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A letter From Madonna
I've never done this before. But life is about taking risks is it not?
I know that people seem to pay attention to everything I do. Big or Small. Ridiculous or Sublime. So I am hoping they pay attention to this:
I am supporting General Wesley Clark for President.
Not only as a "celebrity" but as an American citizen and as a mother. I want my children to grow up with the same opportunities that I had – to know and understand what's going on in the world and to travel that world safely and with pride.
Now I'm asking you to join me.
I am writing to you because the future I wish for my children is at risk.
Our greatest risk is
Our greatest risk is not terrorism and it's not Iraq or the "Axis of Evil." Our greatest risk is a lack of leadership, a lack of honesty and a complete lack of consciousness. Unfortunately our current government cannot see the big picture. They think too small. They suffer from the "what's in it for me?" syndrome. The simple truth is that the current administration has squandered incredible opportunities to bring the world together, to promote peace in regions that have only known war, to encourage health in places that are ravaged with disease, to make us more secure by living up to our principles at home and abroad. The simple truth is that the policies of our current administration do not reflect what is great about America.
Thankfully, there is now a candidate running for President who is committed to ensuring that our country lives up to its promise and its people. He is a decorated soldier and a respected diplomatic leader, who has
already given 34 years to his country. He is smart and he is good. He has worked hard to get where he is and he is a national hero.
A perfect example of the American Dream.
I've never aligned myself with a presidential candidate during the primary season. But this time, the stakes are too high, we have too much to lose and there is so much work to be done.
I'm supporting General Wesley Clark in 2004 and have
committed to do all that I can to help his campaign in the coming months. I ask you to visit his website today to learn about his candidacy, his vision for our nation and the many ways you can get involved.
I've looked at all the Democratic candidates. I respect them all for their dedication and patriotism. But I'm supporting Wes Clark because in him I see the qualifications, character and vision that we so desperately need.
We are a country with incredible promise. As Americans we enjoy opportunities like no other. Unfortunately we take these opportunities for granted. You may not agree with everything I say or do, but whether you're rich or poor, young or old, black or white, gay or straight, I know you share my concern and recognize the need for change.
Even if you've never been involved with politics before, please consider joining with me. If you can give, give generously. If you can volunteer time, get involved now. And if you can vote, this time…make sure you do.
Wesley Clark has asked for my support and now I'm asking for yours
Madonna
PS: Please spread this message to everyone you know.
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Origineel gepost door Feanor
S.H.I.T zelfs Madonna heeft het door terwijl onze Harry potter hier niet eens weet waar Irak ligt
Ezzy, wil je svp Madonna en BalkenvanEllende niet met elkaar vergelijken :D
Origineel gepost door Saima14
Grendel, zou je zo vriendelijk willen zijn je geposte artikel voor mij te willen vertalen. Mijn talen zijn Tamazigh & Arabisch en niet de vervloekte engels!
Yeah sure :D
Origineel gepost door grendel
A letter From Madonna
I've never done this before. But life is about taking risks is it not?
I know that people seem to pay attention to everything I do. Big or Small. Ridiculous or Sublime. So I am hoping they pay attention to this:
I am supporting General Wesley Clark for President.
Not only as a "celebrity" but as an American citizen and as a mother. I want my children to grow up with the same opportunities that I had – to know and understand what's going on in the world and to travel that world safely and with pride.
Now I'm asking you to join me.
I am writing to you because the future I wish for my children is at risk.
Our greatest risk is
Our greatest risk is not terrorism and it's not Iraq or the "Axis of Evil." Our greatest risk is a lack of leadership, a lack of honesty and a complete lack of consciousness. Unfortunately our current government cannot see the big picture. They think too small. They suffer from the "what's in it for me?" syndrome. The simple truth is that the current administration has squandered incredible opportunities to bring the world together, to promote peace in regions that have only known war, to encourage health in places that are ravaged with disease, to make us more secure by living up to our principles at home and abroad. The simple truth is that the policies of our current administration do not reflect what is great about America.
Thankfully, there is now a candidate running for President who is committed to ensuring that our country lives up to its promise and its people. He is a decorated soldier and a respected diplomatic leader, who has
already given 34 years to his country. He is smart and he is good. He has worked hard to get where he is and he is a national hero.
A perfect example of the American Dream.
I've never aligned myself with a presidential candidate during the primary season. But this time, the stakes are too high, we have too much to lose and there is so much work to be done.
I'm supporting General Wesley Clark in 2004 and have
committed to do all that I can to help his campaign in the coming months. I ask you to visit his website today to learn about his candidacy, his vision for our nation and the many ways you can get involved.
I've looked at all the Democratic candidates. I respect them all for their dedication and patriotism. But I'm supporting Wes Clark because in him I see the qualifications, character and vision that we so desperately need.
We are a country with incredible promise. As Americans we enjoy opportunities like no other. Unfortunately we take these opportunities for granted. You may not agree with everything I say or do, but whether you're rich or poor, young or old, black or white, gay or straight, I know you share my concern and recognize the need for change.
Even if you've never been involved with politics before, please consider joining with me. If you can give, give generously. If you can volunteer time, get involved now. And if you can vote, this time…make sure you do.
Wesley Clark has asked for my support and now I'm asking for yours
Madonna
PS: Please spread this message to everyone you know.
http://www.madonna.com/madonna/images/home/home_bg_4.jpg
De goeie ouwe tijd..... papa don't preach.....
She still got it
Origineel gepost door Feanor
GRendel hermano sorry ik wou je fatansietjes niet verknallen.
Maar Saima ik wil je wel bijles geven in engels als je mij priveles geeft in SCHUREN
Waarom in een schuur, kan toch ook thuis of in een hotel :D :D
het is goed te zien dat de anti-bush campagne langzaam op stoom begint te komen voor de volgende verkiezingen.
Het is wel duidelijk dat er zeer veel Amerikanen tegen het beleid van Bush en zijn regering zijn. Ik mag hopen dat ze die verdomde klutcowboy weer snel terugsturen naar zijn boerderij Texas.
Een ander mooi staaltje van Amerikaans anti Bushisme is te zien op;
www.bushin30seconds.org
en
www.billionairesforbush.com
Origineel gepost door Saima14
Ik kan geen engels. Ik begrijp er niets van dus kan daarom geen mening over vormen. persoonlijk vind ik dit jammer. Ik zou graag iets willen vernemen van een geassimileerder Marokkaan zoals jou Grendeltje :D
yeah yeah yeah :D :D
citaat Saima 14:
Heb je het over mij. -piep- je komt niet eens in mijn buurt, want deze in jou woorden uitgemergelde -piep- is voor alles maar dan ook uitermate allergisch voor -piep-. Dus keep on dreaming dikke -piep-!
;)
Origineel gepost door Peej
het is goed te zien dat de anti-bush campagne langzaam op stoom begint te komen voor de volgende verkiezingen.
Het is wel duidelijk dat er zeer veel Amerikanen tegen het beleid van Bush en zijn regering zijn. Ik mag hopen dat ze die verdomde klutcowboy weer snel terugsturen naar zijn boerderij Texas.
Een ander mooi staaltje van Amerikaans anti Bushisme is te zien op;
www.bushin30seconds.org
en
www.billionairesforbush.com
en:
http://www.babesagainstbush.com
http://www.babesagainstbush.com/NewFiles/babestag.jpg
http://www.babesagainstbush.com/NewFiles/priceless.gif
:D
Madonna die zich met de politiek gaat bemoeien, het moet niet gekker worden. Vind ze het kinderboeken schrijven toch niet zo leuk meer. Sorry maar dit ga je toch niet serieus nemen, het mens is wonende in Engeland, doet alles eraan om zo engels mogelijk te zijn en nu volgens dit schrijven probeert zij Amerika te helpen. Ik vind het Anti-Bush super, maar Madonna, Miss Material Girl serieus nemen? Nah
Jaja, nog ffies en dan gaat het dirrty spel beginnen in Amerika, volgens mij gaat Bush heel erg door het slijk gehaald worden....Nu nog maar hopen dat de amerikanen zo wijs zijn om niet nog een keer de domme fout te maken om op deze man te stemmen, al blijf ik erbij dat hij niet de verkiezingen toendertijd had gewonnen, maar goed hij claimde het presidentschap.
Origineel gepost door Norah
Madonna die zich met de politiek gaat bemoeien, het moet niet gekker worden. Vind ze het kinderboeken schrijven toch niet zo leuk meer. Sorry maar dit ga je toch niet serieus nemen, het mens is wonende in Engeland, doet alles eraan om zo engels mogelijk te zijn en nu volgens dit schrijven probeert zij Amerika te helpen. Ik vind het Anti-Bush super, maar Madonna, Miss Material Girl serieus nemen? Nah
Jaja, nog ffies en dan gaat het dirrty spel beginnen in Amerika, volgens mij gaat Bush heel erg door het slijk gehaald worden....Nu nog maar hopen dat de amerikanen zo wijs zijn om niet nog een keer de domme fout te maken om op deze man te stemmen, al blijf ik erbij dat hij niet de verkiezingen toendertijd had gewonnen, maar goed hij claimde het presidentschap.
Ik ben geen fan van madonna en haar muziek.
Maar op een of andere manier klinkt "Madonna in de politiek" mij een stuk geloofwaardiger in de oren dan "Arnold Schwarzenegger in de politiek". En dat laatste is inmiddels ook al een feit geworden.
Origineel gepost door Peej
Ik ben geen fan van madonna en haar muziek.
Maar op een of andere manier klinkt "Madonna in de politiek" mij een stuk geloofwaardiger in de oren dan "Arnold Schwarzenegger in de politiek". En dat laatste is inmiddels ook al een feit geworden.
Mij klinken ze beiden niet zo goed in de politiek.
Ik vind Madonna wel lef hebben. Ik heb tot nu toe nog geen enkele zanger/zangeres iets over politiek horen zeggen behalve Madonna. Ze heeft zelfs een clip erover gemaakt. Vind ik wel top. Op die manier wordt er ook aandacht besteed aan wat serieuzere zaken.
Ze schijt gewoon op Amerika en ze laat dat nog duidelijk zien ook! Go Madonna!
Origineel gepost door 1980
Ik vind Madonna wel lef hebben. Ik heb tot nu toe nog geen enkele zanger/zangeres iets over politiek horen zeggen behalve Madonna. Ze heeft zelfs een clip erover gemaakt. Vind ik wel top. Op die manier wordt er ook aandacht besteed aan wat serieuzere zaken.
Ze schijt gewoon op Amerika en ze laat dat nog duidelijk zien ook! Go Madonna!
Haar ex heeft ook schijt :D
Sean Penn wil weer naar Irak
UTRECHT - 27/11/03 Sean Penn denkt er serieus over na om terug te gaan naar Irak om er inspiratie op te doen voor een boek. De acteur was vorig jaar ook al in het door oorlogen en aanslagen geteisterde land. Toen was het doel anders: een vredesmissie. De Amerikaanse krant 'San Francisco Chronicle' maakte woensdag bekend dat Penn een soort dagboek over Irak wil bijhouden in de krant.
De acteur heeft overigens niet alle tijd voor het bezoek. Momenteel heeft hij zijn handen vol met een rechtszaak. Producer Steve Bing zou Penn hebben geweigerd in één van zijn films te spelen, omdat Penn tegen de oorlog in Irak is. Daarop heeft Penn een aanklacht ingediend.
Bing heeft op zijn beurt ook een aanklacht tegen de acteur ingediend. Volgens de regisseur wordt hij gechanteerd.
De acteur heeft overigens niet alle tijd voor het bezoek. Momenteel heeft hij zijn handen vol met een rechtszaak. Producer Steve Bing zou Penn hebben geweigerd in één van zijn films te spelen, omdat Penn tegen de oorlog in Irak is. Daarop heeft Penn een aanklacht ingediend.
Bing heeft op zijn beurt ook een aanklacht tegen de acteur ingediend. Volgens de regisseur wordt hij gechanteerd.
http://www.tiscali.nl/images/3/0/pennziekenhuisbagdad.jpg
:D
Origineel gepost door grendel
Haar ex heeft ook schijt :D
Sean Penn wil weer naar Irak
UTRECHT - 27/11/03 Sean Penn denkt er serieus over na om terug te gaan naar Irak om er inspiratie op te doen voor een boek. De acteur was vorig jaar ook al in het door oorlogen en aanslagen geteisterde land. Toen was het doel anders: een vredesmissie. De Amerikaanse krant 'San Francisco Chronicle' maakte woensdag bekend dat Penn een soort dagboek over Irak wil bijhouden in de krant.
De acteur heeft overigens niet alle tijd voor het bezoek. Momenteel heeft hij zijn handen vol met een rechtszaak. Producer Steve Bing zou Penn hebben geweigerd in één van zijn films te spelen, omdat Penn tegen de oorlog in Irak is. Daarop heeft Penn een aanklacht ingediend.
Bing heeft op zijn beurt ook een aanklacht tegen de acteur ingediend. Volgens de regisseur wordt hij gechanteerd.
De acteur heeft overigens niet alle tijd voor het bezoek. Momenteel heeft hij zijn handen vol met een rechtszaak. Producer Steve Bing zou Penn hebben geweigerd in één van zijn films te spelen, omdat Penn tegen de oorlog in Irak is. Daarop heeft Penn een aanklacht ingediend.
Bing heeft op zijn beurt ook een aanklacht tegen de acteur ingediend. Volgens de regisseur wordt hij gechanteerd.
http://www.tiscali.nl/images/3/0/pennziekenhuisbagdad.jpg
:D
http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2004/01/14/dd_penn-carwindow.jpg
COMMENTARY
2nd act A year later, Sean Penn returns to Iraq and files a personal, candid report from the front.
Sean Penn went to Iraq a year ago not as an actor, but as a father, a husband and an American. He made the visit, from Dec. 13 to 15, 2002, to learn about the American-Iraqi conflict from the people who were living through it. A year later, the week before Saddam Hussein was captured, Penn returned to Iraq to find out how life had changed after the American invasion. What follows is his account of what he saw.
Doc Birnbaum filled the last of three receptacles with my blood (he was concerned about my looming cholesterol problem and had graciously made a house call), then slid the needle out of my vein as my phone rang. I answered as the doc pressed a cotton ball onto the puncture in the crook of my arm. It was Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Global Exchange, a San Francisco human rights organization. I had put out the word that I wanted to return to Iraq to write a piece for The Chronicle, having been granted a press credential by its editor, Phil Bronstein. Medea called to tell me that she would be taking a delegation of parents of servicepeople, both killed in action and on active duty, for a weeklong "mission of peace" to Iraq -- a trip unprecedented in the history of U.S. military activity. They would be departing Saturday, Nov. 29 (our phone conversation took place on Thanksgiving Day), embarking from various U.S. airports with a rendezvous point at the "Meditation Room" at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. Our conversation ended as the doctor placed a Band-Aid over the cotton ball, wished me a happy Thanksgiving and left with my blood.
Ever since the bombing of the U.N. building in Baghdad in August, I had felt increasingly tugged toward Iraq. As I had made my cautionary opinions known prior to our military engagement, in a self-financed letter to the president in the Washington Post (Oct. 18, 2002), and then reiterated those thoughts after our invasion of Iraq in a self-financed ad in the New York Times (May 30, 2003), I felt a responsibility to change or reaffirm my position in the context of the new situation for our U.S. soldiers, and Iraqi civilians as well. The call from Medea fixed my decision to go. Gaining the support of my family would be tricky. My reputation within our home is one of impulsiveness, hubris and an overall bloated sense of my own survival instincts. Of course, this is entirely unfounded, but we'll leave that for another day.
My wife and 12-year-old daughter are different people in the sense that my wife will occasionally kiss me on the lips, and my daughter, occasionally on the cheek. With this one exception, they're exactly the same person. And when I told them, "I'm thinking about going back to Iraq," they rolled their eyes and said, "Uh-huh." I interpreted that to mean "You're an idiot" or that they just didn't want to invest in my explanation. So much for guidance.
But my 10-year-old son said rather quickly, "Could you get killed?" I immediately and idiotically responded with, "I could get killed crossing the street -- or struck by lightning -- and SARS, what about SARS?"
wordt vervolgd
He was embarrassed for me. Then, somewhat more soberly, I tried to move the conversation toward practical realities and balances. I won't go into great detail here, except to say that I handled it rather imperfectly and without much foresight. My son, on the other hand, was brave and ultimately supportive. Our conversation culminated with my acceptance of his permission. Only later would I realize the incredible burden I risked at his potential expense. Two days later I left San Francisco International Airport.
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At Schiphol, the layovers from stateside flights connecting to Amman, Jordan, are roughly eight hours. I grab a hot dog and head over to the Meditation Room. As I approach, I see at least 30 sleeping bodies, travel- weary bones at rest on reclining chairs. A woman opens her eyes and stands.
"Sean?" she says.
"Yes, are you Medea?"
She rubs her eyes and nods. She is a diminutive blonde with delicate features, with a reputation for having ridden out the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Afghanistan, interrupting Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's news conferences, consistently putting herself on the line -- in South America, the Middle East and Washington. Within a short time I am introduced to the eight or so waking members of her delegation. We burn the hours together waiting to board our flight. An airport television is beaming in CNN coverage of the stateside embarkation of one member of her delegation, Fernando Suarez del Solar. The media is taking a particularly keen interest in his involvement with the Global Exchange delegation: Seven months earlier, del Solar had lost his son, Jesus, a lance corporal in the 1st Marine division on duty in Diwaniya. The Pentagon had reported to del Solar that Jesus had been shot in combat. Del Solar's own diligence revealed that the truth was that in stepping off an armored personnel carrier, Jesus was instantly killed by a U.S. land mine. Del Solar's response to the death was to gather "messages of peace and love" from American schoolchildren to deliver them to the children of Iraq. I will later witness this warm, broadly mustachioed man cradling a leukemia-ridden infant Iraqi boy, addressing him boisterously as "Cabron!" In my mind I am taken back 20 years, imagining this man lifting his own infant and addressing him as "Cabron!"
After boarding, we are delayed an hour on the ground while the airport is searched for a passenger who had checked a bag onto my flight but had not arrived at the gate by departure time. With the announcement that the baggage compartment is also being searched, I wonder why, if they are concerned about a bomb on board, the plane is not being evacuated. I am too tired to worry and fall asleep. An hour later I am awakened by the pull of takeoff. I have missed the resolution of our delay and ride out the 4 1/2-hour trip to Amman wide awake.
It is 2 a.m. in Jordan when my flight arrives. I part ways with Medea and her delegation, pay the 10 dinars for a visa, and go through customs, where I am greeted by Sattar. Before the Gulf War, Sattar had been a well-paid civil engineer. Now he drives the perilous 12 hours into Amman and 12 hours back to Baghdad, shuttling journalists and humanitarian aides, for a mere $300 per 24- hour round trip. Sattar is in a great hurry to get to the Iraqi border, nearly 400 kilometers from Amman, before the 7 a.m. shift change. It is important not to be delayed at the border crossing because from there we'll begin an additional eight-hour drive to Baghdad through the desert. Nobody likes to drive the last 200 kilometers through the Sunni Triangle at night. The desert hubs of Ramadi and Fallujah are not only political hot zones rampant with guerrilla insurgents but also a center for road bandits (in Iraq, called "Ali Babas"). I have no checked baggage, just my duffel, so we jump into Sattar's car and head out onto the unlit two-lane stretch that leads to the Iraqi border. There are several checkpoints along the way, where only our headlights serve to illuminate Jordanian police, who loom from the darkness along the road. They use their fading flashlights to indicate a stop. They check passports and send us on our way. It's 5 a.m. in the Jordanian village of Mahattat al Jufur, still no light in the sky, but we're taken in by the fluorescent green hue of the storefronts and a cafe. We make a brief stop for chicken tikka and bladder relief. Then, just as quickly, it's back on the road to maintain our schedule.
Bleary-eyed, we hit the sunrise at the Jordanian border. It's just about 6 a.m. Things go pretty quickly here, but a kilometer farther down the road is the Iraqi border, where the shift change seems to be starting early. Dipping into my pocket, Sattar is able to influence the outgoing shift guard to stamp our passports and send us on our way. It should be noted that by Western standards, these borders appear extremely penetrable. Their ramshackle and lightly staffed appearance aside, not one explosive-sniffing canine is in sight. The vehicle's undersides are given a quick check by mirror, maybe a trunk is opened here or there, but that's it. It's daylight by this time, and I'm struck by the hundreds of tents in the fenced area adjacent the border that house Palestinian refugees.
We're now on the road to Baghdad, cutting through the endlessly flat Iraqi desert. For hundreds of kilometers at a stretch, the occasional Bedouin sheepherder is the only human form in sight. As far as the eye can see, these Bedouins -- solitary robed figures traveling the desert followed by a hundred head of sheep -- appear to have neither a point of origin nor a destination. It seems their only mission is to exist as props for a National Geographic photographer. Where are they taking these sheep? And where did they come from?
http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2004/01/14/dd_penn_documents.jpg
Thousands of documents, including death warrants signed by Saddam Hussein, are being cataloged by the Free Prisoners Association. Photo by Hiwa Osman, special to the Chronicle
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