Comments on: Dems Get Out Those Checkbooks Again http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:34:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: newspaperbrat http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140689 newspaperbrat Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:56:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140689 <p><strong></strong>Ding!<strong></strong></p> Ding!

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140671 Laura Doty Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:49:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140671 <p>LOL! I KNEW that! Blessings on your day!</p> LOL! I KNEW that! Blessings on your day!

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140664 GorillasGuides Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:45:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140664 <p>Good morning :-)</p> Good morning :-)

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140656 Laura Doty Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:43:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140656 <p>Good. Then I shall continue to be a broken record in cheering you on and asking for money. (As I do just about everywhere I happen to be, these days, both virtually and physically). My best to you all, and good night!</p> Good. Then I shall continue to be a broken record in cheering you on and asking for money. (As I do just about everywhere I happen to be, these days, both virtually and physically). My best to you all, and good night!

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140638 GorillasGuides Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:37:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140638 <p>ROFLOL Laura - a huge proportion of our team are Red Crescent people. We certainly don’t mind people plugging the Red Crescent. :-)</p> <p>We plug them because while there are excellent charities who work in particular places such as INTERSOS in al-Basrah the Red Crescent is the only one who works <em>everywhere</em> in Irak.</p> ROFLOL Laura – a huge proportion of our team are Red Crescent people. We certainly don’t mind people plugging the Red Crescent. :-)

We plug them because while there are excellent charities who work in particular places such as INTERSOS in al-Basrah the Red Crescent is the only one who works everywhere in Irak.

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140626 Laura Doty Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:33:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140626 <p>Thank you so very much. I shall do that right away. (By the way, I hope my constant pitching for the Red Crescent on your site isn’t a bother…I figure if it’s getting too much, I won’t get the comment through, yes?) (And I also figure that the team is exercising journalistic neutrality and not linking…but I get to just spout off–over and over again….)</p> Thank you so very much. I shall do that right away. (By the way, I hope my constant pitching for the Red Crescent on your site isn’t a bother…I figure if it’s getting too much, I won’t get the comment through, yes?) (And I also figure that the team is exercising journalistic neutrality and not linking…but I get to just spout off–over and over again….)

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140618 GorillasGuides Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:29:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140618 <p>Which reminds me - you asked about if there was anything practical that you could do in your professional capacity.</p> <p>Try asking <a href="http://www.irw.org/contactus">ISLAMIC RELIEF USA</a> they’re very reputable and part of the wider Islamic Relief group of charities. If they can’t use your help they’ll know somebody who does.</p> <p>The other people you could ask are <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/">the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)</a> they have a programme in Amman (Jordan) run IIRC by an Australian that involves trauma including psychological work. Even if not able to help directly with that you can be sure that MSF will at some point be able to find a use for your skills.</p> Which reminds me – you asked about if there was anything practical that you could do in your professional capacity.

Try asking ISLAMIC RELIEF USA they’re very reputable and part of the wider Islamic Relief group of charities. If they can’t use your help they’ll know somebody who does.

The other people you could ask are the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) they have a programme in Amman (Jordan) run IIRC by an Australian that involves trauma including psychological work. Even if not able to help directly with that you can be sure that MSF will at some point be able to find a use for your skills.

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140596 Laura Doty Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:24:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140596 <p>Right-wing is true, but most folk don’t realize/accept that. Here’s an article that gave me a spot of hope:</p> <p><a href="http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/cairo/">http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/cairo/</a></p> <p>A U.S. basketball player now on a Cairo team…catch what he’s reading: Chomsky and Malcolm X. YES! And he’s traveling. We need more young people out in the world, realizing that the U.S. is neither the center of the universe, nor the holder of all good ideas, and discovering the worlds of thought beyond the limits of our own social systems.</p> Right-wing is true, but most folk don’t realize/accept that. Here’s an article that gave me a spot of hope:

http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/cairo/

A U.S. basketball player now on a Cairo team…catch what he’s reading: Chomsky and Malcolm X. YES! And he’s traveling. We need more young people out in the world, realizing that the U.S. is neither the center of the universe, nor the holder of all good ideas, and discovering the worlds of thought beyond the limits of our own social systems.

]]> By: marymccurnin http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140583 marymccurnin Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:16:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140583 <p>Edwards is the most electable democrat that is the furthest away from the republican point of view.</p> Edwards is the most electable democrat that is the furthest away from the republican point of view.

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140582 GorillasGuides Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:16:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/09/dems-get-out-those-checkbooks-again/#comment-1140582 <p>They’re both right wing parties, granted one is extreme right. They’re both pro exploitation of labour and everyone else be a tiny wealthy minority. They’re both imperialists and they’re both pro-torture. it’s more a question of shading I think blub than of serious differences.</p> They’re both right wing parties, granted one is extreme right. They’re both pro exploitation of labour and everyone else be a tiny wealthy minority. They’re both imperialists and they’re both pro-torture. it’s more a question of shading I think blub than of serious differences.

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