Results tagged “supportourtroops”

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they... more ›

The US government is considering deporting the wife of Alex Jimenez, the soldier from Lawrence who has been missing in Iraq since May 12. Jimenez is a citizen of the United States. His wife, Yaderlin, is not. She came here illegally from the Dominican Republic, and they married. She was in the process of getting a green card, but, according to WBZ, an immigration judge stopped the process when Alex Jimenez went missing. Her lawyer... more ›

Today a tremendous crowd* turned out in Boston to protest the Iraq War, to support our troops who are risking their lives, and to express their anger at the Bush administration for starting it. Many of those in attendance didn't stop with Bush, Cheney, & Co. - they also railed at the Democrat-controlled legislature, whom they feel aren't working enough to stop the war. At first, it seemed as if the rally would be... more ›

Bostonist has a soft spot for magnetic ribbons. Somerville’s got it’s very own ribbon making enterprise: Support Our Ribbons. A group of ironic entrepreneurs have set up shop on the web offering everything short of the ever-popular Support Our Troops Magnetic Ribbon Costume. Today we’d like to introduce the intrepid ribbon distributors at Operation: Over (and any of you other magnetic ribbon aficionados) to the boys of Somerville at SOR. more ›