Real Security
The War Inside
May 23rd, 2008
If my father were alive this Memorial Day, he would still display the flag. But not without anger, if he knew how today's veterans are abandoned to fight the war inside — the same one he fought when he came home — on their own. 
100-Year Occupation = 100 Years of War
By Bill Scher
April 7th, 2008
Conservatives continue to complain when people bring up Sen. John McCain's support of a 100-year military presence in Iraq. We don't want 100 year of war, they insist. They just want our troops to, in McCain's words, "maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world." So, they demand McCain's words be taken in context.
Fine. Let's go to the videotape! read more »
Where's the Love for Our Veterans?
February 14th, 2008
Bill O’Reilly’s unconscionable denials of the problems of homeless veterans are being brought into sharp, visceral focus. ... read more »
Why Real Security
The United States is mired in an occupation of Iraq that is worsening the global terrorist threat and damaging our ability to respond to other security concerns. To promote real security we must change the conservatives’ counterproductive course in the Middle East and refocus on pressing global threats.... read more »
The Case
Shorter Tours of Duty in Iraq?
"With an effective date of August 1st, this means that not one troop will benefit from this deployment reduction until August 2009--seven months into the next Presidential administration." -- VetVoice's Brandon Friedman, 4/10/08read more »
President's Security Budget Shortchanges Security
Actually, the president’s 2009 budget is way out of balance, throwing money at the military and on feared future terrorist threats while shortchanging the everyday security needs of the American people. The budget cuts homeland security grants to state and local governments by 48 percent — a whopping $2 billion. That includes a 79 percent cut in the largest state homeland security grant program, a 60 percent cut to firefighters, a 56 percent cut to transit security grants, and a 48 percent reduction to port security grants. Plus, the office that investigates waste, fraud and abuse in the Department of Homeland Security is being cut $7 million.
If the administration was really focused on homeland security, the Department of Homeland Security, with a proposed 6.8 percent budget increase, to more than $50 billion — would be able to adequately fund programs for first responders who are not only at the front lines of reacting to a disaster, but are at the first lines of prevention as well. The administration would also fund the dozens of other initiatives — from crime-prevention programs at the Department of Justice to youth programs at the Department of Education — that contribute to making our nation safer but whioh have been given the cold shoulder by conservative government.read more »
Facts & Resources
Americans Reject Right-Wing Stance on Diplomacy
Conservatives condemn the idea of presidents talking to their counterparts from "enemy" countries, but 67 percent of Americans disagree, according to a June 2 Gallup poll. read more »
Iraq War Worsens Domestic Economic Problems
The American public, by an overwhelming margin, believes that the cost of the Iraq war is worsening domestic economic problems. In a New York Times/CBS News poll completed on April 2, 67 percent of respondents said the war had contributed “a lot” to American economic problems, and 22 percent said it was contributing “some.” Only 10 percent said “not much” or “not at all.”
The News
Pentagon's Top Inspector Resigns
July 3rd, 2008
U.S., Iraq Talks Advance
July 3rd, 2008
The Voices
Bush’s Legacy and the Damage Done
With President Bush attending his last G8 summit in Japan, it is a good time to assess the foreign policy legacy of his Administration — and what a legacy!read more »
Bush's Selective Mourning
The Fourth of July is the time for patriotic hoohah by national poobahs. So, Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush will no doubt invoke, as he did on Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery, the "sacrifice" of that "awesome bunch of people." Bush then dressed up his war with tales of the fallen. But some victims of his war didn't merit the president's notice.read more »
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It's almost a shame that the subprime mortgage bonanza burned out before the sun finally sets on the George W. Bush administration. After all, they managed to lure Americans into a war we didn't need and couldn't afford, then stuck us with a ballooning bill and never ending payments. Reborn as a brokerage firm dealing in subprime mortgages, this administration could have made a killing.
Don't take my word for it. Just have a look at your bill.
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