Army Holding Down Disability Ratings

There seems to be more and more evidence of this being found and it is a disgrace. The government cannot continue to treat soldiers this way or it could get really, really, ugly!

"The numbers of people approved for permanent or temporary disability retirement in the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force have stayed relatively stable since 2001.

But in the Army - in the midst of a war - the number of soldiers approved for permanent disability retirement has plunged by more than two-thirds, from 642 in 2001 to 209 in 2005, according to a Government Accountability Office report last year. That decline has come even as the war in Iraq has intensified and the total number of soldiers wounded or injured there has soared above 15,000. "

The numbers just do not add up! I am actively searching for non profit organizations that are helping these families and I am even taking a percentage of my income from my own business to donate to these organizations that are helping these soldiers and just as important, their families.

One such organization Fisher House, click the link to read more about their wonderful program.

Source

Advertising, it works.....when you lie!

They use the G.I Bill to recruit those individuals that cannot afford college. Even after getting the it they cannot afford college. It is a lie, just one of many, you sign a contract that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy that you won't be shipped off to war if you are in training or in college. You agree to it and are binded to it, but they are not. They can change the "binding contract" as they see fit. Speak up, you are being insubordinate and go to prison. They expect you to be truthful and respectful, but how can you be?

Court Refuses Medic's Discharge Claim
The Associated Press

Instead of forcing him to fight or place him into a military prison. Maybe he could finish out his contract helping those at Walter Reed hospital. If he is passionate about what is going on in Iraq he can do his part to help those soldiers that need it when they get back to the states! This illegal use of power has to stop, at home and abroad!

Truthout.org Article: US Military Tells Jack Bauer: Cut Out the Torture Scenes ... or Else!

one of the top rated shows on tv... 24 is asked to cut out torture scenes

While I understand/agree we should tone down violence on television, I do not see how that will make the world a better place. Unless Bush and his administration are also victims of too much violence on television and caused them to make a few bad choices and still a few left he can and probably will make, with Iran and N. Korea. Is he the way he is because he watched torture scenes or scenes of death and destruction on tv as a child? Would you actually believe that?

Is 24 too real life? Does the truth hurt the US? I don't believe that the writers came up with the tortures scenes on their own. I think there is more truth than they want us to know.


While the US government tries to control the entire world, maybe they should think about trying to be a positive influence in the world. Set the example, stop making examples of countries that do not believe like YOU do. You are losing the American people...

"military-industrial complex" President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against in 1961

In Iraq, Bush's Rent-an-Army
By Jeremy Scahill
The Los Angeles Times
Monday 29 January 2007

Wow, what a very informative article....When are we going to wise up people?!