Not that it will seem to matter, unless more voters wake up to what is happening in our city.
Tim Goodrich is a full-on carpetbagger from Buffalo, New York.
What is he doing here in Torrance? How was he able to get elected in 2014?
Big money from Big Labor, that's all.
Sure, he pushed out his pro-veteran credentials--blah, blah, blah.
But he was a rabid anti-war vet, and harassed General Franks outside of a LAUSD School.
Here's the link for an article about his anti-war sentiments.
Thanksgiving
in Iraq
By Tim Goodrich, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War
As the time comes to
celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States, my mind wanders and my
thoughts shift to Iraq. This is frequent occurrence for anyone who has been
involved with the war; just ask any of the hundreds of thousands who have been
deployed there.
This Thanksgiving, we
have 160,000 troops in Iraq. This means there are that many empty seats at
dinner tables across the US. This also means that the families of all these
troops are worrying each minute about whether or not their loved one will make
it home for the next Thanksgiving. In Iraq, many troops are feeling homesick,
wondering why they are caught up in a seemingly endless war with no mission to
speak of, when they could be home eating comfort food with their families by
the fireplace. This year, real "Thanksgiving" for the troops will not
involve a plastic turkey and a presidential photo-op, but instead will be when
they've made it through the day alive and with all of their limbs intact.
Although the Iraqis
don't celebrate Thanksgiving, one must ask, "What do they have to give
thanks for?" They certainly aren’t thankful for living at the hand of an
illegal and immoral occupation that has killed and wounded scores of their
people. They aren't thankful for George W. Bush's version of freedom, which provides
them with less electricity, potable water and security than they had before the
occupation. My Iraqi friend in Baghdad is not thankful for the daily bombings
that cause her great distress and have blown out her apartment windows.
Instead, the Iraqi
people will give thanks when the unemployment rate of 60% goes down, the
unannounced house raids on innocent homes stop and the last US troops have left
their country.
During the upcoming
holiday season, please show your support beyond slapping a yellow magnet on
your car. We know the ultimate solution would be to end the occupation now, but
please also consider giving in some way to the troops. There are a variety of
ways you can do this, but please visit www.ivaw.net for
some ideas.
Photo: Tim Goodrich
(right) at Camp Casey II, Crawford, Texas August 29, 2005. Photo by Jeff
Paterson. Copywrite 2005.
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