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- America has many unsung heroes, some we remember, others are forgotten. One of the latter died this week, a man who helped to try bring ‘change’ to America before it became ‘official policy’. - By Robbie Brown in MyCatBirdSeat Jefferson Thomas, one of the nine black students who integrated an all-white high school in [...]
From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1. VA Encouraging Hiring Of Veterans. Veterans Today Network (9/5, Allen) reported, “The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) workforce of more than 300,000 – including more than 90,000 who are Veterans – knows one of its objectives as it observes Labor Day is to help young [...]
VA agrees that Marine’s death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange and benzene at MCAS El Toro. Marine’s widow awarded Dependent Indemnity Compensation (DIC) from the VA. (IRVINE, CA) - A Marine veteran’s widow was awarded compensation for the death of her husband from progressive small lymphocytic lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) caused by exposure to burnings [...]
Several State witnesses testified in Haifa District Court on Monday, September 6, 2010, in the civil law suit filed by Rachel Corrie's family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Murdered American Citizen Rachel CorrieRachel Corrie, an American human rights defender from Olympia, WA, was crushed to death on March 16, 2003, by a Caterpillar D9R military bulldozer. She had been nonviolently demonstrating against the demolitions of Palestinian homes.
HOW MANY AMERICANS REMEMBER WHAT WE LOST THAT DAY…. “Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product … if we should judge America by that – counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear [...]
SUPPORT TROOPS By Dale R. Suiter STAFF WRITER History offers many examples of military personnel fielded as infantry when America’s combat arms are hard pressed in battle. The Marne in World War I, The Battle of the Bulge in World War II, The Chosin Reservoir in Korea, TET – 1968 in Vietnam are famous examples. [...]
IS AMERICA’S RACKETEERING “ELITE” A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor There is a group of Americans, a combination of coward, gangster, politician, buffoonish soldier, con man and Israel obsessed bully. These are the “users” and “takers” who live their lives, some invisible, some media darlings, some famous heroes as portrayed by their [...]
History offers many examples of military personnel fielded as infantry when America’s combat arms are hard pressed in battle. The Marne in World War I, The Battle of the Buldge in World War II, The Chosin Resevoir in Korea, TET – 1968 in Vietnam are famous examples. Cooks, clerks, mechanics and other Soldiers, Sailors, Marines [...]
A water truck backs up to the Euphrates River in Iraq. The driver, a Ugandan or maybe an Ethiopian, gets out, lowers a hose into the sewage ridden flow and fills his truck. 5 miles away, a US Army water purification center sits, too far away. The driver thinks, "water is water." Another of the Pentagon's "Zombie Contractors" take their toll, part of the army of "undead" and unqualified who are the world's most expensive work force.
- Calls for jobs-creating infrastructure investments in face of expected GOP obstruction - By Julie Pace WASHINGTON – Vowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation’s roads, railways and runways that would cost at least $50 billion. The infrastructure investments are one part of a [...]
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