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[div class="excerpt"]I still find it hard to believe that I did this. Lucky Supermarket was having a cereal promotion this week (still good until Tues) where if you buy 4 boxes of Kellogg’s Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Fruit Loops ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/41 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:04:02 http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2010/3/46321451_126264496498.jpg

Spc. Brian Bowman grew up in Waveland, Indiana, and graduated from Southmont High School in 2004. He was serving as a medic in the United States Army, based out of Fort Carson, Colorado. Brian was one of four soldiers killed as ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/40 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:11:13 http://freedomremembered.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/William-Taylor-Richards1.jpg

[div class="excerpt"]Lance Cpl. William T. Richards of Trenton, Georgia, best known as Taylor, is a 2008 graduate of Dade County High School where he stayed under the radar in a positive way by not getting into t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/39 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:02:46 http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2010/06/24/Josh_dumaw_t210.jpeg


Dumaw had completed previous tours of duty in Iraq, but this was his first tour in Afghanistan. He had planned to return home in a few months for the birth of his son, due in September.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/j... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/38 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:30:07 http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID31244/images/Madden.jpg

"When Russell Madden signed up for the Army two years ago, it was with one purpose – to provide medical care for his son. Four-year-old Parker suffers from cystic fibrosis.

“Where he had been working he had no benefi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/37 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:15:54 http://tonawanda-news.com/archive/x1703935224/g25800000000000000028017aa1bad9217a6874b4fef8356b603e6d8877.jpg

(2007 photo)

http://tonawanda-news.com/archive/x1617564198/g0002580000000000001b1e3ea11cd07a58223250d27c5dbc2294ac9d2d.jpg

The body of a North Tonawanda soldier killed in battle las... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/36 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:06:56 [div class="excerpt"]http://www.voicenews.com/content/articles/2010/06/02/news/doc4c0668976de178133682012.jpg

DiLisio, 20, of Macomb Township, died (May 30) from a single gunshot to the head while patrolling on foot outside his camp in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

... He volunteered for the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/35 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:51:49 About General McChrystal: "In the wake of horrifying news of unintended civilian casualties, in a war where the US is already intensely unpopular, Obama has picked a leader who can be directly linked to the worst images and incidents of prisoner torture and abuse under Bush."

http://www.democrati... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/34 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:58:48 [div class="excerpt"]
(snip)

That was a P-4 ("personal for") Memo from General McChrystal passing along to POTUS (President of the United States) that the phony-baloney story about the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death could not hold up. The memo was sent less than a week after Pat was killed... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/32 Sat, 16 May 2009 10:59:53 Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution: "for any speech or debate in either House, they {a Senator or Representative} shall not be questioned in any other place."

The historical significance of this: it was the reason the Supreme Court ruled that Mike Gravel could not be prosecuted for entering... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/33 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:23:38 For those of you not watching the women's rights group this week, Triana mobilized the DU women to shut down an anti-woman hate site. I don't know if other sites were involved as well, likely so, but while his blog was still up he was posting about DU specifically trying to shut him down.

Sample ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/31 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:20:16 [div class="excerpt"] [b]Enemy Women, Part 1: Left Behind[/b]

When I was discharged from the army, one of the many things I was relieved about was that I would never again, as the lone female in my unit, have to share transportation with the rest of the guys when we were on travel. I would never ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/29 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:51:19 [div class="excerpt"]
... Sierra had been receiving increasingly abusive comments on her website, Creating Passionate Users, over the previous year, but had not expected them to turn so violent - her attackers not only verbally assaulting her ("fuck off you boring slut . . . I hope someone slits yo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/25 Wed, 30 May 2007 10:42:17 All of these photos are from today, the first two standing in the same spot, but turning 180 degrees. Before I post these, I'm going to quote part of undergroundpanther's thread:

[div class="excerpt"]Core Principles Of The Democratic Party:
5. Natural resources of our country and the world are ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/26 Fri, 25 May 2007 20:43:26 The problem with liberalism is that it reinforces white male nationalism, without acknowledging this. So everyone is treated on paper as if they come to the table with identical histories and opportunities, but in reality, they are not equal. Liberalism whitewashes the real world problems of racism,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/28 Thu, 24 May 2007 19:06:27 *checks to-do list*

*bashes fashion choice*
*comments on her weight*
*compares her to farm animals*

Thank God this never gets old, or demeaning.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/24 Tue, 08 May 2007 06:42:03 I took my students to the Gulf Coast during spring break. A few days before we left, our housing fell through. Our transportation fell through. We got lost on the way to the new place we were supposed to be staying. I sat behind the distribution center cutting the tops off moldy sprouted rotting oni... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/23 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:36:54 http://www.talkaboutdesign.com/img/dg_girl.jpg

[div class="excerpt"]MADRID -- Italian fashion giant Dolce and Gabbana has withdrawn an advertisement from Spain which authorities and consumer activists said encouraged violence against women, local media reported Friday.

"We are withdrawing th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/27 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:48:22 How old were you when you started receiving [i]adult[/i] female sexual attention? Meaning honking/hollering as they drove past, or sexual comments, rude gestures, propositions, stuff along those lines?

(buddyhollysghost suggested a similar poll to the one set up for women)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/21 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:30:31 How old were you when you started receiving [i]adult[/i] male sexual attention? Meaning honking/hollering as they drove past, or sexual comments, rude gestures, propositions, stuff along those lines?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/22 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:40:44 White Capitalist Patriarchy + Power = Exploitation of everyone else.

It's the same equation, whether we are talking about human rights abuses against the GLBT community, women, Latin@s, blacks, immigrants, Iraqi citizens, or prisoners either in US prisons or Abu Ghraib. Part of exploiting people... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/20 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:39:02 From Stan Goff at [link:www.insurgentamerican.net|Insurgent American]

[div class="excerpt"]I have posted a Petition-Online for those who are interested: a pledge to abstain from voting for anyone who continues to approve funds for the war. If you agree with this, please give the [link:www.petitio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/19 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:43:26 That's the same logic corporations use - they have the right to pollute, waste resources, etc, because they can afford to.

It's not socially responsible to decide if you are rich, you have more right to natural resources than other people. I'm sure that's not a message I've heard from Edwards, bu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/18 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:37:24 1. Every candidate who doesn't support bringing the troops home now.

1.a. This includes every candidate who doesn't support bringing them home, but says they're better than the other candidates because "they wouldn't have gotten us into this mess." Well, yippee for them. We're there now. What the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/17 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:31:49 This is the hand of a NOLA volunteer:
http://ideamouth.com/capturedlife/skinners_hands2.jpg

He's been working since the fall, for free, in exchange for food and a place to put his tent. He headed back home this week for a wedding and to spend time with his family, but he's returning again in Oct... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/lwfern/16 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:46:35