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     joeltfk Citizen Username: Joeltfk Post Number: 129 Registered: 8-2001  |
I'm proud to share news that the newly-formed South Orange-Maplewood Committee to Stop The War has announced events for March 19 and 21: March 19, 11-2, Ricalton Square, Maplewood Village The South Orange-Maplewood Committee to Stop the War organizes a day of "Patriot Acts" to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The event will feature a family-friendly display of Patriotic opposition to the war, including a 12:30 address by "Uncle Sam". March 21, 7:30-9, Maplewood Library (Memorial Hall) The South Orange-Maplewood Committee to Stop the War will present a community forum titled: "A New Iraq? The Untold Story of Human Rights Abuses" given by Widney Brown, Deputy Program Director of Human Rights Watch. For more information about the group and these events, check out http://www.somastopthewar.org. The formal press release can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/somastopthewar/SOMA_release.html About SOMA Stop The War: The South Orange-Maplewood Committee to Stop the War (SOMA Stop The War) is a grass-roots anti-war organization formed in January 2005 by citizens of South Orange and Maplewood, N.J. to oppose the U.S. war in Iraq. We seek to build a broad-based movement of like-minded individuals who are willing to take bold and creative action to end the war, and to promote peace and justice. We are committed to challenging the worldview that led to the debacle in Iraq and to creating democratic accountability in U.S. foreign and domestic policy.  | ||
| Straw & manure Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4656 Registered: 10-2001 |
Anyone who attends these events is a moron. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 2148 Registered: 5-2001  |
Joel, good for you. I hope you get a strong response. | ||
| Robert Livingston Citizen Username: Rob_livingston Post Number: 964 Registered: 7-2004 |
This looks real good, Joel. I'll pass the word around. | ||
| Straw & manure Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4657 Registered: 10-2001 |
boring | ||
| Soda Supporter Username: Soda Post Number: 2687 Registered: 5-2001  |
This organization has been awarded my personal seal of approval  , if only because Strawbooby is agin' it... -s. BTW: Show up! Bring the kids! Name tags not required. | ||
| trapper Citizen Username: Trapper Post Number: 132 Registered: 8-2002 |
Stop the war? Which war? The War on Terror? The War on Drugs? The War on Poverty? The War on Afghanistan? The War on Iraq? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, the War on Iraq! The War is over. Didn't you hear? There is no War ongoing in Iraq. There are US troops there, sure, but there are US troops in Japan and Germany since World War II ended, troops in Korea since the Korean War ended, even tough those are sovereign (and extremely wealthy) nations. US troop presence does not mean that a War is being waged. Strawberry is right. | ||
| Robert Livingston Citizen Username: Rob_livingston Post Number: 967 Registered: 7-2004 |
Be sure to dress your youngster in his best "Dumb & Dumber" T-shirt picturing the Bush prezes. | ||
| Straw & manure Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4659 Registered: 10-2001 |
Why libs are stupid. They want to end a war against terrorism...dumb. | ||
| joeltfk Citizen Username: Joeltfk Post Number: 130 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dumb is thinking a War on Terrorism = The War in Iraq given all the evidence to the contrary. But I'm not surprised by your usual gullibility and believing what you like. To the extent that the insurgents continued the offensive against U.S. troops in the 2002 War on Iraq (that was a war, right?) it's still a war. Burning embers of a fire burn as much as when it was a full conflagration (Straw, that means fire, btw). But even if you're right -- when did the War officially end? When Bush gave his shining speech alongside the banner "Mission Accomplished"? Even Republicans ran away from that description. But if the War indeed ended, what's there to be so embarrassed about? Ask any parent of one of the 1500+ dead Marines and I think they'll tell you their child died in a War. I can see why many right-wingers don't like this being refered to as a war, because most wars are justified or at the least, based on decent intelligence and an act of direct, proven, and justified provocation. This War doesn't quite live up to that standard, no. I guess many would like to believe that we're there on some sort of crusade of righteousness. That's not a war. It's hubris (Straw, that means extreme arrognace, but maybe you know that well enough) | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 2151 Registered: 5-2001 |
I respect a demonstration against the many things that are so greviously wrong about the Iraq situation. But - not to jump the gun here, Joel - what does your organization propose doing to help improve the situation to the extent that we could actually bring our soldiers home? | ||
| L'Angelo Misterioso Citizen Username: Misterioso Post Number: 45 Registered: 10-2003  |
Dumb is thinking you can have a "war" on terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic, useable by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Dumb is thinking you can have a "war" on terror. Terror is an emotion, which can be elicited by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Dumb is pretending that traditional, battlefield, war can be waged against individuals and tiny groups of decentralized non-governmental fighters whose only goal is to elicit terror, and who care nothing for capturing or holding territory. Dumb is killing 100,000 noncombatants and destroying the infrastructure of a country, in the name of the "war on terror," where there were essentially no terrorists until AFTER those things happened and helped create a new bunch of terrorists. Dumb is believing, just because someone tells you that we're winning the "war on terror," or even fighting one, that this is what's really happening. | ||
| trapper Citizen Username: Trapper Post Number: 133 Registered: 8-2002 |
Right, Jeff. So if there's no war, how can we stop it? | ||
| Straw & manure Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4660 Registered: 10-2001 |
right, road side bombs, executed hostages, suicide bombers...etc etc etc.. no, not terrorism. libs, so dumb you just have to laugh. Thankfully other then a few annoying protests they no longer cause problems anymore..This because they no longer matter. | ||
| Mustt_mustt Citizen Username: Mustt_mustt Post Number: 300 Registered: 8-2003 |
Protests do matter. The recent protests in Italy forced that idiot of a leader, Berlusconi to announce that Italy will start withdrawing troops in September. Protests do matter because the world has to know that there are sensible, peace loving people living in this part of the world, people who are not manipulated by the politics of fear wrought upon by a warfare state that so easily overtakes ones with lesser common sense. Straw - you might want to translate the meaning of your last name before calling others "dumb." | ||
| Straw & manure Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4661 Registered: 10-2001 |
Meaning of my last name?..I'm straw and you're manure..  | ||
| Steve R Jones Citizen Username: Sjthinker Post Number: 6 Registered: 2-2005 |
Can I bring my water bong and Grateful Dead tapes to it? I love these events. And the protest rally is not bad either, except you have to shake your hands a lot and yell. War Bad, Protests Good. | ||
| harold Citizen Username: Harold Post Number: 308 Registered: 5-2001 |
I'm coming to the protest!!!!  | ||
| Face Citizen Username: Face Post Number: 521 Registered: 5-2001  |
Hey, like yeah man...Maybe we can all wear tie-dye shirts and granny dresses in our effort to re-create the sixties anti-war movement. Get a life! I'll bet you never protested the war in Bosnia! Joeltflk, I would rather think that your time energy and such could be better spent doing something positive. Perhaps you dothe protest too much. It tells me that you have too much time on your hands. Be very glad that you live in this country, where you can play this sort of game. Will you burn Bush in effigy? It'll get you on the news you know, your fifteen minutes as Andy Warhol so aptly put it. Meanwhile, It looks like Bush was right! Even the NY Times is saying so. The Middle East has a better chance today to attain peace through freedom and liberty. Make note of the results of the free elections in Afghanistan and Iraq. Maybe you and your ilk should protest free elections cause weren't those a direct result of the war in Iraq? Don't forget to make sure you get the proper permits for using Ricalton. Wouldn't want to see your protest suffer from poor planning. | ||
| Analog01 Citizen Username: Analog01 Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2004 |
O Soma, you poor, sad, little people. But lucky for you this is a free country, so go to it and have fun. Just don't block traffic. |
