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Memorial to Add 600 Crosses for Troops Killed in Afghanistan

2008-09-07T04:43:46Z

Lafayette Crosses memorial is still going strong thanks to George W. Bush and the Democrats in "control" of congress.

Flex your muscles, Nancy Pelosi, it's election time!

Flexing our muscles at www.michaelmoore.com

Catch Michael Moore this Friday on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET/10am PT).

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Israeli soldiers given final farewell - 17 Jul 08

2008-07-23T04:47:13Z

The remains of two Israeli soldiers captured by hezbollah in a cross border raid have returned home as part of a prisoner exchange.

Al Jazeera's David Chater reports from the funeral of a soldier in the town of Nahariya.

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Architecture as Experience - Daniel Libeskind

2008-08-12T04:22:37Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Celebrated architect Daniel Libeskind discusses his views of architecture as a spiritual and aesthetic experience, citing the examples of two sites he designed: the rebuilding of New York City's World Trade Center, and San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum.

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When we build things - especially beautiful things - we do so with the expectation and the wish that they will last, and through them, we will last.

Daniel Libeskind explores this idea of architecture-as-hope and elaborates on his creative process and the opening of his most recent project, San Francisco's new Contemporary Jewish Museum - The Commonwealth Club of California

Daniel Libeskind is an American Jewish architect of Berlin's Jewish Museum and San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum. Libeskind made waves when, in 2003, he won the competition to rebuild the World Trade Center.

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Memorial Day 2008

2008-09-07T04:25:10Z

"After all this time, through all these years
Every sleepless night, all the smiles and the tears
Ever since that day, every night I pray
That somehow you might hear me when I say
That I miss you"

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Charlie Rose Science Series: The Imperative of Science

2008-07-02T12:30:31Z

Charlie Rose Science Series: The Imperative of Science with Paul Nurse, President of Rockefeller University, Harold Varmus, president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bruce Alberts, Editor-In-Chief of Science and Lisa Randall of Harvard University.

Visit charlierose.com to see the full discussion

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From 3,990 to 4,000 With the Lafayette Crosses Memorial

2008-06-11T10:22:14Z

Two separate stories on the Lafayette crosses. The first from March 19th, 2008, the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. And the second from Easter Sunday when the 4,000th U.S. troop was killed (along with the 3,997th, 3,998th, and 3,999th).

Helping you count the dead: www.michaelmoore.com

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Iraq Veterans Memorial: LCPL. Bradley Michael Faircloth

2008-09-07T04:19:31Z

http://iraqmemorial.org

The Iraq Veterans Memorial is an online war memorial that honors the members of the U.S. armed forces who have lost their lives serving in the Iraq War. The Memorial is a collection of video memories from family, friends, military colleagues, and co-workers of those that have fallen.

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Iraq Veterans Memorial: LCPL. Ryan Winslow

2008-09-07T04:19:31Z

http://iraqmemorial.org

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The Faces Behind Brave New Foundation

2008-09-07T04:19:31Z

bravenewfoundation.org

From the Issue Campaigns to the Iraq Veterans Memorial to Brave New Theaters, meet the dedicated team behind Brave New Foundation addressing key social issues using media and digital activism.

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Busted For Singing The Blues (best audio)

2008-06-10T21:29:50Z

Part 3 as Greg Stewart as the Unknown Soldier stages a one man protest of the War in Iraq at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC 1/26/07

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Vietnam War Memorial 2

2008-06-10T21:29:47Z

Greg Stewart as the Unknown Soldier stages a one man protest of the War in Iraq and the criminal administration of George Bush at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC on 1/26/07

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Vietnam War Memorial 1

2008-06-10T21:29:47Z

Greg Stewart as the Unknown Soldier stages a one man protest of the War in Iraq at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC on 1/26/07

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Busted For Singing The Blues 1/26/07 (H264)

2008-06-10T21:29:47Z

Part 3 of Greg Stewart as the unknown soldier as he stages a one man protest of the War in Iraq at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC on 1/26/07

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Phoenix 9-1-1 Memorial

2008-06-11T21:31:32Z

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Respect the Sacrifice, Question the Motives

2008-09-07T04:19:48Z

Activists assemble and place 1,000 mock coffins around the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., October 23, 2004 to commemorate the deaths of soldiers in Iraq.

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Everywoman - Stories from Iran - Pt 2 - 11 Jan 08

2008-06-09T15:37:56Z

In the second part of our programme on Iran we hear from the two sisters immortalising the names of the Revolution victims; and the Iranian stand-up comedian Shappi Khorsandi on why she's always wanted to make people laugh.

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Gainesville Veterans For Peace "Memorial Mile" Part 3

2008-06-10T21:30:26Z

Gainesville Florida - Memorial Day, May 28, 2007: Veterans For Peace Coordinator, Scott Camil gives his opinion on the US occupation of IRAQ and the cost of WAR that was waged by mistake.

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Elliott Smith - Between The Bars

2008-06-15T15:29:47Z

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JourneySafe Story

2008-06-15T21:30:53Z

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Warning: Don't look inside the box

2008-01-12T20:22:19Z

How did I miss this one? In Arkansas:

A group asked Secretary of State Charlie Daniels on Wednesday for permission to put a statue in the state Capitol to commemorate infant deaths, including abortions.

Nononono.

Supporters of the memorial said it would allow parents to cope with grief caused by miscarriage, abortion or fetal or infant death.

I'm feeling a little grief myself right about now.

During the presentation, several mothers talked about their children. Some of the children were aborted.
Lace described the statue as a man holding a baby while talking to a woman. The robewearing male figure wears sandals.
Daniels asked Lace, “Is that Jesus ?”
“It’s whoever you want to say it is,” Lace replied.

What if I want to say it's Hugh Hefner? He's always in a robe. Or this guy? Or this guy? This guy, notsomuch.

According to materials Lace handed out, the statue is called the Hope Monument. According to the Web site www. hopemonument. com, the male figure is Jesus.

No. You said I could say it's Hef. It's Hef.

The commission met in the Old Supreme Court Room on the Capitol’s second floor. On a table at the rear of the room the group set up a display showing a small model of the proposed statue. At the end of a table was a rectangular, dark wood box.
Lace told commission members that the box contained a fetus miscarried in 1993.
“Since he was considered medical waste, his mother asked if he could be preserved,” Lace told the commission. “He is here with us today at our reference table. If you desire to see him, let us know.”
After the meeting, Daniels looked at it.

Daniels says he'll appoint a subcommittee to come up with guidelines for what’s appropriate for monuments at the Capitol.

“We really do have to be careful on monuments inside the state Capitol,” Daniels said. “There is no set of rules or regulations, and there should be. We need to make sure we’re doing the right thing.”

I wonder if the supporters of this memorial would also be willing to lay out the money it takes to support life-saving measures like stem cell research.

H/t to Feminist Peace Network.