09, at 12:30pm. Please bring signs, American and Israeli flags etc, if you have any. See you there. Eric.

As you may recall, it happened back in 2004. A remote California beach out near San Francisco. Two Christian Missionaries. A young hetro Christian couple about to be married - shot on the beach in their sleep for their Christian beliefs by Left Wing "Terrorists". Devil faces drawn on driftwood nearby and other clues point to an attack on them for their beliefs. When that attack on Conservatives happened, there was barely a mention in the media. With this incident in Tennessee, the media/Liberals are swarming all over it trying to make hay and "score points". Lest we forget Waco...

UK lacks counter-terror policy, says Musharraf · Pakistani president hits back at British critics · Your Islamist militants are home-grown, Brown told Julian Borger, diplomatic editor Tuesday January 29, 2008 The Guardian (UK) Prime minister Gordon Brown and Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf hold a press conference inside 10 Downing Street, January 28 2008. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, claimed yesterday that Britain lacked a long-term counter-terrorist strategy and argued that Islamist extremism was a home-grown problem for Britain rather than his country's responsibility. Speaking before meeting Gordon Brown in Downing Street, and in response to persistent British criticism of his record...

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2007 – A new Iraq strategy that targets multiple terrorist outposts and capitalizes on Iraqis’ growing dislike of al Qaeda are combining to degrade insurgent operations in the country, a counter-insurgency expert said today in Baghdad. “The intention behind the counter-operations that we’re doing is to try to knock over several insurgent safe havens simultaneously,” David Kilcullen, the senior counter-insurgency adviser to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said during a conference call with military analysts. Operations Phantom Thunder, Arrowhead Ripper and other ongoing, surge-affiliated actions in Iraq are being conducted simultaneously across...

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Everyone!!! Tomerrow at 1 o'clock pm on the campus of Santa Clara U the students are going to have their peace rally and I think we should Counter them because we support America and we support the troops.Please wear red,white and blue clothes and Bring your American Flags and your signs!!! If you would like to join me please email me at Goprowen@hotmail.com or give me a call at 408 903-8704

IS PW DEAD? There is an eerie silence from the formerly active Protest Warriors. Is PW dead or just sleeping?

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2006 -- Terrorists and extremists in Iraq are working to destabilize the country to further their own goals, a coalition spokesman in Iraq said at a news conference today. This goal drives the horrific attacks on civilians and fuels retaliatory killings in and around Baghdad, Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said, adding that all this is counter to the will of the Iraqi people. “Al Qaeda, foreign terrorists and extremists do not want to let the Iraqis decide their own future,” Caldwell said. “Through two elections and a constitutional referendum, the Iraqi people have demonstrated they...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2006 – DoD is spending almost $3.5 billion this year to defeat improvised explosive devices, and the effort’s leader today said he expects the same level of funding in fiscal 2007. Retired Army Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs said the Joint IED Defeat Organization is using an all-encompassing approach to counter the threat of IEDs, terrorists’ main weapon in attacks against coalition forces and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq alone, IEDs have killed almost 1,000 servicemembers. There is no “silver bullet” solution to the leading cause of death for coalition troops, Meigs told media during a...

Still exhausted from a totally un-relaxing “vacation” to Florida with my family over Labor Day, I looked forward to what has come to be dubbed as the “Columbia Capitol Counter Camp” An opportunity to piss off moonbats and support our troops in one fell swoop! My long time partner in crime, Amy, emailed during the day to let me know that she would no longer be joining me. Her husband was reassigned and her family was busy readying to move to another post. It was sad to know that she would no longer be part of my weekly assault on...

(KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY Its' something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our purses, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Shauna Lake put purses to the test – for bacteria – with surprising results. You may think twice about where you put your purse. Women carry purses everywhere from the office to public restrooms to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their purses, but did you ever stop to think about where your purse goes during the day? “I drive a school bus, so my...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, May 30, 2006 — As improvised explosive devices continue to ravage the area, officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S. are responding by proposing an old remedy – cooperation. More than 70 leaders from the three nations and other coalition members attended the Counter IED Symposium from May 22 to May 24 at Bagram Airfield in an effort to neutralize the threat of improvised explosive devices in the area. “IEDs are the biggest threat to the Afghan people and the military effort in Afghanistan,” said Afghan National Army Col. Paiman, public affairs deputy for the Afghan Ministry...

3/28/2006 - KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- In the sky over Iraq, technology developed in the 1940s helps fight a 21st century war. From their unique vantage point, the Kirkuk long-range radar surveillance site searches the sky. It’s almost as if the slow cyclonic pace hypnotizes everything in the airspace to spill their deep dark secrets -- friend or foe? At the site, Airmen work around the clock searching for threats and maintaining air superiority. The Kingpins, named so because they are in control of the sky, are using technology that’s been around since World War II, but has...

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2006 – The only way to prevail in the war against violent extremists is "if we are in it all the way," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters today. "We can, we must and we will see it through to completion," he said. Rumsfeld borrowed a quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who, two days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, acknowledged that all Americans were in World War II together. "We are in it all the way," Roosevelt said. "We must share together the bad news and the good news, the defeats and the victories, the...

On Saturday March 18th anti-war protesters are going to be taking to the streets to give aid and comfort to our enemies, undermine our troops and spread anti-American propaganda. Join Eternal Vigilance Society For A Counter-Demonstration To Challenge The Anti-War Left’s Agenda of Lies that Undermine Our Troops and Embolden Terrorists. Saturday March 18th 1:00 PM Meet at the American Legion Hall at 57 Mitchell Place White Plains, NY

PHOENIX ¡ª State election officials are scrambling to interpret a ruling that Arizonans do not need to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote with a federal registration form. Issued Monday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the ruling amounts to a potential loophole in Proposition 200, the voter-approved initiative that made Arizona the first state in the nation to require proof of citizenship for voter registration. The ruling says "Arizona may not refuse to register individuals to vote in a federal election for failing to provide supplemental proof of citizenship," as required under Prop. 200. In a...

BALAD, Iraq (Army News Service, March 8, 2006) – A late-night operation by Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces east of Taji March 6 freed an Iraqi government official held hostage and led to the detention of two suspects believed to be involved in the hostage taking. Soldiers from the 2nd Counterterrorism Battalion, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade planned and conducted an assault that freed the Iraqi official who, according to sources, was to be executed later that night after spending almost four days in captivity. The hostage was handcuffed to a bed in an isolated room of the house in...

YELLOW RIBBON 2 in New Jersey Around the world, March 19th has come to mean several things. For the members of the Coalition of the Willing, it is a date in which the free world finally to their credit enforced 17 ignored U.N. resolutions and over a decade of Status Quo diplomacy to topple Saddam Hussein and his murderous regime. For the Iraqi people, it is a date for celebrating and embracing the very freedom they were so long denied and so rightly deserved. After three successful elections, a growing economy, and a yearning for self determination the mission in...

By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer The White House said Friday its Web tracking technology is consistent with federal rules because it only counts the number of visitors anonymously and doesn't record personal information.The White House's site uses what's known as a Web bug — a tiny graphic image that's virtually invisible — to anonymously keep track of the number and time of visits. The bug is sent by a server maintained by an outside contractor, WebTrends Inc., and lets the traffic-analysis company know that another person has visited a specific page on the site. Web bugs themselves are not...

I wandered over to the local grocery store and the usual stuck in the sixties hippies and clueless anarchists were protesting. I was pleased to note a counter protest had formed on the opposite corner, waving signs such as "Honk if Hippies Piss You Off." Or, and this sign was in response to the hippie "2000 died for what?" sign, "2000 died for You." The counter protesters also had American flags taped to a signal pole. I wandered through enemy lines and congratulated the fine young men. I also said, loudly, as I wandered through enemy lines that "it's always...

After Action Report of rally in Indiana This photo essay was created to mark another day in Indiana history when real Americans came out to show their passionate concern and love for their country. The Pro-US rally in Indianapolis on September 5th was a huge success. Days of planning and work paid off when flag waving patriots lined the steps of the Indiana War Museum holding signs honoring our brave men and women of the US Armed Forces. Gold Star and Blue Star military families and some with family members currently serving in Iraq came to express their support for...

The Sheehadi’s bus stopped for a little Kumbiya time in St. Louis, Missouri today. We prepared a little counter to make sure they see that they have not managed to turn Casey into peacenik fodder. Our troops are our heroes, and they deserve to see support on the streets as often as they are force-fed the appeasement-pusher’s morale busting antics of the radical leftists. Bahbah and StarCMC did recon earlier and scoped out the march route and gathering places so the Columbia contingent was able to pull straight into parking places and walk right in. We came armed with flags,...

To Clemons, her protest is a crushing insult to his son, also killed while fighting in Iraq. "The lady is not honoring her son's sacrifice, because we don't have a draft, and he went and signed his name on the dotted line," said Clemons, of Winchester, Tenn., whose son, Nathan, 20, was killed by a roadside bomb June 14. "She'd better not be presenting herself as the voice of all the fallen." Andre Lieurance, a retired naval officer whose son, Victoir, 34, was killed by a bomb last week, said he found Sheehan so stirring that he might join her...

CRAWFORD, Texas — Pent-up fervor fueling both sides of the national debate over President Bush's Iraq policies erupted Saturday near his vacation home, with thousands of protesters venting frustrations and using parents of fallen soldiers as icons of their dueling movements. Both the president's supporters and critics endured 100degree temperatures to rally in separate locations miles apart, and several hundred engaged in an emotional standoff at the fork in a road on the fringe of the Bush property — singing, chanting and yelling epithets. ADVERTISEMENT Separated by at least nine sheriff's deputies and a traffic island guarded by authorities as...

MORAL authority is about to have a showdown in Crawford, Texas, where the parents of soldiers in Iraq will square off in the heat-shimmering periphery of President George W. Bush's averted gaze. Cindy Sheehan, the bereaved mother who has gained international attention by posting herself outside the Bush ranch and demanding a (second) meeting with the president in the wake of her son's death, is about to have company of a different sort. Not the supporters she's grown accustomed to -- television crews, anti-war demonstrators, Democratic consultants and America's political left -- but a small cavalry of opponents who feel...

CRAWFORD, TEXAS - There was a time when this place could have been the answer to a pretty darn good trivia question. And then, Cindy Sheehan came to town. Just a month ago, Sheehan, the Vacaville mother of a soldier slain in Iraq, began a lonely, anguished vigil under the blazing Texas sun, encamped in a tent, estranged from her husband and largely ignored by the world. What a difference a president's vacation makes. As President Bush winds up his monthlong stay at his ranch here, one thing has not changed: He has not granted Sheehan the face-to-face meeting she...

As many as 7,000 people are expected to participate in two large rallies today in Crawford, and local law officials and the Secret Service have stepped up security to "accommodate the numbers." While the protests are expected to be peaceful, authorities will be watching for anyone in the crowd who is "possibly not a peaceful demonstrator," said Mark Lowery, special agent in charge of the Secret Service in North Texas. Rallies for and against the war in Iraq are expected to involve between 4,000 and 7,000 people, and some may be "celebrity types," Lowery said. He said federal authorities have...

Those patriotic to staying the course in New Iraq are taking down crosses Sheehan put up. The crosses represent those who gave their lives in sacrifice for liberties put in place where Hussein once held his hellish grip. Relatives of those who disagree with Cindy Sheehan remove the crosses. Now Grassfire.org is located just across from "Camp Casey," Sheehan’s hold out in front of US President George W. Bush’s Crawford TX residence. Grassfire.org opposes the Sheehan position. According to Joyce Howard Price of The Washington Times, Grassfire.org has flown a large American flag on site. The Bush supporters also call...

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VACAVILLE, Calif. - A caravan proclaiming support for U.S. troops began a tour through California on Monday and stopped in the hometown of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war mother who gained national prominence during a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch. Conservative activists and military families embarked on a tour they are calling "You don't speak for me, Cindy!" and are planning rallies in several California cities before heading to Crawford, Texas. "It's time to lay down the anger. We need to continue to uphold those people over there, to uphold those men and women with their boots on the ground,"...

On Wednesday leaders of ANSWER -- the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition -- had a news conference at the National Press Club to announce plans for nationwide popular protests against the war in Iraq on Sept. 24. They said they expected at least 100,000 people to join them in protests in Washington, Los Angeles and other cities.... ANSWER hopes the Sept. 24 protest "will be the largest anti-war demonstrations to take place" since the president's re-election, its national coordinator Brian Becker said Wednesday....

Britain and the United States on Friday denied Russian allegations that British and American spies were using Western charities and NGOs to undermine Russian influence in the former Soviet Union. ... Federal Security Service (FSB) head Nikolai Patrushev... accused British, U.S. and other foreign secret services of trying to foment revolution in the former Soviet Union using charities as cover. He also said Saudi and Kuwaiti NGOs were engaged in intelligence work. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters in Washington: "We saw a lot of charges yesterday from the federal security service chief... And I have to say that...

Protest In Colorado Springs A local activist group, Students for Social Justice, from UCCS is planning a "counter military recruitment" demonstration at the Citadel Recruiting Station (U.S. Army Recruiting Station, 1055 N. Academy Blvd) on Saturday, 30 Apr 05 at 1200. The demonstration is expected to be peaceful and no specific targeting of military personnel is anticipated. All military members are being encouraged to avoid the demonstration to avoid becoming a target of opportunity for the protestors. If you drive a vehicle with a military base decal, be advised of this event.

Democrats launch counter-Bush road trip By Associated Press Thursday, March 3, 2005 WASHINGTON - The Democrats' battle for the hearts and minds - and wallets - of voters worried about Social Security hits the road Friday, with its first stop at a New York City college. On the same day President Bush visits Westfield, N.J., to tout his plan for personal accounts within Social Security, Senate Democrats will bring their opposing effort to Pace University. The Pace event, featuring former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and New York's two senators, Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, kicks off a swing...

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin may have been telling us more than he thought when he said Thursday: "Ballistic missile defence is not where we will concentrate our efforts." Where Canada is concentrating its efforts should be worthy of both Washington and mainline media attention. Weapons of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare are where the nation of Canada holds the cutting edge. Through an intricate series of subsidiaries and sub-contractors, leading back to the blind trust running his Canadian Steamship Lines company, Prime Minister Paul Martin is still at the epicenter of that cutting edge. In the development and design...

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A "major" antiwar, anti-Bush protest was held here on the University of Tennessee campus yesterday. Approximately 70 people showed up to voice their disapproval of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and President Bush in general. Among the groups present were the UT College Democrats, the Progressive Student Alliance (sadly, the Living Wage Chicken was not attendance), and plenty of Naderites. The event featured speakers, a march across campus, large heads of unidentified individuals made from paper machete, and typical, peacenik signs. The antiwar people were not alone, however. They were joined by about 30 supporters of President Bush and the...

A "major" antiwar, anti-Bush protest was held here on the University of Tennessee campus yesterday. Approximately 70 people showed up to voice their disapproval of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and President Bush in general. Among the groups present were the UT College Democrats, the Progressive Student Alliance (sadly, the Living Wage Chicken was not attendance), and plenty of Naderites. The event featured speakers, a march across campus, large heads of unidentified individuals made from paper machete, and typical, peacenik signs. The antiwar people were not alone, however. They were joined by about 30 supporters of President Bush and the...

Hi everyone. I'm looking for any and all pictures of PETA protests and Counter Protests. I've been talking with a friend about the nut jobs at PETA and I'm trying to make a point. Any and all postings of whatever pictures of PETA protests and Coutner Protests are welcome! many many thanks. :) Peace.

A bureaucrash.com activist sports a "enjoy capitalism" t-shirt while counter protesting aids activist in Bangkok. (photo by the Washington Post. BANGKOK - On Day 3 of the 2004 AIDS Conference, Crashers headed for the main arena, where a “debate” (more of a panel discussion) had been planned between various interest groups, and a representative of one of the drug companies that produces HIV-treatments. Of course we knew there would be plenty of people screaming for an end to intellectual property rights at the event, and figured that a protest might take place. We had a simple ‘crash planned –...

On saturday, June 5th, the liberal looney toons gathered to protest the war, President Bush, Israel, and a number of other things that had nothing to do with anything. The San Francisco Voice For Israel gathered in conjuction with the Protest Warriors and a few freepers. Here is my rundown on the days events. Please bear with me, I'm not much of a writer, but I'll do my best. The San Francisco Voice For Israel met at 10:30 at Market and Powell in San Francisco. Around 11:30 they marched down the sidewalk (they didn't have a permit to march in...

Black lawyer's book aims to counter bias in courts By LOU MICHEL News Staff Reporter 1/11/2004 John V. Elmore has had a front-row seat in the criminal justice system since the late 1970s - first as a state trooper, then as a prosecutor in Manhattan and Buffalo, and for the last 15 years as a defense lawyer. Those experiences have taught him that African-Americans need to take certain precautions to receive fair treatment in court. "There are lots of trials where African-Americans are tried in front of all-white juries, and they don't get a fair shake," said Elmore, a 47-year-old...