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" Let's MAKE Conservative Republican Ed Hamilton LAS VEGAS CONGRESSMAN EDWARD 'Mr Clean' HAMILTON "


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LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- In a remembrance today to all the sacrifices made by brave American veterans of foreign wars, Las Vegas 1st. Congressional District candidate Ed Hamilton issues the folowing statement. " If elected, I pledge to accept only One Dollar ($1) of my $173.000,00 annual congressional salary, as long as the federal budget is still in the red," he says. Further, Hamilton cites the extraordinaryly high percentage of homeless veterans among the general population. " According to CNN Wolf Blitzer today, twenty six percent of the homeless are veterans, " he elaborates. Because of this national shame, this compassionate conservative Republican from Clark County, Nevada, has decided, as a congressman, Hamilton will donate his monthly congressional salary to a Las Vegas veterans homeless trust fund. Furthermore, the Republican asserts, " I urge my opponent, the incumbent Democrat Party Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, to match my offer to our honorable, brave but desp
erately homeless veterans." Hamilton goes on to point out that this millionaire female Democrat has a known reputation in Nevada political circles as a miser. " At the beginning of the year, around January/February time frame, Shelley Berkley cries all the way to the bank and deposits her paycheck including a raise to cover the so-called COLA, a benefit which was originally invented by industrial labor union contracts for hourly rated assembly line workers but certainly not intended for millionaire politicians on salary," Hamilton states in his usual animated fashion.

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Dear Mr. Sanson:

I saw a thread about your PTSD interview.

This is too painful to even speak about. This past October 31, my 38 year old son committed suicide. He sounds exactly as the article described. A West Point graduate, he served in the Kuwait after the shooting stopped in the first Bush war, but still dangerous. In his note, he gave PTSD as a cause.

Thing is, he did seek medical help, and was given meds that didn't help, in fact were for ADD which he didn't have. He was never considered a suicide risk by the family he'd isolated himself and those he encountered, even after rage episodes.

The thing that would've saved him was if there had been something to bridge the disconnect between veterans and the civilians they return to. Through Representative Kucinich, I advocated for a 24-hour, 7 day a week hotline for veterans and their families. This would've been the part of the puzzle that would've saved Craig. Representative Kucinich called me when this legislation was passed.

I'm wondering, was there follow through? It's unbelievable that this hasn't existed all along, so people have a place to turn when things begin getting difficult. I do think the publicity this is getting is already saving lives, as there will no longer be situations where suicide isn't considered a risk with those who have served their country, however stable, loved, and accomplished they might have been before embarking on their military careers.

Best regards,
MaryAnn Wiedl
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The Marine Corps version of Genesis 1

In the beginning was the word, and the word was God.
In the beginning was God, and all else was darkness and void, and without form. So God created the heavens and the Earth. He created the sun, and the moon, and the stars, so that light might pierce the darkness. The Earth, God divided between the land and the sea, and these he filled with many assorted creatures.
And the dark, salty, slimy creatures that inhabited the murky depths of the oceans, God called sailors. And He dressed them accordingly. They had little trousers that looked like bells at the bottom. And their shirts had cute little flaps on them to hide the hickeys on their necks. He also gave them long sideburns and shabby looking beards. God nicknamed them "squids" and banished them to a lifetime at sea, so that normal folks would not have to associate with them. To further identify these unloved creatures, He called them "petty" and “commodore" instead of titles worthy of red-blooded men.
And the flaky creatures of the land, God called soldiers. And with a twinkle in His eye, and a sense of humor that only He could have, God made their trousers too short and their covers too large. He also made their pockets oversized, so that they may warm their hands. And to adorn their uniforms, God gave them badges in quantities that only a dime store owner could appreciate. And He gave them emblems and crests... and all sorts of shiny things that glittered... and devices that dangled. (When you are God you tend to get carried away.)
On the 6th day, He thought about creating some air creatures for which he designed a Greyhound bus driver's uniform, especially for Air Force flyboys. But He discarded the idea during the first week, and it was not until years later that some apostles resurrected this theme and established what we now know as the "Wild-Blue-Yonder Wonders.”
And on the 7th day, as you know, God rested.
But on the 8th day, at 0730, God looked down upon the earth and was not happy. No, God was not happy! So He thought about His labors, and in His divine wisdom God created a divine creature. And this He called Marine.
And these Marines, who God had created in His own image, were to be of the air, and of the land, and of the sea. And these He gave many wonderful uniforms. Some were green; some were blue with red trim. And in the early days, some were even a beautiful tan. He gave them practical fighting uniforms, so that they could wage war against the forces of Satan and evil. He gave them service uniforms for their daily work and training. And He gave them evening and dress uniforms...sharp and stylish, handsome things…so that they might promenade with their ladies on Saturday night and impress the hell out of everybody! He even gave them swords, so that people who were not impressed could be dealt with accordingly.
And at the end of the 8th day, God looked down upon the Earth and saw that it was good.
But was God happy? No! God was still not happy!
Because in the course of His labors, He had forgotten one thing: He did not have a Marine uniform for Himself.
He thought about it, and thought about it, and finally God satisfied Himself in knowing that, well....
Not everybody can be a Marine!