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  • Protesters block Capitol with wheelchairs

    03/20/2006 8:23:23 PM PST · by SmithL · 3 replies · 222+ views
    AP ^ | 3/20/6 | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II
    NASHVILLE — Hundreds of disabled people parked their wheelchairs in the intersections around the state Capitol on Monday, shutting down traffic to protest a lack of options for people in nursing homes. Sixty people were arrested, Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said. Fifty were voluntarily cited for blocking streets and refusing to move, while 10 were physically removed by officers and taken to jail. Lawmakers, state workers and legislative staffers were blocked from entering or leaving parking garages as the protesters chanted slogans, held signs and camped out for several hours in busy intersections. The protest was staged by American...
  • The "Ultimate Betrayal"?

    12/21/2005 5:52:15 AM PST · by Moonraker · 38 replies · 1,598+ views
    National Review Online ^ | December 21, 2005 | W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
    Why is it taking so long to design, develop, produce, and deploy — in adequate numbers — a troop-transporting armored vehicle that would replace the up-armored Humvee in Iraq? I've been asked that question time and again, not by soldiers and Marines who ride in Humvees daily, but by fellow journalists, many of whom have logged time in Iraq or Afghanistan. One reporter said to me it was "criminal negligence" on the part of the White House and the Defense Department. Another referred to it as "the ultimate betrayal" of our soldiers. Despite their time in country, both reporters are...