Open Thread – Your Comments Today, 11/30/2009

Nov 30

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It’s the last day of the month, the first day of the Major Senate Debate on Health Care, the Day Before Obama Announces Troop Increase in Afghanistan,and a day when there is a forthcoming Federal announcement to save mortgages for struggling homeowners.

If you have something to say, then place a comment now. I’ll be reviewing them to keep off pure advertising and will gey yhem up right away.

- Bill

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Retired Theatre Producer, Graphic Designer, Usability Tester and General Troubleshooter with a keen interest in Politics and The Stage. Currently heard on WSHC, 89.7 FM (on line at www.897wshc.org) and occasionally dabbling in Community Theatre.

Posted on November 30, 2009, in blogs, Opinion, Word from Bill and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. Ourjourneytosmile | November 30, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    Peace to Obama’s Daughters from the Afghan Children

  2. btchakir | November 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    What if we had never been in Afghanistan?

    A quote from Gary Leupp, Professor of History at Tufts University, and Adjunct Professor of Religion:

    “Imagine what might have happened had the U.S. just stayed out of Afghan affairs from the late 1970s and allowed that experiment in secular. reformist government in a highly conservative Muslim society to take its course without billions in arms to precisely the sort of fighters who are being vilified as “Islamic extremists” and “terrorists” today. There may have never been an international CIA-coordinated mujahadeen movement, no young Osama bin Laden persuaded to suspend his studies to head up Arab holy warriors in coordination with the CIA, no total collapse of Afghan society, no “blowback.” Unfortunately people in this country are generally clueless about the recent history of Southwest Asia and the role of U.S. administrations in producing the very problems about which they complain.”

    This was from an article in Counter Punch

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