Humanitarian's Death a Wake- Up Call
I'm sure most everyone has read or heard about the death of Marla Ruzicka, the aid worker in Iraq that was helping vicitims of the war there. It was tragic and it was horrible. She was not killed...
View ArticleArmy Offers 15 Month Contracts
This is from Friday's USA Today and I could not believe it. How can they say the person will only be on active duty for 15 months when stop-loss is the rule? It seems like blatant deception. They can...
View ArticleShapelle Corby's Fate
Shapelle Corby, the Australian woman who was found with marijuana in her luggage will have her case decided as early as today. It says Friday but their time is ahead of ours. Keep her in your...
View ArticleSchapelle Corby Guilty
The judges screamed their verdict at her! They essentially said they must convict her because of all the damage she had done to the Indonesian citizens and her pleas of innocence were thrown out...
View ArticleAirport Security: A Question
I've tried my best to avoid plane flight all together after 9-11, not due to a fear of terrorists but a fear of the dreaded, "Airport Security." I drive at all cost, not wanting to check my civil...
View ArticleNew Patriot Act Powers Pass Committee
Congress is falling all over itself to deny us every Constitutional protection we have. The Senate Intelligence Committee SECRETLY approved this abomination. Why is the FBI so afraid of having to...
View ArticleUS Ranked 6th in Imprisoning Journalists
This has nothing to do with Judy Miller but of journalists being held in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay. In this regard, we rank right up there with China, Cuba and tied with Burma. The US is officially...
View ArticleMilitary Not Criminally Prosecuting IRR Refusers
Found this article today and it should be good news to those who are called up up involutarily by the military if they are in the Individual Ready Reserve. According to this article, the worst that can...
View ArticleTaser Torture
What is torture? The most anti-American of words, torture is the infliction of great pain upon an individual in order for them to divulge information or comply with a command. It is something that...
View ArticleThe Wall is Here
It gave me the chills when I read the story. Land forcibly taken from indigenous people for the sake of building a wall to keep people out. Right..I've read about this happening in Isreal and am...
View ArticleIllinois Medicaid cuts come home
My sister-in-law is a single parent working as an assistant director for a day care center. A few years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and at the time she qualified for Medicaid....
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