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Concerned Women for America: Sharing Hate Ideology with Westboro Baptist Church

Sharing a belief system; conservative Americans all too often bring more shame than good.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A confused nation full of way too full of ignorance and willful disregard for right over wrong; that is America today.

In the midst of all of our pain and uncertainty as a nation, we discover that a prominent aspect of the Tea Party set; the Concerned Women for America, shares the same belief system with those dreaded bastards from Topeka who regularly protest U.S. military funerals while stomping U.S. flags into the ground.

Veterans Administration Needs to Take Charge and Become Advocates for Change

If our nation rescinds its promises and ignores its obligation to those who have fought to preserve freedom throughout the world, we compromise the right to ask our men and women to serve and defend our national principals.

(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) - Veterans-For-Change, an advocacy group for Veterans rights, benefits, and treatment, would like to bring to your attention the ever-increasing problems affecting veterans and their families every day.

President Obama has clearly stated, “Whether you left the service in 2009 or 1949, we will fulfill our responsibility to deliver the benefits and care that you earned. That's why I've pledged to build nothing less than a 21st-century VA”.

Extremely Powerful Video: `Even The Troops Are Waking Up`

"We were told we were fighting terrorists, the real terrorist who's me and the real terrorism is this occupation..."

(SALEM, Ore.) - Do you consider yourself pro-war? Watch this video and then answer that question again. It is likely to change. The intensity of a combat veteran turned anti-war can be serious.

Not because of anger or loud words, but because of the credibility for having bore witness to the ultimate trick, the deadliest game.

`Atomic Veterans` to be Remembered

Oregon Atomic Veterans Day Celebration is July 16‏.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Members of the Oregon Association of Atomic Veterans will host a ceremony and celebration in Lebanon, Friday, July 16, to remember Atomic Veterans Day.

All military veterans and their families are invited to attend the celebration being held at Lebanon's American Legion Post 51, 480 Main St., at 10:00 a.m.

Representative Kurt Schrader as an Afghan War Strategist

The same goes for DeFazio, Wu and Blumenauer.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Don’t think that I don’t have the greatest respect AND empathy for these people. Washington DC has about the worst climate in the U.S. – blazing hot and moist in the summer and miserable in the winter. Oregon is paradise by comparison.

Representative Schrader reminds us that Alexander the Great failed to conquer the place as did Britain and Russia.

Petraeous: The Man Who Paid Enemies and Then Cut Them Off

There is very little reason to believe that a war can be won in Afghanistan. There is no history of these people ever being defeated in the end.

(SALEM, Ore.) - People associate the name of Gen. David Petraeus with success in Iraq. That in and of itself, is one of the American society's single biggest mistakes.

It is a factual error to refer to "the surge" as some type of positive element in the war, without the stipulation; 'very temporary'.

Survival in the Final Stages of the U.S. War in Iraq

As Iraq winds to a close, thoughts center on vast changes, and simply making it back alive.

(SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn.) - With the dangerous summer months ahead and a surge in violence taking place against coalition forces in Afghanistan, we must not forget the men and women fighting to end a hard fought war in Iraq.

Today I Skyped with 20-year old Derek (whose last name he wished to remain anonymous) who is three months into a twelve-month tour of duty there.

PTSD & Alcoholism in a Real American WWII War Hero
Arthur `Dutch` Schultz, 82nd Airborne 505 PIR

The life challenges of a soldier.

(PHILADELPHIA) - "HUT - TWO - three - four. Hut - two - three - four." The cadence of my childhood.

Echoing footsteps on the wooden floors. Memories of a spindly, pale child with purplish under-eye circles marching behind her athletic, paratrooper dad. Up and down the narrow Philadelphia rowhouse steps, past the shoebox-sized bedrooms, the stark no-sink bathroom, and the musty coal bin, the 6-year-old girl's mission was to not give up - just like Dad.

Army Lynch Mob Meeting at Officer Club Bar: Oregonian Exposes Medical Torture

A story about why Americans should not join the military.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - When I see a spade, I call it a spade. Finally the Oregonian prints a story by Julie Sullivan telling it right. They have done this very rarely in the past ten years.

Their headline Thursday, June 10, 2010, hits the nail right on the thumb, Oregon Guard Soldier’s Use of Medical Marijuana Runs Into Army’s Drug Abuse Policy.

We are Quickly Running Out of Other Cheeks to Turn!

I see this and can’t help but ask if the lunatics are running the asylum.

(Harrisville, N.H.) - According to an AP article titled “Foreclosure rate steadies as banks hold back”, written by Alan Zibel, and published June 10, 2010, “323,000 households or nearly 1 in every 400 homes, received a foreclosure notice in May”.

That same article states, “The number of homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure hit a record of nearly 94,000 in May”. As the title of the article implies, the banks are dragging their feet in assisting struggling homeowners.