Thursday: DiscrimiNation

Chris Adams/McClatchy:
Payments vary greatly for new veterans with mental illness
WASHINGTON — Veterans coming home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with debilitating mental ailments are discovering that their disability payments from the government vary widely depending on where they live, an exclusive McClatchy analysis has found.

Read, learn, try to remain calm. More/earlier articles @ Chris Adams McClatchy page.
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Happy holiday message? Bush heaps criticism on Congress. I think the Democrats are capable of responding in their own way, but allow me to respond in mine: Matt Taibbi/Rolling Stone: The Worst Congress Ever. Read, compare and contrast the rhetoric with the reality between the two sessions. If you have the time, the record of Appropriations Bills from 1998 - 2007 is here.
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Erica Werner/AP: Bush backs EPA's decision on Calif. plan
President Bush stood by the decision of his EPA administrator. .. "The question is how to have an effective strategy."

No. The question is why - after seven years of this administration (and Republican control of Congress) - there is no strategy at all.
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