Monthly Archives: December 2009

For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow Bechtel Gets $128 Million "Small Business" Contract Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline...

Glenn Greenwald notes Al Qaeda's recruiting agent: Missiles killing innocents. How would you feel if someone killed your family? - Following up on what I wrote yesterday...

Middletown, Ohio Protest outside Veterans Service Commission Denver, Colorado Eight accused of posing as vets to collect benefits Madison,...

I must admit.  I did not believe it.  Not ever.  For years the Palestinians have been accusing Israeli authorities of harvesting organs from them...

Today's Washington Post is a veritable treasure chest of crucial information relative to our present schizophrenic state of mind as a nation. We are...

US IN SEARCH OF ENEMIES  By Dr Rodrigue Tremblay"I am as intolerant of imperialistic designs on the part of other nations as I was...

CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN:  AMERICAN MONEY PAYS, AMERICAN JOBS LOST, ISRAEL AND KARZAI SPLIT THE PROFITS "Israeli company wins $350m. tender to produce APCs for...

In today's Sphere political blog we find a story entitled Medics Accused of Ignoring Dying Pregnant Woman that more or less says it all.  Is...

CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR CPL BUCKLES OUR LAST WW1 VETERAN ALIVE IN US!During this holiday week please take a minute and add your support for...

In today's Politics Daily blurb entitled Allegation: Some Contractors in Afghanistan Paying Protection Money to Taliban we find out that the Taliban are able...

By Kathryn Joyce AlterNetThanks to anti-abortion forces in Congress and other culture warriors, female soldiers are not protected by the Constitution they ...

US: WAR ABROAD POVERTY AT HOME Brig Asif Haroon Raja STAFF WRITER/VT and Opinion MakerUSA is the largest economic power of the world and strongest...

Earth, Too Big to Fail? The End of US Relevance Cruise missile attacks in Yemen Stunning Statistics About the...

In today's New York Times we get glimpses of the police state that we have become rearing its ugly head out from underneath the...

Salem, Oregon Veterans' advocate role is wide open Prescott, Arizona Views mixed over news of health care reform...

 The Associated Press is reporting in this morning's Washington Post that there has been a tragedy involving the Coast Guard and a recreational boat...

In an unbelievable story from tonight's Washington Post we learn that yesterday during the record breaking Washington D.C. snowstorm a friendly neighborhood snowball fight...

"THE VIETNAM SYNDROME by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer Many believe it was not the Armed Forces, but the will of the American people, that failed during...

GULF WAR ILLNESS IN COMPARISON A little comparison here with another well known Retrovirus ie AIDSAIDS number in US 1.1mil- Funding for AIDS in US (Does...

ACLU BLOCKS ILLEGAL INTIMIDATION OF VET PROTESTORS "ZEN GARDEN" NOT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETS IN FATCAT NEIGHBORHOOD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Beverly Hills multi-millionaire socialite...

WILL THE VA EVER DO WHAT IS RIGHT TO GET ANSWERS AND HELP FOR GULF WAR VETERAN? GULF WAR VETERANS NEED CONCENTRATED ATTENTION NOWThe number of...

Women and war Political Cartoons of the week World must prepare for climate migration Oil, Not a Drug...

We have three articles from today's New York Times which show very clearly why our constant efforts at 'nation building' are often a waste of...

Illustration: Barry Blitt NYTBy Frank Rich The New York TimesAs we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree...

Clarksville, Kentucky Outreach effort to assist needy vets Houston, Texas Duckworth looks out for her fellow veterans Park City,...

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. WattreeAn Indictment against the Mainstream Media I'd like to start by tipping my hat to Markos Moulitsas, founder...

In an article from today's New York Times entitled Channeling Sunni Rage Into Iraqi Political Clout we learn that Iraq's politically disenfranchised Sunni sheiks...

Tonight's late edition of the New York Times is running a special series in the Opinion section that holds a collection of letters to the...

Veterans we can ask the Senators while they are battling on Health Care to Squeeze some no-cost actions in to get some small business done.

A surge of dollars in Afghanistan U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism CIA working with Palestinian ...

The Associated Press has just reported that a new phase of what we have known as "the Iraq war" is apparently starting.  Iraqi troops...

By Jeremy Scahill The NationIn early November, five British soldiers in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province were killed in an attack at a checkpoint....

In today's New York Times we find more information posted relative to the Iranian seizure of an Iraqi oil field in an article entitled...

Eugene, Oregon Homeless Vet's Death Remembered Topeka, Kansas Kansas Lottery launches veterans tickets St. Joseph, Minnesota Vets take final...

AWAITING A CHRISTMAS FORGOTTEN BEFORE IT CAME DECEMBER 1914 By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor In 1914, during the first bleak Christmas in the trenches of Europe,...

Angela Alegna Delivers Music Christmas Card for the Troops My America's New Music Hero for 2010 is Angela Alegna by Johnny Punish After living twelve years in...

No. 988-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAVY                 Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $200,923,690 modification to previously awarded contract for 241 Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles and 47 shipping...

The "American people have only one part to play in the Nation's wars-that of spectator." Adrian Lewis is a professor of history at the...

And the guy that's standing on the ground, that needs some help.You don't walk up and kick him.If you gonna do this, you better...

1. America Needs Pakistan’s Help -- Again(First Installment in a 5 Part Series)By Jeff Gates, Staff Writer/EditorOrdinary Americans need the assistance of Islamabad now...

Afghan War Costs 101 Tom Friedman, museum exhibit First They Came for the Banksters...

Here are some Buy-American links for the Holidays. Let's face it, outsourcing jobs (off-shoring) to countries who care even less for their workers...