Diagnosing PTSD Because of Cost Considerations
Of course cases of combat theater PTS are being denied, especially with these two wars and the multiple tours, while some are being drugged, this societies easy fix for everything, and sent back into...
View Article"Welcome Home to Us Vietnam Veterans" {?}
Once again, the masses do the one day thing called 'their patriotism' of 'support' and 'flag wavin', many are happening around this country served by the other one percent. This time some forty years...
View Article1st Year: Joining Forces Anniversary Event
This was held only a few hours ago, thought I'd share.April 11, 2012 10:40 AM EDT Joining Forces Anniversary EventFirst Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Biden kick off a celebration for military families...
View ArticleMore than a stay at home mom
My mother didn't work for most of my childhood. She had four girls, of which I was the youngest. The few places she did work, when I was a baby, was part time at the Jewish day care center, because...
View ArticleVHA: Where Is the Demand for Country to Sacrifice?
The country, including the FOX and the bushy kombat keyboarders, want the Afghan War to End with roughly the same numbers that supported the walking away from the Main Mission {does anyone see a mass...
View ArticleMay 11th: Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Honoring: Military Spouse Appreciation Day and Mother’s DayJoining Forces Honors Military MomsMay 10, 2012 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden host a Joining Forces Mother’s Day event at the...
View ArticleI.D.E.S. “Seamless transition” to civilian life
As we come onto the first Memorial Day since the end of the Iraq war and the continuing draw-down of the Afghanistan theater, few citizens will even think of the real meaning of the day, except for the...
View ArticleMemorial Day! 'Flags In' Tradition and the Real Joe Biden
Just a gathering of links on the start of this Memorial Day weekend to hopefully bring real reflection, not for those of us who've served or are serving but the 99% who never did nor are, and not about...
View ArticleVeterans' finances hit by friendly fire
The Hearst Newspapers have conducted an investigation into how disabled veterans that need help in handling their finances, by family members and others appointed to do so, have had their finances...
View ArticleToday's Ad: "Triage"
Lot of good feelings today, what with the Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act.But the reaction of Republican politicians--and their supporters--soured my mood pretty quickly. So much so that it...
View ArticleFor the Wounded Soldiers: "one package at a time"
So You say you're a 'patriot'!So You say others aren't!So You wave that flag then go home and go blank, you do know soldiers are still being sent into war don't you!I could go onWe who served or those...
View ArticleDidn't send your kid to war?
Well what do ya know, a novel idea from a citizen of the country served, told to go shopping with the tax cuts and rubber stamped funding, all borrowed and off the books till the now executive branch,...
View ArticleIndividual and Cultural Moral Development: Stage by Stage
Last week, I discussed the research of James W. Fowler, a Methodist minister, into the developmental stages of faith. Dr. Fowler built his ideas on the pattern of Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral...
View ArticleOn Veterans: Rep. Paul Davis Ryan Research Report
H/T toRichard Cranium for posting the report as I've seen he's posted it a few times as well.Want to know more about Rep. Ryans tenure in Congress, especially in voting as a GOTP foot soldier, i.e. a...
View ArticleDemocratic Veterans
I'm really appreciating the focus that the Democratic National Convention has placed on our active duty troops and veterans issues. While the other party largely ignored both during their convention...
View ArticleIt's Time to Change the Narrative on Voter Suppression
The Republicans have worked to depict the target of their ID laws as a thuggish illegal alien hell bent on taking advantage of lax election laws in order to game the democratic process. Of course we...
View Article21 September 2012 - National POW/MIA Recognition Day
POW/MIA Recognition09/20/2012 - To honor the sacrifice of service members who were prisoners of war or are still missing in action, observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, traditionally...
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Sorry Rachel a Fail on the Veterans Segment of Show
Not a complete fail and this isn't any slam on you as you do some of the best reporting on the tube or streamed, you do have an important point, trouble is you keep leaving out the most important in...
View ArticleBrother and Sister Veterans, the Choice Couldn't Be Clearer!
Every time you look at or listen to the top ticket of Romney/Ryan and the down ticket races in the Congress especially but also State Governor and Legislatures and any mention of taxes you should be...
View ArticleWWII Veteran, 93, Casts Likely Last Ballot
"True Patriotism""This is America. Amen""Thank you, Citizen" {?}How many of the comments like those, and without a second thought, were quickly typed in and then they moved on, once again not Demanding...
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