Sentences with phrase «war on people»

The «War on Drugs»; «War on Terror»; «War on Communism» and a host of other wars waged by the right wing are really nothing more than a War on People — an excuse to erode civil rights to the point of non-existence.
Also, because this war on cannabis is just another war on people.
Three months ago — after the shooting happened and citizens began to protest — the Ferguson police basically declared war on the people they are employed to «protect and serve.»
The «War on Drugs»; «War on Terror»; «War on Communism» and a host of other wars waged by the right wing are really nothing more than a War on People — an excuse to erode civil rights to the point of non-existence.
Are you trying to create war on people who agree or disagree?

Not exact matches

With city data indicating that African - Americans have been charged with marijuana crimes twice as frequently as white residents, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in March to allocate 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis sales permits to people affected by the war on drugs.
If, say, you have children and you want regulation to protect them from the rising sea levels predicted to submerge billions of homes, wars over resources, and so on, you have to realize that however much we call politicians leaders, in democracies they follow the people.
David Debolt, reporting for East Bay Times says, «Oakland ramped up its counterattack to the U.S. war on drugs, expanding its one - of - a-kind program to help people jailed for marijuana crimes enter the booming cannabis industry.»
World War I, which ended 99 years ago on Saturday, took the lives of about 40 million people and is considered by many to be the first total, industrial wWar I, which ended 99 years ago on Saturday, took the lives of about 40 million people and is considered by many to be the first total, industrial warwar.
On paper, the «God of War» reboot is very similar to the original series: It's a third - person action - adventure game that is focused on stylish combaOn paper, the «God of War» reboot is very similar to the original series: It's a third - person action - adventure game that is focused on stylish combaon stylish combat.
In his first three days in the job, he discovered that an Afghanistan veteran had been told not to display a platoon photograph on his desk in case it upset people who opposed the war, and that the company did not allow employees to have tattoos or facial piercings.
Every person alive on the 71st anniversary of those attacks holds in their flesh radioactive remnants of the nuclear era — a period centered in the early decades of Cold War when nuclear nations conducted atmospheric tests of ever - larger bombs.
«A trade war on steel and aluminum is going to help a small number of people and it's going to hurt a lot more and drive up prices, said Mary Ann Hurley, vice president, fixed income trading at D.A. Davidson in Seattle.
«In addition to ending a key front in the racist war on drugs, regulating and taxing marijuana would generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for our people and create important agricultural opportunities for our state,» Nixon said in the Twitter video.
Hundreds of people have died during the past week in the worst bombings on the rebel - held eastern half of Aleppo since the war began in 2011.
«But the U.S. brought the threat of war to the Korean peninsula with large - scale new sanctions on the DPRK ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony,» the state news agency said, using the initials of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
When people began to lose faith in US currency (in the Civil War), the words «In God We Trust» were put on the dollar bill to trick people into having faith in it.
If Disney lets me put him where he needs to be at, he'll be the rippest person you'll ever see on «Star Wars.»»
The discussion centered on different perspectives on the Iraq War, but the takeaway was, in order to truly understand others, people need to feel what actions have caused them to feel.
The discussion centered on different perspectives on the War On Iraq, but the takeaway was, in order to truly understand others, people need to feel what actions have caused them to feeon different perspectives on the War On Iraq, but the takeaway was, in order to truly understand others, people need to feel what actions have caused them to feeon the War On Iraq, but the takeaway was, in order to truly understand others, people need to feel what actions have caused them to feeOn Iraq, but the takeaway was, in order to truly understand others, people need to feel what actions have caused them to feel.
The nonprofit organization, which uses a commerce - based business model instead of relying on donations, began selling incredibly fashionable metal whistle necklaces to encourage people to become «whistle - blowers for peace» in Congo and raise awareness about the deadly war.
Typically when people talk about the cloud computing wars, the focus is on cheaper, more powerful computer resources, cheaper storage, and higher - end services.
On Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British war monitor, said about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since it began in 2011, with 85 % of those being killed by Assad's government.
By the 20th century, governments all over the world were engaged in an endless war on noisy people and things.
Only emergency support from the ECB is keeping the banks afloat and saving Greece from a chaotic euro exit that would inflict more pain on its people and gravely damage the currency, the strongest symbol of the EU's drive for an «ever closer union» on a continent once ravaged by two world wars.
OAKLAND — Oakland ramped up its counterattack to the U.S. war on drugs, expanding its one - of - a-kind program to help people jailed for marijuana crimes enter the booming cannabis industry.
With those stats from the city of Oakland's Department of Race and Equity in hand, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on Drugs.
Colin Powell, then US Secretary of State and the most credible person in George W. Bush's cabinet, made the case for war in Iraq on February 5, 2003.
In September 2016, Musk first revealed his plan to send people to Mars in case of an apocalyptic disaster, like a nuclear war, on Earth.
So if your social extensions resulted in thousands of people clicking on your ads but no one actually buying anything from you, you would win the battle but lose the war (more specifically, you would be making money for Google but not for your business).
There were serious persons then and now that blamed the war on Eli Whitney for his invention of the cotton gin in 1794.
The reason for this is that the nation's ideology had changed where it had once trumpeted the ideas of non-intervention and peace (except, of course, for the people of the South during their heroic attempt at independence) to those that glorified empire and war, largely based on the British model which, ironically, was the system that America seceded from in 1776.
More than 200 people, including some who fought in America's wars dating back more than 70 years, gathered on the city's Riverwalk on Monday to honor those warriors who never came home.
If your name is on the mortgage, you are responsible for paying the mortgage, maintaining the property, and making sure that the people you have as tenants aren't war criminals from Cameroon.
Routledge said «People in B.C. also won't forget the B.C. Liberal 16 - year war on education, and stubborn refusal to bring in affordable child care despite the crisis forming under their watch.»
... I don't understand why I can can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war» Sam Zeif was on the second floor of the Parkland, Florida, school where 17 people died after a mass shooting.
That war shows what people are capable of doing... on each side of the spectrum.
Haven't we been at war for the last 10 years with people who act based on what their religion told them to do?
Many people believe along with the pacifists that war does indeed necessarily involve evil actions and so any attempt to impose a moral standard on our conduct is doomed from the start.
Wake up America why we are letting Peter King and people like him to waste time and money on non issues they should be working to solve the real problems facing this country JOBS LOSSES, OUT SOURCEING, BUDGET DEFICIET, BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UN JUST FOREIGN POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, LABOUR UNION PROBLEMS, JOB SECURITY for those who have any jobs left, bringing our troops home from UNJUST and ILLEGAL WARS, KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to people like him to waste time and money on non issues they should be working to solve the real problems facing this country JOBS LOSSES, OUT SOURCEING, BUDGET DEFICIET, BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UN JUST FOREIGN POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, LABOUR UNION PROBLEMS, JOB SECURITY for those who have any jobs left, bringing our troops home from UNJUST and ILLEGAL WARS, KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to solve.
There is no «war on xmas» — atheists don't care what other people choose to believe.
(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.
A decade ago, the «war on Christmas», I'd have to educate many people that X-mas was a CHRISTIAN abbreviation for Christmas, based on Christ's true name, not a secular insult, the fact that it was based on many pagan holidays.
One surprising result of the dominance of the Gulf war was that the Assembly avoided taking action on the demands of aboriginal and indigenous peoples.
The only war this atheist and any atheist I know has on Christmas is when people like you open their ignorant mouths.
Rotarry International Club — Push button international Club Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation — Destroy the Blue Ridge Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Motorcycle — Destroy the Blue Ridge Parkway on a Motorcycle Breast Cancer Awareness - Breast Cancer Ignorance Fire Fighter Rescue Squad - Arsonist Jeopardy Squad First In Forestry - Last in Earth Clearing Animal Lovers - Animal Haters Ducks Unlimited - Ducks With Limits Friends of Appalachian Trail - People who Hate the Appalachian Trail Historic Lighthouse - Lighthouses of no significance Friends of Great Smoky Mountains — People who hate the Great Smoky Mountains In God We Trust — In God We Distrust Knights of Columbus — Dames of Magellan Litter Prevention — Litter Encouragement National Wild Turkey Federation — National Domesticated Turkey Federation Native American — Imported American Save the Sea Turtle — Eat the Sea Turtle Olympic Spirit — The Olympics Stink SCUBA - Skydive Shag Dancing — Berber Dancing Share the Road - Hog the Road Sons of Confederate Veterans — Daughters of Union Veterans Square Dance Club - Circular Dance Club The V Foundation — Need foundations for all other letters of the alphabet Tobacco Heritage — Lung Cancer Heritage US Navy Submarine Veteran — I never served in a Navy Sub Veterans of Foreign Wars — I never served in a foreign War Watermelon — This is against the first amendment unless all other fruits have plates.
I wonder what would happen over there if the world's people were to finally see the truth and realize that religion is being used to delude them into thinking world wars are the way of life — something that has to happen in order for... their glorious ascension into heaven or hell --(depending on who's side — re: religion — god — whatever — you are on).
Lieutenant General Robin Brims, a Christian who served in Ireland, Bosnia and Iraq, told Premier: «When the names on war memorials were read out [as a child], there were names of people who were clearly related to me.
Dr Antony McRoy's been speaking to Premier after Mr Choudhary was convicted of terror offences, having encouraged people to join Islamic State - a banned organisation which has waged war on Britain.
On the subject of a possible civil war between Christians and Muslims, he said: «They [Christians] have lost people and they're angry.
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