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Sep 23 2008
Tonight: Live Panel Discussion, RNC Arrests, 9-22-08
Media and Law Enforcement at the Republican National Convention?
The Real News Network, with thanks to TheUptake.org will live stream a panel discussion tonight from St. Paul Minnesota.
Sep 21 2008
Another Very Troubling Extremely Tragic Incident
There’s an Extremely Tragic episode of the possible results of serving in Iraq playing out in Caldwell County NC.
Not much known as yet, just one police officer killed, another shot three times but saved by his bulletproof vest, the cop killed was shot in the head according to reports.
This is all that’s out right now:
Sep 21 2008
The VA and Soda on a Counter…..Prosecution!!
Don’t really have the time, nor the inclination to write this up better, but I just paid a visit over to Harpers magazine site, and this is what I first saw:
Unexpected Consequences from a Mug of Soda
Written by one Scott Horton
The Bush Justice Department continuously tells us it is beleaguered, under-resourced, and having a hard time battling crime.
Sep 18 2008
POWs’ Plea
Last night the Rachel Maddow MSNBC show had a couple of clips about a very important legislative bill that passed in the House of Representatives on monday Sept 15 ’08.
The bill is H. R. 5167 which had 38 co-sponsors with only 3 being Republican.
The bill’s name is: Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act
But watch a video, of which I combined two of her reports together, that will explain further.
Sep 17 2008
Overseas American Voters: Military, Civilian, and Kids Old Enough
New online tool to aid with overseas voting is launched
An online tool was launched this week that proponents say will make it easier for overseas Americans to vote if they have requested but not received their absentee ballot.
Sep 17 2008
OEF/OIF Suicide Toll and Reading Materials
I want to point you to a friends website PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within if you hadn’t know about Ilona’s work and research, or if you’ve visited but not in awhile.
And point you to her recent post OEF/OIF Veteran Suicide Toll: Nearly 15% of Overall U.S. Military Casualties Result from Suicide
I’m only going to give you a small snippet of her post, visit and read the rest, for there are a number of link backs giving one an open window in the problems that war and occupation theaters inflict on those who serve in them, as well as the people of the occupied and destroyed countries.
Sep 16 2008
“Another Walter Reed-Type Scandal”
Soldiers at the military hospital languished in part due to incompatible databases and dismal record keeping. Welcome to the Pentagon’s $20 billion medical-records boondoggle.
The above subject title is a report, over at Mother Jones, I couldn’t think of a better title than used, really, written by Niko Karvounis who, according to the Mother Jones info at the end, is a program officer at The Century Foundation, where he researches health care, among other issues and is a regular contributor to HealthBeatBlog.org.
It’s one of those “Here we go again, on the incompetence and arrogance, of those that were placed on the public payroll under this corrupt and totally incompetent administration and arrogant wanna-be top CEO, only in his dreams, and complacent GOP congress up till the previous election!”.
Sep 15 2008
“Who is Sarah Palin?” – The Ed Schultz Show!
Today at High Noon Eastern Time we can hear from many of the people right in Alaska about Sarah.
As we’ve already found out if anyone really knew much about her, and her so called executive experience, they kept it under wraps, plenty of wraps, and than tried to sneak her by the American People who do the hiring and want the resumes!
My thoughts, with all that’s come to light, they were calling her a rising political star on personality only, as John McCains daughter says, PERIOD!
Sep 13 2008
Brave New Foundation: In Their Boots Webcast 11
Topic: The American Widow Project We Regret to Inform You Chapter 1
Originally aired on September 10th, 2008
Led by Taryn Davis, a group of young military widows band together in a new peer support network called the American Widow Project.
Sep 12 2008
Palin As CiC of Alaskan Guard – Bush Doctrine
I’ve wondered why some Governors haven’t come out to speak to what their involvement is as to their States National Guard, when there isn’t a Natural Disaster, the involvement as the Commander in Chief of those Guard Units, as well as the Involvement when the Federal Government steps in and takes Command, sending them into occupations as regular military units, as right out of the gate Mrs Palin claim was to broad experience in Guard affairs.
Well I need ask nor wait any longer.
Palin put her ‘Experience’ as a Commander in Chief to rest last night in the Interview on ABC with Charlie Gibson, in her answer on the ‘Bush Doctrine’, as a Governor with her States National Guard units being called into National Service and Fighting Overseas, She doesn’t know It and apparently never understood what it was nor the implications to her state and her state guards readiness if she had a need to call them into duty.
Sep 11 2008
35 Years After Original 9/11
I’m going to steal a part of Peter Kornbluh’s title, above, from his Huffington Post Report about this, also a cut from him:
Sep 09 2008
Resolving to Find the Truth
Just prior to the Republican Convention Veterans For Peace held their annual convention, it to took place in the twin cities area, Minneapolis-St Paul. For those who might be interested you can take a look at some photo’s of the VFP Convention Here and Here
But this isn’t about the VFP Convention, it’s about what came out of.
Veterans For Peace adopted two resolutions last week effectively firing signal flares into the path of whoever wins this November’s election, regardless of party.