How military contractors run our Defense Dept. and wastes our mon

Defense spending is very high. In fact, the government wastes a lot of money because defense contractors give millions of dollars to congressmen and senators, in order to ensure billions of dollars in defense contracts. Sometimes contracts in the tens of billions. You won't...

U.S. Companies Purchased 900 Million Rounds of Ammo from Russia

http://economicrisis.com/u-s-companies-purchased-900-million-rounds-of-ammo-from-russia/6316 U.S. Companies Purchased 900 Million Rounds of Ammo from Russia The outlandish purchase of billions of rounds of ammunition by the federal government has created a serious...

U.S. military to step up presence in Jordan in light of Syria

http://economicrisis.com/u-s-military-to-step-up-presence-in-jordan-in-light-of-syria-civil-war/5044 U.S. military to step up presence in Jordan in light of Syria civil war In a critical indication of growing U.S. military involvement in the civil war in Syria, Defense...

First American diplomat is killed in Afghanistan war

http://economicrisis.com/first-american-diplomat-is-killed-in-afghanistan-war/4154 First American diplomat is killed in Afghanistan war Three American troops and three civilians, including a diplomat, were killed in a suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul...

Gay military spouse treated inferior and cheap pastor

Issues in the news. The question of homosexuality in the Boy Scouts is news, with the Boy Scouts maybe changing their policy on banning gays in the Boy Scouts. Well, Jennifer Tyrrell is a lesbian and proud parent of a Tiger Scout ( a younger group of Boy Scouts) member. She...

Atheist cadet resigns U.S. Military Academy in protest

Blake Page is an atheist who for almost the last four years has attended the U.S. Military Academy or more simply, West Point. He has resigned before he received his commission in protest of the discrimination that atheists have received. For example, Page was denied...

Atheist cadet resigns U.S. Military Academy in protest

Blake Page is an atheist who for almost the last four years has attended the U.S. Military Academy or more simply, West Point. He has resigned before he received his commission in protest of the discrimination that atheists have received. For example, Page was denied...

First gay weddings at West Point Military Academy

The first same sex wedding has happened at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Actually, it is now two weddings because the first was recently at the Old Cadet Chapel, and the wedding between Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton is at the newer Cadet Chapel....

How atheists are forced to attend chapel in basic training

When I was in military basic training, I was not forced to go to chapel. I though was required to clean the barracks with the other "heathens" while those who went to chapel didn't. Of course they had a right to go to chapel, but they should have been required to help clean...

No, troops really aren't fighting for your freedom

A common refrain is that troops give us freedom. They really don't. They just don't. In theory they could fight in a war for our freedom, but that has rarely been done. The wars that have been fought in some way for our freedom of religion, speech, assembly etc are less than...

How atheists are forced to attend chapel in the military

When I was in military basic training, I was not forced to go to chapel. I though was required to clean the barracks with the other "heathens" while those who went to chapel didn't. Of course they had a right to go to chapel, but they should have been required to help clean...

GOP senator calling for Muslims to be kicked out of military

If there is one thing you can count on, it is that Christian fundamentalists (which make up a sizable percentage of the Republican party) hate Muslims. Maybe more so than they hate atheists or gays or immigrants or Wiccans or feminists or union leaders. Now, I'm no great...

Republican senator calling for Muslims to be kicked out of army

If there is one thing you can count on, it is that Christian fundamentalists (which make up a sizable percentage of the Republican party) hate Muslims. Maybe more so than they hate atheists or gays or immigrants or Wiccans or feminists or union leaders. Now, I'm no great...