Monthly Archives: October 2011

A special event to unveil a nationwide grassroots initiative to thank veterans and troops.

This is, without a doubt, the most powerful and rewarding work I have done in over 35 years of practice. Seeing the light go on within combat veterans, who were taught to kill, is an unforgettable experience.

"What so much of the western press in particular has bypassed so far is the human aspect of our prisoners, who unlike Shalit, have been bunched up into one unappealing category: murderers, terrorists, people out for blood. And who wants to give a human story to that?" I do and have ever since my first of seven trips to Israel Palestine in June 2005.

Global Integrated Security (USA), Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $480,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.

Seasonality tells us that statistically the months from the end of October through the end of April are in fact the best months of the year for investing while the six months from May through October are the worst but is there any validity to what’s sometimes known as “the Halloween indicator?

Ruling Saudi Arabia in the manner that has prevailed since the 1930s will be difficult for any monarch as the world advances into the 21st century.

This Wednesday in Dumfrie they will be holding a Job Expo. With Jobs including, Logistics, Electrical Engineers,Cyber security and much more! Also being offered at this...

If we are sending our best into combat 14 times, then we are in worse shape than I thought.

People Believe a lot—Know very Little. Who was it that said It aint what folks know; It’s what they know that ain’t true?

The "greatest generation" is more than a book title by Tom Brokaw

The death of the Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has dealt a strategic blow to the aging kingdom which is adamantly resistant to any form of social and political reform in the country.

Since our nations founding, America's Veterans have fought for our liberties contained within our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

While the US did not sponsor Mouamar Gaddafi in certain periods of his regime, it did engage him and according to certain reports facilitated his coming to power.

It has begun, people have tasted power and they aren't going back just because the corporate press sends out their hyenas.

Extreme activities in Balkans originate from 19th century

I recently was invited by a good friend who lives in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts to participate in a panel discussion about PTSD and TBI .

Sadly, years after the robbery, the delusional and the hypocritical are now screaming out warnings to the Libyan people. What should those warnings be? "Look out, Colonel Gaddafi is going to give your money to what he terms "Zionist bankers" who he believes will help him run his despotic state and protect him from the avarice and insanity of the Bush family, Dick Cheney and their "monkeyboy," Tony Blair.

Today the American people, in concert with their brothers and sisters around the world, proclaim the rights to which they are entitled by birth and citizenship, by Constitutional law and Proclamation, and by membership in the collective body of nations that has universalized recognition of these rights for all humanity.

CitiBank of New York, one of the financial institutions targeted for "decapitalization" by American activists has gone rogue.

"The Senate moved Wednesday night to make sure disabled veterans receive the same 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment as Social Security beneficiaries and military retirees, but in typical congressional fashion it's not yet a sure thing."

Qaddafi's plans to demand gold for oil, and establish a gold dinar currency, failed. But Islam will pick up those projects where Qaddafi left off, and succeed beyond Qaddafi's wildest dreams.

It's a story that bears chilling similarities to the terror attacks conducted against Oklahoma City and New York City, but the Wednesday morning arrest of five Moroccan terrorist suspects in San Antonio quickly passed from the lurid to the ludicrous in media descriptions.

Bush Back in Canada this week to attend an economic summit in Surrey, British Columbia. Under Canadian law Bush ought to have been refused entry into Canada…

If going nuts as the ship passes helps, three rescues, show promise...

It is one thing to dream about revolution but it’s a totally different situation to wake up one day to find yourself living through one.

Most frightening of everything in this FSB report, however, is the reply Putin gave to Russia’s top generals yesterday when asked what preparations should be made and he answered…. “Prepare for Armageddon.”

"Never let a good crisis go to waste" is what got us into this problem!

The Labor Department is hoping a popular new friend can help unemployed workers find jobs.   Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Thursday announced a partnership with...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the nation’s most recent Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, will march alongside the oldest living Medal of Honor winner, Nicholas Oresko, in this year’s New York City’s Veterans Day Parade, the largest in the nation, parade organizers announced today.

The mental health care provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans is as good as or better than that reported by the private, Medicare, or Medicaid systems.

Growing protests targeting the financial system, which has caused the recent wars and debt crisis, points out the need for a 'regime change' in the United States, a senior American editor tells Press TV.

L-3 Communications Corp., doing business as L-3 Communications Integrated Systems - Waco Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, is being awarded a $112,995,124 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-11-D-0017) to exercise an option for services in support of the P-3, EP-3, and NP-3 Sustainment Modification and Installation Program.

I have killed before, many of us have. Welcome to that world.

The report that the evasive Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has died as a result of the wounds he sustained during a NATO attack has flung the Libyans into a jubilant frenzy while it has provoked mixed reactions from the political observers who may eye the event with reasonable degree of suspicion.

A few years ago, my father, a former naval officer in the South Vietnamese Army, developed liver cancer. The diagnosis followed decades of struggle with Hepatitis C, a viral infection he contracted through a blood transfusion during the war. A liver transplant saved his life.

The Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC) began implementing its reorganization as part of the Secretary’s initiative to transform VA’s acquisition and facilities management activities on Oct. 1.

“If you are over 40, you should talk with your provider about an individualized plan for breast cancer screening based on your medical history,” said Dr. Catherine Staropoli, the medical director of the Women's Health Clinic for the VA Maryland Health Care System. “Early detection can improve survival.”

hundreds of trillions of dollars of worthless securities created out of thin air.

Inspired by the people powered uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the Occupy Wall Street movement exposed how the richest 1% of people write the rules and control the global economy and in a months time, their message has spread to over 100 cities in the United States with actions in over 1,500 cities globally.

Class war? It may be an idea whose time has finally come. We need a party that stands against the one percent capitalism that rules, and for the 99% democracy that should.

I must confess right upfront that this posting is a little self promotion. Well, kind of. Three months ago, a dear friend of mine that I have known for over 25-years contacted me with an urgent request concerning his son who had recently returned from Afghanistan.

Revolutions may be started or planted in a day or overnight... but it takes a while for them to grow, mature and bear fruit. Usually an entire season.