Travesty

I intend to run this news article all week.

Mass recall of dog and cat food after pets die

Please pass this information along. We may disagree on Bush and his policies but Americans are universally pet lovers.

At the four year anniversary of the Iraq invasion and subsequent occupation:

Poll: Confidence in Iraq war down sharply

I participated in a demonstration this weekend. It was the largest gathering of people in my community, that I can recall, protesting a war. People were respectful, peaceful, supported by each other's presence, and many were mournful and grieving.

It is the loss of life that brings out the grieving. It is also the way in which these lives have been lost and will continue to be lost that causes grieving and sadness.

As it was so directly expressed, the word killed does not adequately describe it. These people were literally torn and ripped to pieces by bombs and gunfire. There is no peaceful warm natural death in war.

And who are these people; young, vibrant, amazing, and brave people. Many of the American troops killed were in their early 20s. They were handsome fresh faces, and the tragedy of their deaths is inescapable. Above all else this is the greatest travesty.