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Iraq Verdict
Written by Edward H. Sims   
Saturday, August 14 2010 12:22 pm

SimsWith U.S. troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq at the end of next month, the question Americans need answered is what almost eight years of war there by American troops has accomplished.

Vice President Joe Biden made his fifth trip to Iraq early this month, once again trying to persuade leaders of various parties to collaborate in forming a new government.

The government we fought with, and American troops died doing so in a joint effort, deserve to know whether the leader of the country we supported, costing over 4,000 American deaths and over 30,000 wounded, is to  continue to lead the country—Nouri al-Maliki.

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The Texas Perimeter Hike — Big Bend National Park
Written by Smatt   
Tuesday, July 27 2010 10:16 pm

 The author sits on a rock ledge of the South Rim of Big Bend's Chisos Mountain Range. A friend recently asked me how I’ve handled the solitude of my long walk around Texas.  Like the land itself, my time alone has had a changing topography, and no single answer encompasses the whole of my experience.  Nonetheless, I shall attempt to do the question some kind of justice, if for no other reason than to honor those semi-quiet moments from dusk till dawn when our civilized world reduces itself to a modest hum and surrenders the floor to nature’s conversation.

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The Texas Perimeter Hike —Installment #10
Written by Smatt   
Saturday, July 17 2010 12:00 am
The author and his new puppy Raisin take a break on the porch in Terlingua Ghost Town. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”

—  John Steinbeck, "Travels with Charley"

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Saving American Veterans and Saving American Money – Dr. Gay Larned Has a Solution
Written by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster   
Friday, June 18 2010 12:00 am

Defense Secretary Robert Gates  recently said in a speech that "health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive." For returning active duty troops and veterans the problem goes way beyond considerations of the cost to the VA system. These veterans are returning but the war is coming with them in ways none of us imagined possible. An alarming percentage of America's military are returning home with from Iraq and Afghanistan with Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to a system of health which is sadly lacking.

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Environmental Wasteland
Written by Martha Randolph Carr   
Saturday, June 12 2010 12:00 am
Martha Randolph Carr There is something about the people and the environment of the Louisiana coastline that inspires government officials particularly on the federal level to look the other way until things have gone horribly wrong and then rush in with too little too late. Political leanings seem to make no apparent difference.
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False Flag Alert!
Written by Maj. William B. Fox and Dr. James H. Fetzer   
Monday, August 09 2010 08:29 pm

  Pieces Falling Into Place For Israeli-U.S. Attack On Iran

Our nation appears to be on the verge of committing one of the greatest atrocities in human history. If reports of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear energy facilities are well-founded — an attack that could only occur with the support of the United States — then an estimated 2.6 million Iranians may be killed outright and millions more would incur early deaths as contamination clouds sweep over Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.  The reputation of the United States would be permanently tarnished. We urge that this not be allowed to happen. The evidence that leads us to issue this warning can be summarized as follows:

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Commission Sets Sights On CIA, Pentagon Human Experimentation
Written by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster   
Saturday, July 24 2010 03:39 pm

Organizers today announced the formation of the North American Truth and Accountability Commission for Human Experimentation (NATAC). The Commission, nearly eight months in the making, was first proposed after a number of people had read the recently published book by H.P. Albarelli Jr., "A TERRIBLE MISTAKE: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Secret Cold War Experiments." Albarelli’s book details a number of shocking human experiments conducted during the Cold War years. Following a number of meetings in Los Angeles and New York City to discuss both past and on-going human experiments sponsored by the government, it was proposed that a formal commission be formed to further research government-sponsored human experimentation in the United States and Canada and to advocate for the demise of all such programs.

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Looking At Washington: The Right Question
Written by Edward H. Sims   
Saturday, July 17 2010 12:00 am

An 89-year-old regular at presidential press conferences recently asked President Obama the right question at a session he was having with the press—more a speech than a traditional press conference.

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Shenanigans In D.C.
Written by Cindy Sheehan   
Friday, June 18 2010 12:00 am

Cindy Sheehan. — Iconoclast Photo On the 7th anniversary of the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, eight people were arrested in front of the White House protesting the continuing crimes — you know that place! It's a big White House — as a matter of fact it's a HUGE White House in the middle of a park-like estate where heavily armed thugs protecting war criminals roam. It's okay to stop and gawk and take pictures if you are decked out in Hawaiian shirts or sundresses, but exercising fundamental rights to free speech or to peaceably assemble is not.

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The Texas Perimeter Hike — Installment #9
Written by Smatt   
Tuesday, June 08 2010 03:20 am
The Mexican flag beyond the border fence near the El Paso-Juarez bridge crossing—West Texas, between El Paso and Fort Hancock "The local law enforcement is now advising people to have guns.  Well, it’s about time.”

— Fort Hancock resident to me, paraphrased

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