The “Break it Down” Blog

Local Music Presents: Preston Lee – Christmas At War

This is from local artist, Preston Lee, who put together this mix at Christmas time; pissed off about the Iraq war. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Direct Download Local Music Presents The “Break it Down” Blog wants to help support local musicians and artists. While we are bringing you bits and pieces from Arizona’s local artists we [...]

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Anti-McCain Video, Contradictory Statments Galore

Business as usual in politics… a Paul supporter put together a pretty aggressive compilation of contradictory statements from McCain. What’s new though? That’s been pretty much a summary of the entire Bush reign… video compilation after video compilation, Hollywood movie after movie of contradictory statements from Bush, all his cabinet. Check it out (load times were a [...]

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What can $611 billion buy?

Boston.com put together a very cool slide show of what $611 billion, the cost of the US’s war in Iraq, could buy. Some of the more interesting points were: Billed as the most expensive high school ever build, Newton North High could be built 4000 more times around the US at the cost of the Iraq [...]

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Private Security Immunity from Law in Iraq to End

The Raw Story has the scoop on a law the Iraq interior ministry is set to ratify that would remove immunity for all the private security agencies currently serving in Iraq. The argument from the private military side is that if the law passes, private military forces will pull out of Iraq. Private military companies question [...]

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12 Ex-Army Captains Say “No Iraq, or Draft”

12 ex-army captains are requesting that Washington either get out of Iraq, or severly increase their presence there to get it over with by instituting a new draft. Keeping in mind that a new draft would suddenly make everyone in America care about this war and mobilize, I’m going to go out on a limb here [...]

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White House Calls Press Conference in 1hr

The White House just called a press conference in 1hr (10:45 ET)… stay tuned… Summary Bush used this opportunity to blame congress for every issue his administration has either wrecked or stymied. Turkey never committed genocide apparently. Bush absolutely will not comment on Israel or anything related to Israel (ABC pushed him hard on 4 different questions pertaining to [...]

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