Monthly Archives: May 2010

An Open Letter to President Obama About Veterans Exposed to Environmental Hazards Dear President Obama: We know that you may have read and been...

Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Part 2 Desert Storm Veterans/Gulf War 1 Veterans Recent Deaths We remember and honor each of these veterans who were exposed to toxins in the...

Part 1(follow the posts to see other Deaths of Gulf War 1 and Desert Storm Veterans): We Remember that these veterans died too young.  Many...

As we remember the fallen today, one thing is clear: Our troops and Marines did not die for the vicious, hateful state of Israel. President...

We recently posted Memorial Day messages from several Veterans and Military Family groups that not only Honor the Warrior, Not the War, but call...

Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla on America's Memorial Day was all too predictable, although the form it took surprised even me. And it confirms the old proverb that "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad," for the attack was the kind of madness only unbridled arrogance can assume.

"STOLEN NUKES," MISSING WMD'S THAT CAUSED IRAQ WAR IN ISRAEL ALL ALONG ISRAELI "ROGUE NUKES" USED TO JUSTFY GLOBAL "CRIME SPREE" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior...

A Complet List of America's dead in Afghanistan since 2001

BP is a convicted serial environmental criminal. Why is there no criminal investigation? Why hasn't the government launched a criminal investigation into BP? * By Jason...

A Memorial Day remembrance (circa 1904): O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near...

He was oldest of 97 Medal of Honor recipients still living. Despite head wounds and other injuries, Mr. Finn, the chief of ordnance for an air squadron, continuously fired a .50-caliber machine gun from an exposed position as bullets and bombs pounded the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe Bay in Oahu. He then supervised the rearming of returning American planes.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Salem, Oregon, White Haven, Pennsylvania, Timonium, Maryland, Mattapan, Massachusetts, San Rafael, California, San Jose, California, Prescott, Arizona, Woodbury, Minnesota, Birmingham, Alabama, and Iron Mountain, Michigan.

- USAID's "burn rate" in Afghanistan: $300 million a month - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran NAWA, AFGHANISTAN -- In this patch of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. strategy...

From CounterPunch: By Susan Galleymore Each year for the last five years the U.S. has welcomed a delegation of Vietnamese affected by spraying chemicals in Vietnam...

- Massacre at Sea -  ABC News Report: White House 'Working to Understand' Israeli Attack; scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled. For...

For a national population to stay even, women must average 2.1 to 2.3 births apiece.

Will Arizona ban Dolly Parton, George W. Bush, and Paula Deen from Teaching our children?

If the Army needs proof that Ryan Hallberg suffered a loss when he was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq, it need look no farther than 4 inches below his right knee. There's nothing there. Despite an amputation from his injuries, Hallberg has twice been denied a $50,000 insurance benefit because he has been told by the federal insurance office administering the program that "there is not enough medical information to support your loss."

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Detroit, Michigan, Jacksonville, Florida, Bay City, Michigan, Knoxville, Tennessee, Kinston, North Carolina, San Mateo, California, Austin, Texas, Belleville, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.

“The conditions now, in my view, are unquestionably worse in the inner cities,” attorney and civil rights stalwart David Ginsburg ...

By LESLIE KAUFMAN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS NEW ORLEANS — In another serious setback in the effort to stem the flow of oil gushing from a...

NETWORK INSULTS VIETNAM VETERANS GENERAL PETRAEUS HOSTS VIET VET INSULT AD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Would any TV network, even one on cable be so...

This Memorial Day message comes from Veterans for Common Sense (VCS). Although not an anti-war Veterans group in the true sense of the word,...

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray yesterday ordered the US Navy Veterans Association to immediately cease all fund raising in the state. This follows a lengthy investigation and a series of news stories by The St. Petersburg Times which raised a thick cloud of suspicion about the legitimacy of the "charity."

On this Memorial Day, we honor the thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians who have died in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Newtown, Pennsylvania, Rock Island, Illinois, Watertown, Wisconsin, Helena, Montana, Silver City, New Mexico, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Knoxville, Tennessee, Phoenix, Arizona, and Moultrie, Georgia.

By IAN DEITCH HAIFA, Israel - Israeli gunships headed out to sea on Friday to stop a flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists from reaching the Gaza...

After preaching to the choir for about seven paragraphs, Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) had this meaningful thing to say about Memorial Day,

This waste in U.S. dollars, mostly on loan from China, for WE are a debtor nation, does NOTHING but aggravate the problem(s) of how Veterans will be treated by the VA and our government in general when they come Home to War.

No. 443-10 ------------------------------------- CONTRACTS: NAVY Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $114,045,809 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-4416) for USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) modernization,...

The 4th annual National Brain Injury Employment Conference is a unique forum that brings together all the stakeholders in the brain injury and employment fields in the Denver area. Register today for an interactive and inspirational two days of learning and networking.

Dear Messrs, Tepper, Soros, Simons, Paulson, Cohen, Icahn, Lampert, Griffin, Arnold and Falcone, It's now estimated that about 150,000 teachers will lose their jobs next year because of the financial crisis touched off by your industry.

President Barack Obama will deliver the Memorial Day address at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery’s 11th Annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 31, 2010.

Regional stories on veterans' health, education and other benefits and issues today from Molalla, Oregon, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Goshen, Indiana, Menifee, California, Madison, Wisconsin, Atlanta, Georgia, Leavenworth, Kansas, White Plains, New YorkJacksonville, Florida, Wilmington, and North Carolina.

By ROBERT H. REID (AP) – KABUL, Afghanistan — The American military death toll in Afghanistan surpassed 1,000 at a time when President Barack Obama's...

Go to BP's Live Stream From Sub at Oil Leak Site for live feed.

From Crooks and Liars: UPDATED: DADT repeal passed by full House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services committee By karoli Steny Hoyer's passion is moving in...

Today, the Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) announced it is launching a five-day Memorial Day campaign to increase its grant funding for Hire Heroes USA (HHUSA) and to build awareness about the issue of veterans’ unemployment. HHUSA is an organization that focuses on providing career transition assistance to recently returning veterans. For every new fan that helps CODE support veterans and says they “Like” the Call of Duty Endowment Facebook page, between Thursday, May 27th and Monday, May 31st, CODE will increase their donation to HHUSA by $1. The campaign will last until 11:59PM PST on Memorial Day, or until a grant of $50,000 has been reached, whichever benchmark expires first.

No. 441-10 -------------------------------- CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY                 Sterlingwear of Boston, Inc.*, Boston, Mass. is being awarded a maximum $36,700,000 firm-fixed-price, total set-aside, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for men’s...

PAETEC  Hires  Passionate  People Veterans Encouraged to Apply Today By Randy Miller Through career planning and continuous on-the-job training, PAETEC strives to give every employee the opportunity...

AMERICA'S NEW "LOST GENERATION"  By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The calendar says 2010 but it feels like 1955, not the real 1955, not by a...