Wow, I was watching the local news this morning and a 19 year old boy from my neck of the woods was killed in Iraq. I know this happens everyday but not very often where I'm from. It just really brought the lyrics to that song really into focus. They plastered his pic all over the tv and told how he was only two days away from going home and his new wife was only two weeks away from giving birth to their baby girl. Very sad, I didn't even know him but couldn't help shedding a tear for him and his family.

That's what I think this album is about, seeing the perspective of the one's that truley matter the most in this damn sick war, the soldiers and their families.

Yeah, there was a funeral yesterday in my hometown, in Canada, strangely enough. Some young kid killed in Afghanistan. Apperantly when the procession headed out of town everyone downtown got out of their cars, no one honked or said anything, just bowed their heads. It's a pretty intense time right now.

this kid in one of my classes just got shipped to iraq, one week before the semester ends. its the first person i actually know to go there.

mother fucker man.

everytime i hear wws i get so pumped up. all the sadness of getting the AP's death count every single day on the news wire leaves me and i feel like 'this is it. this is the song that's going to put me over the edge'

it's so easy to feel small in this world. ed's said it before. and i think he addresses it on this album. what can i do to vent my beliefs to the public in such a large place like new york city?

i don't know, but every time there's a death, it just bothers me. i don't really have any friends or family that feel the same exact way as i do, but god almighty, so i'm in a tough spot.

i really need to get in touch with my local green party and get involved again.

Do it. I think that's exactly what PJ wants out of this. Action by their fans. I'm not by any means an activist, far from it, but I admire you for even considering it. I think that's the best way to thank PJ for all they do, not by buying tickets and albums. If not, do it for yourself.

well i've been very involved before but since i've moved and got a new job, i've fallen off the map. it's amazing it took a song like wws to get me going again, but hey, it worked right?

No shit it hits home. It feels like Eddie is one of the only artists who vocally opposed the administration since the fucked up fake war began. In 2004, I was at work and was drifting through the casualties on CNN online. I noticed a face and realized that it was a roommate of mine in basic training. He was a great guy who always talked about his family. I wasn't really close to him and we didn't keep in touch after basic, but it was all too chilling to see his face in the many who have fallen for someone's fucked up crusade.

Not only that, my brother should be arriving in Northern Iraq. He's in the Army Reserves and is leaving his wife and kids back home. There are several songs on this album that hit home and I'm glad Ed's the one to tell the story.

Not to mention:

* IRAQI DEATHS

Military 4,895 - 6,370

Civilian 33,821 - 37,943

* ELECTRICITY

MW nationwide pre war (est) 3,958

MW nationwide Feb 2006 3,700

Hours electricity per day pre war (est) 16-24

Hours electricity per day Feb 2006 10

* DAILY INSURGENT ATTACKS

Jun 2003 8

January 2006 75

* IRAQIS THINKING IRAQ IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

April 2005 67 per cent

Dec 2005 49 per cent

* IRAQIS WHO RARELY HAVE SAFE, CLEAN WATER 71 per cent

SOURCE: BROOKINGS INSTITUTE AND IRAQ BODY COUNT

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facts are an invention of the liberal media and commie university professors.

Virginia?


Did you know this person? One of my coworkers went to Iraq for 10 months less than 60 days after his wife gave birth to twin girls. He got home safe, praise be to Allah, but I saw the stress on his family and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

My brother was in Iraq August 2003-March 2004. I truly believe that if I'd have heard WWS during that time I would have had a complete breakdown.

Yeah, SW Virginia. I did not know him.