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Lockheed Martin Donates $400,000 to Washington Crossing Historical Park

12.31.2009 · Posted in charity, military, politics

NEWTOWN, Pa., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today pledged to donate $400,000 to the Washington Crossing Historical Park in Washington Crossing, Pa. The park, which has experienced recent state budget cuts, is visited by more than one hundred thousand tourists each year. Lockheed Martin’s donation will fund the addition of a dedicated ...

90 year-old Stands His Ground to Raise the American Flag

12.03.2009 · Posted in Americans, discrimination, military, politics, Veterans

Colonel Van Barfoot RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Col. Van Barfoot has until Friday at 5 pm to remove his flagpole or face a civil suit. The 90-year-old veteran is shocked and gratified by the outpouring of support from around the country. His daughter, Margaret Nicholls said, “The response has been unbelievable. What started ...

VA Outsourcing Threatens Jobs for Veterans

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the midst of the great recession, a depressed job market is hitting veterans particularly hard. Unemployment numbers for all veterans continues to hover near 12 percent, but for service members who left the military in the past three years unemployment is 18 percent, nearly twice the national average. “The ...

AMA Deeply Disappointed Senate Blocked Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

10.26.2009 · Posted in healthcare, politics

Permanent repeal of the Medicare physician payment formula is essential to comprehensive health system reform Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association: “The AMA is deeply disappointed that the Senate today blocked consideration of S. 1776, legislation to preserve access to health care for America’s seniors, baby boomers and military families. ...

Adolf egged while running for office

10.18.2009 · Posted in ethnicity, politics

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism of the home of a Muslim woman who is running for elected office. CAIR said the house of ...

Lockerbie Bomber ‘set free for oil’

08.29.2009 · Posted in DOJ, Opinion, politics, Terrorism, tourism

Could it be? Wow, that’s one heck of a claim to make. No wonder FBI Director Mueller was so P.O.’d. Perhaps the FBI will assert extraterritorial jurisdiction in this matter. From Timesonline.com: The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, ...

Domelights.com appears to be hacked

07.30.2009 · Posted in Civil Rights, ethnicity, politics, racism

Although the domelights.com website is down at the moment, the internet cache via google, appears to have been tampered with particularly with disclaimers, signatures and posts. I personally did a google cache search last week: there were over 14,000 results, now there is just over 6,000. There is currently a federal lawsuit going on, started ...

Gen. McCaffrey Calls for New Approach to Cuba

06.27.2009 · Posted in politics

WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Four-Star Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey (ret), has called for “a new approach to Cuba” including “decisive and rational efforts to bring Cuba back into full engagement with the economic and political dynamics of the Americas.” McCaffrey, now Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at West Point, has served as SouthCom Commander ...