Tag Archive for veterans

Jon Stewart – Americans Should Be Ashamed of Our Treatment Of Veterans (VIDEO)

by Egberto Willies • March 28, 2013

The treatment of our veterans is an emergency, likely costing lives and livelihoods. We owe them the expediency of their benefits.

by Lorraine Devon Wilke • March 20, 2013

Surprising gift from a passing vet; @Facebook

‘I just thought I would share with you all what happened to me today… There are no words to describe how I’m feeling right now.’

by Teeluck Sooknarine • March 19, 2013

PTSD has been a contentious issue over the last decade, with increasing awareness and diagnosis seeing numbers surpass 70,000 cases so far.

by Lorraine Devon Wilke • February 5, 2013

Why impersonate a SEAL? ‘It gets them to the head of the line, when you can put those four little letters, S-E-A-L, former, retired, ex on a job resume, it opens doors.’

by Wendy Gittleson • January 15, 2013

From Walmart’s perspective, this is an amazing deal. They get disciplined, well-trained employees who come with government health insurance.

by The Progressive Cop • November 13, 2012

If this is what the bigots and conservatives want then bring it on I say!

by Justin Acuff • October 18, 2012

Ann Romney seems to think that a Mormon mission is the same, if not better, than military service.

by Jack Watkins • October 9, 2012

A Republican senator cites GOP extremism and the damage to all veterans a Romney presidency would bring and endorses Obama. He avoids mentioning Romney’s Vietnam War-era hypocrisy.

by Liberal Lamp Post • September 19, 2012

Yet again, the GOP kill a jobs bill, reinforcing the intent to squash any jobs Obama can take credit for.

by Justin Acuff • August 4, 2012

Romney distorts the truth to the point that it becomes a bold faced lie

by Leah Taylor • August 3, 2012

We could revitalize our economy by penalizing companies that outsource instead of giving them tax breaks.

by Middle Aged Woman Talking • August 2, 2012

Playing a soldier on T.V. does not make you a soldier

by Stephen D. Foster Jr. • June 25, 2012

Rhode Island is stepping up to the plate for the homeless.

by Deborah Montesano • May 29, 2012

President Obama has been commander-in-chief for over three years and military personnel seem to appreciate HIS service.

by Winning Progressive • May 28, 2012

As we remember those who have fallen in war this Memorial Day, we should also honor their legacy by working to ensure that we send our soldiers into harms way only when there no better options, and that we fully support our troops and their families, while at war and after they return home.

by Winning Progressive • May 27, 2012

All of the Senators earning an A+ or A ranking for helping veterans are Democrats, while almost all of the Senators who earned a D or lower grade are Republicans.

by Wendy Gittleson • November 21, 2011

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Our current political environment is toxic and that fact was demonstrated loudly and clearly at yesterday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

by Teeluck Sooknarine • October 18, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street movement is doing for us what we all want to do for ourselves and our country…save it! They are heroes, trying to save us from the greed and destruction that is upon us…those of us who can help in the struggle are stepping up to the challenge in whatever way we can and we are better for it.

by Liberal Lamp Post • September 9, 2011

(Video and Best Quotes.) If you were looking for the President to devise an intelligent plan to create immediate jobs and deliver it with coherent, powerful rhetoric and a dogged defense of liberal ideals, Obama hit a home run. The oration of his Sept. 8 Joint Session on jobs creation was on point. The urgent message to Congress was clear and repetitive and it wasn’t so much a request as an expertly articulated demand: