From Bob

Gathering of Eagles: NY

Word on the street is that AARP will be selling its senior citizen members down the river tomorrow by endorsing the Healthcare Plan before Congress.

Don’t let the AARP aid and abet the destruction of American Healthcare just so it can profiteer from selling additional Medigap Insurance policies after your Medicare Advantage policies are taken away by government fiat.

There are at least three alternatives to AARP, dump the socialist enablers and get a responsible advocate!

And call AARP to tell them to expect your torn up membership card in the mail!

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Kathy Kelly was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Ms. Kelly is a social justice activist, author and a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee on three separate occasions. For a short bio on Ms. Kelly, go to: http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/kathy-kelly and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Kelly

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Ralph Nader, a political gadfly par excellence, a distinguished and best selling author and a persistent Third Party presidential candidate, was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Nader go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader This video contains excerpts from his remarks.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Chris Hedges, journalist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Hedges, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges Many of his most recent commentaries can be found here: http://www.truthdig.com/ This video contains excerpts from Mr. Hedges’ remarks.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Rep. Kucinich has acted as the conscience of the House of Representatives in opposing U.S. wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Gael Murphy, cofounder of Code Pink, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. For information on Code Pink, go to: http://www.codepinkalert.org/

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Brian Becker was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. Check out: http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage The ANSWER Coalition is planning a massive antiwar demonstration for Washington, D.C. for March 20, 2010.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, David Swanson, activist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Swanson is the cofounder of the popular AfterDowningStreet Web Site, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ His best selling book, “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency,” is both timely and well written. Check out: http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/65972

from Morris

David Aaronovitch is a well known authour and TV presenter in the UK. Regularly appearing in the Times, the BBC etc.