Glenn Beck: 20,000 troops to deploy...in America?

Pentagon to deploy 20,00 troops inside USA...

GLENN: You know, I was going to talk a little bit about India and Pakistan but I want to change because there's a breaking headline now on Drudge. While the rest of the world is going to pay attention today to Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton and they are going to make this the big story, the big story today, at least for those people that are following the world, should be Pentagon to deploy 20,000 troops inside the U.S. for domestic security.

I told you this story two months ago? Was it two months ago, Joe, when I first found this story. And I said on the air this cannot be true. It can't be true. The only source I could find on that day was in Stars and Stripes and I knew that Stars and Stripes wasn't going to print something about the troops that wasn't true, and I brought that story to you. Now, these guys are being deployed for security for chemical, biological, terrorist activity, natural disaster. But this is what the National Guard is for. The reason why our founding fathers said there would be no standing army is because the federal government has no place in your town. The power to order troops, the power to be able to have people with weapons in your neighborhood must not ever be in the hands of the President or the congress. It must be in the hand of the individual governors. Our founders knew this. 20,000 -- this is a battalion. This is something entirely new.

Now let me ask you this question: Why? They are going to give you all kinds of stories. If anybody really rises up and says anything, if anybody in the media is anything but mindless sheep, they will see exactly what this is but they'll -- I'm sure. I mean, they will go after, you know, they will go after the most ridiculous stories on the planet but when it really comes down to it, they seem to not understand. They seem just to buy the government's excuses on so many things.

Are Key Obama Advisors in Tune with Neocon Hawks Who Want to Attack Iran?

By Robert Dreyfuss, Tomdispatch.com

A familiar coalition of hawks, hardliners, and neoconservatives expects Barack Obama's proposed talks with Iran to fail -- and they're already proposing an escalating set of measures instead. Some are meant to occur alongside any future talks. These include steps to enhance coordination with Israel, tougher sanctions against Iran, and a region-wide military buildup of U.S. strike forces, including the prepositioning of military supplies within striking distance of that country.

Once the future negotiations break down, as they are convinced will happen, they propose that Washington quickly escalate to war-like measures, including a U.S. Navy-enforced embargo on Iranian fuel imports and a blockade of that country's oil exports. Finally, of course, comes the strategic military attack against the Islamic Republic of Iran that so many of them have wanted for so long.

It's tempting to dismiss the hawks now as twice-removed from power: first, figures like John Bolton, Paul Wolfowitz, and Douglas Feith were purged from top posts in the Bush administration after 2004; then the election of Barack Obama and the announcement Monday of his centrist, realist-minded team of establishment foreign policy gurus seemed to nail the doors to power shut for the neocons, who have bitterly criticized the president-elect's plans to talk with Iran, withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, and abandon the reckless Global War on Terrorism rhetoric of the Bush era.

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Gulf War Illness Is Real, Requires Treatment, Panel Says

Some Vindication for Sick Veterans

Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans.

By Kimberly Hefling

Washington - Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
 
Those who came home and complained of symptoms such as memory loss and joint pain are even sicker. As their lives unraveled and their health further deteriorated, many were told their problems were just in their head.
 
But recently, many of the sufferers were given a new reason for hope. A high-profile advisory panel to Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake earlier this month affirmed research showing that a collection of symptoms commonly known as Gulf War illnesses are real and require treatment. The country has a national obligation to help them, the panel concluded.

Veteran’s TV Show - The Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access Show

Produced by Bill Moore and Co-hosted by Larry Corbin

Winners of the 2008 Rika Welsh Community Impact Award presented to “Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access Show” November 15, 2008 who have generated a project – whose impact spoke directly to a clearer understanding of the cause being championed. The content whether modest or large, would reflect the passion of the goal. Because of the use of PEG resources, a greater empowerment of purpose and appreciation of the value of those resources is achieved.  The Northeast Region encompasses Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

My name is Bill Moore and I Produce the “The Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access Show” I retired in 2007 as a Disabled Veteran Employment Representative from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am associated with and a member of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Joel H. Prouty Lodge, Masonic Military Support Fund, Melha Shriners, Legion of Honor, Operation Homefront/Patriot Chapter, Leicester Lions Club, Armed Forces Committee of Worcester County, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Auburn Elks and alumni of Assumption College and Quinsigamond Community College.

My Co-producer is Larry Corbin an Air Force retiree and current Veteran Service Officer for the Town of Auburn, MA. Larry also works as a Local Veteran Employment Representative at the Milford, MA Career Center is also a member of the American Legion Post 279 in Auburn, MA, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joel H Prouty Lodge of Masons, Melha Shriners, Melha Flyers, and Melha Legion of Honor.

Gulf War Syndrome Is Physical, Not Mental, Says Official Study 

By Mark Anderson

While depleted uranium, or DU, is acknowledged as one of about 12 “ingredients” in the “toxic soup” that made veterans sick in the first gulf war nearly 18 years ago, two different ingredients are considered by researchers to be the primary causes of Gulf War Illness (GWI). This is a major, if debatable, conclusion included in a highly anticipated report released by the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses.

The report, released Nov. 17 in Washington, instead identifies “PB” pills and various insecticides as the main culprits behind GWI. Pyridostigmine bromide, or PB, pills were ingested by soldiers on a daily basis, as required, to guard against chemical weapons attacks. The insecticides were used against fleas, mosquitoes and other pests in the unforgiving desert environment, where enormous sandstorms transporting ultra-fine sand also transport chemical weapon and pesticide residues, DU fallout and other toxins over vast distances.  Notably, PB pills are still available but not widely used in the current deployments, and many of the insecticides have been changed, according to committee member Dr. Lea Steele.

A number of current and retired soldiers still strongly believe that DU, a radiological weapons component, caused major health problems in the first gulf war, and that it still does so, due to its constant use (with minimal handling and clean-up regulations applied) in all major battle theaters over the last couple of decades. DU’s known dangers lie in its radioactive fallout when it is aerosolized or fragmented upon detonation. But committee members said during repeated questioning by AFP that DU was not scientifically established in the report as a major GWI cause.

The VA Advisory Committe Plans Schedule of Meetings for Gulf War Veterans

by Denise Nichols,

The VA's Advisory Committee is tenatively planning the following schedule of meetings.  Until they place on the VA Advisory Committee website this is their plan.

• January 14-15, 2009  Puget Sound, WA
• February 18-19, 2009  Atlanta,GA
• March 18-19,2009  Waco Texas

The chairman did say that the committee would travel as a whole body not sub groups of the committee. This is your chances veterans of the Gulf War that are ill and have trouble with claims and getting health care to speak up and be heard!
 
It is highly encouraged that you write up a 2 pager to submit.  It should include your personal details, name, rank, unit, where you served, when you got ill, where you have gone to get care and your experience with getting diagnosed and appropriate care, and also when you submitted your claim and problems with your claim approval.  You should include suggestions of what you think would help gulf war veterans.

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            The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Space and Strategic Missiles, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded $720,086,268 modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-08-C-0100) to provide TRIDENT II(D5) and TRIDENT I (C4) missile subsystem. Specific tasks may include:

Missile body, re-entry body, D5 instrumentation systems and support equipment production (D5 only); D5 Production Continuity Hardware (D5 only); Procurement of components and requalification activities in support of D5 life extension requirements; Critical components in support of D5 life extension requirements; Field Processing; Engineering and operational support services; Training material development and maintenance; Trainer design and operational support; Spares and integrated logistics support; Flight Test Analysis and Range Support; Safety Assurance including Nuclear Weapon Security (NWS); Missile and support equipment repair; Flight Test Planning and Flight Test Data Acquisition and Processing (D5 only); Development, production and installation of SPALTs/PADs/Sers [Special Projects Alterations, POMF (POLARIS Missile Facility) Alteration Documents, and Support Equipment Requirements]; Develop and produce an Alteration Release Assembly; Develop an Enhanced Telemetry System; Technical services in support of the C4/D5 Ballast System and Test Instrumentation Mast program; Technical services in support of all requirements associated with TRIDENT I(C4) related to asset dispositions and disposal. In addition to TRIDENT II (D5), and TRIDENT I (C4) missile subsystem requirements, there is also a requirement to: Provide storage and maintenance for the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, Nuclear (TLAM-N) at the Strategic Weapons Facilities; Perform processing and provide technical services in support of the SSGN Attack Weapon System (AWS) at SWFLANT; Provide TRIDENT SWS Missile Training; Develop technology applicable to global strike objectives that integrates with existing TRIDENT missile and/or the platform, and the missile processing and TRIDENT operations infrastructure; Provide Options for Flight Test Data Acquisition and Analysis for the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. Work will be performed in California (42 percent); Georgia (11 percent); Utah (16 percent); Florida (9 percent); Washington (8 percent); Virginia (3 percent); Tennessee (2 percent); New Jersey (1 percent); Massachusetts
(1 percent); Illinois (1 percent); Maryland (1 percent); other (5 percent), and work is expected to be completed September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $285,470,128 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

PRICE FIXING DRIVES FOOD COSTS THRU THE ROOF

BLAMING BIOFUELS A SCAM

By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER

The food industry has been loading DC with payoff dollars.  Price fixing in the food sector, retail, wholesale and packaged foods, while farms get almost nothing, has brought near starvation to millions of Americans.  Neither the "radio robots" and their daily instructions from the Kremlin in DC nor the Democratic Congress seems to notice.  The money is spread into that many pockets.

A year ago, thieves and speculators drove the price of oil, corn, wheat, edibile oils, soybeans, rice and other key products thru the roof.  As the markets collapsed, oil came down but gas stayed up.  Oil companies raked in billions and America's banks emptied.  Now the $20 dollar per bushel wheat that drove flour prices from .69 to 2.69 for 5 pounds is back where it was before.  Flour is still 2.69 and profits are thru the roof for food companies and retail stores, all involved in a huge price fixing scam that is killing middle class Americans.

Record profits from selling bread, cheese, eggs, milk, meat, produce, canned goods, pet food, soap and everything else at the prices that should be shocking you when you go to the store aren't noticed in DC.  Neither our current president or his father had ever shopped for food in their lives.  No, I'm not kidding.  George and his boy "W" had never seen food unless it was carried to them on a plate.  However, the problem isn't just them.  People who should know better from both parties are taking the money and looking the other way.

Who do they blame?  The thieves claim "biofuels" are the problem, the biodiesel and ethanol that doesn't exist, that nobody can buy and no vehicle can burn,  produced in plants that don't exist, made from "biomass" that should have little or no effect on food prices.  Scam, nothing but scam.