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Memes.org: Mind Viruses - culture, science, politics, & religion through a memetic lens[Memes.org: Mind Viruses - culture, science, politics, & religion through a memetic lens] Excerpt: By using the written word and art, veterans of the US occupation of Iraq are transforming their trauma into a message of both healing and resistance to the failed US adventure.

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Hard News[Hard News] ARTS-US: Iraq War Vets Transforming Trauma: By transforming his experiences and feelings into art, Turner said, "I can take a desert blouse and cut it up and turn it into a piece of paper. Then I have a blank piece of paper and put one of my poems there for other people to experience it, and for that minute they read it, they can see it through my eyes."

Geekfesthttp://www.geekfest.com/showthread.php?t=210732 [Geekfest] Swords into Ploughshares, Uniforms into Paper: His writing became some of the first of what would evolve into the Warrior Writers Project, which uses writing and artistic workshops based on veterans' experiences in the military and Iraq to bring their experiences to light and connect with one another, creating a context for both healing and resisting what their experience in the military has done to them....

revolutionradio.org[revolutionradio.org] MINDWARS: The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the USA Patriot Act, the concentration camps at Guantanamo Bay, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the evisceration of civil liberties and a permanent state of war have all been accomplished by invoking the terror of 9/11.”

Parsbodhttp://www.parsbod.com/2008/09/mind-control-war-on-consciousness.html [Parsbod] MIND-CONTROL > the war on consciousness: One difference between what is happening in our country and the state-controlled media of the old Soviet Union, is that in the Soviet Union, most people were quite aware that what was being presented to them by their corrupt government as news was nothing but mind-warping propaganda. Many Americans have fallen so under the spell of the Bush regime’s criminal lies that they don’t even know they are being lied to.

Journal of Rob Honzell[Journal of Rob Honzell] A Great Blog by a Wonderful Lady and Friend to All Veterans ...: In the meantime, though -- it's important to remember that Rudy has seen and done, many many things in his time - in battles in Afghanistan and Iraq.  First Recon Marines are known as "Swift, Silent and Deadly" .

Marine Corps News Room[Marine Corps News Room] Fort Lewis Soldiers Get Help Readjusting To Home: Post-traumatic stress disorder has taken a heavy toll on soldiers, many of whom have deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq three or four times. The Army now requires soldiers to undergo psychological screening before and after a deployment to identify problems, and has hired more counselors to treat them.

Agent of Influence[Agent of Influence] In the news: The Joint Theater Trauma Registry, developed and run by the Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, provides constant feedback on the quality of combat medicine in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unlike the national registry used .

PTSD After Childbirth Blog[PTSD After Childbirth Blog] Doctors to lead research on brain injuries, PTSD: A year ago, Congress allocated $301 million to the Pentagon for medical research on PTSD and brain injuries. The sum dwarfs all past military funding of PTSD and TBI medical research, said Gail Whitehead, a spokeswoman for the military's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.

Inside the Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz's Marketing Blog[Inside the Marketers Studio - David Berkowitz's Marketing Blog] Transcript from ServiceNation Presidential Forum: When-- a hurricane strikes,as it did-- with Katrina-- we have to have a FEMA that works, which by the waymeans that we should be encouraging young people, the best and the brightest,to get involved as civil servants, to pursue careers of public service, sowe've got people who are trained in fe-- federal emergency management who areable to take on the job. 

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subalternhttp://o3.indiatimes.com/subaltern/archive/2008/09/15/4940138.aspx [subaltern] Blood Hurricane: Terror Strikes the Heart and CIA Forgotten!: The US has firmed up an "aggressive" three-phase plan to conduct cross-border raids into Pakistan from Afghanistan to strike at the elusive Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda leaders believed to be hiding in the tribal region, a media report said today. Last week's "snatch and grab" raid by helicopter-borne US Special Operations forces in Pakistan was not an isolated incident but part of a three-phase plan, approved by President Bush, to strike at al-Qaeda's top leadership, the National Public Radio (NPR) reported.

Health Care[Health Care] Plasma Screen Hire What Do You Need to Know for Presentations: I propose setting up soccer fields throughout Iraq with floodlights for use at night too. Keep the energy on the field and give them something to work for, teaching them a different kind of group teamwork, one that builds strength of character and camaraderie in a positive way.

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