{"article":{"id":21191,"heading":"New Labor Antiwar Buttons:  No Blood for Oil","author":"NYC Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)","created":"2002-10-31 17:31:44","modified":"2002-11-03 00:06:22","last_modified":"Sun, 03 Nov 2002 07:06:22","article":"<p>New NYCLAW antiwar buttons now available in black, white and red: <br><br> No Blood For Oil <br>  <br> New York City Labor Against the War <br><br> To order, use form below:  <br><br> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br><br>  <br>  <br> Name________________________________  <br><br>  <br>  <br> Address_____________________________  <br><br>  <br>  <br> City______________________  <br><br>  <br>  <br> State\/Prov._________________ Zip______________ <br><br>  <br>  <br> Enclosed is $___________ for________ buttons ($\/ea.) <br><br> Send check (payable to NYCLAW) to:  <br><br> NYCLAW <br>  <br> Prince Street Station <br>  <br> P.O. Box 233 <br>  <br> New York, NY 10012-3200<\/p>\n","contact":"nyclaw01@excite.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"New NYCLAW antiwar buttons now available in black, white and red:\r\n\r\nNo Blood For Oil\r\nNew York City Labor Against the War","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/10\/21191.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":21218,"heading":"Isn't that","article":"what you guys said about the LAST war???\r\n\r\nBut it turns out, you were wrong. . . it wasn't about oil.  In fact, after the war was over, the US put an embargo on Iraqi oil sales. . .\r\n\r\nI guess I can understand. . . you've got a lot of buttons left from '91, when the anti-war movement never &quot;gelled&quot;.  (Largely because, contrary to the dire predictions of the Left, the war ended quickly.)\r\n\r\nDo you guys ever get tired of being wrong?","author":"T-Mex","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-31 21:29:07","modified":"2002-10-31 21:29:07","fileurl":""},{"id":21220,"heading":"You know, It's hard to really understand WHAT the war was about.","article":"We lured Iraq into Kuwait then killed a shit load of people\r\nbombed the infrastructure as if we were fighting the whole\r\nGerman army in a five year war; then once we had Saddam, we\r\nleft and allowed him to kill a shit load of Kurds.\r\nYeah, what WAS that all about?","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-10-31 22:25:27","modified":"2002-10-31 22:25:27","fileurl":""},{"id":21265,"heading":"...........","article":"If the oil was under embargo, and never sold, it must all still be there, stockpiled. \r\nWaiting for Bush to 'liberate' it.","author":"........","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-11-01 10:10:04","modified":"2002-11-01 10:10:04","fileurl":""},{"id":21274,"heading":"We lured","article":"the Iraqi's into invading???\r\n\r\nFor 10 years, the Left has been trying to tell us that when April Glaspie said &quot;we take no position with regard to your border dispute&quot; that meant -- &quot;feel free to annex Kuwait. . .&quot;\r\n\r\nThese Leftists must think we are pretty stupid.\r\n\r\nBut its the old -- &quot;everything is America's fault.&quot; The Iraqi's aren't responsible for invading Kuwait -- we are!\r\n\r\n&quot;You can't blame Iraq for sending 30,000 troops into Kuwait!!!  Gosh, they're not capable of seeing how wrong that is, they're just a bunch of A-Rabs!&quot;\r\n\r\nThis is the sort of pretzel logic one must use to be a Leftist.  No wonder they all have college degrees!  You can't learn that sort of thinking in the real world!\r\n\r\n","author":"T-Mex","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-11-01 14:01:05","modified":"2002-11-01 14:01:05","fileurl":""},{"id":21289,"heading":"Just curious...","article":"Do you and BA take alternate shifts at the moron roster?\r\n  You challenge the statements without backup data.\r\nBluster and pomposity are really thin substitutes for\r\ninformation.","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-11-01 17:54:01","modified":"2002-11-01 17:54:01","fileurl":""},{"id":21447,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...so it wasn't about oil because when the last war was over...wait...when WAS the last war over...\r\n\r\n...since we never stopped military actions there, I put it to you that it was NEVER over, it is the same war, and it is about the same thing...OIL!\r\n\r\n...now, SheMex, I know with your limited mental facilities it is hard for you to think in terms of the bigger picture...but luckily most Americans aren't as willfully ignorant as you...although I sure that you fantasize that they are...","author":"KPC","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-11-03 00:04:06","modified":"2002-11-03 00:04:06","fileurl":""},{"id":21448,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"SheMex : &quot;These Leftist must think we are pretty stupid&quot;\r\n\r\nUmmm, HELLO?!?!?!  IS THIS THING ON????\r\n\r\nAnd what is this &quot;we&quot;, you got a mouse in your pocket?","author":"KPC","parent_id":21191,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-11-03 00:06:22","modified":"2002-11-03 00:06:22","fileurl":""}]}