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Reid is Right
Submitted by jimstaro on April 23, 2007 - 5:04pm.
Democratic politics
Like Juan Williams said:
NPR's Juan Williams told Kristol, "Most Americans think we should have never gone in [to Iraq], so he's speaking in a voice that represents the majority of the American people."
As Sen. Reid said himself, because that's what a Representative, Of The People, is supposed to do!
Party affiliation, especially in the Peoples House and Senate, that's why states are divided into districts and each district Hires someone to Represent them in the House and we have Senators, is pushed down the line.
Is A Magical Cure For PTSD On The Horizon?
Submitted by jimstaro on April 15, 2007 - 8:23am.
Health Care
By Matt Bean, Men's Health
The report, in a section about mens health, should have been written to cover all human beings. For Tramatic Experiances that bring about PTSD is not unique to Man but also to Women and, in my oppinion, Women can and do have a greater veriaty of tramatic experiances that can alter the brain brought on them by who else but Men.
The lead in to this report is just below.
Supplemetal For Troops OIF and OEF?
Submitted by jimstaro on April 11, 2007 - 7:10pm.
Iraq
The Bloated Department of Defense Budget is supposed to be what is needed, in part, for All of the Military Troops needs as well as Operations, you start a War those costs are figured in for the next fiscal year, along with the Military Industrial Complex contracts and anything needed by Defense.
But what have we here:
SUICIDE, Veteran, Under U.S. Flag, VA Medical Center
Submitted by jimstaro on April 8, 2007 - 7:35am.
Veterans & Military
I posted this Suicide at VA Hospital Fayetteville NC up at ePluribus Media on the 5th of this month, the incident happened apparently on the 3rd.
Below is part of that ePluribus posting with Finally an Update and some comment.
After Four Long Bloody Years
Submitted by jimstaro on April 6, 2007 - 6:12pm.
Honoring
‘That’s not going to happen with my son’
Honor guards replace forklifts for fallen troops after father takes up cause
In an about-face by the U.S. government four years into the war in Iraq, America's fallen troops are being brought back to their families aboard charter jets instead of ordinary commercial flights, and the caskets are being met by honor guards in white gloves instead of baggage handlers with forklifts.
America At A Crossroads
Submitted by jimstaro on April 3, 2007 - 5:54pm.
Events
This sounds like a series that many will find extremely interesting.
It will be on PBS and called, what I titled with, America At A Crossroads. It will cover several nights with Two Hour Documentaries each night.
You can listen to McNeil and Rehm discuss this upcoming PBS series:
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - March 2007
Submitted by jimstaro on April 1, 2007 - 9:29am.
There have been 3,504 coalition deaths -- 3,246 Americans, two Australians, 134 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three Latvian, 19 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 30, 2007
Numbers and Names received from the CNN Iraq Casulties Site
Asheville, Salisbury NC VA Facilities
Submitted by jimstaro on March 29, 2007 - 12:38pm.
Veterans
had Severe Care Issues
After inquiry, federal officials told center to stop admitting patients to its nursing home
Federal officials told the Asheville veterans hospital to stop admitting patients to its nursing home in late 2004 after investigators found serious care problems.
Ilona Meagher - In The News - PTSD
Submitted by jimstaro on March 28, 2007 - 5:14am.
Book Club: Health/Health Care
"Operation First Casualty"
Submitted by jimstaro on March 25, 2007 - 5:46am.
Street Theater
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; Page C01


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