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Emergency Payments for Veterans Awaiting VA Educational Benefits Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has authorized advance payments up to $3,000 for Veterans who have applied for VA educational benefits and who have not yet received their monthly education payments. If you are a Veteran who has applied for one of VA’s education programs and have not yet received your monthly benefit payment for the Fall 2009 term, you can submit a request for an advance payment on this website. Advance payments will be issued by the U. S. Treasury within 3 workdays (Monday through Friday) following submission of...

A mother asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?" Another mother asked President Kennedy, "Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?" Another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea? Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?" Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?" Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?" And yet another mother asked President G. Washington,...

For all of you who have kids who want to track Santa on Christmas Eve, please check out the NORAD Santa Tracking Site http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php and let your children follow Santa on his journey around the world. Enjoy.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ 2. The American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Okay, I know that it is awfully early to be talking about something like this but after what I just saw, I have to get this out of my system or I am going to throw something through a window. I was just on Michael Savage's site reading through the headlines when I saw the "Know Your Enemy" section. This little area contains videos of innocent people being murdered by POS terrorists. We've all heard about these things happening but I wonder how many of us have actually seen the footage? Until this morning I had managed to avoid it...

Homicides Down in 2004, FBI Says Associated Press Tuesday, June 7, 2005; A02 The number of homicides fell last year for the first time since 1999, part of a nationwide decline in all types of violent crime, according to preliminary FBI data released yesterday. Cities with more than 1 million people had the greatest decrease in violent crime, 5.4 percent, while cities of fewer than 10,000 saw the biggest drop in homicide, 12.2 percent.