Film Review from the GI Film Festival

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Thursday May 21, 2009 · 6:49 AM PDT

2009/05/21 · 06:49

This past weekend was the GI Film Festival in Washington, D.C. I personally only got the chance to see one movie, however I heard the rest of the films at the festival were quite good.

The movie I viewed was called The Way We Get By. It's documentary chronicling the journey of 3 Maine Greeters as they cope with aging while at the same time trying to make an impact in lives of service members as they prepare to go or come home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 2:11 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 14:11

[Cross Posted at VetVoice.com]

To the Senior Senator from Arizona:
Apparently you don't read the diaries on Vetvoice. It's OK and I'm not at all surprised. You haven't been listening to the needs and concerns of this country's veterans for sometime now. I am writing you in response to your extremely troubling appearance last night on Jay Leno's program. When questioned on the number of homes you own (or really your wife), you dodged the question and again played the POW card. In case you missed some of the analysis of your answer on MSNBC, here it is:

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 9:29 AM PDT

2008/08/12 · 09:29

As election day approaches, it appears to everyone is beginning to catch on to one of the biggest injustices of this cycle: the disenfranchisement of veterans. Since May when the VA issued their memo banning any voter registration drives at all VA facilities, the issue has received regular coverage on a number of blogs and "alternate" news outlets. The past few days however, have seen a flurry of activity on the topic from more mainstream outlets. The New York Times, Huffington Post(via Think Progress), and New Haven Register to name a few have all published editorials or Op-Ed pieces admonishing the action.

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/08/05 · 11:15

I couldn't let this line from a New York Times Op-Ed (written by usual suspects and Iraq War Cheerleaders, Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack) go today:

Almost everyone now agrees there has been great progress in Iraq. The question is what to do about it.

Really? Everyone, or just the same mainstream media that was so complacent during the buildup to the war initially that they failed to question the fundamental reasons for going to war.

wmstudentveteran

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 12:03 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 12:03

[Cross Posted at VetVoice]
President Bush took time yesterday to talk about how well the the War in Iraq was going and the "success" of the surge. I'll leave aside for the moment the ongoing debate on the validity of those claims. I would like to focus instead on the new kind of surge that is going on in our country's VA Medical Facilities.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 9:38 AM PDT

2008/07/31 · 09:38

It was great to hear yesterday that the House is taking steps to allow nonpartisan voter registration at VA Facilities. It is an especially important issue for disabled veterans undergoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, or receiving long term care at VA hospitals. These men and women who have sacrificed so much are concentrating on getting better (rightfully so of course!) and may not be aware of deadlines for registration and absentee ballots requirements.

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