Monthly Archives: October 2009

By Sherwood Ross / Staff Writer VT The Pentagon has paid anti-war activist Noam Chomsky the highest honor any totalitarian entity can bestow...

Why spare words? The Pentagon will lie for more war in Afghanistan, a policy being deliberated as we read. As veterans, speak the truth or you will...

What a day for tragedy and contemplation today is! First up we have a blast in Baghdad that has killed 100 people outright, left...

Illustration: "Junta" by Jacques MoitoretBy Jeff Huber at-Largely Defense Secretary Robert Gates has supposedly cautioned his generals against publicly challenging the White House,...

By ROBERT L. HANAFIN, Major, USAF-Retired We at VT ask our...

Augusta, Georgia Veterans dig archeology project Chillicothe, Ohio Health District expands H1N1 vaccination clinic Durango, Colorado Colorado offers special benefits to...

URGENT  CALL FOR HELPI PICKED UP THIS COMMENT FROM MY SEPT 21 2009  ARTICLEI AM ASKING PLEASE SPC DENNIS G please email me so...

PART 1AN EXCELLENT EXPLANATION OF HOW THE "WAR ON TERROR" IS A PLOYBY OUR GOVERNMENTS AGAINST THEIR OWN PEOPLE     PART 2PART 3PART 4

Dr. Kamal S. Kalsi stands Thursday, June 4, 2009, near Saint Joseph's hospital in Paterson, N.J., where he works. By The Associated Press...

NORTH VIETNAMESE TAKEOVER OF VIETNAM PART OF NIXON, KISSINGER PLAN TO RIG THE 1972 ELECTIONA STORY OF DISHONOR AND BETRAYALBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior...

Slate Cheney Reaction TomDispatch What the U.S. Military Can't Do The Nation In Afghanistan: High Cost, Low Odds Consortium News...

By Jeff Huber at-Largely Tom Shanker of the New York Times tells us that NATO defense ministers have given their “broad endorsement” to...

Artist hopes to paint 100 personnel who served in Iraq, AfghanistanRetired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh has gotten used to the stares. His face is...

Holyoke, Massachusetts Attendant denies theft from veterans Shreveport Louisiana Veterans get eyeful of old stomping ground Chicago, Illinois Bill will merge...

In today's New York Times we have Vice President Biden obviously tiring of the former GOP Administrations' views of virtually anything.  Here is the...

Veterans of EPA Superfund sites are at risk for bladder cancer from organic solvent exposure.  A simple and non-evasive test is available to detect...

I am usually pretty serious on this web site, but every now and then I like to lighten things up.  We are people you...

No. 829-09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVY The Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $853,305,629 cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPIF/CPFF) contract...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is doing all she can to get full coverage for all Viet Nam veterans who have been affected by Agent Orange.She...

We just recieved this information from Applebee's Resaurants.All U.S. veterans and active duty military with proof of current or former military service will eat...

"IF BUSH IS SUCH A COWBOY (THOUGH TERRIFIED OF HORSES), WHY CAN'T HE FIND A 6 FOOT 6 ARAB ON A CAMEL WITH A...

CURRENT WARNINGS FROM THE FDAHealth Editor note: It does not take long for "get- rich- quick- sharks" to circle when there is a health crisis. ...

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act (H.R. 1016) mandating Congress approves the health care budget for...

Today is the final day for public comment on proposed VA rules the VA says will streamline PTSD diagnosis and broaden the scope of...

What's Inside Today's Local News for Veterans1. Obama Signs Advance VA Funding Bill.  2. VA, Other Agencies Thanked For Improving Service Delivery To Certain Wounded Vets. ...

Bowling Green, Kentucky Thank veterans for all they’ve done Washington, DC President Obama signs advance VA funding bill...

Today's news in the New York Times and the Washington Post is, as always, enlightening. It shows how far we have come from tribalism...

Beirut October 23, 1983: Truck Loaded With TNT Wrecks Headquarters of a Marine Unit By Thomas L. Friedman The New York...

Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies Funny man’s anything-for-a-laugh career built on pies to the faceSoupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built...

MILITARY AND VETERANS AGAINST HEALTH CARE BILLS PASS THIS TO ALL MILITARY RETIREES      To my fellow warriors as we are the younger retired Marines,...

“For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for man-slaughter or for mischief...

When your name is forever linked to an act of history-derailing domestic terror your billions won't save you from the place in history reserved...

Amid charges from former Vice-President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that the Obama administration is taking too long to make a decision on...

by Bryant Jordan - After seven years of forced silence, a government whistleblower is opening up on what she learned while working as a...

OCTOBER DESERT STORM/GULF WAR TAPS REPORT Half of the twenty deaths were under the age of 50!  Count is 20 so far for October. ...

Retired General Paul Eaton, senior adviser to the National Security Network, has hit back hard at Dick Cheney a day after the former vice...

No. 824-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVYGE Inspection Technologies LP, Skaneateles, N.Y., is being awarded a $22,679,613 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of up to 1,600...

On October 26, 2008, U.S. helicopters stormed a farm near the Iraq-Syria border in order to assassinate leading al-Qaeda operative Abu Ghadiya. One year...

U.S. Interests vs. The Jewish State by Jeff Gates, Staff WriterBarack Obama’s recent conduct at the U.N. removed all remaining doubt as to Israeli...

From Meg Jones of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Dick Olsen volunteered to go to Vietnam because he knew it would make him a better...

Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?Submitted by David Ray Griffin Is Osama bin Laden still alive? I have dealt with this question in a recent...

How Many and For How Long are Claims Pending at VA? Written by Bob Brewin The Veterans Affairs Department manages a whole bunch of...