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Abandoning America's Soldiers: The Decay of The US Military

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

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R. B. Stuart

The inadequacy of the VA and a majority of military doctors in theater that fail to diagnose or misdiagnose is at the crux of the soldiers diagnosed with rare, advanced cancers.

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The Vicious Cycle of Partisanship

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Reagan, W Bush, Iran-Contra, Clinton, Economy, Palin, Carter, Iraq War, GHW Bush, 9/11, Obama, Watergate, Nixon, Gulf War, Olympic Bid, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

Some have said that the two party system is what makes us strong. They say it helps create a balance of power with one side keeping tabs on the other...

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Hummer's Now History -- Here's How It Started

Steve Parker | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Somewhere, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has tears in his eyes. His favorite vehicle, Hummer, has left the building. Its sale was announce...

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Something You Should Know About Profits, Vaccines and Tort Reform

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fast-Trak, Monoclonal Antibodies, Gulf War, Elusys, Tort Reform, Fda, Swine Flu, Mederex Soldiers, Texas, Tamiflu, Anthrax, Sudovar, Sibelius, John Deutschhuman Testing, Relenza, Vaccines, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

More research needs to be done on the companies supplying the vaccines for the troops. They and their well-connected investors are subsidized by the government, which supplies troops for human testing.

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For Iran--Think Long Term, Not Immediate Self-Gratificaton

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanctions, Iran, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Middle East, Iran Sanctions, Desert Storm, Obama Cairo Speech, Gulf War, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

Implementing sanctions against Iran would play right into the hands of the theocracy. By imposing sanctions, the US will hand the Iranian government a card it does not have at this time--blaming the increase of prices on foreign powers.

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iPods In Iraq: Soldiers' MP3s An Instrument Of War

guardian.co.uk | Posted 09.29.2009 | Technology

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Professor Pieslak is a music theorist at the City College of New York. Over the past few years he has interviewed US soldiers about the music they lis...

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Saddam And Bush Had Same Position On Geneva Convention:

Michaelmoore.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Saddam Hussein vs. George W. Bush on the Geneva Conventions FBI Interrogation of Saddam Hussein, March 13, 2004 [...] (S) Regarding limitations pla...

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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Ryan Grim

Eagleburger Mocks Cheney As "Benighted" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lawrence Eagleburger, Gulf War, George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Lawrence Eagleburger mocked Dick Cheney on Tuesday, saying that the former vice president, whom he dubbed "benighted," has long exaggerated his positi...

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Torture Advocates will Set the Military Back for Generations

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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Brandon Friedman

Once upon a time, our adversaries knew they could hoist the white flag and expect to be treated humanely, making them more likely to give up sooner. It kept American soldiers out of countless bloody fights.

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Time To Reverse 'Dover' Policy

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

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Jon Soltz

Showing unidentified flag-draped coffins coming into Dover (or any other ports of entry) is an unfortunate part of war that the public has a right to see.

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Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, George Bush, Jimmy Choos, Gulf War, Janet Reno, Eleanor Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Historical Revision, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Madeline Albright, History, Betty Friedan, Margaret Thatcher, George Washington, George H.W. Bush, Manolo Blahnik, Revisionist History, Martha Washington, Gertrude Stein, Milf, Barbara Bush, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

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President Obama's Monumental Shutting Down of Disturbing CIA Activities

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This country was saying and supposedly standing for one thing and then, via these CIA-backed activities, doing the opposite of what a democratic United States stands for.

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American Lawsuits Against Iraq See Opposition From US

NY Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS and JAMES GLANZ | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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George Charchalis says he has never really recovered from the ordeal he endured after Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. He hid f...

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The Hidden Cost of the Gulf War

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

While US casualties in Iraq appear relatively low -- 4,100 dead and 35,000 wounded -- the real health costs of Iraq will, as in the case of the First Gulf War, not be known for years.

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Iraq Torture Lawsuits OKed By House, White House Threatens Veto

AP | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

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Former POWs and civilians who were tortured or held hostage during the 1991 Gulf War could pursue lawsuits against Iraq under legislation the House ha...

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Last Night at Nikos

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.07.2008 | Living

Read More: LOOT: Lies of the Times, Dana Gioia, ” “Life During the Coup, Semiotext(e), Greenwich Village, Union Square, Tom Disch, ” “the Coming of Fascism to America, The Fall, Nikos Magazine and Smoke Shop, Bob Holman, One Class, The School of Athens, G.H.W. Bush, Greece, Dustin Hoffman, Weather Underground, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, Madonna, Susan Sontag, Gulf War, Green Market, Judith Malina, ” Herman Melville, New York Times, “I Am Astro Place, Bowery Poetry Club, Jefferson Market Library Garden, Tarsem, Chomskometer, Raphael, “Polysexuality”, Living News
Norman MacAfee

"I Am Astro Place" I wrote in the 1980s as a screenplay, "Astro Place," about some cultural and political people living near Astor Place in the East Village in the fraught years 1984 to 2001.

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Pentagon Report Shows No Iraq Plot To Assassinate Bush Sr.

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...

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Report: DOD Delayed Brain Injury Scans For Soldiers

USA Today | Gregg Zoroya | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brain Injury, Gulf War, Department of Defense, Gulf War Syndrome, DOD Brain Injury, Politics News

For more than two years, the Pentagon delayed screening troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because officials feared veterans would bla...

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Gulf War Gen. Schwarzkopf To Endorse McCain

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Republican Primary, John McCain, Gulf War, Mccain, Schwarzkopf, Mccain Endorsements, 2008 Election, Norman Schwarzkopf, Politics News

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the heavily decorated Gulf War commander, will endorse Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday, a Republican source said. M...

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