when you need to procrastinate a little bit..
everyone needs a break every now and then. or maybe i just have no attention span whatsoever.
just don't get too addicted..(http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/games/#null)
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03/05/2004 14:11 #22147
rock!03/03/2004 04:43 #22146
i need..some nocturnal buddies.
sleeping at night is overrated
sleeping at night is overrated
03/01/2004 21:01 #22145
its an international day of actionMassive National Antiwar Demonstration
When -- Saturday, March 20
Where -- New York City
March 20th is a Global day of Action against war and
occupation on the first anniversary of the war on
Iraq. The Peace Center is sending buses to the huge
national demonstration in NYC.
Tickets are $40/$25 student and low income. If you
can't go, please consider sponsoring a student
demonstrator. For more info, to reserve seats or to
donate, please call us at 894-2013 or email
colin@wnypeace.org colin at the peace center
you can read more about it on the United for Peace and Justice site (
)
If you can't go to NYC . . .
What -- "Freedom from Fear" antiwar rally/march
When -- Saturday, March 20th, 2 PM
Where -- Lafayette Square, Downtown Buffalo
The Bush administration has manipulated post-9/11
fears to justify wars abroad and abuses at home. On
March 20th, Western New Yorkers will join together to
reject the politics of fear and say:
No more war and occupation
No more anti-Arab discrimination
No more anti-immigrant policies
No more violent policing in our community
For more info, or to get involved, call 894-2013 or
email colin@wnypeace.orgcolin at the peace center
When -- Saturday, March 20
Where -- New York City
March 20th is a Global day of Action against war and
occupation on the first anniversary of the war on
Iraq. The Peace Center is sending buses to the huge
national demonstration in NYC.
Tickets are $40/$25 student and low income. If you
can't go, please consider sponsoring a student
demonstrator. For more info, to reserve seats or to
donate, please call us at 894-2013 or email
colin@wnypeace.org colin at the peace center
you can read more about it on the United for Peace and Justice site (
)If you can't go to NYC . . .
What -- "Freedom from Fear" antiwar rally/march
When -- Saturday, March 20th, 2 PM
Where -- Lafayette Square, Downtown Buffalo
The Bush administration has manipulated post-9/11
fears to justify wars abroad and abuses at home. On
March 20th, Western New Yorkers will join together to
reject the politics of fear and say:
No more war and occupation
No more anti-Arab discrimination
No more anti-immigrant policies
No more violent policing in our community
For more info, or to get involved, call 894-2013 or
email colin@wnypeace.orgcolin at the peace center
03/08/2004 00:12 #22144
morale is low if youre lost you can look and you will find me
i am pondering running off to anchorage alaska to be there for someone important, even if it's just for a day or two. some things you shouldn't miss.
what a curious sight we have found here tonight
thomas just streaked through the entire house, setting a new precedent for people who are moving out. its so sad. we re going to have one more family night with him of 40s and degrassi jr high. we ll miss you kortkamp! and too bad for future visitors who wont be able to germanize it up with you. bodaydajib all the way!
i burn for you, and drown in you so wait, turn around, and stay
its all set, with a second coat of paint and a little cleaning i can move upstairs. i am so excited, its my very favorite room in the entire house. i know its not really that exciting and prolly is real boring for you to read about it, but if any of you have seen, you might remember how cute it is. the verdict is still up in the air about whether or not i am taking anyone upstairs with me. one thing is sure, i am shedding a lot of baggage before movin on up. no more cluttermania. no more feeling weighted sinking and washed away.
i am pondering running off to anchorage alaska to be there for someone important, even if it's just for a day or two. some things you shouldn't miss.
what a curious sight we have found here tonight
thomas just streaked through the entire house, setting a new precedent for people who are moving out. its so sad. we re going to have one more family night with him of 40s and degrassi jr high. we ll miss you kortkamp! and too bad for future visitors who wont be able to germanize it up with you. bodaydajib all the way!
i burn for you, and drown in you so wait, turn around, and stay
its all set, with a second coat of paint and a little cleaning i can move upstairs. i am so excited, its my very favorite room in the entire house. i know its not really that exciting and prolly is real boring for you to read about it, but if any of you have seen, you might remember how cute it is. the verdict is still up in the air about whether or not i am taking anyone upstairs with me. one thing is sure, i am shedding a lot of baggage before movin on up. no more cluttermania. no more feeling weighted sinking and washed away.
03/01/2004 02:58 #22143
maybe this is old news, but ohshiti'm getting too many emails on this one to ignore it.. [note: the articles are listed in backwards chronological order] just to give some context, it seems what started as a way to even out the injustices of who is serving in the war, has led to a frightening plan on the part of the pentagon to fill draft board seats..this first article is from someone affiliated with project censored, which focuses on the news that the larger media outlets *somehow* miss..
US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005
by Adam Stutz • Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 09:50 AM (http://www.vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2004/01/105146.php)
Dear Friends and Family,
I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the federal government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism."
Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004 presidential election! But the administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed NOW, so our action is needed immediately. Details and links follow.
If voters who currently support U.S. aggression abroad were confronted with the possibility that their own children or grandchildren might not have a say about
whether to fight, many of these same voters might have a change of mind. (Not that it should make a difference, but this plan would among other things eliminate higher education as a shelter and would not exclude women -- and Canada is no longer an option.)
Please send this on to all the parents and teachers you know, and all the aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents.... And let your children know -- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice for change! Please also write to your representatives to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.
The Draft*
$28 million has been added to the 2004 Selective Service System (SSS) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. SSS must report to
Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation. Please see website: to
view the SSS Annual Performance Plan - Fiscal Year 2004.
The Pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of Congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163 forward this year, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the Committee on Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era remember. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the US signed a "Smart Border Declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Manley, and US Homeland Security Director, Gov. Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable
a
lo
ng gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
"What's Hot Off the Press" includes student synopses of articles currently being investigated for inclusion in the next Project Censored report. For more info and/or to receive Project Censored's newsletter, go to or email [censored]@sonoma.edu
Don't believe it yet? Go to and search for "S 89", then later
search for "HR 163" where it says "By Number" and you'll find the articles. I would link you to the articles directly but that doesn't work for some reason.
"Oiling up the Draft Machine?" (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm)
updated:
brian has brought it to my attn that these bills have been sponsored by legislators not aligned with the white house, to highlight the fact that not everyones sons and daughters are fighting. the salon articles i found when i typed "millitary draft" yielded this article, from when the bill was first being introduced:
Bring back the draft? (http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/07/draft/) Rep. Charles Rangel says yes -- the poor, black and brown shouldn't be the only Americans fighting and dying in Iraq.
what to think?
but if its true that the pentagon is planning on filling draft board vacancies, (refer to the oiling the draft machine article), what then? would that level the playing field any? this still doesn't get at deeper issues of wars, lies, media deception and justifying invasions. and would the public outcry over an unjust war stop any of this motion of talking about drafts? military spending is up, the global trade machine is moving forward (and many a link has been made between war and the proliferation of trade), and if the pentagon's report on climate change (see journal 103) is accurate, we are at the beginning of more conflict. and they're not just suggesting that climate change is happening and that we should think about it, theyre thinking strategically about building power to fight those climate-related wars, when they come...
US Preparing for Military Draft in Spring 2005
by Adam Stutz • Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 09:50 AM (http://www.vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2004/01/105146.php)
Dear Friends and Family,
I urge you to read the article below on the current agenda of the federal government to reinstate the draft in order to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism."
Pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S 89 and HR 163) would time the program so the draft could begin at early as Spring 2005 -- conveniently just after the 2004 presidential election! But the administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed NOW, so our action is needed immediately. Details and links follow.
If voters who currently support U.S. aggression abroad were confronted with the possibility that their own children or grandchildren might not have a say about
whether to fight, many of these same voters might have a change of mind. (Not that it should make a difference, but this plan would among other things eliminate higher education as a shelter and would not exclude women -- and Canada is no longer an option.)
Please send this on to all the parents and teachers you know, and all the aunts and uncles, grandparents, godparents.... And let your children know -- it's their future, and they can be a powerful voice for change! Please also write to your representatives to ask them why they aren't telling their constituents about these bills -- and write to newspapers and other media outlets to ask them why they're not covering this important story.
The Draft*
$28 million has been added to the 2004 Selective Service System (SSS) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. SSS must report to
Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation. Please see website:
to view the SSS Annual Performance Plan - Fiscal Year 2004.
The Pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of Congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft.
Congress brought twin bills, S. 89 and H.R. 163 forward this year, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." These active bills currently sit in the Committee on Armed Services.
Dodging the draft will be more difficult than those from the Vietnam era remember. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the US signed a "Smart Border Declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Manley, and US Homeland Security Director, Gov. Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable
a
lo
ng gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.
- This article by Adam Stutz is from the "What's Hot Off the Press" column of the newsletter of Project Censored, a media research group at Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list (more than 20 years running) of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported, or self-censored by the country's major national news media. The mission of Project Censored is "to educate people about the role of independent journalism in a democratic society and to tell The News That Didn't Make the News and why."
"What's Hot Off the Press" includes student synopses of articles currently being investigated for inclusion in the next Project Censored report. For more info and/or to receive Project Censored's newsletter, go to
or email [censored]@sonoma.edu Don't believe it yet? Go to
and search for "S 89", then later search for "HR 163" where it says "By Number" and you'll find the articles. I would link you to the articles directly but that doesn't work for some reason.
"Oiling up the Draft Machine?" (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5146.htm)
updated:
brian has brought it to my attn that these bills have been sponsored by legislators not aligned with the white house, to highlight the fact that not everyones sons and daughters are fighting. the salon articles i found when i typed "millitary draft" yielded this article, from when the bill was first being introduced:
Bring back the draft? (http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/07/draft/) Rep. Charles Rangel says yes -- the poor, black and brown shouldn't be the only Americans fighting and dying in Iraq.
what to think?
but if its true that the pentagon is planning on filling draft board vacancies, (refer to the oiling the draft machine article), what then? would that level the playing field any? this still doesn't get at deeper issues of wars, lies, media deception and justifying invasions. and would the public outcry over an unjust war stop any of this motion of talking about drafts? military spending is up, the global trade machine is moving forward (and many a link has been made between war and the proliferation of trade), and if the pentagon's report on climate change (see journal 103) is accurate, we are at the beginning of more conflict. and they're not just suggesting that climate change is happening and that we should think about it, theyre thinking strategically about building power to fight those climate-related wars, when they come...