Monthly Archives: November 2009
C141 Charleston Unit Used in Desert Storm on Reserve Manning Instead of Being Activated...
News from Channel 13 investigation: A 13 Investigates report is sparking a national policy review over benefits for reservists who go to war, but aren't...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 931-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVYMcDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $386,046,463 modification to a...
Orders have been given. Troops are mobilizing for Afghanistan deployment. – Washington Post
Well, apparently the President has issued marching orders for more troops in Afghanistan as of Sunday night. The Washington Post is reporting in an article entitled...
Blackwater-Erik Prince, Bush Christian Supremacists, Face Murder Charges
See also Why Is the State Department Speaking for JSOC?
Michael Moore on the New War President
- There's still time to have your voice heard. Call the White House at 202-456-1111 or email the President. - Dear President Obama, Do...
AFGHANISTAN: THE SHADOW OF HISTORY
A RESOLUTION IN AFGHANISTAN CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT SOLVING THE BORDER DISPUTE WITH PAKISTANby Dr. Richard North - UK CorrespondentWhile the world awaits with...
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The face of rotted Washington These Gun Victims Were Heavily Armed Secret letter to reveal new Blair war...
After War, Finding Peace and Calm in a Garden
From left, Thurston Mangrum, Patrick Corcoran, Jan Zientek and Reginald Mourning at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, N.J. Mr. Zientek has...
Regional Veterans' News
Jacksonville, Florida Bikers Ride for Disabled Veterans Kennewick, Washington NW lawmakers target veteran jobless rate Cassino, Italy ...
Obama’s Speech on Afghanistan to Envision Exit – New York Times
In today's New York Times we find articles that all seem to be centered around the notion that the citizenry in the USA is...
AFGHANISTAN: An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore
Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and...
Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan
Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan consists of a growing number of veterans committed to showing Congress and the public the realities of the war. These...
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 11-30-09
What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans 1. VA Named One Of Best Employers For Older Workers. 2. VA Taking Steps To Prevent Suicide. 3. VA Uncertain About...
GORDON DUFF: DRUGS AND SLAVERY: AMERICA’S BLIND EYE
A SECOND GLOBAL HOLOCAUST CONTINUES
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
When Saddam invaded Kuwait, he didn't expect America to object. Kuwait had been stealing Iraqi...
The Civilian Medical Resources Network – Seeks Troops to Treat
Three days ago, we posted an opinion piece by Paul Sullivan of Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) titled American Needs a Discussion About...
TOM DILLMAN – AF-PAK STUDY GROUP: A SOLUTION
AF-PAK’S SOLUTION: THE GREATER HIMALAYAN COMMON MARKET By Tom Dillman, Houston, Texas My points of view comes from having spent a considerable amount of time traveling...
Obama's Cowardly Betrayal
Some forty-five years after the passage of the first civil rights legislation guided into law by JFK and LBJ, the civil rights and peace...
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Tora Bora Levi Johnston's 15 minutes are up Who Will Break the Energy Monopolies? Greenwald: "The crazy, irrational beliefs of...
Regional Veterans' News
Schenectady, New York Proposals take aim at senior fraud St. George, Utah Heroes at Home helps veterans, active military Brownsville,...
Democrats in revolt over Barack Obama’s troop surge
President Obama's toughest challenge will be to win over his most loyal political supporters. He is facing a growing revolt in the...
Mr. President: do you really think we can afford these wars? 1 in...
The New York Times reports today that as of now, one in eight Americans is eating with the help of food stamps and one...
Obama Never Considered Diplomacy in Afghanistan
By Sherwood Ross /Staff Writer After initially injecting 21,000 troops into Afghanistan allegedly to stave off imminent defeat, President Obama Tuesday will tell...
NEVER FORGET: THE MURDER OF JFK
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters: Review of James Douglass' Book by Edward CurtinDespite a treasure-trove of new information...
OBAMA AND KENNEDY: STANDING UP TO THE PENTAGON'S TANTRUMS?
OBAMA'S PROFILE IN COURAGE OR CAVE IN?By Ray McGovern for Truthout(Ed Note: Mc Govern sets the record straight on Vietnam and other Pentagon blunders. ...
WW2 VET DIES AT VA CLINIC: WHY?
SC WWII vet's battle ends in gunshot at VA clinicBy JEFFREY COLLINS (AP) GREENVILLE, S.C. - On the last day of his long, troubled...
Taliban Leader Threatens Obama
By Bruce Riedel The Daily BeastMullah Omar, the elusive leader of the Afghan Taliban, has released a bold message to the White House,...
Do You Pass the GOP's Purity Test? – Sphere Blog
Sphere blog has posted this piece of information originating with the Republican National Committee this morning. I am active Democrat here in Northern Virginia...
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Afghanistan, Iraq: different wars Pakistan President Turns Over Nuke Authority U.S. Military Unveils New Prison in Afghanistan Russia:...
How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!
So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again. By David Sirota SalonPop quiz -- name the political...
Regional Veterans' News
Davie, Florida Horses help veterans break down barriers Atlanta, Georgia Lawsuit: Veterans cheated when refinancing Las Vegas, Nevada VA...
Any Decision Obama makes on Afghanistan means dividing the Democratic Party
Voters who strongly supported Obama for President will rally against their candidate when he makes his speech attempting in Bush-lite style to convince...
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect – New York...
In today's New York Times the lead-off article is entitled Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect . Could it...
Seeking Military Families willing to Speak Out against Afghanistan
As President Obama prepares to convince the American electorate to stay the course in Afghanistan, he can expect not only dissent and division...
A morally bankrupt dictatorship built by slave labour
Editor's note: Dubai was in the news this morning as world financial markets were swooning over the possibility that the "miracle in the...
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Taxing the Speculators Can America afford the 'vanity tax'? Taliban Open Northern Front in Afghanistan ...
The Young Americans the United States Is Sending to War – Politics Daily
David Wood of Politics Daily has written an article today called The Young Americans the United States Is Sending to War. It needs no...
Out of Afghanistan … in Eight Years
The MSNBC anchor this morning made a statement without a trace of irony that President Obama's address on Afghanistan next week will meet with...
Regional Veterans' News
Pittsfield, Massachusetts Veterans affairs gets $85K boost Tuscaloosa, Alabama Veterans enjoy holiday meal at VFW Abilene, Texas Some celebrate Thanksgiving by...
Taliban strength is growing. Are we the occupiers? Are they simply patriots?
In today's New York Times there is a lead off article entitled Taliban Open Up Front in Once-Quiet Afghan North which is self explanatory...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 928-09November 25, 2009--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: ARMY General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Nov. 23, 2009 a $322,111,129 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide initial...
GORDON DUFF: GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
ILL INFORMED, ILL ADVISED AND ILL PREPARED
MCCHRYSTAL SENDS OTHERS OFF TO WAR
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
You could ask, how do you get to...
BILL ECKARD: RETIRED VA OFFICIAL: LOS ANGELES VETERANS LAND "STOLEN"
STOLEN PROMISES
By Ralph W. Eckard
The purpose of this article is to address what has become a much debated and argued issued regarding land that...