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Running For Office – They Might Want To Heed This Advice (27 Aug 10)
The November Election – Have Candidates Heard The Voters? (26 Aug 10)
Guy Gabaldon – Do You Remember ? (22 Aug 10)
Should Our Motto Feature ‘Apple Pie’? (21 Aug 10)
Mandates and Blackmail (19 Aug 10)
Can America Fail? Read The History of Sparta? (6 Aug 10)
“We The People” Are Searching For Lost Honesty (Part 2 of 2)(3Aug10)
“We The People” Are Searching For Lost Honesty (Part 1 of 2) (1Aug10)
Beer and Rum - A Part of American History (26 Jul 2010)
Why Homeless in America? (22 Jul 2010)
Are Democrats Dealing a Frayed Race Card? (14Jul2010)
Obama - A Person of His Word? (5 Jul 2010)
"Whatever Happened to Yes We Can"? (1 Jul 2010)
In South Texas, Will The Lemming Effect Impact November's Election? (14 Jun 2010)
Meetings, The Bane of Business (Jun 11, 2010)
Why Don't We Take the Government to Court? (4Jun2010)
Hey Congress!!! Remember the KISS Formula and Pass Immigration Reform
Border Security - Decades of Federal Failure (19 May 2010)
Is Secular Poison Infacting America?(5 May 2010)
Still Clinging to Guns and God! (3 May 2010)
When Warriors Cry, Who Listens? (24Apr2010)
What Has Happened To Trust? (23Apr2010)
America Needs to Spend Some Time in Rehab (11 Apr2010)
Political Party Idealogues Are Promising America (25 Mar 2010)
Military Express Healthcare Concerns (23 Mar 2010)
"Don't Tread On Me" Was More Than A Slogan (20 Mar 2010)
What Are They Teaching America?
A Message From The Band of Brothers (25 Jan 2010)
Independents Rising - But Will Still Have a Predatory Congress (18 Jan 2010)
Veterans and Military Retirees - Always Congressional Targets (13Jan2010)
Military Retirees, Victims of a Congressional Shell Game (9 Jan 2010)
In Asia There is the Spirit of Christmas - No Atheist Hate or ACLU Litigation
Where Have All the Doctors Gone? (21 Nov 2009)
Political Correctness Has Poisoned America (12 Nov 2009)
Every Day Is Really Veterans Day (8 Nov 2009)
The VA - More Good Care and Bumbling Bureaucracy (31Oct2009)
Does Our Unrespected Leadership Step Forward? (15Oct2009)
More Voices of America (13Oct2009)
What Is America Sayiong (6 Oct2009)
Warfare and the Will to Win (26Sep2009)
Rules of Engagement Revisited (22Sep2009)
Rules of Engagement and Other Stupid Decisions (12 Sep 2009)
Tears for Wounded Warriors (7Sep2009)
How To Hide The Truth (22 Aug 2009)
From Tea Parties to The 912 Project, Americans Are Challenging The Government (17 Aug 2009)
Searching for a Hero or a Fraud (14 Aug 2009)
Where do We Find Good Leaders (12 August 2009)
The Enemies List Aftermath (9 August 2009)
Making the Enemies List (6 August 2009)
In The Real World Performance Means a Pink Slip (30Jul2009)
Hot Dogs and Fireworks, or Unalienable Rights? (4 Jul 2009)
What If Diogenes Shined His Lantern on Washington?? (28Jun2009)
Do We have A Crisis Weary America? ( 22 Jun 2009)
Hey GOP, Grow a Backbone and Come Home
Today's Orwellian America (6 Jun 2009)
Barack's Border Vision (22May2009)
Are Newspapers Really Dying? Not In Small Town America! (21Apr2009)
Just a Few Disgruntled and Disillusioned (15Apr2009)
We Have Failed Our Children-A Study in Stupid Parenting (30Mar09)
We Need A New Contract With America (24Mar2009)
The Change You Asked For
...And Here Comes Mister Taxman
Do We Have a Ninja in the White House? (7 Mar 2009)
More Jobs Needed? Well, Enforce Immigration Laws! (4Mar2009)
"Trust Me" - The Most Abused Word In Washington (3Mar2009)
Is It Taxation - Or Theft?
Have We Become A Nation of Lemmings? (16Feb2009)
We've Heard It, But Do We Believe It..."Trust Me!" (11 Feb2009)
Crystal Ball Reading - The New Conservative Pastime (21Jan2009)
Disney's Armed Forces Salute (4Jan2009)
Free 2009 Military & Federal Guides
For The Military, Wars Against Washington Never End (12Jan2009)
A Nightmare Called Edgewood (7 Jan 2009)
With Democrats In Control, Disabled Military Retirees Demand No Excuses (18Dec2008)
Making The Case for Chrsitmas From "Jesusland"
VA Recognizes ALS Link to Military Service
Veterans Continue To Voice Concerns On the Obama Presidency (26Nov2008)
Do Veterans Look at Obama with Great Expectations (20Nov2008)
VA Expands Protections for Veterans with Missing Paperwork (17Nov2008)
DOD Announces 2009 Retired, Annuitant Pay Adjustments (30Oct2008)
Veterans Have Other Options for Storing and Sending Records (21Oct2008)
The Mournful Wail of the Vanquished (8 Nov 2008)
Distrust of Media and Polls Make Election Impossible to Predict (29 Oct 2008)
There Are Other Ways to Campaign, Maybe We Can Take Some Lessons (24Oct2008)
Dear Boss...
More on the Government We Vote For (8Sep2008)
DFAS Retired Pay Newsletter (July 2008)
Military Handbooks Newsletter - July 2008
Can America Afford Another Failed Marriage? (8 Jul 2008)
More Anger and Demands From The Right (6 Jul 2008)
A Story of Oil and a "Do Nothing" Congress (9Jun2008)
For Those Who Want the Next Election "Right" (9Jun2008)
What An Awesome Tribute, By Bruce Vincent
The Lady Who Welcomes Home Heroes (7Jun2008)
America Recognizes Sacrifices on Memorial Day (23May2008)
VA Announces Online Claims Applications (16 Jul 2008)
The Turning Over of the Falsehood Rock (24May2008)
Then They Asked Me..."What Would You Do Bigmouth?"
New DoD Compensation and Benefits Handbook
More Than Energy in the Wind (3May2008)
VSO's Meet Near Washington, DC - May 13-15, 2008
Discussion of VDCP and VA Rating Schedule (VFW)
San Diego United Veterans Council
Enhanced Health Information Sharing Supports Care of Wounded Warriors
Call To Arms for DC Troop Rally 15 March
DoD, VA, Announce "Recovery Coordinators"
Vets Commission Finishes its Work
Pilot Program Places Mental Health Professionals in Armories
The Congress Must Step up!
Free 2007 Federal Handbooks Now Available Online
Pace Reinforces NCO Impact on Force
Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database
New Pentagon Channel
VA Searching for Last Doughboys of World War I
The Real Story of a DC March not told by the media!
From the Chief of Chaplains - WRAMC (15 Mar 2007)
Halp us Jon Carry
VA Rating Decision Diag Codes
Veterans' Disability Panel Rejects Lump-Sum Option
Pentagon Rejects Raising Retiree Drug Costs
Interview with Secretary Gates - 13Mar2007
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Please Send this to the Congress
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Concerned About America's Wounded Warrior Act (11Mar2008)
Please Continue Your Work for Grey Area Retirees (Don Ehrich - 8 Mar 2008)
Regarding the Violations of Title 10 (Jon Weiss - 8Mar2008)
Missing in America Project
Politicians and the word Billion
Disability Abuse by State Courts
A Thank You to USDR from Stephen Wolonsky's Daughter
Request Your Feedback
Get DOD Out of Disability Ratings
Making Public - Broken Promises
What Say You?
Judges Pass Any Law - Just Punishes Veterans
James Bryan - Put Out w/NO Retirement at 19 yrs & 2.5 months!
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Kenneth Hanft - "A Sincere Amount of Appreciation to USDR"
Thomas Segel - Entitlements vs Obligations
Donald Kositzke-Many members jumped ship!
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Politicians Want Veteran Support, But Government Shafts The Vets, Again!
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