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PTSD and the Multi Cultural Expression of War Related Music

Music can be a source of healing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I wish I could explain the emotion that surges through my world when I put pieces like this together.

Our YouTube page never stops receiving comments and friend invites, and tonight not one but two songs were sent to me by performers who are writing about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.

An Insider`s View Into the Oil Spill Crisis

Before becoming an international war photographer, Dexter Phoenix followed his dad's steps in the oil industry.

(SALEM, Ore.) - My father and his father were involved in the oil industry, in both offshore and onshore drilling. Oil field work is one of the most dangerous occupations out there.

Southern Poverty Law Center, Palestine, & the Definition of Genocide

You don't fight racism by only backing certain teams.

(SALEM ) - The Southern Poverty Law Center may be as racist as anything else in the deep south.

It hit me like a ton of bricks when I finally took the time to visit their Website today to find out if these allegations I have heard are true.

SEC Inadequacy Instigates Phase II of Financial Crisis

Goldman Sachs: Scapegoat for SEC and U.S. Government Shortcomings.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Who is the SEC? Are they in the business of financial industry oversight, or just another privatized bureaucracy of the U.S. Government?

A product of the last great financial disruption in American History, can the SEC truly drive the exit of this financial disarray, or will they open another, “Pandora’s Box”?

Blue Nile: US Complacency Encourages GoS Strength

According to those on ground in Sudan the sentiment is “The US better have a good plan.”

(KHARTOUM / PORTLAND) - In Sudan, humanity has not come before politics. The U.S. government has allowed and honored a genocidal regime to run, and win a fraudulent election full of intimidation and deception.

Human atrocities, genocide, arrest warrants and starving; all terms that have been used by the US government over the last several years to describe the situation in Sudan that they are now endorsing.

The Deadly Virus

Last year there were around 35 million people with AIDS around the world, of which 16 million were women.

(MADRID) - Assistants of the International Conference on AIDS, held in Mexico City, have proposed strategies to defend abstinence and fidelity.

The Conference had an audience of more than 25,000 scholars, governors, journalists, and sufferers that co-habit with the mortal plague.

Medical Marijuana Patients: Medicated or Intoxicated?

Most medical users say that they MEDICATE. This is a far more genteel term.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - If one reads any U.S. Government hogwash, it says ALL marijuana users are INTOXICATED.

I presume that this comes from the same source that says an alcoholic drunk is intoxicated. Tipsy comes in there someplace like maybe ¼ drunk.

Oregon Still Among Minority of States That Tax Poor Families` Wages

OCPP weighs in on Oregon's taxing of the poor.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - Oregon remains among a minority of states that tax the income of poor families and its tax is among the highest in the nation, according to a report released today.

"Taxing the work effort of poor families is counterproductive," said Joy Margheim, policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy, who examined the report.

California-based Bird Rescue Team Activated to Aid Local Wildlife Groups at Louisiana Oil Spill

The team will work with local organizationsnce once on the ground.

(LOS ANGELES) - A Team of Aquatic-Bird Rescue Specialists in California have been activated in an effort to support local groups preparing for oil spill impact on wildlife in Louisiana.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Provokes Panic and State of Emergency

“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.” - Kurt Vonnegut

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - OK, all of you "Drill, baby, drill" imbeciles, where are you hiding right now, crawled back into whatever slimy, bitumen-encrusted asphalt sink hole you emerged from?

Still think drilling oil offshore is, like that traitorous Marine Colonel Ollie North said, a really neat idea?