Genarlow Wilson is serving a 10-year sentence

for consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old

“He is the face of many other young black men

who have received injustice"

Genarlow has been in prison for two years for

the 'offense' he committed when he was 17

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Both "The War on Drugs" and The War on Terror" were started by Republicans. Both "Wars" have cost this country billions of dollars.

Both "Wars" are responsible for thousands of deaths. Both "Wars" enable corporations to make billions of dollars. Both "wars" are self-perpetuating.

Both "Wars" have taken away some of our basic rights that were given to us by our Founding Fathers and the Constitution

The "War on Drugs" is a failed war. It has failed to deliver on anything that it was intended to do. Drugs are as prevalent today, and as available today as they were when this "War" was started by the Reagan administration.

The war on drugs has helped to earn this country the despicable distinction of being the world's #1 jailer.   more »

"Al Qaida is the main enemy for Shia, Sunni and Kurds alike," Bush asserted. "Al Qaida's responsible for the most sensational killings in Iraq. They're responsible for the sensational killings on U.S. soil."

U.S. military and intelligence officials, however, say that Iraqis with ties to al Qaida are only a small fraction of the threat to American troops.

The group known as al Qaida in Iraq didn't exist before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, didn't pledge its loyalty to al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden until October 2004 and isn't controlled by bin Laden or his top aides.

"The only way they think they can rally people is by blaming al Qaida," said Vincent Cannistraro, a former chief of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center who's critical of the administration's strategy.   more »

The growing crisis over Islamic radicalism in Pakistan is drawing attention to the complicity of that country's military government in the rise of the biggest haven for Jihadis in the world.

The issue, which is also linked to the threat to US troops in Afghanistan from Taliban bases in Pakistan, is likely to push aside the Bush administration's campaign to portray Iran as the primary external source of instability and violence against US troops in the region.

The serious impacts of the policy of accommodation practiced by Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf toward the Taliban and its supporters in Pakistan have been dramatized by the clashes between security forces and Islamic radicals at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad.   more »

Hillary's ambition is transparent

Obama's easy warmth and fluid style

lead the eye away from his ambition

At 47 he'd be our fourth youngest president,

a year older than that other Clinton,

who shot up through the social classes about as fast

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