Border Angels Rally to Protest Discrimination In Fire Relief Efforts
Protesting discrimination and intimidation in this week’s fire relief efforts, San Diego’s Border Angels sponsored a rally and press conference…
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Tagged: Border Issues
Mike Davis Speaks – Seeing through the Smoke: the San Diego Fires
Staff October 28, 2007 1 Comment on Mike Davis Speaks – Seeing through the Smoke: the San Diego Fires
Mike Davis speaks on how the right is spinning the tragedy as a triumph of Republican values. Thursday, November 1,…
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Despite Fires, Blackwater and Its Opponents Still Face-Off in Potrero
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 1 Comment on Despite Fires, Blackwater and Its Opponents Still Face-Off in Potrero
The Harris Ranch fire swept west out of Potrero this week, and in doing so, it isolated nearly 300 people…
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TRICK OR TREAT ! Bush & the American People Want to Bomb Iran
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 0 Comments on TRICK OR TREAT ! Bush & the American People Want to Bomb Iran
Halloween 2007 is scarier than you think! Bush, Cheney, the neo-cons, Fox News, all want the U.S. Military to bomb…
Posted in: Media, War and Peace
Latest figures on San Diego Wildfires
According to the U-T Fireblog; San Diego County officials have released the latest numbers related to the wildfires. As of…
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We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 2 Comments on We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?
It was before sunrise on Tuesday morning, the 23rd of October, the third day of the fires. Patty and I…
Posted in: San Diego
Continuing Discussion: Obey the Gov’t Order to Evacuate vs Stand & Fight the Fires
Frank Gormlie October 26, 2007 1 Comment on Continuing Discussion: Obey the Gov’t Order to Evacuate vs Stand & Fight the Fires
Continued from “Mandatory Evacuations“ The Union Tribune today continued the discussion of the issue of whether residents living in the…
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People Coming Together — why doesn’t the left respond en mass to natural disasters?
Frank Gormlie October 26, 2007 19 Comments on People Coming Together — why doesn’t the left respond en mass to natural disasters?
During the first days of the fire storms, after Qualcomm was opened up, the first volunteers appeared at the stadium…
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Links to Articles About the New Students for a Democratic Society
Staff October 26, 2007 0 Comments on Links to Articles About the New Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) — one of the most significant new left organizations formed during the 1960s —…
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Mandatory Evacuations – Are They Any Good Or Do They Contribute to the Fire Damage?
Frank Gormlie October 25, 2007 13 Comments on Mandatory Evacuations – Are They Any Good Or Do They Contribute to the Fire Damage?
We’ve all seen or experienced the “mandatory evacuations” ordered by the authorities during the FireStorms this week. Last count, there…
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