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Israel, Please, No More Bin Laden Tapes, Nobody is Buying It!

Christmas bombing audio tape is the lamest yet; you were caught, admit it and move on with life.

(CINCINNATI) - The new audio tape from “Osama bin Laden” taking responsibility for the idiotic and childish incident in Detroit where a moronic Nigerian armed with a useless “bomb” is simply too much.

Now using audio tapes because, supposedly, nobody in Al Qaeda got a flash drive video for Christmas is even more of a joke.

Black Market, Drugs, Prostitution, Corruption: Run by Senior NCO`s

America's real military tradition.

(CINCINNATI) - Lying about the Vietnam War is a way of life. When some of those who “served” in Vietnam became old enough to gain power, hiding much of the truth of the war was critical to keep questions down. Everything bad in Vietnam was blamed on minorities, “bad eggs” and draftees.

Army Body Armor Shop Has Important Role in Keeping Soldiers Alive

35% of the body armor worn by U.S. soldiers is flawed, keeping up on the maintenance is a constant job.

(CAMP LSA, Kuwait) - Round-the-clock efforts of employees at the Interceptor Body Armor Warehouse here ensure more than 1,000 Soldiers coming in and out of country each day can return refreshed and better armored.

National Priorities Project Tallies Cost of War

As of September 30, 2010: $747 billion for Iraq and $299 billion for Afghanistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Congress has appropriated an additional $136.8 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the 2010 fiscal year.

National Priorities Project estimates that for this fiscal year, $64.5 billion is directed to Iraq and $72.3 billion to Afghanistan.

Medical Marijuana Expert Discusses PTSD and Depression (VIDEO)

The Doc says unlike depression, anguish is very close to what a PTSD sufferer experiences.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Phil Leveque and Bonnie King discuss a very important subject, that is the connection between PTSD and depression.

The VA says PTSD amounts to depression, but Dr. Leveque, who has suffered from PTSD since 1945, says the finding is geared toward saving the VA more money.

VA Medical Mistreatment: Gross Betrayal of Veterans
Nobody is Responsible

The VA doctors have a proclivity for prescribing powerful, adverse-side effect drugs. Oxycontin is the worst example

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - On January 3, 2010 CBS aired a program about one million mistreated, disabled veterans having disability claims DELAYED, DENIED by a system that waits for them to DIE.

This is so perversely punitive and sick one would think the VA is part of the NAZI death camps. The results are often the same.

Freedom for Safety, Then Our Reason and Honor

The end result of our disastrous historical epoch has been to deconstruct America.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - This week something unique happened. A rumor, traced down to the highest levels of government, alluded to American intelligence agencies being involved in the failed terrorist attack in Detroit.

The rumor was short lived, quickly denied by everyone but was a clear message. Quasi-governmental forces now exist that are bridging the gap between "conspiracy theory" and a real "shadow government."

Many Turn Out to Honor NW Defense Contractor Killed in Afghanistan

Dane Paresi was a contractor with Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, after serving 27 years in the U.S. Army.

(VANCOUVER, Wash.) - At least 63 people with the Patriot Guard Riders showed up on a windy and cold night that even had the threat of ice rain, to form a flag line to welcome home another of our heroes, Master Sergeant Dane Paresi.

Master Sergeant Dane Clark Paresi US Army (Retired) of Fort Lewis Washington was working with US forces when he was killed in a suicide attack 30 December 09 at Camp Chapman in the Khost province of eastern Afghanistan.

Why Would a Surge Really Work in Afghanistan?

One reporter's thoughts on a huge national endeavor to turn the war around.

(SALEM, Ore.) - When it comes to the idea of a military "surge" in Afghanistan, the first thing Americans need to wrap their minds around, is the natural tendency of people to have patriotic and even nationalistic motivations. This should come as no surprise to Americans, it doesn't matter where you were born, it only matters that you were born.

Siding with an occupational force has to be a lot to ask of somebody. You could say that is particularly true when it comes to the United States.

A New Decade

Every decade, every year, and every day this should be the light that guides us as we strive to craft our more perfect union.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - If you have read any of the many op-ed reflections on the first decade of the new millennium, the reviews are less than positive. The arm chair commentators are not necessarily wrong.

These past ten years have witnessed many grotesque spectacles: the War on Terror, extraordinary degradations of the democratic process and the rule of law, new lows for industry, and new highs for corruption and fraud in business and government.