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Iran, West and the Nuclear Dispute
By the end of March, Western powers, in the form of 5+1 countries led by the US, and Iran have had their preliminary talks finalised, over their decade-long dispute around Iran's questionable nuclear activities. The talks have been closed by Mr Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, and Ms Federica Mogherini, European Union envoy held a press conference . But there is still a long way to go.
In order to better gauge the possibility of the parties reaching a final and peaceful agreement, one should first better inform himself about a critical issue in this dispute. That is the idea of "regime change" in Iran. The idea came to light after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Former president George W Bush had called Iran, the Islamic Republic theocracy, an "axis of evil" and addressed the Ayatollah, current Supreme Leader, from the deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. The public perception, at the time, was that the Islamic Republic was the next US target. The Ayatollah and his friends, mostly generals, shared the same view and worried. After all, he had just witnessed the fate of Saddam Hussain in Iraq. He sent an olive branch to the White House through former president Khatami's government. The olive branch was in the form of a letter by president Khatami offering full cooperation and commitment to resolving all outstanding issues between Iran, the theocratic system, and the US. The nuclear dispute was at the top of their list. However, we know that letter later found its way into the rubbish bin in the Vice President Cheney's office. The Supreme Leader, thinking his and his regime being are on the table, had no choice but to find another way to speak with the White House. They did not have aircraft carriers, however!
Attack as best defence
It was during the first term of the former Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad in the office when they chose attack as their best defence against the US, West. Their only realistic target, however, was Israel. They began with fomenting, more ostensibly than before, the usual Arab-Israel conflict. Vividly recall, President Ahmadi-Nejad began with his loud attacks and threats against Israel. He made lots of noises ranging from attacking and destroying Israel to suggesting "moving Israel to Alaska" through to his infamous denial of the holocaust. At the same time he, and remember it wasn't he who had the final say; and his nuclear negotiators, first Ali Larijani (current speaker of the house) followed by Mr Saeed Jalili, refused any compromise on the nuclear dispute. They added more and more centrifuges to the country's uranium enrichment plants, facilities. It wasn't Ahmadi-Nejad, who was doing all those things, but the same theocratic system, headed by the Ayatollah, with an 180-degree moved-position from the time President Khatami was in the office only a few months earlier. Theocracy has made a calculated risk against the Buch's administration at the time. Remember; they did not have aircraft carriers after all.
Their actions, however, resulted in a very aggressive form of sanctions imposed against Tehran. Various sanctions came from United Nations Security Council resolutions, European Union and the US. Those sanctions understandably got even worse in recent years and particularly after the 2009 presidential election in Iran during the aftermath of which US and its European allies witnessed how the people of Iran furiously challenged the authority of the Supreme Leader over the rigged election. Having heard the people's wish, and critical for the position in Iran of the Supreme Leader and his military apparatus, US and its allies correctly spotted the Achilles' heel of the theocracy in Iran. West realised this without a doubt. An unprecedented pressure mounted, since, against the regime in Tehran, by way of more and ever severe sanctions, demonstrates the realisation. During the next four years, toward the end of the President Ahmadi Nejad's second term in the office, Iran was almost unable to sell oil or get its money for what it was able to smuggle out of the country. This situation was to get worse with the military option remains on the president's desk at the White House. West wanted to give the people of Iran good reasons to express themselves more freely and often.
In light of the above, on the other hand, the theocracy responded by allowing president Rouhani's victory. Remember, the head of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corp, general Jaffari, is a self-declared "electoral Engineer!" Just before the last presidential election, the Ayatollah and his military cronies were at the same spot where they were at the 2009 presidential election. This time, however, they needed to think twice before choosing a rational way to proceed. It was either another "engineered election" or stay away from yet another confrontation with the people of Iran. And this time, pressured people economically; sanctions with the threat of military confrontation on table; Syria's involvement; all of which made the Ayatollah and his military machine sensed that the risk was exponential. President Rouhani won the election!
It was under this blanket that the latest round of nuclear negotiations with West was conceived. It appeared that president Rouhani, the theocratic system, has chosen a new route from other difficult, and potentially dangerous, routes which could lead the country to an unknown destination. This new route somehow, and so far, convinced the public, and also the West critically, so as being a U-turn in comparison with the route the government of his predecessor, Ahmadi-Nejad taken. Guiding of this new route, with a possible new destination, has been left with Mr Javad Zarid, Iran's Foreign Minister. He is a US-educated man whose smile and English-speaking ability have taken him far enough to have man-to-man talks with the Secretary of State John Kerry. He has held many such talks with the Secretary; whether by way of walking in the park and/or sitting at a dining table. Those are the ones we know about.
However, critically, one should remember the fact, in terms of the nuclear dispute with West, that neither President Rouhani nor his FM is the Iranian-side sitting at the negotiating table. Nor was similarly the previous government of President Ahmadi-Nejad. The Iranian-side has always been the Islamic Republic, the theocratic system in place in Iran. It is a widely known fact, openly maintained by Iran, that the Ayatollah has the final say in any possible final nuclear agreement.
This invites a simple question. That is what causes the same Ayatollah, with his cronies, of course, to act differently in different time periods, the Khatami's, Ahmadi-Nejad's and the current Rouhani's. Politics of survival? Perhaps. But not if you reveal your hand fully to your opponent for it comes back at you, placing you between rocks and a hard place; where the Ayatollah and his friends are now!
Is the Supreme Leader Worried? If Yes, About What?
Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islāmic Republic of Iran, has recently issued an order directing the government, with full legislative support, to plan austerity measures for the country as a "matter of urgency." Critical to note is that the order has come amid the negotiation that the government of president Rouhani has entered, for the past few months, with the 5+1 countries to settle their differences over the country's suspicious nuclear activities. The negotiation has reached a preliminary agreement with both sides committed to implement their parts. The agreement has since produced some positive results. Such results were, amongst other things and not limited to, included the US releasing over $4 billion of the regime's frozen money, relaxation, in some limited areas, of international and American sanctions particularly in the fields of oil and gas export, banking and sales of airplane parts. Iran in return implemented verifiably its commitments under the agreement. In light of these somewhat positive developments, one would wonder what made the Ayatollah to issue such order now.
At first glance, two answers come to mind with each, of course, supporting different purpose. One is that the Ayatollah is bluffing. Why? He tries to send a message out to the 5+1 purporting his and his regime readiness, or preparing itself, to walk away from the current agreement and/or not having a further final and long-lasting agreement with the West. He may do this for two reasons, at least I think. First to warn the West that should it make further demand, such as instigating the issue of human rights and/or democracy, he is ready to abandon the agreement. And secondly, repudiate the widely pervasive belief that he and his regime have been coerced, under immense pressure by the West and through sanctions, to the table. This fact nevertheless is something he can run but never be able to hide from. President Rouhani admitted publicly in his 100-days-in-office-report that he "has inherited an empty treasury." That sounds right with reports suggesting Iran selling only a million barrels of oil per day, before the negotiation, down from more than two and half million a year before the election; and doesn't see any money for it simply because of the sanctions. Although this was the real reason behind the Ayatollah, and his regime, caving in against the West and may well offer legs to the bluffing purpose, Ayatollah can live with it.
What Ayatollah and his cronies cannot tolerate, however, the second purpose of his message by issuing the order, is more demand from the West. Increasingly demanding and/or speaking on human rights and democracy for Iran has a totally different meaning for the people of Iran in one side and the Ayatollah on the other. For the people means moving on step closer to their fundamental human and democratic rights; and for the Ayatollah packing! That makes him nervous. Recently, and on different occasions, the US adds to his anxiety. The US State Department, both in statements and commenting here and there, speaks about human rights and conditions under which political prisoners are held in Iran. A recent particular occasion, the anniversary on which the leaders of the Green Movement were being put under house arrest; made him angry. He responded by saying "the US shows its animosity toward Iran and its people by referring to the "leaders of sedition". This is the term he and his cronies use when referring to Mr Mousavi and Karobi the leaders of the Green Movement.
By his austerity order, I think, the Ayatollah was saying; leave me and the regime my cronies and I lead in Iran alone or we are ready to walk away and fight! This is more in line with the underlying problem based on which the nuclear dispute escalated in first place over a decade ago. That is the demand for respect of human rights and democracy leading to regime change in Iran. Whilst this may be a different way of imposing changes to the political system in Iran; for the Ayatollah has only one unpleasant meaning, an unfinished business the US pursues since the earlier years of the last decade. He was unhappy then as he appears now. The events that were unfolding around Iran at the time had made him extremely nervous. In one particular occasion in Mashhad, a city north of Iran, after the collapse of the Saddam's regime in Iraq, he said "US is extremely rude". He was responding to rumours at the time that president Bush had ordered him to pack and go! That put the Ayatollah and his cronies in a collision course with the US. A path from which the Ayatollah releases some stem today by way of ordering urgent austerity measures for the country.
Notwithstanding his stem, no one can take serious an old man with so many enemies in the world of Sunnis Islam; not to mention above 90% of Iran's population. He is not even bluffing; he is kidding.
Toughest migration challenge after the dissolution of the Malaysian Solution? Is it really?
There was a report about a legal challenge launched against the detention of a few, ten in numbers, asylum seekers in Nauru, they are mainly Iranian and Sri Lankan nationals. The report says that lawyers from Australia, one a close friend of mine and the rest I know, have attacked the legality of the detention of these particular detainees on constitutional grounds. That is the Nauruan Constitution. Not having read the Nauruan Constitution, I need to take extra care in commenting about the matter here. Nevertheless, and without going to technical details of the Nauruan Constitution, I try to examine briefly this action and express my view. This, I am sure, has been done by the prominent lawyers involved before deciding whether to launch the challenge. They also had the advantage of examining any material facts with respect to the conditions and the circumstances under which the ten asylum seekers, the plaintiffs, were, and are, being detained.
It would be useful, for the purpose of this post, to say that Naurua has been an independent state since 1968, with the population of little more than nine thousands people. She has its own constitution, Parliament and judicial branch of government. The highest legal authority for the Island is the High Court of Australia with the exemption of constitutional matters which will be heard by the Nauruan Supreme Court.
In this case thus, a constitutional challenge, the Nauruan Supreme Court is the highest legal authority to hear the case. That means the decision of the court on this matter would be final. From what the report and Mr George Newhouse, one of the four lawyers and a close friend of mine, told us so far, the court is to hear that the detainees, the plaintiffs, have been held unlawfully in detention on the Island. The unlawfulness argument, I gathered, has two limbs. One would be the prolonged delay, since September 2012, in processing the plaintiffs' claims for protection. The standards set by the United Nation High Commission for Refugees expects such claims to be finalized in four to six months. And as opposed to Australia's immigration law, has been set by the High Court of Australia, which allows indefinite detention of unlawful non-citizen, one can only assume, by the legal challenge, Nuaruan law is yet to determine that issue.
The Nauruan Constitution, however, allows the detention of unlawfuls for the purpose of deportation, it goes without saying that the Nauruan government, the current challenge is against it and not the Australian government, presumably argues all kind of reasons for the delay in processing the plaintiff's claims.
Nevertheless the action has also, the second limb, alleged that the aforementioned detainees, the plaintiffs, have been subjected to "inhumane and degrading" treatments. The key issue to note here is the fact that Asylum seekers are being held in immigration detention and not in a prison. The definition and the application of the twos are fundamentally different and critical in this case. The treatments asylum seekers received while in detention can effectively change their status as well as the status of the place they have, are, been held in.
The difference is in the purpose and the authorities from which the detention is being authorized. The detention of an asylum seeker is carried out for the purpose of ascertaining his or her claim for protection. The asylum seeker is therefore not a prisoner and certainly not in prison. He or she is therefore not to be punished. Now if the conditions under which he or she is being held and/or the period a detainee stays in detention, indefinitely without any real prospect of being released, amount to punishment; it is when the nature of that detention may be of an "[A]rbitrary detention" which may accordingly constitute, in a sense, to an arbitrary arrest rendering it unlawful. Because freedom of movement is one of the fundamental rights a human being enjoys with court the only authority to deny that in certain, and vigorously tested, circumstances.
Detention of asylum seekers for the purpose of processing their claims for asylum does not surely fall under such circumstances. Simply because asylum seekers are not criminals, and have not committed any crime. Furthermore neither the Minister for immigration is a judge nor his or her Department a court.
The decision of the Nauruan Supreme Court may perhaps have more serious ramifications possibly for the Australian government as well – I doubt it however.
Asylum Seekers' bleeding hearts are not what they appear
Since winning the election over six months ago, Tony Abbott and his government have declared war, direct effects of which felt inevitably by the customers, would be asylum seekers, of the trade, on people smugglers.
Asylum seekers, mostly from Iran whom are the main subject of this note here, have been sent to Nauru and Manus Island. Detaining unlawful non-citizen, the term Migration Act 1958 refers to those arrived or being onshore without a visa, has been authorized by the Act. The purpose of the power is for the Minister for immigration, his or her Department, to deport from Australia and/or give the unlawfuls the opportunity to make their status legal, lawful non-citizen, by applying and getting a visa if they are eligible. This detention however has never been an easy job with its implementation always surrounded with controversies.
It is hard to gauge that how much of the controversies, or concerns raised by different parts of the Australian society, is real. Because there are different players and games at play. While political rivals playing in their own field, business people playing in another with different goal to achieve. Political rivalry between the two big, Labor and Coalition, camps has always been there with minor parties and new comers trying to catch up. To this end, Australian politicians have been thought, or learnt, regardless of the government of the time, to attack the other side's policies; no matter what. This is despite the fact that they might do the exact same thing when in power!
The other group of business people, however, whether in migration industry or other organisations which their business and/or funding is directly connected with the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia, loudly heard on the issue. These people, not many of them even familiar with law and conventions related to the subject matter, acting as the bleeding hearts of refugees' cause for totally different reasons. For example, I recently came across a few Iranian, Persian speakers, migration agents, who have been attacking Tony Abbott and his Immigration Minister, Hon Scott Morison, for their policies towards Illegal Maritime Arrivals (IMAs). Some of whom does not even have the experience necessary to act on refugee matters; but would like nevertheless to advertise themselves and send a wrong message to those innocent would be people smugglers' customers offshore.
This latter group works closely with the former in raising all kind of allegations of mistreatment against the IMAs in hoping policies change by triggering Australia's international obligations. But the reality of the situation is serious. It is a war against organised criminals. Criminals who have seen a market and opportunity to exploit and circumvent an important piece of international agreement, reached over 64 years, the main purpose of which was to save lives of those in serious danger. What we got on hand today, however, are unscrupulous criminals ferrying human beings, women, children, young and old, across countries onto leaky un-seaworthy boats and into the ocean bound for Australia. The critical fact of these journeys is that hundreds of these passengers have been, or will be potentially, killed at ocean. This is unacceptable. It must have been stopped long before at any costs. Regardless of who is playing what kind of politics over votes in Australia, this trade has to be stopped. The accusation and/or suggestion of mistreatment mainly comes from political rivals; business people; and some segments of the Australian society who innocently played into former's games.
The trade of the IMAs is not about seeking asylum as defined and purposed by the United Nation Convention on the Status of Refugees some 64 years ago. It must be stopped. To this end, it appears Tony Abbott and his government are getting somewhere.
سیاستهای دولت جدید استرالیا، پناهندگی و قاچاقچیان انسان
دولت جدید استرالیا، به نخست وزیری آقای تونی ابوت، برای مقابله با قاچاقچیان انسان، سیاستهای سخت گیرانه ای را در پیش گرفته است. تاثیر مستقیم این سیاستها نتیجتا، سخت گیری و فشار بر مشتریان آن قاچاقچیان خواهد بود. این اجتناب ناپذیر است.
مشتریان این بازار خطرناک، متاسفانه، انسانهایی هستند با اطلاعات و یا مشاوره غلط، که اکثرا از طرف قاچاقچیان و یا عوامل آنان گمراه می شنوند. در این بین اما، مشاوران امور مهاجرتی، مایگرشن ایجنت های فارسی و عرب زبان، هم آبی به آسیاب قاچاقچیان میریزند. این دسته هم دلایل قابل فهم خود را دارند! اینان اما اگر به اندازه قاچاقچی؛ در قربانی و یا نابود کردن زندگی انسانهای بی گناه و بی اطلاع مقصر نباشند، کمتر هم نیستند.
چند روز پیش در فیس بوک به مطلبی از یکی از این ایجنتهای مهاجرتی ایرانی-الاصل برخوردم. در آن مطلب، آقای ایجنت مهاجرتی به سیاستهای دولت آقای تونی ابوت در مورد افرادی که با قایق به استرالیا می آیند، با عنوان "غیر انسانی" بودن، حمله کرده بود. اقای ایجنتی، که بعد از تحقیق، معلوم شد که ظاهرا کمی بیش از 6 ماه است که به عنوان ایجنت مهاجرتی ثبت نام شده اند، چنان از مسائل پناهندگی صحبت می کرد و از دولت استرالیا ایراد می گرفت که مخاطب، در برخورد اول، فکر می کند که ایشان کوله باری از تجارب حقوقی و سیاسی را یدک می کشند. اینگونه افراد هستند که با بی تجربگی و عدم آگاهی کافی از ،پیچ و خم مسائل درگیر پناهندگی باعث گمراهی مردم، بخصوص در ایران می شوند. مردمی که گروه گروه در تله قاچاقچیان جنایتکار افتاده و تعداد زیادی از آنان، اعم از زن، بچه، پیر و جوان، جان خود را در اقیانوس از دست داده اند. وقتی که برای مثال، جنازه کودک نوزاد را در اقیانوس پیدا نمی کنند؛ بیش از 300 نفر انسان، اکثرا زن و بچه؛ بدون اطلاع و شناخت از اقیانوس و خطرات آن، را سوار بر قایق ماهیگیری فرسوده ای، با ظرفیت شاید 10 نفر خدمه، می کنند و 250 نفراز آنان جان خود را از دست می دهند؛ و یا من باید در شب عید خبر مرگ در اقیانوس جوان 20 و اندی ساله را به خانواده ای بدهم، که سه سال در انتظار خبری از فرزند خود بوده اند؛ اینگونه ایجنتهای بی مسئولیت بدنبال آب ریختن به آسیاب قاچاقچی و خود باشند.
حال، این آقای ایجنت برای از رونق افتادن کارو کسب، و یا تبلیغ برای بیزینس نو پای خود، به سیاست دولت استرالیا حمله می کند و اشک تمساح می ریزد. ایجنت مهاجرتی که یک دوره فشرده 6 ماهه حقوق مهاجرتی را خوانده است و با سیستم ویزای استرالیا آشنا شده است (لازم به تذکر است که چنین افرادی، زن و یا مرد، آگاهی حقوقی کافی در این مورد بخصوص، پناهندگی را ندارند). موضوع تقاضای پناهندگی و موفقیت کسب چنین حمایتی، که با صدور ویزای پناهندگی تکمیل می شود، آگاهی و تخصص های گوناگونی را می طلبد. این تخصص ها شامل، علاوه بر آشنایی با حقوق بین الملل، حقوق محلی و حقوق بشر، داشتن تجربه و حتی قدرت تحلیل سیاسی شرایط بین المللی و محلی دولت میزبان، اینجا استرالیا، نیز می شود. چرا که دعواهای سیاسی رقبای سیاسی در استرالیا، حزب کارگر و امروز لیبرال به نخست وزیری آقای ابوت، مستقیما بر سیاستهای مهاجرتی و بخصوص پناهندگی و قاچاق انسان تاثیر گذار هستند.
در هر حالت و بهر شکل، هدف قرار دادن بازار قاچاقچیان انسان تاثیر منفی مستقیم بر مشتریان این بازار، یعنی انسانهایی را دارد که به قصد رسیدن به استرالیا سوار بر قایقهای این قاچاقچیان می شوند و یا خواهند شد. این اجنتاب ناپذیر است. هرچه زودتر این واقعیت را درک کرده و بپذیریم، جان انسانهای بیشتری را نجات داده ایم.
United States can destroy our military, said the Foreign Minister
Javad Zarif, the FM of the Islamic Republic, is under heavy criticism from a small number, he suggested, of MPs because of his remarks made about the military capabilities of the regime in Tehran. When he was speaking to a group of university students on the commemoration of the Iranian Student Day, he allegedly mocked the regime's military. It's been reported that when a student, apparently close to the conservative side of politics, questioned his government's deal with the West over the regime's nuclear dispute, he has responded by saying; "the US is not worried about our few tanks and guns, it can destroy our entire defense system with only one missile." These comments have put him in hot-water since; the MPs have even called for his removal. I was shocked too – I must admit.
Not because his remarks were false. But simply because you don't expect someone in that position to make such comments. Having said these, by directing those comments at certain audiences he might have had messages to send and/or political points to score. To that end, he basically had three different audiences. Domestically, he had his conservative political opponents and Iranian public in Iran while internationally, his messages targeted his government's opponents at the 5+1 table.
His conservative opponents in Iran I am the least concerned as they are all on board the same ship–the Islamic Republic. This is despite a hard time the conservatives have been giving him and his newly elected president Rouhani since the beginning of the negotiation. None of them, however, is in a position to interpret the arrangement with the West fails. Damage to the ship is not an option! Therefore the FM knew he would be safe in making those sort of comments questioning the country's military capabilities, that is mainly the Revolutionary Guards or better say the military arm of the Supreme Leader and his conservative cronies. The fact that he said it and his government still on track to see its Geneva agreement with the West is going through its first stage, 6 months, without serious ramifications, proves the fact that they know the ship is on the table!
This has somewhat turned the Iranian public, as the main domestic audience Mr Zarif may have had in mind when uttered the words, into his target audience. He and his president Rouhani have always held the line that "having centrifuges spinning in our country is a good thing but our people's and the country's economy must be running too", said President Rouhani. Emphasis is added. By this the conservatives, read the Ayatollah, realize the fact, introducing president Rouhani's government and its policies is the corroborating evidence of their realization, that the Iranian public and their welfare is a decisive factor in the ship's ability to sail; at least for now! That was why the Ayatollah and his conservatives' camp didn't go farther than those few MPs' shouting for the removal of Mr Zarif. After all they are the real ones polling strings behind the scene.
The third audience Mr Zarif had message to send to was the 5+1 countries. They received his message well. As recently as yesterday president Obama clearly expressed his utmost wish to avert war. He stated that he would veto any attempt by the US Congress to introduce new adverse measures against Iran. It is not that the US is not able to demolish the Islamic Republic's military capabilities in a short period of time, but perhaps it is because any military option can't be, and would not be, limited to a surgical strike. Who would be that silly to injure a snake and leave it in his house?! A house that one of its many rooms occupied by millions of young educated people. The White House and president Obama are on the right path, again at least for now! Because a military action would be a big thing; even though Mr Zarif may have been right in saying: "the US can destroy our entire Military Defense System with a single missile". It must go all the way to ensure a regime change in Iran.


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Just how serious is the Federal debt ceiling crisis?
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The United States, for all the woes of our current economy, for all the worry we have about China eclipsing us as a world power, is still, going away, the world's largest economy. We employ over 139 million people and generate a staggering Gross Domestic Product of $14.8 Trillion. These are encouraging numbers. But behind this massive economic engine is a government that is very close to defaulting on its own financial obligations.
If the government were a business, we might be able to work out a deal with our creditors or perhaps even declare bankruptcy. But that's not an option. Our creditors are far too numerous, our debts too big, and as for bankruptcy, we can't do that either. Even states hardly ever do that. In fact, only one state in our nation's history, Arkansas, during the height of the Great Depression, has ever declared bankruptcy. For governments, it's just not an alternative.
So, what exactly do we do when the debt ceiling, our own internal permission to borrow, runs out? The logical course might be to extend that limit and cover your bills. But that's not the way this is playing
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Historically, religion and Presidential politics have never been that far apart. Thomas Jefferson, never one to follow the crowd, took some heat for his views on religion. In fact, he was so free thinking, that he even wrote his own version of the Bible.
Abraham Lincoln, while a deeply religious man, was criticized for not aligning himself with a particular denomination. In his era, to many, this was deeply disturbing. A century later, John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, had to convince a still skeptical America, that, "…he wouldn't be taking his orders from the Pope."
In 1976, Jimmy Carter introduced America to yet another religious phenomenon. Carter was a born again Christian. 35 years ago, for many, particularly the media, this was a new concept. Now, in 2012, there is a new religious twist in American politics. Two of the leading
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As I write this I am looking at one of the most unusual and now most treasured gifts I could have asked for. It's a small, finely detailed model of a ship. And no, it's not an aircraft carrier, a battleship, a destroyer, or a minesweeper. It's a survey ship called the U.S.S. Sumner. My Dad served on it during World War II and his memories of that ship, and his time as a member of its crew, were some of the most precious of his life. My Dad died 25 years ago and I have tried over the years to keep some of the memories of this quirky, but beloved little ship alive.
Of course, there isn't much left to go on. The post war draw down was fast and the Sumner was scrapped in 1946. Save for some photos, and a wonderful ship's
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There is one stark reality about our current economic situation. Namely, that you don't have to be out of work to be living on the edge. And what's more, the number of people teetering on that edge seems to growing larger and larger. True, the economy may be recovering, but for many, the normal sense of security that comes with an improving economic situation remains elusive.
For some, living on the edge has been "situation normal" for most of their working lives. Often, they're simply called the working poor. Most are hard to count since few are on any kind of relief or assistance. Many work at jobs that pay more than minimum wage, but not much more. They
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Goodnight, Marshall Dillon: Gunsmoke actor dies at 88
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Like most boys in the early 1960s I loved westerns. And, oh by the way, at age 52, I still do. But in days gone by my affection for the genre was rather intense. I was very proud of my toy six shooter and its accompanying Winchester rifle. I wore my cowboy hat everywhere and I had a host of "Johnny West" action figures. I was hooked and fortunately the major television networks were ready to comply. In 1965, while Peyton Place may have brought in record audiences, it was the TV western that dominated network programming. And at the top of the list, as something of the jewel of the TV westerns of the era, there was Gunsmoke.
It starred a strong-willed, straight-talking sheriff named Matt Dillon, his love interest, but not quite love interest, Kitty, the always wise "Doc," and of
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During the debate over health care reform, one of the cries from its opponents, and at times, from its supporters, was that we simply couldn't have a direct payer system. Words like un-American, anti-free enterprise, and oh yes, dangerous, were repeatedly tossed about. But many Americans are often surprised to know that America has had a classic, almost European style direct payer system for 46 years. It's Medicare and it's the primary source of medical coverage for Americans over the age of 65.
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On the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC, PBS remains the gold standard for coverage of campaign finance reform while other broadcast networks show room for improvement, according to a Media Matters review of their evening and Sunday news shows over the past 16 months. While coverage of the subject has increased across the board, with CBS in particular showing a substantial increase, a sizable fraction of the increase is due to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) raising the issue in interviews on Sunday programs, rather than proactive efforts by journalists to cover campaign finance reform.
Broadcast evening news programs were once again virtually silent on congressional Republicans' attempt to restrict women's access to reproductive health care by pushing an extreme 20-week ban through the Senate. The same outlets ignored a GOP-controlled House vote on a similar bill in May.
Broadcast nightly news programs have remained silent on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) over the past three months of weekday programming, even as Congress is scheduled to vote this week on whether to grant President Obama authority to finalize the terms of the massive trade deal. The coverage blackout continues a trend extending back to 2013.
On May 12, the Senate plans to vote on legislation that would grant "fast-track" trade promotion authority to Obama as he attempts to complete negotiations among the 12 member nations that comprise the TPP. "Once Congress grants a president trade promotion authority, lawmakers have the ability to vote up or down on a final trade agreement, but they forfeit the right to amend the deal or filibuster it," The New York Times explained.
Debates over the merits of the deal itself and of granting the president trade promotion authority have erupted among Democratic and Republican members of Congress, but coverage of the negotiations has been largely absent from evening news programming on the major broadcast networks.
A Media Matters analysis of ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC's Nightly News from August 1, 2013, through May 10, 2015, found that the programs completely ignored the trade negotiations and related policy debates. Only PBS NewsHour devoted substantive coverage to the TPP, with 14 total segments:
Coverage of the TPP among major cable outlets has been similarly one-sided. Since August 1, 2013, MSNBC has mentioned the Trans-Pacific Partnership in 124 evening and primetime segments, the overwhelming majority of which (103) came during The Ed Show. Fox News trails far behind with just 12 mentions of the TPP over that time period, 10 of which have come since February 1, 2015. CNN has been almost completely absent from the discussion, registering only 2 mentions of the trade negotiations:
Previous research, including Media Matters' methodology, on the lack of media attention for Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations dating to August 2013 can be found here, and here.
A segment on PBS' Newshour provided an example of how media should cover racial disparities in school discipline and educational achievement -- as well as a stark contrast with how right-wing media outlets have covered the same issues.
On the April 1 edition of PBS' Newshour, April Brown reported on the beginning of a new initiative in Washington, DC called the Empowering Males of Color initiative, and noted that some are concerned that the focus on boys of color leaves girls of color behind. The segment featured Kimberlé Crenshaw, a UCLA law professor, who pointed to the greater racial disparity in school discipline for girls than boys. The report went on to cover broader racial disparities in education, including the lower college graduation rate, and after-school programs such as Higher Achievement that are designed to help both boys and girls of color.
The Newshour segment was detailed and thoughtful -- providing a striking contrast with the way these issues have been discussed in right-wing outlets. Bill O'Reilly recently covered programs designed to reduce racial disparities in school discipline by declaring that "liberal mayors all over the country are making it easier for violent students to remain in public schools." National Review Online has published several articles that painted an image of black children as inherently more likely to need discipline: a post by Heather Mac Donald said it was "common sense that black students are more likely to be disruptive"; another post cited the "lack of impulse control" of black students (as evidenced, she argued, by higher crime rates among black people). An NRO editorial described optional guidelines from the Department of Justice and the Department of Education to address these disparities as being the administration's "most foolhardy idea yet"; Fox News host Megyn Kelly bashed that same DOJ policy as "handcuffing our educators" and needlessly "bringing race into it."
Newshour's nuanced discussion on racial and gender disparities in education seems far out of reach for outlets like Fox and NRO, which fall at the first hurdle in attributing racial disparities to the characteristics of children of color, and not systemic injustice.
In 2014, PBS NewsHour provided far more climate change-related segments and interviewed far more climate scientists than the nightly news programs at ABC and NBC, while also outperforming CBS. Additionally, like CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour managed to avoid airing any segments that provided a platform for climate science deniers, whereas NBC Nightly News and ABC's World News Tonight both featured a segment in which a guest either denied that climate change is occurring or questioned the scientific findings of the National Climate Assessment.
Although it airs for twice as long as its broadcast network counterparts, PBS NewsHour's number of climate segments and scientists more than made up for this difference, particularly in comparison to ABC's World News Tonight. PBS NewsHour, which runs for 60 minutes, aired 45 reports last year that covered climate change. By comparison, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and ABC's World News Tonight, which are each 30 minute programs, aired 22, 14, and 11 climate-related reports in 2014, respectively. PBS NewsHour's 45 climate-related reports were a substantial increase over 2013, when the program aired 35 such reports.
PBS NewsHour also provided scientific perspectives in climate change stories more often than any of the other major networks, interviewing or quoting 27 scientists over the course of the year. In comparison, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News interviewed or quoted 11 and 7 scientists, respectively, while ABC's World News Tonight interviewed or quoted just two scientists.
Scientists lent their insight on a range of topics on PBS NewsHour, providing perspective on landmark reports on climate change, describing the impact of climate change on wildlife habitats, and illustrating how climate change is already having an impact on communities in places as disparate as Alaska and Florida. For example, in a two-part special on climate change's impacts in Alaska, PBS NewsHour interviewed paleoclimatologists, geophysicists, oceanographers, and ecologists to detail how climate change is threatening local wildlife and a centuries-old way of life for many Alaskans.
The recent announcement by NOAA and NASA that 2014 was the warmest year on record should serve as the starkest reminder yet that climate change is an issue deserving of mainstream media coverage. The networks' nightly news programs -- and ABC's World News Tonight in particular -- would do well to follow PBS NewsHour's lead by improving the quality and quantity of their climate change coverage.
This January marks the fifth anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC, the 2010 Supreme Court case that expanded the idea of "corporate personhood" by ruling that the First Amendment protects a corporation's right to make unlimited expenditures in support of political candidates as a form of speech. Network news coverage of its legal impact, however, has largely ignored how the Supreme Court continues to aggressively expand the decision.
This expansion of corporate rights has wide-ranging consequences, even outside of the context of campaign finance deregulation. The court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, for example, seemed to embrace the idea that corporations are capable of morally objecting to contraception coverage, co-opting yet another constitutional right -- that of religion -- that had previously been reserved for people, not businesses.
In terms of election law, the conservative justices further dismantled campaign finance restrictions in 2014's McCutcheon v. FEC, which struck down aggregate campaign donation limits and allowed wealthy donors to contribute money to a virtually unlimited number of candidates and political parties. The court will hear yet another campaign finance case on January 20 called Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar, which could strike down a Florida rule that prohibits judicial candidates from directly soliciting money from donors -- a rule that was put in place in response to a serious corruption scandal that resulted in the resignations of four Florida Supreme Court justices.
Yet despite the cascade of decisions from conservative justices intent on dismantling campaign finance regulations and rewriting corporate rights -- and the majority of Americans who support a constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United -- the media have largely underreported this story.
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Evening television news outlets have largely not reported on two important cases issued by the Supreme Court that rolled back workplace anti-discrimination law, despite the urgent call for congressional action issued by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her dual dissents.
Ginsburg, in addition to being one of the most accomplished justices in history due to her trailblazing civil rights work, has also been a crucial participant in the dialogue between the Court and Congress over the scope of anti-discrimination law. Most famously, it was Ginsburg who successfully called upon Congress to act after the notorious Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) decision, when the conservative majority twisted the intent of Title VII's protections against employment discrimination to make it easier to illegally pay women less than their colleagues.
When the five conservative justices once again attacked Title VII at the end of the Court's latest term and similarly dismissed long-standing law to make it harder for workers to protect themselves from sex and race discrimination, Ginsburg reprised her liberal dissent and asked Congress to undo the conservative damage to this vital component of the Civil Rights Act.
But a Media Matters search of Nexis transcripts since these two opinions were issued reveals that not only have most network and cable evening news programs completely ignored Ginsburg's plea to Congress to take corrective action and "restore the robust protections against workplace harassment the Court weakens" - similar to what legislators did in passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - they are not reporting on the two new Title VII decisions at all. PBS' The NewsHour was the sole exception, with a solitary mention.
While this most recent term will rightly be remembered in part for the important step forward the Court took in according the LGBT community with equal civil rights under law, it will also go down in history as a term where protections for other groups were rolled back, most significantly in the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Indeed, the Court's rightward jerk under Chief Justice John Roberts was even more apparent in the continuation of closely divided pro-business decisions that undermine regulations and law that guard against corporate abuse. As reported by NBCNews.com, "[i]n one measure of the strong term for corporations, the Chamber of Commerce was on the winning side for 14 of the 17 cases in which it filed briefs, and a perfect 8-0 in closely divided cases."
A day after yet another comprehensive fact-check poked holes into a study from the conservative Heritage Foundation on the costs of immigration reform, PBS' NewsHour aired a segment with the study's co-author in which it treated the report's conclusions as legitimate. But as experts and conservatives have noted, there is nothing remotely sound about the study's methodology, which renders its conclusion that reform would cost $6.3 trillion invalid.
On June 4, FactCheck.org published a definitive fact-check of the Heritage study that outlined several problems with the report's underlying assumptions, including the fact that the report is not an analysis of the bill currently being debated in the Senate.
FactCheck noted that one of the report's authors, Robert Rector, has admitted that "some aspects of the bill, such as increasing green cards or legal permanent residence visas for high-skill workers, would likely lower the cost projection." Other problems it identified included:
But on the June 5 edition of PBS' NewsHour, Rector's wild conclusions were treated with credibility. Host Ray Suarez introduced the discussion -- which also featured Center for American Progress visiting fellow Robert Lynch -- as a debate on the "contrasting views on what immigration reform would cost, and whether it would help or hurt the U.S. economy."
Media coverage of the debt ceiling frequently claims that raising the limit without simultaneous spending cuts would give President Obama a "blank check," repeating a pattern of promoting this false narrative -- or failing to correct it -- that occurred during the unprecedented brinkmanship of 2011. The phrase implies that the debt ceiling governs additional spending desired by the White House, when in fact it is a restriction on the executive branch's ability to borrow money to pay for spending measures already enacted by Congress.
Despite hundreds of thousands of petitions asking for a question on climate change, former PBS NewsHour host Jim Lehrer did not ask the candidates what they would do to address manmade global warming as moderator of the first presidential debate. Even more stunning, Lehrer did not ask a single question about the environment or energy issues.
Lehrer, who currently serves as NewsHour's executive editor, said at the outset of the debate that he wanted to focus on "specifics." Yet while both President Obama and Mitt Romney brought up energy issues frequently, the moderator never pressed them on distortions made on these issues. And neither Lehrer nor the candidates raised climate change, which was discussed in each of the last three sets of presidential debates. In both 2000 and in 2008, the debates featured specific questions on climate change, and Republican and Democratic candidates each acknowledged the issue.
Last week, groups including the League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation delivered more than 160,000 petitions to Lehrer urging him to ask Obama and Romney "how they will confront the greatest challenge of our generation -- climate change."
Their calls came amid increasing criticism of Obama and Romney for remaining largely silent on climate change, even as polling shows that a majority of undecided voters will weigh candidates' climate positions when they cast their ballots.
Just last month, NewsHour drew fire for turning to climate change contrarian Anthony Watts, a meteorologist, as a counterpoint to the scientific consensus on climate change. NewsHour did not disclose Watts' connection to the Heartland Institute, which is partly funded by corporations with an interest in obscuring climate science. Soon after, PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler acknowledged that the segment "was not the PBS NewsHour's finest 10 minutes" and said he found it "stunning" that Watts had been picked instead of "a university-accredited scientist to provide 'balance.'" But it remained to be seen whether PBS would re-commit itself to informing its audience and holding politicians accountable for the problems of the day. Tonight's debate indicated that PBS has not taken the criticism it has received seriously. Indeed, shortly after closing remarks, Watts gloated on his blog that climate was not mentioned.
Last night, PBS NewsHour turned to meteorologist and climate change contrarian Anthony Watts to "counterbalance" the mainstream scientific opinions presented by the program. This false balance is a disservice to PBS' viewers, made worse by the program's failure to explain Watts' connection to the Heartland Institute, an organization that receives funding from some corporations with a financial interest in confusing the public on climate science.
While PBS mentioned that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that manmade global warming is occurring, it did not reflect this consensus by giving significant airtime to Watts' contrarian views. The segment presented Watts as the counterbalance to scientists that believe in manmade global warming -- every time a statement that reflects the scientific consensus was aired, in came Watts to cast doubt in viewers' minds. As 66 percent of Americans incorrectly think that "there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether or not global warming is happening," news organizations need to be careful not to contribute to this confusion.
The segment focused on the findings of physicist Richard Muller, who was previously skeptical of climate science, and decided to embark on a study to re-examine the data. Muller's work was partially funded by the Koch Brothers, who fund climate contrarian groups like the Heartland Institute, and he collaborated with Watts to address his concerns about the reliability of the temperature record. Watts stated at the time, "I'm prepared to accept whatever result they produce, even if it proves my premise wrong." But after Muller reconfirmed the surface temperature record that has been constructed by several scientific groups and is consistent with satellite temperature records, Watts continued to dispute it. Yet in the full interview with Watts that PBS posted online, reporter Spencer Michels did not challenge Watts once, instead asking questions like, "What's the thing that bothers you the most about people who say there's lots of global warming?"
In the online report, Michels revealed that he got in contact with Watts through the Heartland Institute -- which he failed to mention on-air. Segments like this one on PBS are the very goal of groups like the Heartland Institute, as the New York Times' Andrew Revkin explained:
The norm of journalistic balance has been exploited by opponents of emissions curbs. Starting in the late 1990s, big companies whose profits were tied to fossil fuels recognized they could use this journalistic practice to amplify the inherent uncertainties in climate projections and thus potentially delay cuts in emissions from burning those fuels. Perhaps the most glaring evidence of this strategy was a long memo written by Joe Walker, who worked in public relations at the American Petroleum Industry, that surfaced in 1998. According to this ''Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan,'' first revealed by my colleague John Cushman at the New York Times, ''Victory will be achieved when uncertainties in climate science become part of the conventional wisdom'' for ''average citizens'' and ''the media'' (Cushman 1998). The action plan called for scientists to be recruited, be given media training, highlight the questions about climate, and downplay evidence pointing to dangers. Since then, industry-funded groups have used the media's tradition of quoting people with competing views to convey a state of confusion even as consensus on warming has built.
In addition to being promoted by Heartland, Watts was paid by the Heartland Institute for his work on temperature stations. Yet PBS left out that fact, even as it aired Watts suggesting that 97 percent of climate scientists are lying in order to be paid by the allegedly lucrative global warming "business":
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In reports on the confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, numerous media outlets quoted Sen. Jeff Sessions' assertion that he would not vote for a justice who would rely on personal experience to decide cases. But Sessions voted to confirm Samuel Alito, who highlighted the importance of his personal experience during his hearing.
New York Times columnist David Brooks asserted of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: "She's evangelical, but she's pretty progressive on gay and lesbian issues. She's for drilling in ANWR [Arctic National Wildlife Refuge], but she talks about global warming quite a lot." But Palin has reportedly said of global warming, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made," a position at odds with findings by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; she has also reportedly opposed giving spousal benefits to same-sex partners of public employees.


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Actress Lucy Liu will open the world-famous new year (05) sale at exclusive London department store Harrods.
The Charlie's Angels beauty will jet into the British capital in time for the opening ceremony at 9am on 3 January (05), where she will wear $3.6 million (GBP2 million) worth of jewellery loaned to her by store owner MOHAMMED AL FAYED.
The 37-year-old enthuses, "I am so thrilled to be invited to open the world-famous Harrods sale. It is such a wonderful tradition and I am truly honoured to be a part of it. Like many others I hope to pick up a few bargains while I am there."
CONOR NOLAN, a spokesperson for Harrods, adds, "We are once again absolutely delighted to have such a great star as Lucy Liu to open the sale. Mr Fayed is really looking forward to welcoming Lucy to London after Christmas."
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The gardens and water features have been carefully selected and home owners are busy putting the final touches on tidying everything up in anticipation of the annual Plants, Ponds, Paradise tour. We look foreward to seeing many enjoying the gardens. This year tickets will be available to purchase at Garden #1, at 361 NW 58th PL. Des Moines, and Garden #4, at 1050 1st Ave. South, Altoona. Also located at Garden #4 we will have information available on building and careing for your own garden water feature. Tickets are once again $10.00 per person. Everyone over the age of six (6) years is required to have a ticket.
We will also be collecting non-perishable food items for the Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry. We are proud to have partnered with DMARC the past three years and are happy to be able to increase the donations each year thanks to our fellow garden enthusiasts.
At the end of the tour we will be drawing for a gift certificate to Johnnie's Italian Steak House, so remember to complete the survey on the back of your ticket and leave it at the last garden you visit to be entered in the drawing.
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James Patterson's "Cross My Heart," new at No. 1 on the hardcover fiction list, is Patterson's seventh novel to reach that list in 2013.
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|THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 19, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics.) Rick and the survivors make their move against Negan and his "saviors," sparking the flames that will lead to an inevitable war.
|THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1, by Robert Kirkman and others. (Image Comics.) This massive collected edition - over 1,000 pages - reprints the first 48 issues of "The Walking Dead."
|THE COMPLETE CALVIN AND HOBBES, by Bill Watterson. (Andrews McMeel Publishing.) Enjoy all the antics of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes in one deluxe collection.
|THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics.) This collected edition, of issues 49-96, follows Rick and his group of survivors as they try to stay alive — with zombies and some humans against them.
|AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER: THE SEARCH, PART 3, by Gene Luen Yang and others. (Dark Horse.) Fire Lord Zuko's insane sister, Azula, shows her true colors while Avatar Aang travels to the spirit world.
|SMILE, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic.) This graphic novel memoir depicts the social lows of braces, an earthquake, boy troubles, frenemies and other plagues of the sixth grade.
|MARCH: BOOK ONE, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. (Top Shelf Productions.) Congressman John Lewis from Georgia chronicles his life in the civil rights movement. Artwork is by Nate Powell.
|DRAMA, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic.) Middle school drama becomes much more intense when Callie becomes the stage manager for a production of "Moon Over Mississippi."
|BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, by Julie Maroh. (Arsenal Pulp Press.) In this graphic novel a young woman named Clémentine begins a journey of love and sexual awakening after she meets the blue-haired Emma.
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Ok so I turn up today hoping to go for a ride and this is what I found.
OMG!!! Sorry that you had to cut his mane, but hey, it will eventually grow long again and I really think that a short mane fits your horse quite good. Just wait until it's grown a little bit and your horse will look great again!
What was in his mane? Was is just mud?
Yeah what was it? Couldn't you brush/wash it out? I guess its too late now.
Yeah ChingazMyBoy, that's why I was wondering. D: I would never roach my horses' manes. I don't mind the look on some horses, but nothing beats long flowing manes. :D
Wow, are those the prickly little burrs that have the hooks on then end of each spine that it takes about a month just to get one out? YIKES!! How is it that he managed to find the entire patch and the sorrel didn't have even one? LOL. I am sorry that you had to roach him but it is just hair and it will grow back out eventually. :)
Cockle-burrs :evil: I have a major OCD about them growing in my pasture. I run out with a herbicide and spray them dead whenever I see them. Major bane to horse owners. If you drop one of the little nasty seed burs on the ground 5 will grow in its place. I always toss them in the trash when I find one.
Just FYI
They look like this when growing. they do get taller than this about 2' tall
Here is the plant with the mature seed heads (burs)
Oh no!! That happened to me except it was my horses tail!! Next time before you jump to cutting it, try the old trick of peanut butter. Or get a huge bottle of conditioner and let it sit in his maine all night. It will work trust me!
You can get it out but it will take time.
:shock::lol:Peanut Butter?!?!?! Do tell... :D
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My Life as a Military GirlfriendI hold no formal recognition with the powers that be. I am at the bottom of the chain. I hold no Military ID card, I am not a dependent or a parent. The man I love may face unspeakable dangers, and I am at the mercy of those who possess this recognition for news. I understand this and accept this.
I am a military girlfriend.
I have promised to be here for him upon his return, no matter how long he is away. People may say I am insane for making such a commitment with no guarantees, but I hold onto our promises and have faith that he will come home safe to me. I know full well that my love for him fuels him in the worst of times.
I am a military girlfriend.
There is no ring on my finger to symbolize our commitment, though I love him no less for it. I hope every day that he will be able call because a simple 30-second phone call can bring the greatest spectrum of emotions, smiling with tears in my eyes from so much joy and pain. My relationship is based on a brief communication where "I love you and I'm okay" speaks more than volumes and gives me the strength to keep going.
I am a military girlfriend.
I take no moment spent together for granted. I hold onto every touch, caress, kiss, every word. I have memorized the feel of his skin, his smell, the sound of his voice, and I play it over and over in my mind so that I will not forget. I cry myself to sleep some nights because missing him hurts so badly, but wake up the next morning, brush myself off, and start a new day.
I am a military girlfriend.
The events of the next several months hold my life, my love, and my future in the balance. When you watch the news reports, you may turn away and go about your business relatively unaffected. When I watch news stories of the war I do not see nameless soldiers a half a world away. I see individuals who will be orever changed by war. News of every casualty causes me physical pain and deep sadness.
I am a military girlfriend; not a spouse or family member. When you say your prayers for the wives, mothers, and fathers, please don't forget about me.
This is quite true. On the other hand, you may be one of several military girlfriends of the same guy without knowing it; I know, that's what my uncle did. There is really no way the system can recognize you unless you're in some form of obvious common-law relationship with a few years behind you, or unless you made sure you were a little special, if only as far as administrative paperwork goes, by getting him to marry you.
Thank you. I've been feeling this. Ugh, makes my heart heavy.
You mean boy. The boy you love. He's not a man. A man would know the difference between a war and slaughter. Your military is in half a dozen illegal wars for profit and geopolitical leveraging. Men understand conflict, before they take part in it. Your boyfriend is a stupid little boy.
Doesn't the comment section request that people reply with authenticity, support, and respect? I'm pretty sure this isn't the time or place to go bashing people for your political views. Have a little respect for people who make sacrifices. Not everyone that joins the military goes out for "slaughter".
As for the writer, my heart goes out to you. As a navy girlfriend, I understand the meaning of those calls that range usually from 30 seconds to five minutes.
There's nothing political about what I just said, that's simply the truth. If you don't like it I suggest you find out what's going on around you, because you're ignorant. And I'm sure you find that insulting, because nobody's allowed to tell you when you're wrong, you're perfect after all. Am I right, or am I right?
Your country has already been found guilty of 2 genocides by international courts in just the last 15 months. You are not a legitimate state, you're a terrorist state and it's about time we put an end to your crimes. Ofcourse you're not going to agree with the charges, admit to the crime or do the right thing. Because you're complicit. You would rather me lie to you, myself and everyone else for the sake of the lie.
You have made an immense mistake, I'm guessing you never actually understood any of this to begin with, but that's no excuse. It's time for you to make a decision about what side you're really on.
This is the wrong forum for your hate speech. There are countless other places on the internet for you besides a post about a girl who loves her boyfriend. If you have such strong opinions, but take no action against them, then you are just as empty and cowardly as your comments here. I have served in the US Military for nearly 17 years now including three "combat deployments". Despite this, I have never shot, stabbed, killed, wounded, maimed or otherwise harmed another human being. Nor has anyone I know. My career field is fixing radios, encryption devices, night vision and other electronics for the military. What I HAVE done while not killing is hand out food, water and school supplies to families and children that the Taliban stole from in order to supplement their own stocks. I have given out my own personal food and water to women and children when the truck of handouts emptied. I have helped to rebuild a school in Iraq. I have sat alongside a suspected bomber in an Army hospital- who was handcuffed to a stretcher- while my blood went out in an IV, into a little machine, and in turn into him. The fact that he triggered a bomb that took a dear friends leg and killed several innocent civilian locals was irrelevant to me. He needed help, and that's what we do. When healed and recovered he would be able to stand trial, but until that time we were to care for him and ensure his health. That's what separates the US Military from its cowardly foes in the middle east. Humanity in the face of any adversity, no matter what you- who have never seen it firsthand- believe.
Back to my original point. If you want to argue the supposed crimes of the US, fine. If you want to argue the evils committed by 1% of 1% of the military- who are swiftly brought to justice within the UCMJ, fine. But don't do it here. Leave the poor girlfriend alone. She has more than enough to worry about as it is. Be the man you endlessly rabble on about, not the "boy" you claim "the other guy" is.
I'm sure that's what the veterans of the second world war told themselves, that their enemy was just doing their job. Because more than 99 percent of them were, and that's exactly how tyrants gain their power, boys that take part in conflict they don't understand.
You're telling me I don't know he's a boy when I know beyond any doubt what so ever that he is, atleast by your own societies definition. This individual can't so much as have a beer, let alone own a brewery or buy their own home. But we're supposed to let them make life or death decisions on behalf of the country? That's exactly the type of logic I'd expect from a country run by and for little boys. Simple little people that in any other time or place in history, would have learned their place is not policing the world.
1) The girl's age says 16-18, but that's no indication of the age of her boyfriend. He could easily be over 21, depending on her particular states legalities- which would of course give him full legality to drink, vote et al. Personally I'll be 38 next month. Call me a boy all you want; it doesn't bother me. Hell, it's something of a compliment. But the fact remains that boys sit at home and talk about social and political change while men go out and experience things firsthand. They make a decision to attempt to change things themselves, even if in a miniscule way. Which brings me to my other point;
2) Until *you* actually decide to get off your *** and do something to change what you perceive as wrongs and misdoings, you will in fact continue to be the one viewed as a boy, while this girls boyfriend, regardless of age, will be viewed as more of a man. I shouldn't need to iterate how age and maturity are not necessarily exclusive. Again, not a fight I particularly sought out, but just a reminder that this is not the forum for your hate speech.
Ah, all that is lost in assumptions.
You don't know anything about me, do you? I've had friends killed by your government, it's captured my girlfriend in what I think is an attempt to deter me, they tried to kidnap me in February. I'm Canadian, but the people who run your country are criminals, and criminals have no boarders. That's why I'm fighting them, they're not just a threat domestically to their own country, they are to everyone else as well.
Why do you think I'm on here? to communicate with the people. I am at war with your government, for you and myself. Their goal is to completely dominate us as a species, control every aspect of our lives, even our minds. And I really don't care if you take me seriously, but if you know what's good for you, you'll take what I have to say seriously. It's all being done to you right now. They're collecting data to build profiles of every living person. Your military is just one small part of this, they mostly use it to crush nations that don't play ball.
"I am at war with your government, for you and myself."
First of all, you're not at war for me. I fight my own wars; always have, always will.
Second, you're Canadian and you're saying your friends were killed and your girlfriend captured- in Canada? Or in the US? If you're one of the conspiracy theorists who believe the US Government is out to control the minds and actions of everyone on the planet, then respectfully I wish you would just drink the koolaid already.
Third, we can debate the issues all day every day. (when I'm not working of course) But the bottom line is that this particular page was created by a girl expressing love for her boyfriend. You chose to attack her because of your own personal beliefs. That is equatable to the Muslims in Pakistan posting all over the internet that anyone who so much as looks at them funny should (and supposedly will) be executed. Canada is a great nation, it's where my heritage is from. (My grandmother moved to the states from Canada at 18 unable to speak any English at the time) If you want to discuss or debate this, fine. Do it on a page created for it. Make one yourself. If you want to discuss/debate with me, send me a link. Or just email me and I will be happy to continue this. But don't drag down this girls page over this. It's just plain silly.
You fight your own wars, yet you own no property, you have no rights and no representation with plenty of taxes. That sounds like slavery to me, I don't know what your definition is.
I'm not dragging anyone down, I'm lifting them up. Anybody ignorant enough not to see that might as well blast themselves, because there's no hope they'll ever wake the **** up. Telling someone they have cancer isn't lovely, but it is the best chance they have. You're sitting here telling me to pretend this society doesn't have cancer so a few ignorant kids can keep listening to One Direction tapping on their ****** i-diotPhone. I say our freedom and future is worth more than the comforts ill afforded of the unwilling.
I\'m sure your own nation is one hundred percent blameless for the entirety of its history. Grow up.
That's a really beautiful poem. I can feel how much you love him and he's so lucky to have you..
There are thousands of military spouses that are in your same boat because their partner is same sex. Regardless of your oppinions on lifestyle find support in those who share your battles. Stay strong for you loved one, may he come home safely.
hey! thats a good story there. i am a army girlfriend. we are engaged but not married yet. my partner is based in germany and i am in the uk so our time together is special. like the rest have said i know how yu feel 😊x
Absolutely beautiful:)
Amazing poem. I'm here for u grl. I kno full well exactly wut ur feeling. Stay strong. I'm happy mine's here at home. He was on tour 5 years n has been in the reseve ever since. He's a sergeant n constantly busy training, drilling. It drives me cray, but I kno this is his lifestyle n have accepted it, like we all do. Keep ur head up.
I love this, it is beautiful and poetic. I am right there with you, we are military girlfriends.
I know how you feel. I am also a military girlfriend. If you want to talk about the stresses hit me up.
she's the girl from " dear john!" aha!! Knew it.
Awesome :)
I think you should is a soldier for you girlfriend are proud. Allow me to invite you to a nice community:_ Uniformedmate. Com _ (civilian looking to meet someone in the military).It is the worlds largest military and armed forces community and this site online with over 4 million members.Over the years, we have achieved tremendous success in bringing military singles and admirers together.
i\'m interested in that site.. =)
this is so true...
Story of my life:) Explains military girlfriends perfectly! :)
It sound's VERY close to the video that actually made me deside to start looking for a community of Girlfriends.
It's gorgeous. You guys should all go look at it?
I love this <3
Same situation I'm in, good luck girl I am here for you!
So beautiful
awwwww :( this made me cry
i miss my boyfriend so much that i just wish i could give him a call :/
I cride when i read this........................................
reading this poem my heart sped up racing hitting me flat in the face how much i love my boyfriend i really wish he was home with me here today
this is exactly how i felt! Stay strong though!! youre in my prayers!
I cried when I read this...My boyfriend hasn't left yet, and all of you are so inspiring to me, you all give me so much hope.
I cried when I read this...My boyfriend hasn't left yet, and all of you are so inspiring to me, you all give me so much hope.
This poem means so much. I've witnessed my cousins wife go through every emotion and every word this poem describes. I never thought I'd be one to experience this but my boyfriend is leaving for basic on July 2nd, he will be gone until Christmas. And even though we are young, it hurts more and more to know that each day gets closer to that date. I wish all of you luck and pray your men come home safely to such wonderful people.
My boyfriend is in Afghanistan, he hasn't been able to call me or email me in 3 days. I'm new to this so I'm not sure if that is normal for a civilian that is under contract. We have emailed for 3 weeks now and I haven't heard his voice for that long. I am a mess, I feel so weak and vulnerable, I do not understand how other people do it, I feel like he has forgotten about me, or that he doesn't love me anymore. Can someone help me understand?
This is beautiful, my boyfriend is deploying soon for Cop Zerok, Afghanistan, I will miss him so much, right now he's stationed 6 hours away and I dont get to see him nearly as much as i'd like to. he leaves in the morning for NTC in california, so no contact for up to 30 days. this poem describes everything that it is to be a military girlfriend, thank you for sharing it :)
This also makes me cry every time I read this... My boyfriend is still in A school and will graduate in feb... But he has been told they have a good chance to deploy right away when he gets stationed... I dread for this day to come but I know that it will ... Stay strong.
This has been my favorite poem since my airman was deployed. Every bit of it rings true deep down.
This post is truly amazing and means a lot to me. My bf is in basic trainging right now at Fort Benning Geogia and I miss him like crazy everyday. I know itl be hard but at the same time this will make us stronger than ever before. There have been times where I cry myself to sleep, but then I wake up the next moring grateful for my soldier and proud to be all his. I will keep you all in prayers. :)
My boyfriend is in Afghan...& Im only 17 . The things I do for him.<3
I seriously love this i started crying when i read this cause its true (: thankyou so much
wow this is amazing, im speechless </3
This poem is perfect, its exactly how it really is. I am new to this website and I would really like to have people to relate too. My boyfriends deploying to Iraq in august and im really nervous on how to deal with the whole thing..
This is the first time I read this and it honestly made me cry my eyes out. That is a perfect desc<x>ription of what it feels like to be in this situation. It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one that feels this way.

My boyfriend and I have been in love for 6 years, but we have had kind of a disjointed relationship because of the circumstances we've been dealing with. He joined almost 3 years ago. As soon as he finished basic he was sent to Korea for 2 years. Last month he came home and I saw his for the first time since he joined. It was amazing, I can't even explain. Now he is gone again, to Alabama this time for flight school. And it sucks. The one think I can say though, he isn't in Iraq and wont be for the next two years.

Thank you so much for posting this, I will never forget these words.
I haven't seen my boyfriend in over a year...I swear it gets harder and harder to remember him as the days go by. The short talks on skype don't do any justice...but it's all I have. I love my boyfriend more than anything in the world. I just wish I could see him and hold him close. He's the man of my dreams and I couldn't ask for more. This poem explains the feelings I have for him as well as many girls have for their Soldiers. It's perfect.
This poem made me cry and he hasn't even left yet!! I am a new military girlfriend but I can imagine what I will go through once he is off in another counrty somewheres. Too far for my arms to grab and hold him, too far to call his name to get a responce, too far for my seeing him. I fully support his decision, and Im proud of him for making something of himself if not for me, then for himself. I'm not however a big fan of missing him at the level all you girls are talking about. But we have to be strong right? I will do this for him. I love my soldier!!
~what a good post!!

now i can say that i am a full pledge certified military girlfriend!!!!

~i love you samoza!!!!!!
Hi. I just totally balled my eyes out reading this. My boyfriend is still in training, but everything in this poem rings true. Thank you for sharing
I now have no more makeup on my face....Thanks for sharing I loved it!!
You know....after reading this, it brought tears to my eyes...i am a military boyfriend leaving for basic and AIT in may, so i had to do some reading....i, as well as all other military boyfriends out there, really appreciate this with everything that we are....my girlfriend has vowed to wait for me as well, and i love her so much, and am so grateful to her that she wants to wait for me....i keep telling her to be strong, i am not gone forever, i am coming back...and it brings joy to my heart that all these other ladies, including my girlfriend, are such wonderful people...i pray for all of the guys and girls that choose to undergo this path, it really is a true blessing us guys have such wonderful girlfriends :)
If more military spouses would live by the actions spoke of in this poem, I have been over there 3 times once to Iraq and twice now to afghan and i can tell you how many times i have had to help my fellow soldiers out with marital problems at home while we have been over there, everything from cheating to packing up taking everything cleaning out the bank accounts and disappearing. It's very depressing hearing about it and I too have felt there pain as I'm now divorced myself thou it was not as bad as some off the stories i have heard or had to deal with in the 10 years I've been in now but I truly wish you all the best and thank you for posting this and all you TRULY live by this I know your SOLDIERS, SAILERS, MARINES AND AIRMAN are truly great full for it and may not express it as much as it should be but just know I AM great full for what you do for my fellow brothers in arms no matter what branch they serve
My fiance is in mission, tx right now till june. he is on the border mission. he is still close but so far away. you said everything i have told him in txt messages. i feel i maybe smuthering him at times. i have never loved another man this much. he is my whole world, other then god and my kids. he is my one i dream about.
Ladies,for those of you who live near the ba<x>se where your B/f is stationed...get in touch with his units FRG...they are usually very welcoming to girlfriends. It will help to be around other ladies who are going throu the same thing you are. I am currently dealing with my B/F being deployed as well,and although it doesn't get easier...it does help to be around or to talk to others who are going through it too. Don't be so quick to count yourselves as insignificant in the militaries eyes...they want their soldiers as happy and as stress free as possible. If you are the person that makes that happen for him,you will be respected for that.
so true... even though i am new at this my boyfriend is in bootcamp... yall can read my story its on my page...
we are the family members

we count

people build their own families and friends and partners and girlfriends and boyfriends are all part of that

you are not being excluded- they are praying for you too
This sumed up how I feel to a T. Everyone always sympathizes with the wives and family members...but what about us? Don't we deserve a prayer or a sympathy hug?? We don't have a ring and a vow to keep us together...but we keep to our word that we're going to be here when he comes home anyway. We are the strongest women!
you did such a good job of saying everything I feel. My boyfriend is over in Afghanistan right now, so I could relate to it all. There isn't a ring, but i hold on to the promises just like you said. Keep your head up and thanks for the strength. I really enjoyed this.
This is so true.... so many people don't understand what it's like to be in love with someone in the military... So many people this it's insane to sit home and wait, they think your being ridiculous when you don't want to go out, go hang out at the old places... but they just don't understand... How can you go somehwere where every second you spend their reminds you of him? Reminds you that he's not home yet... But the thing is no matter how much you miss him... no matter how many tears are shed... everytime the mailman come and he has a letter with your name on it... or everytime the phone rings and it's his voice on the line... or that final moment when your standing in the plane terminal and you see that camo after months... somehow they all make being an Army girlfriend left behind and waiting compeltely worth it
This is absolutely wonderful :-)

This part made me cry, how profound and true it is:

"I have memorized the feel of his skin, his smell, the sound of his voice, and I play it over and over in my mind so that I will not forget."
Its so true! Thank you
thankss for sharing itt made me cry
wow!!! My bf is stationed over seas right now its so hard to live my everyday life without him. When he gets home we r gettin our own place and finally startin our lifes togetherfully. But he is the one when all goes wrong tht holds me and tells me everythin is goin to be ok. Today i needed tht so bad and ended up cryin and couldnt stop. I miss my soldier this poem is perfect
This is so true. My bf is in iraq right now and i'm just waiting for him to come home, it has been a long hard time, we got our first place and he hasn't even seen it yet except in pictures. He only has one more month left out there but instead of it getting easier at times it gets harder cause i know he is so close to coming home, but yet still so far away. I have cried many nights just wishing he was home but i know i have to be strong. I know i'm not the only gf going through this and i know its hard, but we'll all make it through their deployment we just have to be strong.
That is an incredible post. Thank you so much for sharing. I feel the same way. Ill pray for all of you gals :)
I feel in the same way. I am going trough our second deployment as a girlfiend, no ring on my finger and nothing sure for my future but I am still here for him. I have no contacts with people on post. All I have it's his phone calls and his messages. It's harder than last time but I believe I am doing the right thing waiting for him. I keep all of you in my prayers
Wow, I am speechless, some how you have captured the words, I couln't express, for the ache I have of missing my Marine... I definitely know, that I would never give up on him for anything in the world. Thanks
wow. this is so true. thanks
My boyfriend is at home Thank God, but when he was in basic training every single word in this is exactly how it feels to not have him there. It seems like everything you do is to not make yourself go insane with sadness and loneliness. I wish you guys who do have deployed BFs the best of luck.
My boyfriend is also in Iraq and getting a text from saying "don't worry, baby girl, I'm alright" means more to me than I could ever describe. I stay strong for him but sometimes you gotta cry to relieve the stress of it all. Good luck to you!
I've read this before.. and honestly, i cry every single time i come across it...

my boyfriend is currently in training.. and thank god, he gets to come home almost every weekend.

in two weeks, he graduates from his second course.. and gets stationed in petawawa 7 hours from home.

sunday's are the day i dread.. waking up with him beside me on the weekend makes my week.. and when monday morning comes around, and he's not there.. it breaks my heart.

everything i do during the week is just to pass the time.. i keep myself busy in hopes that the week will go by faster..

i am so inlove with this man that it scares me..

i'm so afraid to lose him when he is sent to afgan this coming august..


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Episodes like this have occurred repeatedly, in dozens of cities, all across the country. The only thing that was missing in this particular episode were public assurances from police authorities and the mayor that race had nothing to do with what happened. Such dishonest assurances have been common in the wake of such plainly racist attacks. Officials in various cities are obviously trying to keep the lid on this incipient race war.
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