(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)
Saturday was a big day in Pueblo, full of some pretty historic decisions in a warm Steelworkers Hall.
Many of you were there, as the Democratic State Executive Committee and Central Committee both met. (By the way, I want to thank the many people who often come up to me at events and give me comments about DemNotes — I haven’t written as much lately, but the many kind words I receive keep me going.)
The Executive Committee was first — and the one item of business on the agenda was to approve the recommendation of the Site Selection Committee that Colorado Springs be chosen as the site of the 2008 State Democratic Convention and Assembly. Along with the rest of the Site Selection Committee members that were there, I led the group on an explanation of the process that led to the decision to support El Paso County’s bid, and then discussed the high points and advantages of the Colorado Springs bid. There were several very intelligent and well-thought questions from the Executive Committee, and some debate about the decision to choose Colorado Springs over Broomfield. In the end, though, the Party overwhelmingly chose to endorse the decision of the Site Selection Committee. Read More »
Washington, D.C., law firms have volunteered legal representation at no cost for service men and women navigating through the disability and compensation system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., the main U.S. hospitals receiving wounded soldiers off the battlefields. Read More »
veterans. The SBA has unveiled a program called â??Patriot Expressâ?? that offers a wide variety of assistance to veterans interested in setting up or expanding their own small businesses. Assistance under the new SBA program for veterans ranges from help writing a business plan and managing a business, to obtaining financing and learning how to export goods. Read More »
For those of you that don't, here is a replay of of a Time Magazine article from June 1971 dealing with that filty reality of the Vietnam War, where over 58,000 of our troops died, 300,000 more were wounded, and $116 billion was wasted.
Time Magazine
Monday, Jun. 07, 1971
Viet Nam: A Cancerous Affliction
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LONG before the Americans arrived in strength, official corruption was a tacitly accepted tradition in South Viet Nam�?�¢?"as it is elsewhere in Asia. Indeed, the term does not have the same meaning to Asians as it does to Westerners. Vietnamese officials were always poorly paid, and they were expected to find ways of substantially increasing their salaries by means of minor shakedowns or kickbacks. In the present war, however, big-league corruption involving huge profits has roared out of hand among top officials and military men.
The U.S. Government has usually remained silent about the cancerous corruption that afflicts South Viet Nam today: the pilferage at the docks, the smuggling at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Airport, and the large-scale theft and export of scrap metal. But Washington has reacted with anger and alarm to recent disclosures about the widespread use of heroin by American G.I.s (see THE NATION) and to charges that Vietnamese officials, high and low, are involved in the hard-drug traffic.
Now for a hardball look at Iraq! Read More »
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