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Change 2010

2010-10-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

The last presidential election proved that we are capable of change.

The following two years proved that while we are capable of change, we won't.

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And next week it will be 3 years since Riverbend's last post. Lest we forget...

Riverbend - A Year Later

2008-11-09T00:57:00.000-08:00

"The opposite of war is not peace; it's creation."

People of all nations are celebrating the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America, a celebration of hope and a new dawn for America and the world.

Yet in this time of joy perhaps we should give pause to reflect upon the magnitude of the human tragedy inflicted upon the world by George W Bush and his kind. A tragedy that becomes personal when we reflect upon the fate of one blogger from Iraq, who went by the name of Riverbend.

Riverbend, the pseudonym of a young Iraqi woman, a programmer and engineer in Iraq, she gave us, through her blog, a human face to the war and occupation. She offered eyewitness accounts of the everyday realities on the ground.

Riverbend recounted stories of life in an occupied city - of friends murdered, of neighbors whose home are raided by U.S. troops, whose relatives disappear into prisons, and whose children are kidnapped by money-hungry militias.

The only Iraqi blogger writing from a woman's perspective, she also describes a once-secular city where women are now afraid to leave their homes without head covering and a male escort.

In her last post, she and her family had fled Iraq, to join the millions of refugees in exile. That was a little over a year ago (October 22, 2007).

She hasn't posted since.

Another life destroyed by the arrogance and incompetence of George W Bush. We can only offer our hopes and prayers. She will be missed and we will not forget, Riverbend will remain forever in a class of one.

... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...

Links

A New Dawn

2008-11-06T23:42:00.000-08:00

Photos From Around The World

History has been made! People of all nations, post a photo to celebrate, welcome, bless, or support the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America!

Reactions Around The World
Tears For Obama
Post your own photo at...WelcomeBackAmerica.
Obama Slideshows
Election Day, 2008, United States of America

Yes We Can...

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama!

The people have spoken and it's a Landslide, 364 to 174.

The long nightmare for the nation and the world is over. November 4th, 2008 marked the end of an error and a new dawn, a new hope for America.

Election 2008 References

Essential Reading

2008-07-24T00:41:00.000-07:00

Some essential reading...

I Have a Dream August 28, 1963

The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863

The Constitution: Amendments 11-27 March 4, 1794 to May 7, 1992

The Bill of Rights March 4, 1789

The Constitution of the United States September 17, 1787

The Declaration Of Independence July 4, 1776

Univ Oklahoma School of Law

Riverbend

2007-09-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...

There's a new post from Riverbend!

She hadn't been heard from since April and many feared the worst.

But now there's a new post! She's safe, relatively speaking, in Syria. Her family left Baghdad, now one of many refugees.

And for those of us here in America, who listen to the politicians and pundits blithely talk about surges and nuanced responses, check out her blog, Riverbend, to see what life is really like in Iraq, and now her new life as a refugee in Syria, and beyond...