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President Obama last night affirmed his commitment to seek a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
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As you know, President Obama delivering his second State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 27 , 2010. With the vast majority of Americans (the electorate) not having a loved one in the military thus not committed to the wars, it was no surprise that Obama’s message focused on domestic priorities, and he only reiterated and defended his policy decisions on Iraq and Afghanistan, including the most recent surge of 30,000 troops in November, 2009.
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“If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” Howard Zinn Editor’s note: I wrote the brief piece below several years ago on [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Heroes | Read More »
Regional stories on Veterans health, education and other benefits from: San Jose, California, Carmi, Illinois, Columbia, South Carolina, Moffett Field, California, Des Moines, Iowa, Montpelier, Vermont, Huntsville, Alabama, and Springfield, Missouri
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The Washington Post is running an article this morning entitled Kabul residents say U.S. soldiers kill imam sitting in car in which Afghanis claim that American troops shot and killed an imam sitting in his cars with his children. There seems to be some confusion however whether or not it was American troops or coalition [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in AfPak | Read More »
Jon Renaud, a retired Army Warrant Officer turned fiction writer, pledged to donate all of his royalties from the sale of his new novel, Dereliction of Duty, to the Wounded Warrior Project. A charitable organization committed to helping the wounded veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Book Reviews,Living | Read More »
Today’s Washington Post is posting an article entitled Feds Battle Different Kind of Terrorist: Eco Extremists which clearly shows all of us what citizens do when they feel they are being ignored by their government. For the record, I do not support burning or otherwise destroying things in order to make a political point, but [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11 | Read More »
President Obama’s first State of the Union address last night concluded with Obama noting the administration’s “largest increase in investments for veterans in decades — last year.” Obama did not directly address the infamous ‘culture of denial’ our veterans endure at the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, but he did commit to a specific policy in Iraq and Afghanistan “so … our troops can begin to come home.”
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Heroes,Military | Read More »
Black people are human. War is mostly lies. World War II veteran Howard Zinn believed so. On civil rights, economic rights, and peace, Howard Zinn was committed to the proposition that people and truth are more powerful than power and lies, if one only has the diligence and commitment to look at the facts.
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
No doubt, violence against the other communities has been used by Hindu fundamentalists as a normal practice since partition, but intensity of the anti-Muslim and anti-Christian bloodshed in the last decade coupled with the dissemination of Hindutva has displayed India’s ‘secular terrorism.’
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
A great, honest and incredibly genuine American scholar died today. A veteran of World War II where he served in combat as an Army Air Force bombadier, Howard Zinn is probably the greatest “people’s historian” this country will ever have. His book, “A People’s History of the United States” is an absolute must read for any [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Heroes | Read More »
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January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Jobs & Careers | Read More »
What a news day! First we have the Alaska State Legislature deeply embroiled in a fight to keep wayward Alaskans away from their family pets and public animals in any unnatural way and then we have the French government hoping to fight AIDS by sending a 120 foot tall flying condom on a world tour. You [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Health | Read More »
SPY BREAK-IN AT SENATOR LANDRIEU’S OFFICE COMPROMISED NATIONAL SECURITY AT HIGHEST LEVELS By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor This week, a “Watergate” type attack on the Federal Building in New Orleans was thwarted when 4 “black bag” operatives, one the son of US Attorney, William J. Flannigan, whose offices were in the same building, were [...]
January 28th, 2010 | Posted in Foreign Relations,Politics | Read More »
No. 071-10
CONTRACTS
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
Thus, the progressive movement is not so much a political ideology as it is a philosophical attitude towards human behavior. A true progressive, as oppose to an ideologue of any stripe, will always give truth, logical thought, and the interest of humanity priority over ideology. And regardless to how much he or she may admire any politician, he will always hold that politician accountable for truth, justice, and his fidelity to mankind.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
Coal is the biggest single source of greenhouse gases. China and India are now huge consumers of coal, and their appetite is growing. “As long as economic development is a priority,” says Morse, “I think climate takes a back seat, and in that situation, coal is going to win every time.”
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
The link to this song was sent into Veterans Today by a friend of ours. He asked that it be included in our Stories of Agent Orange effort. It comes from a post on the blog Agent Orange Zone. During the Vietnam War, Country Joe McDonald wrote a song called “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Agent Orange,Health | Read More »
Climate and clean energy measures create jobs. Even without national climate and clean energy policies, green jobs have grown at more than twice the rate of overall jobs over the past decade, according to a June 2009 study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. State-level studies show the same trend. For example, a December 2009 analysis by Collaborative Economics and Next 10 showed that California, which has some of the most forward-thinking climate policies in the country, has seen green job growth outpace overall job growth by a rate of almost 3-to-1 since 1995.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
Just about a half hour ago AOL News released a stunning report entitled Key Waterboarding Defender Reverses Himself . Old news? Hardly. This guy, John Kiriakou, was the main reason that all the main stream media outlets took the waterboarding-is-not-torture defense of the Bush Administration so seriously. He was a CIA operative who swore up [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in 9/11 | Read More »
Camp Lejeune veterans and family members are automatically covered under the TRICARE program. Veterans and dependents of other bases must await the decision of an Advisory Board. No provision is made for civilian workers injured from exposure to environmental hazards.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Veterans Affairs | Read More »
Lets take a break from the never ending tensions between Democrats and Republicans in D.C. Lets turn our attention to Alaska, a place where I have spent a great deal of my Service time. The news today is not good. I know that place quite well but I have to tell you, this one is [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Legislation | Read More »
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that today the North and South Korean Navies exchanged gunfire in waters marking the western boundaries of their disputed territories. The piece is entitled NKorea, SKorea exchange fire near disputed border . Officially, the Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace agreement so techinically we are [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Korean Conflict | Read More »
American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be medically evacuated for health problems such as a bad back than for combat injuries, says a new study published last week in the British medical journal, Lancet. However experts noted that the large number of Soldiers with chronic physical pain was likely masking an [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Health,PTSD | Read More »
An Ugly Insult Against America’s Active Duty Military and Veterans By Robert L. Rosebrock, Staff Writer Since 1898, The United States Military Academy has had the words “Duty, Honor, Country” proudly emblazoned on its coat of arms and boldly engraved on some of its oldest buildings. The motto has become such a distinct code for [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Legislation,Politics | Read More »
Shades of Watergate in Louisiana, from Informed Comment, Whats this Pelican stuff? at TPM, America’s fictional Democracy, from Chris Hedges, Big Surprise, another lie from the CIA, and Garrison Keillor says “let the uninsured die?” These and other stories in today’s picks.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
Danang, Vietnam – Many of us may recall the peace loving, and US loyal peoples of Vietnam. There are many stories that have been told of how these wonderful and such courageous folks fought with us, alongside us, protected us, and died with and for us. Some of us remember them as the Montagnards. The [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Vietnam War | Read More »
Okay. Here is the situation and it is not what we were told would happen by our friends. NATO either cannot or will not send the troops to Afghanistan that they promised Obama that they would send. There is stiff opposition among the European governments to any increase in troop levels for this unpopular war. [...]
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in AfPak | Read More »
Olympic Winter and Summer Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military Program has been instrumental in providing essential rehabilitation and mentoring to injured veterans. Some of the veterans who have been helped have suffered spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, strokes, blindness or visual impairments.
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Health | Read More »
Regional stories on Veterans Health, education and other issues today from: Vermillion, South Dakota, Knoxville, Tennessee, Lake City, South Carolina, New York, New York, Ogden, Utah, San Francisco, California, Riverview, Florida, San Francisco, California, Des Moines, Iowa, Seattle, Washington, Corruna, Michigan
January 27th, 2010 | Posted in Regional,Vet News | Read More »
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