New York Times JENA, La. (AP) — Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. The crowd broke into chants of ”Free the Jena Six” as the Rev. Al Sharpton arrived at…
Maliki blasts Blackwater firm for other incidents By Leila Fadel — McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD — Blackwater security guards who protect top U.S. diplomats in Iraq have been involved in at least seven serious incidents, some of which resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Wednesday. Maliki didn’t detail…
AN OPEN LETTER TO SMU PETITION SIGNERS I am Andrew J. Weaver, the organizer of the petition at www.protectSMU.org — an ordained United Methodist minister and research psychologist living in New York. There are now over 10,800 petition signers from every state, including several hundred graduates of SMU. To place a partisan “Freedom Institute” on…
It would seem that since Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took impeachment “off the table” at the beginning of this year, she has quietly put it back on. According to the U.S. House Congressional Record on August 3, 2007… The SPEAKER presented a petition […] of the Town of New Salem, Massachusetts, relative to a Resolution…
