I feel numb right now. I found out one of my friends was shot at Fort Hood. The good news is he's not one of the three who were killed (I'm not even counting the killer who pulled the trigger - let him rot). Pat was shot in the stomach and is already out of surgery. He's intubated and stable ( Read more... )

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First Ladies Michelle Obama and Jill Biden were on hand at the last race of the 2011 Sprint NASCAR season to promote an initiative for businesses to hire more military veterans.

Unfortunately, they didn't receive as warm a welcome as they expected.

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Retired Army Sgt. Andrew Barry and his family received cheers from the crowd during his ( Read more... )

Today is Veterans Day. This is just a note asking my readers to PLEASE take the time to thank a soldier or a veteran you know for their service to our country. And don't forget to thank their families for what they give up every time they've said goodbye to a family member going away from home to serve their country.

Your sacrifices are greatly

Burlington, VT is a community of around 40,000 and is majority left-leaning, so it should be no surprise that there would be an Occupy protest encampment there.

What is a shock, however, is news that a military veteran committed suicide at the Occupy Burlington camp just short of Veterans Day ( Read more... )

This is a story you have to read to believe:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government grapples to find ways to trim the bloated federal deficit, a new report suggests officials might start with cutting out $16 muffins and $10 cookies.

"We found the Department (of Justice) spent $16 on each of the 250 muffins served at an August 2009 legal ( Read more... )

In the wake of the WH release of Obama's long form birth certificate (or certificate of live birth, whatever you want to call it), Lawrence O'Donnell had self-proclaimed "Queen of the Birthers" Orly Taitz on his show ( Read more... )

69 years ago today, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and bombed battleship row where 2,402 members of the military and 57 civilians were killed. While most of the fleet was salvaged, the USS Arizona and Utah were too heavily damaged, and the former is now used as part of the Pearl Harbor memorial.

This speech, given by then-President ( Read more... )

Right now, a lone gunman may have up to 12 hostages in the Discovery Channel building in Silver Springs, Maryland.

The alleged gunmen is being identified (though unconfirmed) as James J. Lee, who's protested the Discovery Channel in the past. According to the fire department Captain, his demands include speaking to executives for the company. One ( Read more... )

This morning, "Rev" Al Sharpton appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss the "Restoring Honor" rally (hosted by Glenn Beck and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation) and his own "Reclaim the Dream" rally. Something Sharpton said resonated with me most of the day...
I look at civil rights as equal rights for all. Period.
That's a ( Read more... )