A reader of our website weighs in from overseas:

“My younger son and daughter-in-law live and work in New York. Although I live abroad in Taiwan, I think about them every day and worry about their future lives. I thank Jonathan Tasini for his efforts to help make those lives more productive and rewarding."

"As a Vietnam Veteran (1970-1972) I feel especially aggrieved at our country's presently misguided misadventure in Iraq: an unforced domestic and geopolitical error of the first magnitude -- one that the two sitting U.S. Senators from New York foolishly supported and therefore made possible."

This past weekend’s events surrounding the 3rd anniversary of the Iraq invasion, which had me working all across the state, attending rallies, contacting thousands of voters, and watching Jonathan speak before thousands more fellow activists in Times Square, really drove home the vital role these gatherings play for our movement.

At a United for Peace and Justice event last night it was quite clear that, while inspirational speakers draw the crowd, the true heart of this, and any forum, remains the sense of community, a group of like-minded individuals who can compare notes, rehash victories and failures, and most importantly, work together to face the future better prepared.

The Sunday edition of the Buffalo News ran a fascinating editorial on how Hillary Clinton has broken her biggest promise to New York.

Back in 2000, when she was the nation's First Lady, Hillary Clinton promised that, if elected Senator of New York, she would bring more than 200,000 jobs to New York State.

Her actual grand total? 34,800-- LOST jobs.

Utica-Rome... down 2.3%. Rochester... down 5.1%. The paper's own hometown of Buffalo... down 2.1%. "Only the Albany area has seen job growth since 2001," according to the editorial. (Source for data: US Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

"Does she regret using that 200,000 jobs figure?

This weekend saw tens of thousands of protesters joining together around the globe to protest the Iraq War on its third anniversary. From Australia, to Turkey, to Malaysia, people around the country met to call for an end to the war and withdrawal of the troops.

Here in the U.S., protesters held events across the country. Jonathan himself continued his call for immediate safe withdrawal of our forces in a speech at a protest in Times Square on Satuday in front of over 7,000 anti-war activists.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the administration continued to bury its head in the sand. Both General Casey and Vice President Cheney refuted the claim of former Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi that Iraq is in a civil war, despite the fact that 50-60 Iraqis are being killed each day as a result of the conflict.

As Yogi Berra might say, "It's like deja vu all over again."

Yesterday's air strike on bases outside Samarra nearly 3 years to the day of the Iraqi invasion, left me once again feeling like we're retracing the same ground over and over again. With every change in tactic, and every reassurance by the Bush administration that we need to "stay the course" it becomes clearer and clearer that the only sane course of action is to call for the immediate, safe withdrawal of our forces.

This Sunday marks the third anniversary of the Iraq debacle, and offers a good opportunity to again note what this war of choice has wrought: 2,300 US Soliders killed, 16,000 wounded, at least 30,000 and possibly over 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed and nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars spent. Despite all this, here we are three years later, launching our biggest attack on Iraq since "Shock and Awe."