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> Charged with aggravated assault, Soper remains in jail without bond until 
> he undergoes a psychiatric exam, NewsChannel 5 reported.

When a marine attacks a female civilian of his own 
country because he's been brain-washed into a
'fighting machine' - I think a lot more of 'em *should*
get 'psychiatric exams .... starting with the head-up-
(never mind) in the Wh___ House !
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Subject: [Homestead] Bush's War Against the Military
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Bush has not been the military president that he has claimed to 
be.  "George W. Bush so often invokes his nominal title of "commander in 
chief" at veterans' rallies, on military bases and during presidential 
debates that he now appears like some latter-day caudillo. But his claims 
to be a commander of any kind in any serious way are a figment of his 
imagination."

One of the things that Clinton attempted to do, but was stymied by the 
Republicans in Congress, was to slow down the stockpiling of war materials 
and start paying the military men and women more money.  Because he was 
only able to cut the spending on war materials, which was only part of the 
plan, he has been accused of being an anti-military president.

As the article below points out, the military still needs some equipment, 
but different equipment than has been stockpiled.
Jerry Shepperd


Bush's War Against the Military



By Ian Williams, In These Times
Posted on October 27, 2004, Printed on October 28, 2004
http://www.alternet.org/story/20308/

George W. Bush so often invokes his nominal title of "commander in chief" 
at veterans' rallies, on military bases and during presidential debates 
that he now appears like some latter-day caudillo. But his claims to be a 
commander of any kind in any serious way are a figment of his imagination.

Discounting that he sent American troops into Iraq on false pretenses, a 
real commander would fight for the welfare of his troops. But Bush has 
demonstrated a consistent unwillingness to do so, and as a result many 
high-ranking officers have endorsed Kerry, including retired Navy Adm. 
William Crowe and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. 
John Shalikashvili.

Bush has failed the military on almost every level. While Halliburton and 
Boeing went to the bank this year with about $10 billion each, undermanned 
U.S. forces went into Iraq without armored vests and driving unarmored 
vehicles. The fatal results were hidden from public view as the dead were 
secreted home and the Department of Defense (DOD) obscured and juggled the 
numbers of maimed and wounded.

Once back in the United States, veterans found no federal welcome mat laid 
out for them. By April this year, one in six veterans of Iraq and 
Afghanistan had filed benefits claims with the Veterans Administration for 
service-related disabilities. These figures do not include those troops 
still serving and are twice the number the DOD Web site says suffered 
"Non-Mortal Wounds" in those conflicts. Today, one-third of those claims, 
almost 10,000, have yet to be processed. Further, Bush's 2005 budget will 
cut 540 staff members of the Veterans Benefit Administration, which is the 
office that handles the claims. The outreach department that lets vets know 
of available services also was instructed in a 2002 memo by a deputy 
undersecretary in the Veterans Health Administration to run in silent mode 
to flush out people who had not made claims out of ignorance.

Even if the war wounded succeed in getting disability pay, in 2003 Bush 
threatened to veto a bill that allowed veterans to collect disability pay 
and pensions simultaneously.

In 2003, his administration also tried to cut combat pay from $225 to $150 
a month and the family separation allowance from $250 to $100. And most 
callously of all, the frat brat who ducked a war that killed 48,000 
American troops threatened to veto a proposal to double the $6,000 payment 
to relatives of soldiers killed in action.

That is typical of the way in which President Bush, who loves to dress up 
in uniform, treats those who actually wear one. As a June 30, 2003, Army 
Times editorial concluded: "President Bush and the Republican-controlled 
Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the 
military. But talk is cheap and getting cheaper by the day, judging by the 
nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately."

In his ghostwritten 1999 biography "A Charge to Keep," an indignant Bush 
wrote: "Nearly twelve thousand members of the armed forces are on food 
stamps. I support increased pay and better benefits and training for our 
citizen solders. A volunteer military has only two paths. It can lower its 
standards to fill its ranks. Or it can inspire the best and brightest to 
join and stay." Despite four years to do something about it, more than 
250,000 military families did not get Bush's much-vaunted child tax credit 
because their breadwinner earned less than $26,000 a year. And in his 2005 
budget, Bush proposes only that combat pay not count toward eligibility for 
food stamps – for which no less than 25,000 military families are eligible.

The U.S. Army pay scale is about half that of the British, which is why 
there is a major crisis in military recruitment. Senior officers talk about 
a "serious crisis" in recruitment for the regular forces. In addition, the 
Iraq war has put heavy demands on reservists and guard units. For the first 
time in 10 years, the guard failed to meet its recruitment target. In one 
Indiana unit, for instance, the reenlistment rate has dropped from 85 
percent to 32 percent.

You would think that the Bush administration would be solicitous of the 
foot soldiers who carry out its imperial ambitions. But this administration 
is militaristic, not pro-military. Most of its members sedulously avoided 
combat and uniformed service of any kind in previous wars and most current 
enlisted personnel come from small town, blue-collar America, precisely the 
people whose voices are among the least heard. It is no surprise that Labor 
Secretary Elaine Chao's proposals for cutting back legal entitlement to 
overtime pay this year included all those who had learned their skill in 
the military.

All of this penny-pinching may seem strange in light of Bush's desperate 
attempts to associate himself with the military. But when he dons a flak 
jacket, the president is not looking to win over those GIs who have just 
had their term extended on stop-loss orders, but those TV-viewing voters 
who put the military on a pedestal as the guarantor of American virtues.



© 2004 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved.
View this story online at: http://www.alternet.org/story/20308/ 
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Did I someone say he was in the wood waste-to-ethanol industry?  Are we
talking
chemical or enzymatic delignification?  Well, my understanding is that
the ordinary
chemical process with lye and sodium chlorate produces toxic chlorinated
organics
that are useless, not to mention lots of sodium.  I wonder if it's
possible to replace
them with potash lye and potassium nitrate.  The resulting waste
solution should be
subject to bioremediation, or possibly even used directly as a fertilizer.

Bill
S. Oregon coast