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a personal message from General (Ret.) Wesley Clark


I’ve been a VoteVets advisor since their launch in 2006, and I can’t remember a more decisive ad than the one featuring Vietnam Veteran Charles Erwin hammering Mitch McConnell for his vote to block improvements to VA care during a time of crisis.

In the coming weeks, VoteVets is set to launch similarly powerful ads in several states with critical Senate elections.

When the clock strikes midnight, they’ll close the books on their final fundraising deadline and start to make decisions about how far they can push these ads. I hope you’ll stand with me and make a $5 contribution to VoteVets today.

http://action.votevets.org/midnight-deadline

Thanks for standing with me and supporting VoteVets.

All the best,

General (Ret.) Wesley Clark

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Virginia Cop Sentenced To A Mere 3 Years For Killing Unarmed Woman


Xena's avatarWe Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident

When policemen break the law, then there isn’t any law – just a fight for survival. Billy Jack

(Hat Tip to Joseph Norton for the following case)

She has a name; Patricia Cook. She was killed in Culpeper, Virginia on February 9, 2012.

patricia-cookPatricia was 54 years old. No one knows why she was in the parking lot of Epiphany Catholic School, but while there, she was approached by Culpeper Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright.  Officer Harmon-Wright said he received a call of a suspicious vehicle.

Wright fired two shots into Patricia’s vehicle. The first two rounds, fired at point-blank range, tore into Cook’s face and arm. Patricia managed to drive away, but Harmon-Wright did not stop shooting. He shot Patricia 5 times; a round entered her brain, and the another round severed her spine and veered into her heart.

Harmon-Wright claimed that he shot Patricia in self-defense, opening…

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Mitch McConnell’​s Groundhog Day


VoteVets.org

Jon Soltz, VoteVets.org

According to census data, Mitch McConnell represents over 300,000 veterans in the U.S. Senate. So why did he vote against legislation to fund veterans’ health care during a time of crisis?

As leader of the Tea Party Caucus, Senator McConnell blocked a $21 billion lifeline for veterans in need of care and turned it into a partisan football. We’re dead-set on making him pay for it.

MITCH MCCONNELL ACCOUNTABILITY FUND
Name: Carmen C
Deadline: Midnight Tomorrow Night
Suggested Contribution: $5.00

Can we count on you to contribute $5 to VoteVets ahead of tomorrow night’s fundraising deadline?

Our ad featuring Vietnam Veteran Charles Erwin lays out the case quite clearly, and we hope Mitch McConnell sees him walking up that sidewalk, cane hitting the ground, over-and-over again… his own personal groundhog day.

Thank you for standing with VoteVets.

Jon Soltz
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org

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BIG CHANGES to bus service beginning Sept 27 ~~ King County Metro


So, Prop1 failed and now the lives of folks who depend on Metro will forever change unless or until funds are found. The question most folks are asking is what happened to the $$ its citizens invested in Metro over the last few years, least we ask about the deal struck voted and passed between Republicans and Democrats to take away the free zone and make $$ which, was said to be a savings … we all remember what happened right … bus tickets for the homeless etc were provided for about a year …

 …. Now, there are 28 routes eliminated and counting ? Nativegrl77

Eye on your Metro Commute