Our new Star Wars Galaxies Correspondent writes this short article giving a few play tips for players who may have left the game and are planning a return.Read More...
From Poison Pen comes this:
As SOMEONE WHO ASSISTS VETERANS WITH DISABILITY CLAIMS, I UNDERSTAND THE LONG TEDIOUS MEASURES A VETERAN MUST ENDURE TO PROCESS A CLAIM. OFTEN TIMES THE VA HOPES A VETERAN WILL EITHER GET FRUSTRATED AND QUIT, OR ULTIMATELY JUST DIE (AGE RELATED VETERANS WHO FILE LATER IN LIFE).
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR A VETERAN TO FILE A CLAIM INITIALLY-SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE
Attention All Vets! (Including my Mom and Step-Dad who served in the U.S. Army.)Thank you for keeping us safe.Check out the clip below of General David Petraeus (Army) giving a shout-out to our Nations' Armed Forces.Sources: Youtube, Birmingham Public Library, Politics off the gridSubscribe to my feed
I’d like to honor and thank the many active duty military members and veterans who live in Crofton. I was hoping to specifically acknowledge some of you on this Veterans Day, but no one stepped up to volunteer their identity, let alone their story.
So I’m going to tell you about my grandfather, Ray Farrell, the [...]
At Wednesday’s “Stand Up for Heroes” benefit at Town Hall for the Bob Woodruff Foundation as part of the NY Comedy Festival, The Boss was the highlight among performers Ricky Gervais, Regis Philbin and Darrell Hammond, reports The Post’s Mandy Stadtmiller. The rock superstar rode onstage on his 1994 Harley, which he was donating - [...]
When: October 31, 2008 - 5:30PM - 11PM
Where: NYC - The Village, Spring Street and 6th Avenue
What: Mayor’s Alliance Participating Organizations, volunteers, and their friends are invited to escort the Animal Halloween Float in the Village Halloween Parade. The Maddie’s Fund mascot will ride atop the float, w/supporters walking along side. The float’s theme this [...]
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Saving Abel might not be household names just yet, but that could all change when the band performs alongside Ludacris, 50 Cent and other superstars on “A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the BRAVE,” airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. We got a sneak peek at the band’s performance during a rehearsal of their song “18 Days” inside New York’s Nokia Theatre Times Square. Frontman Jared W
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This plopped in my e-mail inbox this morning…:
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As if I needed another reason not to become an equine vet.
Hendra virus in a paramyxovirus (like influenza) that seems to belong to fruit bats, with lethal consequences in horses and the people who tend them. Dr Ben Cunneen, an equine vet from Redlands vet clinic, died last August from this virus after treating sick [...]
As Maine Politics notes, the Collins campaign is working like mad to paint VoteVets as a tool of the liberal fringe. And I wouldn't be surprised if more than a few of Sen. Collins' dittoheads in the Maine press corps accept that characterization.But VoteVets is a veteran-founded, veteran-run organization that, according to its website, has 102,000 thousands of veteran members. Its stated mission i
It is a peculiar yet eternal rivalry that permeates Veterinary Science. Nobody, but nobody, is neutral in this conflict. It touches the entire profession.
Cow Vets vs Horse Vets.
Even we poor naive students are not untouched by this rivalry. Even we are pushed into choosing sides.
The Chargers signed tight end Kris Wilson and offensive lineman Kynan Forney Monday. To make room for the two veterans, the Bolts released fullback Andrew Pinnock and placed center Cory Withrow on Reserve-Injured.
By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer They survived war, but for some Iraq and Afghanistan veterans going to work back home isn't easy, either.An estimated 300,000 from the two wars have returned home with mental health problems, so-called invisible wounds, and about the same number suffered head injuries, according to a private study from the RAND Corp. think tank. Associated problems can
Wendy Adams, of Las Vegas, is living a nightmare. <!-- story_factbox.comp --> <!-- /story_factbox.comp --> A former Navy hospital corpsman with disabilities, Adams received an Aspen MasterCard in June 2006. She was approved for a $350 credit limit, but when the card arrived, Adams said, she'd already been billed for $285 in processing fees, l
Did you ever bring your dog to the Vet. and watch the dog’s fear starting to get bad from being there. I thought that this picture would some it all up. Dogs just don’t like going to Vets. The look on the women’s face has even got her worried too. So what’s behind that door that makes your dog freak?
Senator Obama: Talk to Commanders or Meet with Dictators?
Vets For Freedom
"Despite recent developments in Iraq, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) still continues to advocate for immediate withdrawal, still has yet to meet with General Petraeus, and still insists on merely 'considering' a trip. The time for consideration is over. Senator Obama must make a commitment to seeing the success of the co
I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35. Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys onl
Here is just one more story of the D-Day Annivesary yesterday, and how it was remembered by some of the men who were there 64 years ago:
Guy Gunter couldn't forget June 6, 1944 if he had to. At 1 a.m. that day, Gunter was piloting a glider carrying 15 soldiers in the Normandy invasion, which turned the tide of World War II in Europe and eventually forced the surrender of Germany less than
So much for supporting the returning troops. This Administration's positions (and John McCain's positions) on Veterans issues is abominable and an insult to our soldiers. Everything Bush and McCain do is engineered to put money in their pockets and the pockets of their closest allies (companies). If they can squeeze $5 out of the system by denying an amputee soldier painkillers, that's another $5
From the Vets For Freedom website:
1) Senator Obama has never met, one-on-one, with the Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus.
2) Senator Obama has not visited Iraq, and our brave troops on the ground, in over two years. His last visit to Iraq was January 2006, and he was there for less than [...]
In a message dated 5/27/2008 10:28:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dale98@tampabay.rr.com writes:
This is not hate mail about the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007. This is about the U. S. VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES BEING PUT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WITHOUT QUESTION.
Pass along from: Norm Campbell.
Norm does his homework,...
Philippine political & social events as seen from the
Yosuke, an African grey parrot, went missing for two weeks. When rescued by police and transfered to a veterinary hospital, it chatted with the vets and told them it's name and address."I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs."We
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Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama sat down with eight servicemen and women as part of an MTV forum entitled “Choose or Lose”. Hosted by Sway the week long programming will look at the real life experiences of young solgiers in Iraq as well as [...]
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(Is that Boris Yeltsin or Al Gore?)
Chicken Little (aka Al Gore) dishonored WWII vets all across the nation today by comparing their struggle to defeat Nazi fascism to today’s struggle to counter so-called global warming. This from Fox News:
In a commencement address before a record crowd of about 10,000 people, the Nobel laureate [...]
Iraq Veterans Against The War's effort to document what it considers systemic abuses in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars took a major step forward Thursday as five Iraq veterans related their firsthand experiences to members of Congress.Five members of the anti-war veterans group told a hearing of the Congressional Progressive Caucus -- not an official House committee but a group of the House's
Aspiring actress and model Gina Elise has been making period pinup photos of herself and donating the proceeds of her calender sales to California VA Hospitals. From Pin Ups for Vets: I came up with the idea to recreate a nostalgic pin-up calendar that would serve three purposes: 1. The calendars would be sold to raise funds for our hospitalized Vetera
Thursday the 1st of May was Industry Night at Kendal Hall. It’s an opportunity for big players and drug companies that supply the Veterinary Industry in Australia to set up a display, tell us about themselves and give us poor veterinary students free stuff!
There’s been a bit of concern about doctors pushing unnecessary drugs onto [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON - Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: Get ready for a phone call.The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that on May 1 it will start calling 570,000 recent combat veterans to make sure they know what services are available to them.The first calls will go to about 17,000 veterans who were sick or injured while serving in the wars. If they don't have a care manager, the VA says they will be given one.The next round of calls will target 555,000 veterans from the wars who have been discharged from active duty, but have not reached out to the VA for services. For five years after their discharge from the military, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have access to health care at the VA.The effort will cost about $2.7 million and will be handled by a government contract
I’m glad these men are standing up to Big Bad Time Warner. Pass this post along to all your veteran friends by clicking the little icon below Spread the Love that looks like a tiny envelope and a letter. The consumer media market must realize that their anti-military stance belongs out of major news publications.
Here’s [...]
Alternative medicines such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and physiotherapy have become an established part of treatment spectrum among humans. However, a recent newspaper report reveals that now these alternative medicines are effective remedies for treating the pains and aches in animals too.
“Increasing numbers of veterinarians are using such medicines at the request of pet owners,” says [...]
A new report Thursday reveals that Secretary of Veterans affairs James Peake told two Democratic senators his department will not help injured veterans register to vote before the 2008 election. What this means is that many injured veterans still in VA hospitals will effectively lose their right to vote.read more | digg story
~Snooper~One of these days, I am going to have to get a real video camera. The videos below were taken via my Treo and after wrestling with the various programs, I was able to get these two off the phone and the other two vanished into the area where videos go.This was down the hall from Turdtha's office and shows what the socialists are up to at YOUR expense and safety.I thought that this was appropriate but it is not spelled correctly. It is an eatery at Union Station and should be called Libtardos...just sayin'....
~Snooper~VETS ON THE HILL PART 1Yesterday on 08 APR 08, a group of men and women - Patriots - both currently serving in the United States Armed Services and those of service past, gathered in a Ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, VA. The Gathering began - per orders - at 0500 hours and, all be known and told, Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive was there, having the evening before swore to be present and accounted for "later on that morning".The intensity of the concentration to the mission at hand was truly a marvel to behold. Mission parameters were established and anti-flanking controls were set into place. As only Warriors could possibly understand, sloganeering was bantered about and there was in evidence, inter-service rivalries - SOP. Yet, in the midst of it all, the camaraderi
Great post from ThisAin’tHell on the rally by the troops of Vets For Freedom for General Patraeus in his lead up to appearing before Congress to discuss the progress in Iraq.
Pictures and video included…
About 480 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan assembled beginning at 8:30 this morning just across the street from the [...]
~Snooper~Robert is going to have the American Truth Warriors BTR show up and ready for a possible Live Broadcast of the Vets On The Hill Press Conference which will begin in the neighborhood of 0830 hours is just a few hours.Pete Hegseth @ 0830David Bellavia @ 0833 (introduces Sen McCain) (NOTE: possible run for Congress by Sgt "Bell"Sen McCain @ 0835Sen Lieberman @ 0850Sen Graham @ 0852Sen Inhofe @ 0854Sen Leadership remarks TBD @ 0856Sen Bond @ 0858Rep Marshall @ 0900Rep Sam Johnson @ 0905House Leadership remarks TBD @ 0907Marcus Luttrell @ 0910Steve Russell @ 0915Press Palsy Ends @ 0920We March On DC @ 1000This is so military but, hey...this is what we are and always will be
AFRAID It Might Turn “Political”
Another f**king coward on the taxpayer dole.
This time from a Minneapolis area high school.
A national tour which featured decorated veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had to cancel its planned appearance at Forest Lake Area High School yesterday after school principal, Steve Massey, suddenly pulled the plug on the [...]
AFRAID It Might Turn "Political"Another f**king coward on the taxpayer dole.This time from a Minneapolis area high school.A national tour which featured decorated veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had to cancel its planned appearance at Forest Lake Area High School yesterday after school principal, Steve Massey, suddenly pulled the plug on the visit.Massey, the school principal, said the decision to cancel was prompted by concerns that the event was becoming political rather than educational and therefore was not suitable for a public school.Massey said the school had gotten a few phone calls from parents and others, and some of those callers indicated that they may stage a protest if the event took place.So if a public school is handing out condoms and parents protest, the sc
From Winter Soldier hearings at Democracy Now : ...JON MICHAEL TURNER: On April 18, 2006, I had my first confirmed killed. This man was innocent. I don't know his name. I called him “the fat man.” He was walking back to his house, and I shot him in front of his friend and his father. The first round didn't kill him, after I had hit him up here in his neck area. And afterwards he started
Iraq Veterans Against the War is organizing the "Winter Soldier" conference outside of Washington, DC, to share their experiences from the front lines. The conference, which begins Thursday and will continue through the weekend, aims to build on a 1971 gathering in which Vietnam veterans gathered in Detroit to share their view of atrocities they wi
It’s common knowledge that pranks go down regularly in MLB clubhouses. Some people get hit harder than others.Yankees rookie Andrew Brackman has been getting hit pretty hard since he entered the Majors as their number 1 pick last year. His car is always vanishing from the parking lot. He decided to strike back and he [...]
121 OEF/OIF Vets Charged With, Committed Murder Following Return to States - PTSD Combat : Winning the War WithinBABY IT AIN'T ABOUT ANGER MANAGEMENT IT IS ABOUT ANGER RESOLUTION.
~Snooper~Vets For Freedom wins an overwhelming Victory. Words cannot express the gratitude we veterans feel towards the unwavering dedication to my fellow veterans and myself. Success requires a contender that sees no value in defeat. Pete Hegseth is such a contender. Reid, on the other hand, is not.I received the following in my email from Vets For Freedom...Last week, in London's grand Westminster Hall, I had the distinct privilege and honor to represent Vets for Freedom during a debate hosted by Intelligence Squared, the most prominent debating forum in Europe. Along with my esteemed debating partner William Shawcross, we were able to achieve a dramatic and unexpected victory with the sold-out audience of over 2,200 by overwhelmingly swaying them to defend the motion, "The surge is working, let's win before we leave."Of the 455 undecided voters who arrived in the hall, over half (234) later voted to support victory rather than defeat. By contrast, only 131 voted in favor of th
Article Title: Three Reasons Your Dog Is Brought Into The BackAt The VetsAuthor: Daniel Beatty, DVMYou are at the veterinarians office with your dog. You arewaiting to see the vet and when your turn comes you get into theroom. Then you are asked to wait in the room, while your dog istaken into the back to have blood drawn, the vaccines, or someother procedure. Or you get into the room the veterinarian comesin does an exam and notices that your dog is a little agitated,he asks to have your dog brought into the back. You askyourself, why? Why is my dog going back there, what is happeningto my dog back there, you might even hear a yelp and you know itis your dog...what are they doing? Why does my dog need to goback there why can they not do the procedure in the room or whycan I not go back there to see what is happening? All these arelegitimate questions and I have three reasons why.... attitude,insurance and training. Attitude - Most dogs do better without their owner pr
Soldiers who suffered appalling injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan were verbally abused as they swam in a public swimming pool.
During a weekly rehabilitation session, 15 severely wounded servicemen with missing limbs and sever burns were heckled and jeered at by members of the public.
One woman screamed at the soldiers telling them they had no right to be there.
She became increasingly abusive, screaming that it was wrong for staff to rope off a lane exclusively for the injured personnel from the nearby Headley Court rehabilitation centre.
The swimmer, thought to be in her 30s, is understood to have said:
“I pay to come here and swim – you lot don’t.”
The soldiers, who use the pool as part of a water therapy course, were quickly ordered out by their instructor to avoid further embarrassment.
The Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre treats 180 injured servicemen who have to make a half-hour trip to Leatherhead to use the pool.
Living in a free society can be frustrati
120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each WeekBy Penny Coleman, AlterNetPosted on November 26, 2007, Printed on November 26, 2007 this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.As the widow of a Vietnam vet who killed himself after coming home, and as the author of a book for which I in
120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each WeekBy Penny Coleman, AlterNetPosted on November 26, 2007, Printed on November 26, 2007http://www.alternet.org/story/68713/Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.As the widow of a Vietnam vet who killed himself after coming home, and as the author of a book for which I interviewed dozens of other women who had also lost husbands (or sons or fathers) to PTSD and suicide in the aftermath of the war in Vietnam, I am deeply grate
This is so shameful, words almost escape me. Other than reporting the facts, I can do little but scream “Fuck You” as loud as possible in the direction of our country's capital.Every few weeks reports leak out about the treatment of Iraq War Veterans. It is bad enough that the nation is much more concerned about American Idol and Dancing With the Stars than what is happening in that god forsaken land, but the way we often treat the Sons and Daughters of the Republic is despicable.For the most part the country is silent about the the troops or mistake support for wearing flags on lapels or some blind support for the moron currently occupying the White House (who incidentally has never attended the funeral of one of our warriors killed in Iraq). But, I guess the public can not be blamed. When the war broke out, we were told to just go shopping, and leave the mess to the professionals.Increasingly, inorder to recruit those professionals, the government has had to be inventive.
AAFES illegally calculating military credit card paymentsThe Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is breaking the law by taking money from soldiers and veterans who have military credit card debts that were either improperly calculated, too old to collect or both, according to a lawsuit suit filed by Public Citizen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco.Public Citizen filed the suit on behalf of veteran Julius Briggs and a class of soldiers and veterans nationwide.For years, the AAFES has offered credit cards, known as Military Star cards, to military personnel to purchase uniforms and other items from the stores it operates on military bases.If a service member is delinquent in paying a debt, the government has the right to deduct the money owed from the member’s government benefits or tax refunds. The government can add interest, penalties and administrative costs as permitted by the credit card contract or federal law.AAFES, howe
Crofton Village Garden Club has its own unique way of saying “Thank You” to men and women who serve our country.
We have a workshop each year, in lieu of a monthly speaker at our November meeting, to create 120 red, white and blue flower arrangements for the Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center in nearby Baltimore.
Prior to the meeting,
Honey Boudman cut squares of foil to cover tuna cans collected by club members.
Shirley Levendoski and Bernie Robertson cut two huge bags full of boxwood clippings to provide greenery for the arrangements, and then stuffed the 120 cans with oasis.
Carole Hampton dampened the oasis and delivered the cans to Prince of Peace Presbyterian Church Annex for the workshop.
Bernie Robertson made red, white and blue bows for each arrangement.
Harriet Kitchen made small flags that read “Thank You from the Crofton Village Garden Club”.
About 40 club members participated in the workshop, arrang
We've been down this road before. Veterans falling ill to exposure to a host of chemicals and toxic substances during wartime. During Vietnam it was 'Agent Orange', back in the early 90's it was 'Gulf War Syndrome', and today it now appears that Iraq Vets are suffering from symptoms of exposure due to depleted uranium. Although this is a very serious issue, little mention is made by our traditional media. I came across this article which sheds light on this topic:Cancer in Iraq vets raises possibility of toxic exposure by Carla McClainAfter serving in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago — and receiving the Bronze Star for it — the Tucson soldier was called back to active duty in Iraq. While there, he awoke one morning with a sore throat. Eighteen months later, Army Sgt. James Lauderdale was dead, of a bizarrely aggressive cancer rarely seen by the doctors who tried to treat it. As a result, his stunned and heartbroken family has joined growing ranks of sickened and dying Iraq war
Bush signs vets'mental health bill(AP)AP - President Bush signed the Joshua Omvig suicide prevention bill on Monday, providing improved screening and treatment for at-risk veterans.
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Article Title: Pets Are Afraid Of Vets. Why Are You? Bills?Veterinary Pet Insurance S The AnswerAuthor: Wade RobinsThe consultation fee of doctors is very high and in case ofvets it ca be a real bother for you. The treatment of pets isnot only expensive but complicated as well, since the ailmenthas to be pin pointed by various tests, making the cost shoot upnorthwards. With the inception of Veterinary pet insurance, ithas now become an affordable exercise. Each policy should beclosely read and its provisions discussed with the vet, as hemay give a kind advice on the subject. The insurance cover isdesigned to your specific need hence is a reliable product tohave, if you own a pet. This insurance cover not only coverstreatment cost but hospitalization cost can also be coveredunder its scope, as a rider on paying more premium. Right Ingredients of A Veterinary Insurance Insurance companies offer different kind of covers according tothe animal you have as a pet. So now you
OEF/OIF Vets Seeking PTSD Care from VA Jumps 70%, Mental Health Counseling Tops 100,000 - PTSD Combat : Winning the War WithinMore Great Secrets To Live By• We all work with one infinite power• The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA)• Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting• We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think• Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy• People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same• Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation• You attract your dominant thoughts• Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it...etc...• It's not "wishful" thinking.• You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it• Choose your thoughts carefully -- you are a masterpiece of your life• It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into re
The U.S. Army is testing the brains of troops to be newly deployed in Iraq to help them "baseline" a soldier's cognitive abilities and thus make it easier to diagnose and treat possible head injuries incurred later while stationed in Iraq. The program is mandatory at the 101st Airborne Division in Kentucky and will spread elsewhere in the coming months. This program is not as it appears.
First, some background. Traumatic brain injury, or "TBI" is one of the worst and most common traumas coming out of Iraq, earning it the title of "signature injury" with an estimated one in five expected to come back with some form of brain injury. Symptoms are difficult to pinpoint for the patient and evaluation and testing is challenging for doctors. In fact, sometimes there are no symptoms initially, yet the damage is very severe nonetheless. For the first time, there are more head injuries than abdominal injuries.
TBI is
Click on the flyer to see a larger image, or go to Blockhead City Entertainment.Filming for this episode is now complete, and post-production editing has begun; there will be a link to the trailer for the show posted here soon.
By Elisabeth Kilpatrick
Medill Reports - Chicago
Avoid contact with wild animals and keep pets current on their rabies vaccinations.
That's the advice from state officials in response to the increasing numbers of confirmed rabid bats in Illinois this year.
"Because we have infringed upon the wild populations considerably, [pet] exposure is always a possibility," said Cheryl Johnson, supervising veterinarian for Morgan Park Animal Hospital. "It's really foolish not to have them vaccinated."
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July 28th, Dennis Fritz gave signed copies of his book, "Journey Toward Justice" to Veterans of the Iraq War and Vietnam Vets at White's Harley Davidson in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Bikers in the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club gathered at the dealership for a rally.Dennis Fritz spent 12 years of a life sentence in jail for a murder he didn't commit."Journey Toward Justice," chronicles the injustice he suffered and his exoneration and his fight for freedom. Dennis Fritz said, "there was a time I took freedom for granted- and that's why I am here today". DNA evidence cleared him in 1999 and he was set free. "I'm here today to share my story with the vets because we all have a the same common thread. And I'm here today to pay tribute to the vets for their sacrifice".Dennis Fritz is the other innocent man in John Grisham's book “The Innocent Man”. The movie rights for Grisham’s book have been sold to George Clooney and production is scheduled to begin in 2008.Dennis Fritz now works
It has come to my attention that many Iraqi veterans upon return are being told they have Personality disorder. This diagnosis by the VA would clearly disenfranchise them on a service connection PTSD claim. This was discussed with some of our members United Veterans of America of Georgia and the VFW last week. Over 2000 have given this diagnosis and it is clearly wrong. Please write your local congressman and advise them to check with the National VA secretary to make sure our returning troops do not have to fight for their benefits as the Viet Nam veterans did. Thank You!"It's all about the money:" Personality disorder discharges cheat vets while contractor$ make killing$ in Middle East warsSubmitted by Sarah on Fri, 2007-06-22 23:50. In the last six years the Army has diagnosed and discharged more than 5,600 soldiers because of personality disorder, according to the Defense Department. And the numbers keep rising: 805 cases in 2001, 980 cases in 2003, 1,086 from
Tim Woodward: Cold War vets share their stories from Idaho's nuclear sites - Idaho StatesmanEdition Date: 01/22/07Not many people can claim to have driven a truck down an icy road into the Bruneau Canyon pulling a trailer with a nuclear warhead on it. Andy Kimbrell is one of them. Kimbrell was among those who responded to a Statesman story last week on the Cold War nuclear-missile complexes buried in the deserts of Ada and Owyhee counties in the 1960s.When I was writing the story, I couldn't find a single one of the people who worked at the sites. Since it was published, they've been doing everything but crawling out of missile silos.Roy Coon of Emmett helped build the Ada County site. Boisean Merlyn Knight learned computer skills on the guidance computer from one of the underground complexes. Kimbrell, also of Boise, worked at all three of the sites.The stories they tell are of an era and mindset that now seem like science fiction."I've been a carpenter all my life, and that was t
Jack Hicks: Cold War vets did their partColumn by Jack HicksIt takes more than a little effort to locate the unobtrusive grave of Robert C. Von Luehrte in Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell.And if you travel to Washington, or other sites where military veterans are honored, you may never see a commemoration to America's Cold War warriors.If ever a group was largely forgotten, it's those soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who served their country between World War II and the Korean War, or between Korea and the Vietnam War.During a total period of about 17 years, millions of men, and women, served in the armed forces. They were the real or perceived barrier to worldwide domination by the Soviet Union and others in the Communist Bloc.The warriors were draftees, and those who joined the several branches of the service, including reservists who spent various lengths of time on active duty. Many who joined did so to "get it over with," because the draft was inevitable.Sometimes, especial
BOSTON (AP) — Sean Lewis tried golf after losing his right leg in a mortar attack in Iraq, but his prosthetic leg got in the way of his swing.
So he ditched it, and he’s been hitting one-legged ever since.
“Golf has a special meaning for me,” Lewis wrote in his biography for the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project.
“It had gotten me out of Walter Reed, and given me a life outside of the military again. Golf had shown me that I can still do something. … It’s a form of therapy more…
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Tragically high suicide rates among Iraq War Vets have been a topic of this blog before. More recent information in the press have been about high rates among Vets in Great Britain.
Now we may have some answers and a suggested course of action. A recent report by the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general finds that at least one factor is that Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of suicide because Veterans Administration health clinics do not have 24-hour mental health care available.
Sometimes I forget that, unlike Minnesota, most states don't have 24 hour emergency mental health care. Here such care is manditory, required by state law and funded by a variety of sources, including Federal Medicaid, state grants, and county fee for service contracts.
It found that nearly three years after the VA adopted a comprehensive strategy of mental health care, services were inconsistent throughout its network of 1,400 clinics. Many facilities lacked
It’s a truely sad day in America the world when the same guys that are being forced to fight this war have to come home and fight to stop the war. With vietnam the hippies and others protested the war and a good number of vets joined to protest as well, but sadly thats not whats happening with Iraq.
Have we honestly let this happen? Are these brave men fighting two battles now? It seems that the only people making a difference are the Iraq war vets. From the countless stories of the government neglect towards vets, to the total media blockaid on what they have to say, and now this.
And then theres the sexual abuse on the female soldiers like the Suzanne Swift case. Raped by her own army, the men she was trained to trust and then in a traumatic time after coming home she goes awol. Who could blame her? Now she’s back and fearing being courtmarshaled and being sent back to Iraq with the same men that raped her. Visit her page and help in anyway you can.
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A South African news service is reporting that Royal Canin just voluntarily recalled a premium dog food product sold only in veterinary clinics. It is not clear to me whether or not this brand, Vets Choice, is sold only in South Africa.
Royal Canin deserves kudos for this one. They immediately issued the recall just on the suspicion of trouble. Royal Canin, as you know, just recalled a prescription canned cat food sold only through veterinary clinics in Canada because a connection was made to the melamine-tainted wheat.
Dog food: Company warns owners
12/04/2007 16:23 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The makers of Vets Choice dog food have advised pet owners to stop feeding their animals the product and to consult their vets if they are concerned about the health of their pets.
This comes after the company, Royal Canin, received calls from consumers and veterinarians who have advised the company of 19 cases of dogs becoming ill.
Gregory Watine, MD of Royal Canin SA said: “W
Homeless vets need your help! Need outstrips beds for homeless vets By THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press WriterNow that warmer weather is arriving, the giant tent that was a winter home for 150 veterans is being packed away."For most of us, it's back on the streets," says Marvin Britton, a former military policeman who's been crisscrossing the country since leaving the Army in 1971 following three combat tours in Vietnam.The battered tent, pitched on a Navy parking lot, is reflective of a problem that almost certainly will worsen as more troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan and leave active duty — there just aren't enough beds for vets who end up homeless."We all feel like we are fighting against a clock," said Toni Reinis, who runs New Directions Inc., a Los Angeles substance abuse center providing residential and outpatient care for homeless vets.No one knows for sure how many homeless there are — estimates vary from hundreds of thousands to millions.According to the Dep
If I did not live in a relatively small cage in a tiny apartment, I would think the Tall One is some kind of millionaire or celebity. She has different doctors for almost every part of her body! She goes to one doctor when she is coughing or has a cold, to another one for her sprained ankle, and today she even went to a special doctor just for her teeth!The last one I absolutely can't understand. I don't even know why she has teeth in the first place. Miss Prissy and I get along just fine without them. Anyway, the Tall One went to her tooth doctor today, and she said some of her teeth needed fillings and had to be drilled on. Now, why does a tooth need to be filled? Is it hollow? The Tall One says the tooth doctor is nice, but she came home during lunch time with half of her face numb. She looked funny. She couldn't even smile or blink right!At least she had enough common sense to stay home this afternoon and not go to that place she calls work. Everybody there would have laughed at
140 Homeless Vets Get Help, Morale BoostEx-Marine's inspirational speech wraps up Stand DownBy Angelica Martinez, amartinez@ VenturaCountyStar.comAfter providing new jeans, shoes and other necessities to about 140 homeless veterans over three days, the 12th annual Ventura County Stand Down concluded Sunday afternoon with an inspirational message from one of its own.Mark Graves, a former corporal in the Marine Corps, stood before the group of homeless vets at "Seabee Camp Hope" -- nickname of the Stand Down site at the National Guard Armory in Ventura -- and said, "I've lived the life that all of you guys live."Twelve years ago, Graves was homeless, with rotten teeth and other medical problems. He had no identification to get medical help or to even begin looking for a job.He said his visit to the Stand Down back then was the first step in turning his life around, an achievement many of the vets Sunday said they dream of making.After his return from Vietnam in the late 1960s, Graves s
Post traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder caused by experiencing intense trauma where life is threatened in terrifying ways. This disorder has life long consequences as I've talked about before. AP Wire reported on a former Senator who is a Vietnam vet who has had a recurence of PTSD...
Post traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder caused by experiencing intense trauma where life is threatened in terrifying ways. This disorder has life long consequences as I've talked about before. AP Wire reported on a former Senator who is a Vietnam vet who has had a recurence of PTSD because of repeated exposure to images of war in Iraq.
Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, who has battled bouts of depression since losing three limbs in Vietnam, is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. Cleland, who represented Georgia in the Senate from 1997 to 2003, said he believes the condition - cases of which are increasing rapidly among Vietnam war veterans - was in part triggered by the ongoing violence in Iraq.
"I realize my symptoms are avoidance, not wanting to connect with anything dealing with the (Iraq) war, tremendous sadness over the casualties that are taken, a real identification with that. ... I've tried to disconnect and disassociate from the media. I don't watc
