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Seven Days in January

Managing Editor - February 1, 2010 5

So it was, undoubtedly, with New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller, who accompanied Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as he stumbled through a challenge-filled, error-prone two-day trip to Pakistan. Gates must have felt a little like a punching bag by the time he boarded his plane for home having, as Juan Cole pointed out, managed to signal “that the U.S. is now increasingly tilting to India and wants to put it in charge of Afghanistan security; that Pakistan is isolated… and that Pakistani conspiracy theories about Blackwater were perfectly correct and he had admitted it. In baseball terms, Gates struck out.”

Valley of the Dolls – Dave Barry

Managing Editor - February 1, 2010 0

Yes, my daughter has a Barbie doll. And not just any Barbie doll: It's a Republican Convention Delegate Barbie. Really. She's wearing a business suit and has a little delegate credential around her neck. In other respects she's a regular Barbie, by which I mean she has an anatomically impossible figure and enough hair to be a fire hazard.

Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 2/1/10

Managing Editor - February 1, 2010 7

# VFW Head Lauds Shinseki, Sees Improvements In Vets' Health Care. # NY Governor: Keep Aid To Local Vets' Agencies At Current Level. # Vets Cemetery In Kentucky On Track For Fall Opening. # Acute Psychiatric Unit Proposed For Vermont VAMC. # Ohio County Hard Hit By Veteran Suicides.

Tim Wilkes, veteran, (R)(NC-7thCD) going up against Representative McIntyre

- February 1, 2010 2

Third Republican announces run for McIntyre's House seat Published: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:24 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:24 a.m. The Republican...

Fred Smith Gulf War Veteran in Election Run Against US Representative Bobby Rush 1st...

- February 1, 2010 2

Incumbent Rush Challenged by Three in 1st District (Bronzeville) January 28, 2010 By Susan S. Stevens Bobby Rush The 1st Congressional District, which forks from Bronzeville to...

Protected: Guidelines for Writing at VT

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 2

There are a number of issues that need to be addressed in order to ensure that VT continues its progress toward a more professional, informative, ...

Pakistan’s Wealth Divide and Rising Militancy

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 0

Pakistan is a country with a very fast-growing young population. 60% of its population is between 15-35 years and we no program for them. We have no direction set for them.

UK’s Tony Blair: More Fool than Liar in Iraq Invasion

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 2

Tony Blair's greatest weakness was not so much that he adjusted facts to support his policies, but that he had so little grasp of the facts in the first place.

New U.S. air strategy in Afghanistan: First, do no harm

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 1

In Afghanistan's Khost and Helmand provinces, Afghanistan's most violent, U.S. jets more frequently drop bombs that are intended to maim and kill.

Veteran Battles Suicide Epidemic

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 5

"I still think about suicide, but when I start thinking about it I have to think, 'What's the impact on everyone I care about?'"

It begins. An Anti-War Secessionist Movement is alive.

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 67

In today's Time Magazine online we learn that in the State of Vermont, among perhaps the most left leaning population in the Union, a...

Regional Veterans News 1/31/10

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 1

Regional stories today on veterans education, health, benefits, and news from: Bloomfield, New Mexico, San Diego, California, Pueblo, Colorado, New Albany, Indiana, St Paul, Minnesota, Sarasota, Florida, Augusta, Georgia, Temple, Texas, Anchorage, Alaska, Highland Park, New Jersey, Colleyville, Texas, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Red Bluff, California

When populist rage leads to smart policy. – Newsweek

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 1

In today's Newseek Online we read an article entitled The Wisdom of Crowds, When populist rage leads to smart policy. Its a must read for anyone...

China’s strident tone raises concerns among Western governments, analysts – Washington Post

Managing Editor - January 31, 2010 12

In today's Washington Post a piece entitled China's strident tone raises concerns among Western governments, analysts speaks to the worry that Western governments and...

INFOWARS: LAWYER SAYS ‘CROTCH BOMBER’ HELPED ONTO PLANE BY AMERICAN AGENT

- January 31, 2010 7

The Sharp Dressed Man Who Aided Mutallab Onto Flight 253 Was U.S. Government Agent Kurt Haskell for Infowars Please note that in the article that follows,...

We are tired of paying the price.

- January 30, 2010 5

documented in records for anyone examine. Bloodletting after Bloodletting … two books and barrels of oil, now that is one hell of an environmental disaster. #2 is to take a stand against the corporate rulers stop buying their shit ….tell your wife’s, husbands, children,

SENATE BURGLARY: CIA Domestic Black-Op Team Arrested

- January 30, 2010 51

Last week's breakin at Senator Mary Landrieu's office in the New Orleans Federal Building was more than it seemed, much more. All of the 4 arrested had been trained by the CIA and, possibly, Israel. One arrested, Stan Dai, is listed as an Operations Officer of the Department of Defense Irregular Warfare Program and a known expert and lecturer on, not only surveillance but explosives training, assassinations and "false flag operations."

U.S. speeding up arms sales, defenses with Gulf allies – Washington Post

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 1

In today's Washington Post we read in a piece entitled U.S. speeding up arms sales, defenses with Gulf allies that once again, we have...

So Long Steve Buyer we won’t miss you

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 7

Congressman Steve Buyer announces his retirement and my assessment of his "career" and good riddance. Can we have Chris Smith back now or someone else like him and not another Booyer

GORDON DUFF: OP-ED ON BARACK OBAMA

- January 30, 2010 32

TIME WE TOOK STOCK IN WHAT IS REAL AND ISN'T TIME TO GET MAD AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor I belong to...

Inside Israeli land grabs

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 5

Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed the Israeli government's support of the settlement movement by planting a tree in each one of the three biggest settlement blocks in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Despite the Israeli government's support, funding, and approval of settlers, they are often presented in the media as in conflict with the state and the army.

Editor’s Picks: News and Opinion Around the Web

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 0

Sherwood Ross writes about Howard Zinn's view of the "war on terror," Joan Walsh is pleased to see Obama come off the ropes and step into the center of the ring, bin Laden claims that the US did in JD Salinger?, Texas' Jim Hightower says Hang Tax 'em High and Global warming truths in today's picks.

U.S. sells weapons to Taiwan, angering China – Washington Post

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 1

The Washington Post today has a piece entitled U.S. sells weapons to Taiwan, angering China that speaks to our continually deteriorating relationship with China. ...

Afghan govt condemns NATO airstrike on soldiers – AOL News

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 0

AOL News is reporting this morning that a combined American-Afghan commando unit called in NATO air support which killed a regular Army Afghan border security...

Israel’s Ethnic Cleaning-Apartheid Obscenity

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 2

Robert Fisk of The Independent reports from the West Bank on the demolition of homes and destruction of villages by the state of Israel...

Drug could turn soldiers into super-survivors – New Scientist

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 3

A very important article for active duty combat soldiers appears today in New Scientist online. The article is entitled Drug could turn soldiers into...

Regional Veterans’ News 1/30/10

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 1

Today's regional stories on Veterans, health, education and benefits come from: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, California, Saginaw, Michigan, Cincinnati, Ohio, Garden City, New York, New Concord, Ohio, Washington, DC, Lansing, Michigan, Iowa City, Iowa, and Great Falls, Montana

Populism popular at the World Economic Forum in Davos – Washington Post

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 3

The "free market" has lost its' shine for most world governments if the present economic summit in Davros, Switzerland is any indication. Veterans and all...

Bible Belt Bravado: The Beat Goes On

Managing Editor - January 30, 2010 2

Tennessee has thrown caution, and reason, to the wind, deciding to use taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate children in public schools in the ways of Jesus Christ. The quaint notion of separating Church and State be damned. A curse on the prohibition of governments establishing religion. Who needs the First Amendment when we have the Lord?

Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies – Washington Post

Managing Editor - January 29, 2010 2

The Washington Post reports today in a piece entitled Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies that Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, USAF...

Military Environmental Hazards Bill Faces Hurdles

Robert O'Dowd - January 29, 2010 3

The bill requires Camp Lejeune veterans and dependents to pay TRICARE health insurance premiums, which makes them eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home. The bill requires that this health care be provided within 90 days of the enactment of the bill. However, directing DOD to provide health benefits to Camp Lejeune water contamination survivors is a little bit like leading a horse to water.

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