Two AWOL Pa. Guardsmen Agree to Face Arson Charges in Pa.
Two Royersford, Pa. men wanted in last week’s fire at the Chester County National Guard Armory will be returning to Pennsylvania to face arson charges.Both men waived extradition from New Jersey on Wednesday during a hearing in Cape May County Court.Proceedings in front of Judge Raymond Batten were brief and ...
Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia
OKLAHOMA CITY — Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.Tea party movement leaders say they've discussed the ...
Family Members of Victims Seek Full Accounting for Events that Triggered National Outrage; Call for Healing and “Restorative Justice” Kent, Ohio - On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students protesting America’s bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In a day that changed America, ...
Gay military rights advocate Lt. Dan Choi has been called back into active duty, he told The Advocate in a phone interview Tuesday. Photographer Jeff Sheng, who recently turned his lens on active gay and lesbian service members for a book about "don't ask, don't tell," originally reported the news ...
Local soldiers heading to Iraq
MARSHFIELD, MA — Two massive coach buses — painted with huge bald eagles on the sides — were outside with dozens of camouflage duffel bags neatly stored in the luggage area.Family and friends of the members of the 1058th Transportation Company of the Massachusetts National Guard huddled in the darkness ...
Local Troops Leaving for Afghanistan
Saying goodbye isn't new for Amy Kehoe. Her husband has deployed several times before. But she says Saturday's ceremony was extra difficult. "I have a son going too, so it's hard," said Kehoe. Her son left Friday to prepare for his very first tour to Iraq. Now with her husband ...
Local military recruiters say recession aids in meeting goals
NORTHFIELD, NJ — Jassiel Velez, a former University of Puerto Rico student, came to Brigantine in February to look for new opportunities. She found one with the U.S. Army.Velez, 24, a single mother currently working as a waitress, said she signed up for the Army National Guard in November because ...
Lt. Col. Eric Teegerstrom recently gathered his Nebraska National Guard battalion for a short quiz, asking three questions that underline the cost of continuing the war in Afghanistan. How many of you have deployed once, he asked the soldiers, most of whom live in eastern Nebraska. Nearly every hand shot ...
Guard headed toward record deployment
Deployment of Nebraska Army National Guard troops to Iraq and Afghanistan is headed toward record numbers next year. Nearly 1,300 soldiers are scheduled to be on the ground overseas in 2010, including 1,100 who have been informed they'll be mobilized next year. All are bound for Iraq or Afghanistan, except ...
Tearful sendoff for VT National Guard members
(NECN: Anya Huneke) - It was a tearful sendoff for about 350 Vermont National Guard members. The soldiers are leaving on a year-long mission that will take them, and almost 1,200 other Green Mountain boys to Afghanistan, the largest Vermont Guard deployment since World War II. Bec Hockhousen is taking ...
NW soldiers' holiday trip home comes to a halt
Two hundred Northwest soldiers are stuck in Wisconsin for the holidays - even though the National Guard hoped to fly them home before they head off for war.Military regulations got in the way - so now their families are digging deep to spend Christmas together.It's the last chance for these ...
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo
WASHINGTON — When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice."There's a lot of apathy and a growing disconnectedness to what's going on in world affairs," the frustrated Howard ...
Bleak U.S. job market boosts military recruitment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by a bleak job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the first time since it became an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Military services have been stretched thin by conflicts in Afghanistan and ...
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March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
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February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
February 20th, 2013
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September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
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May 12th, 2011
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November 22nd, 2011
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September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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