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Such as the Stop Loss Policy

– they discovered that the military wasn’t what they thought it was going to be. Many of them told me that the military wasn’t even close to what their recruiters told them it was going to be (either the recruiter lied to them, or they were guilty of “selective listening.”) [...]

Posted by bosskitty April 1st, 2008 | Category: PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Promises, Propaganda, Stop Loss Policy, Tax Dollars, VA, War Cost, military, recruiters | Comments (3)

The US State Department rejects wannabe immigrants who have gambled their lives to help Americans. The stories are endless and tragic. Americans promise the world to Iraqis and Afghanis, winning their allegiance and support. Often recruiting them for dangerous translator positions, sometimes making outrageous promises they know can’t be kept. Some [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 23rd, 2008 | Category: Green Card, Human Rights, Immigration, Mismanagement, Occupation Army, Outsource, Pentagon Corruption, Promises, Soldiers, US State Department, Ugly American, Volunteers, War Cost, contradictions, critical resources, injustice, negligence, prejudice, profiling, responsibility, translators, troops | Comments (1)

After the War, a New Battle to Become Citizens
Despite a 2002 promise from President Bush to put citizenship applications for immigrant members of the military on a fast track, some are finding themselves waiting months, or even years, because of bureaucratic backlogs. One, Sgt. Kendell K. Frederick of the Army, who had tried three [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 24th, 2008 | Category: Bush, Immigration, Iraq, Pentagon Corruption, Promises, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Soldiers, The Liar, VA, VFW, War Cost, immigrants, injustice, national security, profiling, troops, veterans | Comments (2)

Bush ordered the Pentagon to set up a new Africa Command last year but left its headquarters in Germany amid anxiety over an expanding military presence in Africa.
The issue has shadowed Bush’s six-day journey across the continent, as demonstrated by a Tanzanian newspaper headline declaring that he came to “militarize” Africa.
“The purpose [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 24th, 2008 | Category: Accountability, Africa, Africom, Bush, Casualties, Condoleezza Rice, Darfur, Human Rights, Kenya, Oil, President John Kufuor, Promises, Sudan, ethnic cleansing, refugees | Leave a comment

Reid Tries to Pressure G.O.P. for $159 Billion Stimulus Bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats tried to pressure Republicans on Monday to vote for a $159 billion economic stimulus plan, including $1 billion in additional subsidies for home energy, instead of a cheaper, more streamlined package approved by the House last week.
The [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 5th, 2008 | Category: Agendas, Democrat, FISA, HR 5140, Promises, Republican, S.2248, Senate, Stimulus, Tax Dollars, Tax Relief, Vote, economic stimulus, economy, extortion, fiscal responsibility, recession, tax rebate, taxpayers | Leave a comment

Bush warns Congress not to load the (Economic Stimulus) deal with spending projects or delay sending it to his desk for a signature. Although it may not be everything Republicans want, he said, the package of payments to workers and incentives for business investment puts money in the hands of everyday Americans and does [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 26th, 2008 | Category: Bush, Democrat, Politics, Promises, Republican, Senate, Speaker Pelosi, Stimulus, Tax Relief, US Treasury, economy, poverty, taxpayers | Leave a comment

1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
WASHINGTON — Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 7th, 2007 | Category: Collateral, Corruption, DOD, Fox News, Health Care, Hypocracy, Oversight, Promises, Public Health, Statistics, VA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Walter Reed, War Cost, cover up, displaced persons, injustice, mental health, military, negligence, resonsibility, veterans, veterans benefits | Comments (6)

U.S. Promises on Darfur Don’t Match Actions
Bush Expresses Passion for Issue, but Policies Have Been Inconsistent
By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer
In April 2006, a small group of Darfur activists — including evangelical Christians, the representative of a Jewish group and a former Sudanese slave — was ushered into the Roosevelt [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Armageddon, Bush, Cheney, Corporate Corruption, Darfur, Democide, Geneva Convention, Promises, arrogance, bunkers, genocide | Comments (5)

States Feel Left Out Of Disaster Planning
By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Wednesday, August 8, 2007
A decision by the Bush administration to rewrite in secret the nation’s emergency response blueprint has angered state and local emergency officials, who worry that Washington is repeating a series of mistakes that contributed to [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 8th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, America, Armageddon, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Chertoff, Collateral, Corruption, DHS, Deception, Democracy In Action, Dillusion, Disaster, DoubleSpeak, Excuses, Executive Branch, FEMA, Homeland Security, Hypocracy, Katrina, King George, Kucinich, Legacy, Outsource, Oversight, Patriot Act, Politics, President, Promises, States, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, Waste, administration, conspiracy, destruction, dictatorship, disinformation, economics, national security, neglect, resonsibility, taxpayers, threat | Comments (2)