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Who Cares About the Iranian People?

Actions like this will only injure the ordinary people of Iran who suffer from the effects of a power game between governments.

(TEHRAN) - Iraq's war on Iran during the 1980's was masterminded and fostered by the U.S. and its European allies.

With the horrors of anything but forgotten, new rounds of crippling sanctions directed against the most strategic industries of Iran come after one another in what is claimed to be the international movement of preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Louisiana Governor Meets with Vice President, Calling For Greater Sense of Urgency from Feds

Louisiana's National Guard are continuing installing 8.5 miles of Hesco barrier on the shoreline of Cameron Parish.

(KENNER, La.) - Wednesday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal met with Vice President Joe Biden to call for a greater sense of urgency from the federal government in the war to protect Louisiana’s coastline from the oil spill.

Deceiving Christian Smiles

It is sad to see how people will act against their own best interest in favor of politicians who dream up false schemes such as the 2009 tea-bag revolt.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Meaningful conclusions support the concept that critical thinking is more important than arriving at a preconceived correct answer.

In other words, an open mind is essential to getting at the truth!

PTSD, Anti-Depressants, Seroquel & Tranquilizers
Confessions of a VA Lab Rat

Safe, natural marijuana is strictly illegal, but doctors are fine with turning patients into vegetables on hard drugs.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have written and posted about myself being a frontline Combat Infantryman, seeing fellow soldiers crack up on the frontline, getting near breaking up myself and finally being a physician for PTSD Veterans and others.

PTSD is a far more widely suffered condition than many will admit.

`Almost All of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Workers are Dead`

Oil Worker life spans and dangerous times in a world of BP and greed.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It is the last thing most of us expected to hear: nearly every single worker from the Exxon Valdez oil spill Disaster is now dead.

We're talking about a lot of people. I personally became an oil spill volunteer at the time here in Oregon, though I never got my hands very dirty, so to speak.

Peace Eludes Darfur, despite Peacekeepers

While the peacekeepers in the area are minimal at best, many report that there is talk of relieving those that are on the Chad/Darfur border.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Last week sources in El-Fashier confirmed escalating violence inside the North Darfur capital and other areas; South Darfur, around Jebel Marra and East Al-geneina.

The continued attacks and fighting between the rebels and the Sudanese government forces (GOS) have resulted in inaccessibility into many of the most disastrous locales for aid workers and humanitarians organizations.

Afghanistan, the Environment and Corporate Control of the Political Process

Now, more than ever, your participation in the political process, no matter how humble, needs to be felt.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - As you know, I've been leading the effort to try to stop our country from continuing its tragic mistake in Afghanistan.

We need to rally, America, to say it's time to end the war once and for all: To set a date and to stick by it to end the war and it can't be in 2011, 2012.

G20: Monkeys in Suits Run Amok

Protest gives these people more dignity than they deserve. Pure mockery is the more appropriate response.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Coverage of the G20 "summit" (nadir might be a better term) in the corporate press is noticeably subdued. Thanks to Democracy Now for providing some insight into the ongoing debacle of corporate "globalization."

A Gothic Bird Story

The Black Vulture, Jote de Cabeza Negra, Coragyps atratus.

(PATAGONIA, Argentina) - “The important thing to remember about the Deepwater Horizon disaster is that it is environmental, not economic.” Joe Mysak, Bloomberg News.

Today, we have sad news of the first proof of oil migrating into the food chain. Harriet Perry of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s Center for Fisheries Research and Development reports evidence of oil in post-larval blue crabs contaminated from oil drifting into the coastal marshes.

Family Completes Horseback Trip Across the US for Akha Hill Tribe

The total trip back to Salem was 476 days.

(SALEM, Ore.) - August will mark 20 years working for the Akha hill tribe in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, China and Vietnam on the part of the non profit based in Salem, The Akha Heritage Foundation.

In 2007 Matthew McDaniel and his family planned a trip across the US by horseback, to publicize the story and the plight of the Akha people in Thailand.