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Wounded Vietnamese-American Soldier Receives Segway

Vietnamese-American United States Army Captain James Van Thach, who was among thirty-seven severely wounded warriors that were presented Segway personal transporters by Segs4Vets.

(NEW YORK) - "As the holidays approach here in the United States, let us reflect for a moment how fortunate we are to live with freedoms in a country that is protected by our brave military men and women," says Tommy Nero Sullivan of V.I.P. Promotions.

"Since the United States’ War on Terrorism, many of our military men and women have sacrificed to protect our nation and many more return home to us with severe wounds..."

Group Needs Help Locating C-123 Veterans

Please get the word out to any former C-123 crew and their families to go to the web site and engage on the issue.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Through a coincidence of timing and chance I recently met a retired USAF officer who has never forgotten the aviators’ duty to take care of one’s aircrew.

Rwanda Security Operatives Assassinate a Rwandan Journalist in Kampala, Uganda

Press release from the Rwanda National Congress.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - On Friday 2nd December 2011, Andrew Bagala of the Monitor Newspaper in Uganda reported that the Editor of Rwanda’s Inyenyeri news, Charles Ingabire who had sought refuge in Uganda for political reasons was shot dead at a Kampala pub.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Mr Ibin Ssenkumbi confirmed the murder. On Sunday 4th December 2011, Andrew Bagala again reported in the Monitor that mourners at the requiem of Ingabire funeral were hiding their faces.

Dismissal... a punishment or a life saving action?

To waste his opportunities would be a truly sad thing. To waste a human life because of his recklessness would be a crime and a sin.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - In an article titled “Oregon Ducks Dismiss CB Cliff Harris”, published by the AP today, December 5, 2011, we discover that All-America Cornerback Cliff Harris has been dismissed from the Oregon Ducks for violating Team rules.

Inside the Egyptian Revolution An Interview with Dr. Ashraf Ezzat

" ...you could say the current struggle is between the old and the new or the past and future; in other words, between the conservatives and the liberals."

(SANTA ROSA / ALEXANDRIA) - Dr. Ashraf Ezzat, medical doctor and journalist (Pyramidion and Salem-News.com) was one of hundreds of thousands Egyptians occupying Tahrir Square in late January/early February of 2011.

Ten months later Egyptian people are once again back on the streets despite a deadly crackdown by security forces. I interviewed Dr. Ezzat via e-mail about the revolution then and now.

Iran - Global Players and Warmongers

John Pilger's 'War on Democracy' is a hard-hitting look at American realities.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - "President Bush has promised to rid the world of evil and to lead the great mission to build free societies on every continent.

Tent Monsters at Occupy Melbourne

Occupy Movements supporting efforts on Wall St keep growing, however none were so clever as the Aussies...

(SALEM / MELBOURNE) - This might be one of the funniest and most rewarding videos published regarding the Occupy movement, and this one comes from those awesome blokes down under where innovation and courage have always been necessary tenets in their society.

It isn't every day we have a chance to laugh at the antics of cops who so profoundly, fail to see the ridiculousness of their orders. Of course there is a growing percentage of cops in the USA who are bailing out, they are ashamed of the thugs with badges in LA, New York and Oakland, Portland, Denver and so many other places.

The 1% Wants Your Vitamins

U.S. Lifespan continues to decline, primarily due to a cancer-causing monkey virus that infected 98,000,000 Americans in contaminated Polio Vaccines, 60 years ago.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The 1% is led by Pharma, the biggest industry in the world. Six times bigger. Sick times bigger. See this trailer and wake up to the fact that conventional medicine is their bailiwick and they WANT disease. See this movie and wake up fully that these are not nice guys with an interest in health. Time to rethink things. The 1918 flu. The AIDS epidemic. The CDC. The prescription drugs.

Women Easily Forget Our Own History

Sisterhood among women is more important than ever in today's world.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If we forget, we will not learn. How can we help our daughters and other women in our lives if we ourselves do not know how recently all women did not have basic civil rights in the United States? It's a convenient detail to leave out in history, they brush over the Suffrage movement like it was a fad. What an insult.

146 out of 337 Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Between Oct 2010 and 2011

Top List of Metro Areas Adding Jobs; Atlanta Area Lost the Most, While Logan, Utah, Had Largest Percentage Decline...

(ARLINGTON, Va.) - Construction employment declined in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas between October 2010 and October 2011, increased in 140 and stayed level in 51, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

It was noted that many communities continue to lose construction jobs even as a federal program to invest in highway, transit and other infrastructure construction have been stalled in Congress for years.