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May-22-2012 02:14TweetFollow @OregonNews U.S. MARINES! A Few Good Men Except For Toxic WastePoetry by Luke Easter Salem-News.comA Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals, stands with the best works of New Journalism and Creative Nonfiction.
(CINCINNATI) - The new book, A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals, focuses on the contamination of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and other U.S. military bases affected by cancer-causing environmental contamination. The new book is available on Kindle via Amazon, is by Salem-News.com writers Bob O'Dowd and Tim King. Both former MCAS El Toro Marines, Tim King, photojournalist and war correspondent, and Bob O’Dowd, E-Correspondent, A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations, Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast (CA) and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast (NC). The eBook was released in May 2012. A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals, stands with the best works of New Journalism and Creative Nonfiction, including the works of Norman Mailer (The Executioner’s Song) and Truman Capote (In Cold Blood). A Few Good Men tells the story of the thousands of Veterans and their families, once stationed at these hazardous military installations, who have continued to be ignored by the U.S. government by denial of the effects of exposure to environmental hazards, including the highest incidence of occurrence of male breast cancer in any other demographic in the U.S. Legislation to provide health care and compensation for Camp Lejeune Veterans and their dependents was introduced during the 111th Congress.... U.S. MARINES! A Few Good Men Except For Toxic Waste
_____________________________________________ Luke Easter is a poet who writes about things that are very close to the heart of Salem-News.com. Another former U.S. Marine, Luke heals the world with an approach that reaches people on a different level, one known for centuries, yet too often forgotten in the one we live in.
We live in a world of social & economic injustice. The main reason for founding America in the first place was to relieve the oppression of the King of England. Patrick Henry said it best, “give me liberty or give me death.” And yet, all too often death seems to be the only way out. Why is there such a high suicide rate especially among teens, in the land of the free & the home of the brave? What makes headlines? Good news? Ha! More depressing stories than anything else. I feel poetry takes an edge off the hurt of bad news while still delivering it but in a, “glitzy” sort of way. Giving a different perspective. Kind of like slap in the face as opposed to a knife in the back. At least with the slap you’ll live to see another day and you will know whom it’s from. I wasn’t here for the beginning of the world but at 59, I just might be here for the end. Even though it’s still a knife, rhyme poetry helps to dull the blade. And that’s my job. You can write to Luke Easter at: lyricsfromlucas@aol.com Articles for May 21, 2012 | Articles for May 22, 2012 | Articles for May 23, 2012 | Quick Links
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