Tammy Can Do It!!!!

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.":
George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' -Source: Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, Ref: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (521)

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The Truth About Dubya And Dubai
by Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation
This focus on an Arab company fuels prejudice and obscures the real issues at hand.


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"The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.":
George Washington - (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' - Source: Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, Ref: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (521)

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THE LITTLE WAR PRESIDENT THAT COULDN'T






Bold and decisive


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Number Of Iraqi civilians Slaughtered In America's War 100,000 +

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Slaughtered (Officially acknowledged) In Bush's War 2279

The War in Iraq Costs $242,774,532,836 See the cost in your community


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Now running for office: an army of Iraq veterans
All but one of these 11 House hopefuls are in the Democratic Party. [*]
By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON – They call themselves the Band of Brothers, about 50 men - and a few women - all Democrats, all opposed to the Bush administration's handling of Iraq, and all military veterans.
One more thing: They're all running for Congress this year.



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"Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another."


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Shameful treatment of our veterans Many are homeless; for this they served?
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
For the Monitor

February 19. 2006 8:00AM

Last year the Nashua Planning Board approved a plan to create 15 one-bedroom apartments and five two-bedroom apartments for homeless veterans and their families. The great thing about this initiative was its local recognition of the continuing need of veterans for long-term permanent housing. The not-so-great thing is that the number of potentially eligible New Hampshire veterans far exceeds any available assistance.
For all the words written about the Iraq War, not enough attention has been paid to the honorably discharged veterans, including those with service-connected disabilities, who are sleeping in doorways or alleys or under bridges.

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As the state is a soulless machine,
it can never be weaned from violence
to which it owes its very existence.
~ Mohandas K. Gandhi* (1869-1948)

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Feb 16, 2005
DOUG J. SWANSON
VA patients paint picture of neglect
Director acknowledges problems, says Dallas hospital is improving
01:28 PM CST on Sunday, February 13, 2005
By DOUG J. SWANSON / The Dallas Morning News
John Hahn lay marooned in his bed last year at the Dallas veterans' hospital, desperately seeking a nurse. An Air Force vet whose terminal bone cancer had made him a paraplegic, Mr. Hahn required turning every two hours.
That day, March 21, he started at 5:30 a.m. pushing his call button, which rang at the nearby nurse's station. No one came. He pushed it throughout the morning and into the afternoon, and still nothing.
"Called/Requested help for the past 8 hrs," he wrote in his journal.

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A Lesson Quote Brought Back In Support Of This New Generation Being Used:
Vietnam War History 101:
"The Only Glory In War, Is In The Imagination Of Those Who Were Never There"

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Tammy Can Do It!!!!
Disabled in Iraq, veteran makes move into politics
She sees House race as a second chance
By Peter Slevin, Washington Post | February 20, 2006
CHICAGO -- The smiling candidate in rimless eyeglasses and a long woolen skirt maneuvers carefully among tables and chairs as she works a crowded Starbucks. She is taking small steps, and the reason for the slight awkwardness in her gait is not instantly clear.

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Every Bomb dropped in Iraq Explodes over New Orleans and the Gulf Coast!!

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