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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)
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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
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- Servicemembers Missing From WWII Now Listed In Electronic Database
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- 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)
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- Judges Pass Any Law - Just Punishes Veterans
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