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The US military is developing a robot with a teddy bear-style head to help carry injured soldiers away from the battlefield.
The Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot (BEAR) can scoop up even the heaviest of casualties and transport them over long distances over rough terrain.
…. ???? ….
Gary Gilbert, from the US Army’s Telemedicine [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 9th, 2007 | Category: BEAR, Baghdad, Casualties, Iran, Iraq, Of Interest, Pentagon, War, battlefield, medics, military | Comments (5)

Texans are on an all out march to get John Cornyn out of the U.S. Senate. Cornyn is a disgrace to Texans and has stood by Bush in every failed adventure.
StopCornyn.com is a new site whose only purpose is to get Senator Box Turtle out of office. The site is a one [...]

Posted by nytexan June 9th, 2007 | Category: Congress, Cornyn, Election, GOP, National, News, Politics, Vote | Comments (2)

 
Bush, pope discuss war in Iraq
By JENNIFER LOVEN, & Associated Press Writers Ariel David and Alessandra Rizzo
ROME – President Bush, deeply unpopular here and met by boisterous protests, sought to impress Pope Benedict XVI and the Italian public on Saturday with his humanitarian record and downplayed differences with the Vatican over [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 9th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Bush, Christianity, Democracy In Action, Europe, Iraq, Islam, Italian, King George, Missile Shield, Peace Index, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, President, Putin, Rome, Vatican, War | Leave a comment

Network of 900 Advisory Panels Wields Unseen Power
Concerns raised about secrecy, industry influence and political interference
By Jim Morris and Alejandra Fernández Morera

At least 900 committees, boards, commissions, councils and panels give advice to federal agencies and the White House, forming a vast but largely unnoticed network that influences policy throughout the government. Collectively these bodies [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 9th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Bush, Czar, Founding Fathers, Freedom, History, Legacy, Op-Ed, Outsource, President, Shadow Government, United States, resonsibility | Comments (4)

 
Rights Violators Are Largest US Military Aid Recipients
The United States still props up governments with the worst legacy of Human Rights violations in the world with Military funding and Arms deals.
Why should American citizens care what terrible things our country is doing to ordinary citizens of other countries?
Is America so de-sensitized that we cannot bother [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 9th, 2007 | Category: Amnesty International, Arms Trade, Casualties, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Corruption, Democracy, Education, Freedom, Global Warming, History, Human Rights, Oil, Op-Ed, Proxy War, Sad, Theocracy, War, War Crimes, World, betrayal, civil rights, dictatorship, marketing, resonsibility, spoiled, stupid | Comments (2)