Posts Tagged ‘Veterans’

Homeless Vets: Female

Filed under: Veterans — by Will Kirkland 09/28/2009 @ 8:23:58 PM
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When we think about vets, and homeless vets, we almost always visualize a man.  We almost always see a man.  A low estimate of homeless vets is 131,000.  Perhaps 3%  … [Keep reading >>]

Farmer-Veteran Coalition

Filed under: Food | Veterans — by Ruth Friend 04/10/2009 @ 4:26:24 PM
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A nice reminder of good, innovative relationships shaping up between farmers and veterans came my way the other day. I thought many of you would like to know more both … [Keep reading >>]

New Vets Initiatives

Filed under: Obama Administration | Veterans — by Will Kirkland 04/9/2009 @ 9:26:31 AM
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One of our trusted watchdogs of Veterans affairs, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff, is pretty damned happy about Obama’s initiative today.

“Today is a very … [Keep reading >>]

Eternal Flame Hits Hard Times

Filed under: Energy — by Don Cohon 01/12/2009 @ 9:39:18 PM
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BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. — An “eternal” flame at Bullhead City’s new veterans memorial park that only lasted until city officials received a $961 gas bill has been re-lit following … [Keep reading >>]

Vets Speak Out — In Oakland

Filed under: Citizen Action — by Will Kirkland 01/9/2009 @ 11:40:46 PM
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Returning Vets

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 11/25/2008 @ 9:16:35 AM
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Bob Herbert called attention the other day to the difficulties of returning veterans.

Returning to civilian life from combat is almost always a hard road to run. Studies have shown that … [Keep reading >>]

Honor The Veterans

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 11/11/2008 @ 7:22:09 AM
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Today is Veterans Day. Let’s not just be proud of those who withstood the terrors of a battle field but those who came home to fight again for dignity … [Keep reading >>]

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan

Filed under: Books | War — by Will Kirkland 09/24/2008 @ 9:52:36 PM
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This book reflects the IVAW belief often expressed by executive director Kelly Dougherty that “the only way this war is going to end is if the American people truly understand … [Keep reading >>]

McCain Out of Touch with Vets

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 08/24/2008 @ 4:18:28 PM
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Good article from the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Newsleader.com. Seems veteran John McCain is not so good on veterans’ issues.

Disabled American Veterans is an organization that was founded following World … [Keep reading >>]

Veteran’s Suicide Hot Line

Filed under: FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 07/28/2008 @ 11:16:12 AM
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More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.

Hot Line … [Keep reading >>]

In Their Boots

Filed under: Movies | Video — by Ruth Friend 07/2/2008 @ 10:06:54 AM
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Dear Ruth,

Last summer I got a call from someone who had seen some of our … [Keep reading >>]

Veterans: Memory is Not Enough

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 05/27/2008 @ 8:00:30 AM
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Michael Blecker, executive director of Swords to Plowshares in San Francisco, one of the fine veteran-to-veteran NGOs in the U.S., had an opinion piece in the SF Chronicle on Veterans … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not.

Measure for Measure
Willy S; 1604



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