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16 June SWJ News, Op-Ed, Blog, and Events Roundup

IRAQ Iraqi Forces Mass Outside of Amara - Kramer and Rubin, New York Times The Iraqi Army continued to mass troops outside the southern city of Amara on Sunday and Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, offered a three-day amnesty and weapons buyback program to militants willing to surrender. Similar offers in the past few months have presaged other military operations, in Basra, the Sadr City slum of Baghdad and in Mosul in northern Iraq. This time, Mr. Maliki is preparing for an operatio read

Navy Federal credit union moving into Colorado Springs

BY WAYNE HEILMAN The nation’s largest credit union will open two branches in Colorado Springs by the end of next year as part of a plan to serve all military personnel. Navy Federal Credit Union is opening the branches as part of its May 22 expansion to serve all military personnel, including Air Force and Army, from its previous Navy-only membership, said Jennifer Sadler, a spokeswoman for the Virginia-based credit union. Navy Federal expanded its membership to serve all current and form read

Personal Reflections on the Crisis in America by Richard C. Cook

Digg It by Richard C. Cook featured writer Dandelion Salad richardccook.com WILLIAMSBURG, VA, June 4, 2008. I moved back to Williamsburg a year ago, after retiring from the federal government, in order to live [and] write at the home of my elderly mother. She resides near the Restored Area, a half-mile from the reconstructed colonial Capitol. At this site on May 15, 1776, the Second Virginia Convention voted 112-0 to instruct its delegates in Philadelphia to enter a motion for independenc read

A Governmental Messiah

From Barack Obama’s speech last night: “I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.” Glittering Generality: Glittering generalities are emotionally appealing words so closely associated with highly valued concepts and beliefs that they carry convic read

Its time to break up the real monopoly

When you look at dictatorships and some of the great nations that the world has seen, from the Roman Empire through the current century, a few common threads flow through each. The first step is the removal of guns and other weapons that could be used for self defence. Step two is taking control of the media; the press, television, radio, etc. Finally, to assure long term commitment to the leadership, the new rulers take over the educational system. A government can change the perceptions and read