Voter Confidence Act Must be Implemented by November 2010 (amforumbacklog.blogspot.com)

The Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (TVCA) requires replacement of paperless touchscreen voting machines with optical ballot scanners by November 2010.

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Submitted 3 months ago by AmericanForum | 0 Comments |

Are Right Wing Extremists Trying to Recruit Our Troops? (www.salem-news.com)

Director of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano was forced by pressure from right-wing talk radio commentators and other conservative mouth pieces to apologize to America's Veterans and Troops for... More

Tags: our troops,extremists,active duty troops recruitment by extremists groups

Submitted 5 months ago by indythinker | 8 Comments |

Special Report: Warning to Immigrants seeking military service, Get U.S. Citizenship Naturalization before joining the U.S. Armed Forces (www.veteranstoday.com)

This will be a multi-part expose of the plight of anywhere from a low of 300 to a high of possibly 3,000 American Veterans being held in U.S. Immigration & Customs Holding Cells awaiting deportation.

Tags: deportation of american veterans,homeland security,antiimmigration,litigation

Submitted 7 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

SPECIAL REPORT: What do VA doctors and dentists have to say about the VA? (www.veteranstoday.com)

It is not so much which blocks a doctor or dentist checked on a patient care survey, but what they had to say about the VA. A must read!

Tags: va medical staff,patient care survey,docs knock the va

Submitted 8 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

SPECIAL REPORT: VCS teams up with pro-bono Lawyers Serving Warriors (www.veteranstoday.com)

The Veterans organization that launched a law suit against the VA enhances pro-bono legal services for Vets against the VA.

Tags: va malpractice,va incompetence,broken va,va law suits

Submitted 8 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Special Report: PART THREE: LIST OF ATTORNEYS FOR VETERANS SEEKING VA BENEFITS (www.veteranstoday.com)

Effective June 20, 2007, veterans are allowed to retain an attorney after the first denial by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Notice of Disagreement stage

Tags: attorneys4vets,national veterans legal svc project,veterans administration,va claims,va appeals

Submitted 9 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Special Report: Part Two: The Long and Winding Road - the VA Disability Process. (www.veteranstoday.com)

The following explanation of the VA Claims process is courtesy of vetadvocates.com AND Lawyers4Veterans.com (links provided within the article).

Tags: attorneys4vets,national veterans legal svc project,veterans administration,va claims,va appeals

Submitted 9 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Special Report: VA Judicial Review flaws leading to an increase in Attorneys dealing with VA Appeals (www.veteranstoday.com)

What are the many reasons that Veterans need legal access? This is a special report prepared by the Editorial staff at Veterans Today News Network.

Tags: attorneys4vets,national veterans legal svc project,veterans administration,va claims,va appeals

Submitted 9 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |

Tennessee’s Crisis Prone Tax System (amforumbacklog.blogspot.com)

Tennessee’s tax system is in desperate need of reform. Its dependence on sales tax for most of its revenue and the non-existent service tax is not only inefficient, but inequitable. Because there is... More

Tags: tax,american forum,tennessee,families,sales tax,reform,commentary

Submitted about 1 year ago by AmericanForum | 0 Comments |

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