Join OOIBC (FAQ)
Out Of Iraq Bloggers Caucus
A coalition of progressive bloggers from across the political spectrum; united in our opposition to the occupation of Iraq.
Opposed to Iraq Supplemental Appropriations Bills.
Opposed to funding Bush's Iraq Occupation Debacle.
Committed to getting the troops home as soon as possible.
Determined to end George W. Bush's Iraq and Mid-East Debacle as quickly as possible.
Determined to restore some sanity to the world.
"Tonight I must make it plain and clear that as a human being, as a citizen of the world, as a citizen of America, as a Member of Congress, as an individual committed to a world at peace with itself, I will not and I cannot in good conscience vote for another dollar or another dime to support this war."
--Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), March 19, 2007 House floor
Congressman John Lewis - Backbone Award
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Last spring 2007, as the battle over the Iraq War supplemental funding bill began to heat up, a group of bloggers started coming together, and the result was The Out Of Iraq Bloggers Caucus Blogroll. It is based on an idea by Big Tent Democrat at TalkLeft.
What started as a few blogs has grown to the point that the blogroll has become unwieldy, and almost a chore to maintain. We are sure that the prospect of putting that whole blogroll on your site has discouraged more than a few potential members. (Major kudos to the last ten or so members, who stepped up and took the data entry challenge! Hat's off to you, and we would like to apologize publicly to you for doing this now...)
We decided in the last couple of days that this situation presented a dilemma that we are glad to face, because it means that we are growing and getting some attention. We think we handled the challenge quite adequately!
We have made it really easy to join the Out of Iraq Bloggers Caucus – and after you are done, there is no maintenance involved.
If you want to be a part of the Out of Iraq Bloggers Caucus, you can add an automatically updating, no-maintenance blogroll to your blog.
You'll also become an OOIBC Contributing Author able to post or cross-post all of your Iraq Occupation/War on Terror/Imperialism content here at OOIBC.
Folks, I don't think we can make it much easier than that for you! Your level of involvement is entirely up to you!
Thanks for helping us spread the word!
--- Blue Girl and Edger
TO ADD THE AUTOMATED OOIBC BLOGROLL TO YOUR BLOG:
- Choose one of the blogroll styles shown below. Copy the code shown in the box for that option, and paste it into your sidebar where you want the OOIBC Blogroll to appear.
- Send an email to outofiraqbloggers@gmail.com letting us know that you've added the OOIBC Blogroll to your site. We'll review your site and link you back - including you in the blogroll. One of us will reply to your email quickly with a welcome and with setup details from us - normally by the end of the day. If you want to post or cross-post here, email us and we will provide instruction.
The OOIBC Blogroll Widget, powered by Blogrolling.com, is designed so that it will display the blogroll on your site using your blog's font and link styles and colors.
1) SEO/Technorati Safe
NON-SCROLLING (long) blogroll WITH image (See example in left sidebar here)
2) SEO/Technorati Safe
SCROLLING (short) blogroll WITH image (RECOMMENDED: See example here, and below)
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