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April 1, 2007 at 12:45:28

The American people will know WHO to hold responsible

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The American people will know WHO to hold responsible….

 

By Patricia L Johnson

 

Americans are big sports fans – billions and billions of dollars are spent each year on baseball, football, hockey, golf, racing, boxing, basketball, soccer – you name it and we’ll find a team to play it.  Whether the team is good bad, or indifferent, we are stuck like glue to sports channels and winners become our heroes.

 

The American people have heroes in the making in the 110th Congress where the score is now 269-259.  Two-hundred sixty nine members of Congress have joined forces and voted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

 

The House vote came on March 23, 2007 with a score of 218-212 on H.R. 1591 as follows:

The Senate vote came on the morning of March 29, 2007 with a score of 51-47.  Republicans Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Gordon Smith of Oregon joined forces with the Democrats providing them with the necessary majority.

 

President Bush, during an address to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, stated “I have made it clear for weeks, if either version comes to my desk, I’m going to veto it,”  

President Bush believes the end result of his action will lead Americans to blame Congress for failure to fund the troops, but there is no failure.  H.R. 1591 “Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes” contains adequate provisions to support our troops.  If President Bush vetoes the bill, he will be the one person that is solely responsible for cutting off funding to our troops, no one else. 

 

A new report, published in the March 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, indicates the incidence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is running at 31% for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.  The lead researcher, Karen H. Seal, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, believes the number of veterans suffering from PTSD and/or mental disorders is actually much higher.  Many of the cases diagnosed during the study of 104,000 veterans were diagnosed by primary care physicians during primary care appointments, rather than by mental health professionals. 

The fact that VA physicians are actively looking for PTSD symptoms in returning vets is good news.  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder was not added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until many years after the Vietnam conflict was over and most Vietnam veterans were subjected to many years of suffering before they were able to obtain treatment from the Veterans Administration. Prior to the attack on Iraq we were told, by our President, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that could be turned against us in a matter of hours.  Now we are being told, by this same President, the situation in Iraq is improving on a daily basis.  

The following chart indicates major attacks over the past 70 + days.  It does not include attacks that occur daily in various areas throughout the country of Iraq. Is this what our government considers an improvement in conditions in Iraq? 

Source:  Reuters  

The new bomb of choice in Iraq is filled with chlorine and causes breathing problems, nausea, skin irritation and vomiting.  On March 28, 2007 one of these bombs was detonated wounding 15 U.S. and Iraqi forces.  This is the eighth chlorine bomb used by the insurgents since January 28, 2007.

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I'm a 61year old white guy, Veteran of 66-68, operate my own business with my wife and love to travel. Built a big sailboat in the 70's and went sailing for a few years, which ruined me for real work. Now, I fly hot air balloons for a living. Have been initiated as an Andean Paq'o. Yes, I am a liberal.
RogerI'm a 61year old white guy, Veteran of 66-68, operate my own business with my wife and love to travel. Built a big sailboat in the 70's and went sailing for a few years, which ruined me for real work. Now, I fly hot air balloons for a living. Have been initiated as an Andean Paq'o. Yes, I am a liberal.

Clorine Gas

I have been wondering when the people fighting us would figure it out about Clorine gas.  Never, never be downwind of a breached one ton container of the stuff....and it is common all over the country.  Water Treatment,  muni-swimming pools, etc etc.  No need for explosives at all...just knock the valve off with a hammer and walk away  (ok..running would be better!!)  The nitwits at Homeland Security will not worry about it until there is an incident using it.....They are still focused on shoe bombs.  I will be VERY amused if someone blows themselves up with a devise that turns out to have been hidden in a rectal cavity....whoo-boy, those folks will have us all LITERALLY bending over for them. 

 John Freeman

by Roger (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 359 comments) on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 1:57:47 PM
 


Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson are co-owners of the Articles and Answers News and Information sites.  Articles and Answers 2007 and
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Patricia L JohnsonRichard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson are co-owners of the Articles and Answers News and Information sites.  Articles and Answers 2007 and
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Chlorine Gas

Thanks for the comment John.

The people fighting us have been fighting since the beginning of time.  A Chlorine gas bomb is probably a joke compared to what they're lining up for us in the future.  While they've had decades to figure out how to fight wars we've been sitting around wondering who is going to win March Madness.... we do have our priorities don't we?

We are sitting ducks - it's just a matter of time before we pay the price for mistakes made by this administration.

Pat Johnson

by Patricia L Johnson (24 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 32 comments) on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 2:29:17 PM
 

 

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