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- Podcast: Remembering King and Martin April 4th, 2012 (Part 2 of 2)
24 April 2012 11:54 PM | No Comments - Why We Are Outraged!
19 April 2012 11:30 PM | No Comments - Podcast: Remembering King and Martin April 4th, 2012 (Part 1 of 2)
19 April 2012 6:10 PM | No Comments - Do You Know About This – The Talk: The Non-Black Version?
14 April 2012 10:38 AM | No Comments - Podcast: Team Deborah Badger NJCASA Walk
08 April 2012 2:23 AM | No Comments
- Santorum Should Look to Obama for Hope and Inspiration
05 January 2012 7:28 PM | No Comments - U.S. Services Members Spicing Up Their Life Said to Hallucinate for Days.
30 December 2011 11:55 AM | No Comments - Interview With Iraq Veteran Scott Olsen U.S.A. Today
30 November 2011 11:03 PM | No Comments - Interview with Larry Hamm Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress
18 August 2011 11:24 AM | No Comments - McPhearson and Hamm Part 2: Greenspan and surplus assets sitting
18 August 2011 11:22 AM | No Comments
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Contact - Michael T. McPhearson
Man Shot 5 Times by Rahway, NJ Police. - KillTheCop
New Black Panther Party’s Statement of Support for Erika Hankerson And for the American Civil Liberties Union’s call for a federal investigation of the Newark Police - howard
Man Shot 5 Times by Rahway, NJ Police. - bella August
McPhearson and Hamm Part 3: Surplus assets and my rant about patriotism - waldman
Why was Defarra Gaymon and unarmed person killed by a police officer? - Phil Restino
After it’s Over, Understanding Veterans Day - Raymond C Smith
After it’s Over, Understanding Veterans Day - Patrick McCann
After it’s Over, Understanding Veterans Day - Wade Fulmer
After it’s Over, Understanding Veterans Day - Michael T. McPhearson
January 16, 1991-2011: The Iraqi People Have Suffered Enough - Anders Björkman
January 16, 1991-2011: The Iraqi People Have Suffered Enough - Please!!!!!!!!!!
January 16, 1991-2011: The Iraqi People Have Suffered Enough - James B. Phillips
January 16, 1991-2011: The Iraqi People Have Suffered Enough - Woody Powell
Quick Notes on Election 2010 - Cole Harrison
Quick Notes on Election 2010 - Michael T. McPhearson
Quick Notes on Election 2010 - Michael T. McPhearson
Not Voting Is Not an Option (At least not for me.) - Sandy Kelson
Not Voting Is Not an Option (At least not for me.) - Erika Hankerson Press Conference (Newark, NJ Police Misconduct)
Newark, NJ Police Harassment of Mother and Son. - Newark, NJ Police Harassment of Mother and Son.
New Black Panther Party’s Statement of Support for Erika Hankerson And for the American Civil Liberties Union’s call for a federal investigation of the Newark Police - Newark, NJ Police Harassment of Mother and Son.
Erika Hankerson Press Conference (Newark, NJ Police Misconduct) - Steve Geiger
Not Voting Is Not an Option (At least not for me.) - Cole Harrison
Not Voting Is Not an Option (At least not for me.) - mole removal man
It is Time for Us to Leave Both Afghanistan and Iraq - Suzie Sharp
In Defense of Marriage - Darrell Bergdorf
In Defense of Marriage - Natacha Davies
To All the Activist of the Anti-War and Peace and Justice Movements: - Shizue Masero
It Is Surely Time For Us To Leave - Jessica Schnarr
Does a Woman Control Her Body? – Breast, Rugby, Soccer and Abortion: The Oppressive Connection - Ccjs
What Obama Must Do, and Cannot - Deborah Conley
Who We Have Become? (We’re not the little guy anymore) - Israel Tapales
What Obama Must Do, and Cannot - Rosio Eisenberg
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - peggy
“I Use to Be Somebody.” - online art museum
1918, The Matrix and Erotica - Andre'
“I Use to Be Somebody.” - Deb
“I Use to Be Somebody.” - ginni
“I Use to Be Somebody.” - cigna
Happy New Year!! To the Broad Peace and Anti-War Movements (and all who resist injustice) - health insurance
President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize - Bill Habedank
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - Tamikyo
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - Jack Finley
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - Leah Bolger
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - Anita
A Disappointing but Illustrative End to an Interesting and Powerful Weekend (A brief encounter with my Congressional Rep. William Clay Jr.) - gin
Another Milestone? (Let’s Watch The Game) - HALEY
Happy Thanksgiving - your son
Another Milestone? (Let’s Watch The Game) - Karen V. White
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Suicides Continue to Rise in Military. (The little talked about price paid for U.S. wars)
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsUSA Today reports that suicides continue to rise in the Army, with an increase in the National Guard and Army Reserve. In September 2010 and February 2009 I posted articles and comments about... -
Suicide Rivals The Battlefield In Toll On U.S. Military
Posted on September 9, 2010 | No CommentsBy Jamie Tarabay, NPR June 17, 2010 Nearly as many American troops at home and abroad have committed suicide this year as have been killed in combat in Afghanistan. Alarmed... -
Some Lessons to Learn From Fort Hood
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsWar is taking a heavy physical and mental toll on our troops. The physical injury can be seen. The mental wounds are many times invisible until it is too late.... -
Military Suicides at Record Highs ( I guess it’s alright)
Posted on February 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe horror of war is felt on and of the battlefield. Sometimes through people you do not know. While researching the Department Of Defense ordered nationwide halt to military recruitment,... -
My Son is Back!!!!
Posted on October 3, 2006 | No CommentsSo my son is back and I visited him this past weekend. I spent great quality time with my son and his family (wife and two sons). He seems to be doing very well. No signs of PTSD, at least not yet, so far so good. I am very happy he is back and I know I am blessed. He and his family are blessed.
I also know that there are many, many mothers and fathers who are not so blessed and will never see their child alive and there are many more that have their child, but the kid is not the same person who left. There are families who wonder everyday if that day will be the last for their love one. They wonder how they will make it through the next 24 hours. What is most amazing is that many of these young people who are trying to make it from day to day are being asked to return to Iraq. Many of these young people have tried to commit suicide, but this matters little. They are being ordered to go back.
Some flee and some go back. I ask why are soldiers who are contemplating or have tried suicide being forced to return to combat. I already know the answer. Our civilian leaders say support the troops, but the truth is that they don't give a damn about the troops. They only care about their policy objectives, no matter how outlandish, misguided, dishonest or unjust. It does not matter. Just do as you’re told. You are expendable. You are a pawn in the strategic game of power. Do your job and your family will be rewarded with a military funeral, a flag and if they (you) are lucky a burial in Arlington.