Ty Ziegel, a Marine, was badly wounded in Iraq. He battled the VA over disability benefits when he returned.
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U.S. troops are served "duck and cover"
November 22nd, 2007 12:02 pm
Green Zone attacked as troops celebrate holiday
Associated Press
BAGHDAD — A series of mortars struck the U.S.-protected Green Zone on Thursday, Iraqi police said, in an apparent attack coinciding with the American celebration of Thanksgiving.
A huge plume of black smoke drifted into the sky from the area as the sun was setting just before 5 p.m., and the U.S. government public address system in the Green Zone could be heard warning people to “duck and cover” and to stay away from windows.
An Iraqi police officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information, said the blasts were caused by mortars that landed in the Green Zone, but no casualties or damage were reported. U.S. military and embassy officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The heavily fortified area, which houses the U.S. Embassy and thousands of American troops and contractors, along with the Iraqi government’s headquarters, has frequently been hit by rockets or mortars. But the attacks have tapered off amid a lull of violence in the capital and surrounding areas.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10527
"They couldn't find any brain activity."
November 22nd, 2007 12:34 pm
After explosion, soldier just thankful to be alive
By Bill Hess / Sierra Vista Herald
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Today is a time to reflect and give thanks.
While many people are thankful for their families, their jobs or that their favorite sport team is having a winning season, the blessing Sgt. 1st Class Todd Nelson and his wife Sarah have is that he’s alive.
When the soldier arrived at the Brooke Army Medical Center, the doctors didn’t hold out much hope the soldier formerly assigned to Fort Huachuca would survive his wounds from a vehicle bomb in Afghanistan.
“They couldn’t find any brain activity,” Todd said last week during a telephone interview with the Herald/Review from his Fisher House apartment at the San Antonio Army medical facility.
Without any indication of brain activity, which the soldier now believes was because of the metal supports in his head, the medical staff started preparations for harvesting good organs and other body items for transplants.
The physicians also were concerned that “my brain lacked oxygen for three days,” from the time of the wounding to when he arrived in Texas, Todd said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10529
H.R.676
Title: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 1/24/2007) Cosponsors (86)
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Information on
Representative Michael Capuano
of Congressional District number 8 of Massachusetts
Extended Contact Information
Political Profile
DC Address:
The Honorable Michael Capuano
United States House of Representatives
1530 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2108
DC Phone:
202-225-5111
DC Fax:
202-225-9322
Email Address:
http://www.house.gov/capuano/contact/email.shtml
WWW Homepage:
http://www.house.gov/capuano/
District Offices:
Roxbury Community College, Campus Library
1234 Columbus Avenue
Roxbury, MA 02120-3400
Voice: 617-621-6208
FAX: 617-621-8628
to Roxbury office from Google Maps
110 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
Voice: 617-621-6208
FAX: 617-621-8628
to Cambridge office from Google Maps
Party:
Democrat
Leadership:
None
Freshman:
No
First Elected To Office:
November 3, 1998
Year of Next Election:
November 4, 2008
Previous Political Work:
Mayor, Somerville
Somerville Alderman
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=MA08&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=MA&zipcode=&plusfour=
"I'm ready to beat down the White House door if I need to." -- Marine sergeant Ty Ziegel
November 21st, 2007 6:42 pm
Wounded warriors face home-front battle with VA
WASHINGTON, Illinois -- Ty Ziegel peers from beneath his Marine Corps baseball cap, his once boyish face burned beyond recognition by a suicide bomber's attack in Iraq just three days before Christmas 2004.
He lost part of his skull in the blast and part of his brain was damaged. Half of his left arm was amputated and some of the fingers were blown off his right hand.
Ziegel, a 25-year-old Marine sergeant, knew the dangers of war when he was deployed for his second tour in Iraq.
But he didn't expect a new battle when he returned home as a wounded warrior: a fight with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"Sometimes, you get lost in the system," he told CNN. "I feel like a Social Security number. I don't feel like Tyler Ziegel."
His story is one example of how medical advances in the battlefield have outpaced the home front. Many wounded veterans return home feeling that the VA system, specifically its 62-year-old disability ratings system, has failed them.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10524
November 14th, 2007 - Sicko House Parties
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November 16th, 2007 2:35 am
Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar
By Stephanie Strom / New York Times
In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy. But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions, including a yearlong ban from competition, for a spur-of-the-moment protest.
At issue is a crudely lettered sign, scribbled on the back of a menu, that was held up at an awards dinner and read, “We did not vote for Bush.”
By e-mail, angry bridge players have accused the women of “treason” and “sedition.”
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10522
November 21st, 2007 1:26 am
Former aide blames Bush for leak deceit
By Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame.
"There was one problem. It was not true," McClellan writes, according to a brief excerpt released Tuesday. "I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice president, the president's chief of staff and the president himself."
Bush's chief of staff at the time was Andrew Card.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10523
November 21st, 2007 7:24 pm
Group urges Cramer to sponsor health bill
Demonstrators push for national insurance act
By Steve Doyle / Huntsville Times
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Sign-waving demonstrators who want Congress to pass a universal health insurance bill rallied Tuesday outside U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer's Huntsville office.
Reese Danley-Kilgo, one of the organizers, said the group is asking Cramer, a Democrat, to co-sponsor the "United States National Health Insurance Act." It would create a publicly financed, privately delivered health care system to cover necessary medical care for every American, without co-payments or deductibles.
"It would leave out insurance companies and pharmaceutical corporations and just be an arrangement between the people who need health care and all the rest of us in the country," said Danley-Kilgo, a retired University of Alabama in Huntsville professor.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10525
November 22nd, 2007 11:34 am
Gonzales' UF talk stirs arrests, no Taser
GAINESVILLE -- (AP) -- Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endured screams of ''criminal'' and ''liar'' during a speech at the University of Florida on Monday evening.
About 730 students and community members heard Gonzales defend his career as White House counsel and head of the Justice Department and give his views on immigration and the fight against terrorism.
''No one is perfect. What is important is that we identify our mistakes and correct them,'' he said.
Gonzales' appearance was the first at the university by a high-profiled individual since a UF student was Tasered on Sept. 17 at a speech by Sen. John Kerry. After an investigation, the University of Florida police were found to have acted appropriately and the charges were dropped against the student.
Early in Gonzales' speech, two people wearing hoods climbed on the stage and were quickly led off by police without incident. Gonzales stopped talking for a few minutes as the people were led away, which was followed by several outbursts from the crowd.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10526
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Wins the People's Choice Best Movie Award
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
Be It Resolved: You Can Impeach the President
Official State Impeachment Text
Impeachment Text for Cities & Towns
Impeachment Text for County Democratic Committees
Impeachment Text for State Assemblies and/or Legislatures
Jefferson's Manual, Section LIII, 603
You Can Impeach the President
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Find Your Congressional District Impeachment Committee
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There is only ten reasons?
Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney
I ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:
1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.
2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.
4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.
5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.
6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.
7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.
9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.
If you feel George W. Bush should be impeached, paint a sign that says "Impeach." and post it in a public place.
http://www.freewayblogger.com/impeachment_project2.htm
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
See the Movie, Start the Revolution ...a letter from Michael Moore
Friends,
I am overwhelmed by the response to "Sicko." And I'm not just talking about all the wonderful, heart-felt letters you've sent me and the stories you've shared with me about the abuse you've suffered from our health care system.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=219
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