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How Much is $250 Billion?
By: Jeff Hackman As of early 2010, the war in Afghanistan will cost the American taxpayer over $250 billion. We’re adding well over $1 billion more to that total each week. How much money is $250,000,000,000? How much is one billion? How long does it take for a billion seconds to pass? There are 86,400 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )8 Years is Enough: Out of Afghanistan Now!
by Jeff Hackman Item: 18-year-old Pfc. Matthew E. Wildes, of Hammond, La., was killed by an IED on Aug. 27. Item: The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan will ask for 20,000 more international troops. This of course is in addition to the Obama surge of 17,000 additional US troops already sent this year. Item: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to Save $1 Trillion; and Democracy Too
By Jeff Hackman August 14, 2009 With six weeks left in Fiscal Year 09, it looks like the Federal budget deficit will be about $1.7 or $1.8 Trillion (what’s a hundred billion to us anyway?). This monstrous number that numbs the brain is over four times the previous worst-ever deficit. Some debate who’s responsible for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )10 Signs of Hope for Human Survival
Most honest people will admit the nation and world are heading in the wrong direction on many fronts. But what are the signs of hope? Where should we be putting our precious time and resources? This summer I’m catching up on my reading, and some things seem clearly needed, if indeed civilization is going to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hellfire in Af-Pak
A CIA-operated spy plane over Pakistan on Jan. 23–a full three days into the Obama administration–fired three Hellfire missiles on the property of Haji Khalil Dawar, killing 10 people and injuring several others. 1 Each Hellfire missile that the drones fire in the wars costs more than what my wife and I make in a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Blocking the Blockade Resolution
This post is an update on H. Con. Res. 362. A month ago I told you about this resolution working its way through the House that would set up a blockade of Iran. If enacted, this provocation could easily produce more war, higher gas prices and more terrorism. Through Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2000 Days of Hell
By my calculation, September 10th will be the 2000th day of the US occupation of Iraq. About 1 million Iraqis killed. (This is twice the number Saddam snuffed out during his reign of terror.) Several million have become refugees. Untold number injured both physically and spiritually. About $650 Billion squandered, and still counting. Over 4,100 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Preventing History from Repeating
The US House of Representatives is currently considering a bill (H. Con. Res. 362) that might push the US-Iran confrontation over the edge. H.CON.RES 362 already has (as of 6/29) 169 co-sponsors. This resolution calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran. It also “demands” that the President [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pagan Death Cult
I recently got a forwarded email warning me of the terrible consequences of removing 10 Commandments memorials from public spaces. A group called Faith and Action sent out the appeal. The reader is warned that if we don’t act, tiny religious minorities might be placed on equal par with Christianity in the public square. A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Updated Haiti Petition Link
Guess my inexperience at blogging came out. Check out the better link below to actually get to the petition. Over 2,000 people have already signed. Here’s the hotlink to the online petition to drop Haiti’s debt Haiti is one of many countries the US has invaded (numerous times), and occupied (from 1915-1934). We as Americans [...]
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