Sen. Sherrod Brown: "We should be ashamed of ourselves for passing these agreements, period, and especially for passing them under these provisions. I hope the administration learns something from this. I hope the administration decides on these trade agreements, instead of being on the side of the largest corporations in the country and in the world, which don’t always look out for American interests, I hope the administration and the members of the House and Senate will decide they want to be on the side of American families, American communities, of American workers, of American small companies that make stuff and want to sell it all over the world."
Michael Patterson, 21, Iraq veteran from Anchorage. He was sent to Iraq as an interrogator at age 18. He was removed from the Armed Services Committee hearing today while shouting "I saw what we do to people."
Michael Patterson, 21, Iraq veteran from Anchorage. He was sent to Iraq as an interrogator at age 18. He was removed from the Armed Services Committee hearing today while shouting "I saw what we do to people."
Wars, or counties we're attacking or bombing in, depending on how
serious you are about language.
This is from several days ago at #occupationwallstreet
[closeup of previous post] She told me she worked for the Federal Reserve and that it was a UMP, which is a German-made submachine gun. I'm not sure if they always have guards with such weapons outside the Federal Reserve Building or if it was because of the protest there Sunday. The pic doesn't really do justice to how threatening the weapon looks since she's turned away.