World Peace! What’s wrong with that?

In an excerpt from “The Maternal is Political,” Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, makes a pleading case for world peace and an end to the war we are currently fighting, and losing (according to Speaker Pelosi). From her maternal point of view she argues the senselessness of the war and the unjustified destruction it leaves in families across the US and in the Middle East.

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Bungling On All Levels


Bungling On All LevelsAct 1: Iraq Accountability Act – Nancy Pelosi
Act 2: Brits withdrawing – BBC
Act 3: Al Gore on Iraq in 2003 – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Kucinich on Iraq – Democracy Now!
Act 5: Republican war hypocrisy – The Young Turks
Act 6: Iraqi poll on the war – Counterspin
Act 7: War spending – Sam Seder
Act 8: Non-binding resolution – BBC
Act 9: Funding civil war – Real Time with Bill Maher
Act 10: Iraqis want us out – Counterspin
Act 11: Biden on the future of Iraq – Senator Joe Biden


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New Boss Same as the Old Boss?


Pelosi
Act 1: Comments on Pelosi’s Speech – Randi Rhodes
Act 2: Pelosi’s Speech
Act 3: Ted Kennedy interview Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 4: First 100 hours complete – Randi Rhodes
Act 5: Ted Kennedy interview Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: A failed revolution – NYTimes
Act 7: Money Party vs. People Party – Ring of Fire


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