The euro shot to an all-time high against the U.S. dollar Tuesday on concerns about the American economy that were fueled by discouraging growth forecasts from key U.S. retailers and homebuilders.by Jackie Farwell, BusinessWeek The British pound, which has been trading around 26-year highs against the dollar, briefly touched $2.0273 after reports showed British consumer [...]
After serving in Afghanistan and three times in Iraq, an Army Reserve sergeant from Port St. Lucie recoiled at still another deployment.by Amy Driscoll Left, Erik Botta is an Army Reservist who has done four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is now being called for a fifth tour. PORT ST. LUCIE — Erik [...]
Panel expected to get an earful from Louisiana veterans and support groups.by Bruce Alpert, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Tyler Ziegel says he considers himself fortunate. The 24-year-old former Marine reservist, who lost both his ears, most of his nose, and his left hand in a blast from an improvised explosive device attack in Iraq, said [...]
As the use of body art grows, it's becoming an employment issue.by Molly Selvin Last year Justin Miloro had to wear long sleeves to conceal the Buddha curling around his left forearm and the yellow-orange sun rays on his right. Pants covered the depiction of Earth on one leg and wings on the other. The [...]
Saudi Takeover of GE Plastics Flies Under the Radarby Diane M. Grassi The announcement on May 21, 2007 that the largest public company in the Middle East, by market value, would be acquiring a division of the world’s second-largest corporation, by market value, and based in the United States, could not have been any less [...]
I'm having the worst damn week of my whole damn life so I'm going to write this while I'm pissed off enough to do it right. Taken from Best of CraigslistI am SICK of all this bullshit people are writing about the Iraq war. I am abso-fucking-lutely sick to death of it. What the fuck [...]
Survey left out many sailors involved in chemical weapons tests, group saysby Chris Amos Left, Veterans who served on the USS Power recite the Pledge of Allegiance before a meeting Aug. 20, 2002, in Annapolis, Md. A group of Navy veterans says that findings from a study of the health effects of at-sea biological and [...]
Thomas Paine: The Forgotten Founding Father Too Radical Yet Without Thomas Paine, there would be No America Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 – 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual. Born in Great Britain, he lived in America, having migrated to the American colonies just in time [...]
George Washington: America's Greatest U.S. Veteran A Legend During His Own Time and So Much More 231 years later There have been so many great veterans that have served our country. The list is so long that it would take 1000 days to write it all it down. But truly, and unarguably, there has never been and [...]
As revelers celebrate the nation's birthday, commentators debate what it means to be an American.by Tom A. Peter Boston – As the United States celebrates its 231st birthday, Americans and Brits alike are assessing the American values that the holiday commemorates. This year, Independence Day comes at a challenging time for a nation that is [...]
Thomas Paine: – Americas Forgotten Founding Father Dreams of America COMMON SENSE: A Best Selling How to Book on Making Revolution Resonates to all that seek Freedom from Tyranny "These are times that try men's souls" - Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language [...]
< Back to Part I Common Sense By Thomas Paine (continued) A committee of twenty-six members of Congress, viz. two for each colony. Two members for each House of Assembly, or Provincial Convention; and five representatives of the people at large, to be chosen in the capital city or town of each province, for, and [...]
The Meaning of the 4th of July A Vietnam Veteran Reminds What We Fight For…. By Patrick Camunes Blood and Freedom – Fourth of July, 1967 . . . I'm on a fire support base in the mountains of Tam Ky Vietnam that's separated from it's main unit, the 4th of the 31st of the 196th [...]
Arizona Government Agency Reaches Out to Hire Veterans Arizona Corporation Commission Joins HireVeterans.com by Gordon Gates Article 15 of the Arizona Constitution establishes the Arizona Corporation Commission. Only 7 states have constitutionally formed Commissions. Arizona is one of only 13 states with elected Commissioners. In the 37 other states, Commissioners are appointed by either the [...]
The word "patriotism" has been used quite often. This Fourth of July let us celebrate the "true patriots" — the American veterans — who have humbly served and died for this country since the American Revolution and continue to do so today. by Donna Teresa Homefront Journal Left, Tom Cruise played the role of Ron [...]
A group of Vietnam veterans is providing free vision correction surgeries to members of the Arizona National Guard who are headed to Iraq and Afghanistan.by Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic PHOENIX, AZ — On his first day in Iraq in 2003, Staff Sgt. Andrew Locke clearly saw that wearing eyeglasses was a handicap in a [...]
Leading Intelligence Support Service Firm Seeks to Hire U.S. Veterans OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation Joins HireVeterans.com by Gordon Gates OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation, a leader and innovator in delivering professional intelligence support services, is reaching out to hire qualified U.S. Veterans. OMNIPLEX provides investigative and physical security services to corporations and government agencies located throughout [...]
Did Wall Street Players Provide Economic Resources to the Notorios Nazis? Economic Truth from the Past or Political Slander? by Jeff Rense, Rense.com Have you ever wondered how Adolph Hitler – a mediocre painter of Austrian origin – transformed himself into Germany's Fuhrer during the 1930s and 1940s? The Nazi phenomenon was no historical coincidence, and far [...]
Despite a rise in desertions from the Army as the Iraq war drags on into a fifth year, the U.S. military does almost nothing to find those who flee and rarely prosecutes those it gets its hands on.by Estes Thompson, Associated Press Writer FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – There is no crack team of bounty [...]
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