For D.C., getting House seat is 'a respect thing'

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US veterans to return war medals in protest
Wed May 16, 2012
- NPC- thanks for your service. As far as returning his medals- I think he earned the right to do whatever he wants with them by right of his service, whether that means hanging them proudly on a wall, or flushing them down the toilet.
US veterans to return war medals in protest
Wed May 16, 2012
- Ophot's previous post bear's repeating- "Smedley Butler (1881-1940) One of only 19 men to win the Medal of Honor twice and the only man to win the Medal of Honor twice and the Marine Corps Brevet Medal. All were for seperate actions. He wrote a book in 1935 called "War Is A Racket".
US veterans to return war medals in protest
Wed May 16, 2012
- bscol- "Why reinstall the draft?
US veterans to return war medals in protest
Wed May 16, 2012
- bscol- "Why reinstall the draft?
US veterans to return war medals in protest
Wed May 16, 2012
- They can do whatever they want- the other vets still have their medals & aren't being asked to give them up. It's a personal choice.
JPMorgan losses revive worries that Washington is unable to regulate Wall Street
Mon May 14, 2012
- Nothing will change as long as the greedy banks can buy politicians. They sent an army of lobbyists to DC after Dodd-Frank was passed, and got it watered down to almost nothing (not that there was much there to write home about, anyway).
JPMorgan lobbied for big loophole on risky trading
Sat May 12, 2012
- ....how much less expensive would products be without them. You understand why the products will be so cheap, don't you? Because you will be working for $2.00 an hour to make them, once the republicans get rid of the minimum wage law. Say hello to the United States of China.
JPMorgan lobbied for big loophole on risky trading
Sat May 12, 2012
- The unparalleled greed of the banks is appalling. They spent 65 years fighting to get rid of Glass-Steagle, and now they have watered down the already puny Dodd-Frank to the point of being nearly useless.
Time cover mom defends breast-feeding 3-year-old son
Fri May 11, 2012
- Can't help but wonder if this kid won't be a "mommie's boy" all his life. He should have been weaned a long time ago- the whole appearance of this is more than a little creepy. The thought of a 3 year old child still breast feeding seems to be teetering on the edge of incestuous behavior.
Obama who? Gay marriage foes seek to extend gains
Thu May 10, 2012
- Spoken like a true religion obsessed fanatic.

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