My new friend Jackie, who has been commenting on my blog writes in her blog THINGS according to me: When it comes to honesty about race, we Americans are experts at bandaging over wounds, plugging our ears, and avoiding the 3000 lb elephant in the room. and Rev. Wright is accused of racism. They had …
I saw the surgeon at UW Medical Center last Friday and wanted to post something here for those of you who are waiting for news. He said the MRI showed no tumor and I don’t need surgery. yay! He said the tests showed a lot of scarring in my inner ear, probably due to all …
Meet the man who inspired Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s now famous tirade about America’s foreign policy inciting the terrorist attacks of September 11. His name is Ambassador Edward Peck. And he is a retired, white, career U.S. diplomat who served 32-years in the U.S. Foreign Service and was chief of the U.S. mission to Iraq under …
The assumption put forth in much of the mainstream media I have seen of late is that white Americans are offended by what The Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. said in his sermon. You know, the one they show clips from on the news – the one Barack Obama spoke about in his recent …
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 3/17/08 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Dennis Mills at 360. 867.1487 – Email: Mills.Dennis@comcast.net ORJim James at 360.480.5957 – Email: namobops@aol.com Veterans for Peace to Host Peace Rally Olympia, WA – To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad, Veterans for Peace Chapter 109 will host a rally in …
There are some things I wanted to point out because of things I heard on the news today. One was on the news on television this morning. I think it was someone on Good Morning America but I don’t know who the man was who was speaking. Anyway, he was talking about Barack Obama’s speech …
The winter soldier testimony has been ignored by virtually all mainstream media. It seems that a decision has been made that the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq is now back-page news, and that dissent by Iraq war veterans against US occupation isn’t news at all. However ‘Democracy Now’ is featuring the winter soldier testimony all …
Winter Soldier: America Must Hear These Vets’ Stories If America listens to what they say, the war would be over tomorrow. I missed the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1971. At the time I was married to a vet who desperately wanted to put his war behind him – and he wanted me to help him …
From Clinton finance committee member and former VP candidate Geraldine Ferarro: If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is …
Well, Alec and I drive back to Seattle this morning for my appointment at UW Medical Center for the dizziness and balance testing which was put off last month when we went up and found out the balance machine(s) were broken. The tests are: Videonystagmography (VNG), the Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP), and Rotary Chair Testing …