bubba2

I have a degree in music but that changed to computer systems and I have worked in application development for 25 years. I still enjoy music, do a bit of ballroom dancing, and I am also involved in pet rescue and volunteer at an area animal shelter. I also help run a science fiction convention in Memphis - it is held every year in March. Here is the URL: http://www.midsouthcon.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Caring for a dead veteran is easy ... bring a wreath, say a few words and walk away. Caring for a living veteran requires time, money and a life-long commitment. Every Veterans Day our politicians show they don't know the difference as they visit a cemetery instead of a VA hospital." (from www.vawatchdog.org) -------------------------- "We want the very best for our veterans." President George W. Bush -- "You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on." -- President George W. Bush. "You work 3 jobs? ... Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." -- February 2005, George W. Bush to a single mother of 3 children ...

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Gov't wants widow's suit over VA death thrown out

Do No Evil – The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to throw out one of two lawsuits filed by Kentucky women who claim that surgical care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital killed their husbands. The lawsuits accuse the government of negligence, saying it inadequately checked Dr. Veizaga-Mendez's background before hiring him.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 11:30pm

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VA's Disjointed Accounting System Likely Misses Out on Billions

Money – If a veteran has private health insurance that can pay for care not connected to a service disability, the VA can bill the insurer. A little-noticed GAO report recently found that the VA likely missed out on billions of dollars from insurers because of a disorganized, disjointed accounting system.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 11:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

Torn apart by war, kept apart by the Patriot Act

Do No Evil – Losi Grodya works 2 jobs, has a driver's license, is working on a college degree and is ready to take her citizenship exam. Her daughters, approved by U.S. officials to join her from the Republic of Congo as refugees, have seen their cases caught up in a provision in the Patriot Act that bars people from the U.S. if suspected of aiding terrorists.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:01pm

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IRAQ: Fallujah Braces for Another Assault

Do No Evil – U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating 'terror', residents and officials say. The city that suffered 2 devastating U.S. attacks in 2004 has watched security degrade over recent months. In the face of U.S. military claims of improved security, violence has been rising by the day this month.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:52pm

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Out of bounds! McCain exaggerates impact of Obama's tax plan

Politics – What happened: McCain frequently says that Barack Obama would raise tax rates on 23 million small-business people who file tax returns as individuals. Why that's wrong: "It's a false and preposterously inflated figure," concluded factcheck.org, the nonpartisan watchdog group at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:27pm

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President Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne in 'bribes' scandal quits

Do No Evil – Stephen Payne, a government adviser and lobbyist, caught offering access to top White House figures in exchange for a $250,000 donation towards President Bush's private library, has resigned following the launch of a congressional inquiry into the scandal.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 01:29am

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Soldier still endures the battle within

Women – She looks young and petite, waiflike in T-shirt and shorts. The girl was the lieutenant colonel who trucked duffel bags of cash around Baghdad, who fed donkeys to Saddam's lions, who brought home a Bronze Star, who also brought home a strange illness and a whole lot of emotional ambiguity.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:43am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

VA's Anti-smoking drug study to be investigated

Do No Evil – Officials with the VA are preparing to determine who was at fault for failing to quickly notify participants in a smoking-cessation study about the potentially dangerous side effects of a drug they were prescribed and whether the study will be ended. There are more than 6,000 veterans with PTSD taking Chantix.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:37am

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Battle scars: Three South Florida veterans fight for their lives

Do No Evil – Their scars may not be visible. But each came home wounded. For 3 Iraq war veterans, the anger, insomnia, and anxiety that dogged them when they returned to South Florida were just the start of the problems. There is a six-month backlog of those waiting to get into the Miami VA program's 16-bed residential treatment facility.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:31am

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Sixth veteran suicide this year after seeking help at Spokane VA

Do No Evil – A distraught 26-year-old Navy veteran who had a history of mental illness hanged himself within 3 hours of seeking help at Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The July 7 death of Lucas Senescall was the sixth suicide this year of a veteran who had contact with the Spokane VA, a marked increase in such deaths.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:25am

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Mom looking for answers in Iraq rollover death

Do No Evil – Dalarie Ford, a wife and mother, had never been one to rock the boat. She voted, but not passionately. Never had she felt wronged. But now she senses injustice. She's on a mission to find out precisely what happened in Iraq's Anbar province on May 10, the day her son died.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:19am

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S. Carolina's DeMint remains defiant after AIDS bill defeat

Do No Evil – A defiant Sen. Jim DeMint said that his failure to reduce the cost of Bush's $48 billion global AIDS program won't deter him from continuing to compel lawmakers to take tough votes on government spending. The Senate defeated his amendments to cut its cost to $35 billion and to prohibit funds for alleged coercive abortion and forced sterilization in

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Submitted and Voted for on July 20, 2008 11:48pm

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Veterans Cheated of Benefits: VA, Courts Ignore Promises Made to Veterans

Do No Evil – Rep. Bob Filner, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, July 23 to announce the introduction of the Agent Orange Equity Act. The bill restores equity to all Vietnam veterans that were exposed to Agent Orange.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 11:22pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 29 votes / No sinks

13 electrocutions, few answers

Do No Evil – Halliburton KBR improperly installed electrical wiring or failed to fix known electrical hazards at U.S. bases in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of 11 service members and 2 civilians, family members and former employees of the contracting giant testified at a Congressional hearing.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 11:03pm

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How much oil is off South Carolina shores?

Science – Despite a push by some in the South Carolina business community to drill for oil off shore, geologists say such efforts will bring no quick relief at the pump. Those same scientists say the waters off the Palmetto State have little oil to offer.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 10:45pm

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