Sinclair Broadcasting, the right wing propaganda, swiftboat Republicans, broadcasters, may have trouble ahead. With the announcement of a new network created by Time Warner and CBS, Sinclair could have problems. Just recently, our local Sinclair channel pre-empted the movie Enemy of the State (starring Will Smith). In place of the movie, they ran 3 hours of infomericals and finally showed the movie after midnight. It is hard to believe that these nitwits own all these TV stations and they get to promote their weirdo, extreme right wing views.
From the BBC (posted at Iraq Coalition Casualties): A British student received an e-mail from a US serviceman moments before the Gulf war veteran shot himself.
Doug Barber sent Craig Evans, 19, a message that read: "I have nothing to live for any more. I am going to be checking out of this world."
The 35-year-old former National Guardsman, from Lee County, Alabama, later shot himself in the head.
The journalism student at Bournemouth University had contacted Mr Barber while researching Gulf War Syndrome.
After sending the e-mail, Mr Barber called police, collected his shotgun and went on to his porch.
Armed police then spent 30 minutes trying to talk him out of it before he shot himself on Monday last week.
Mr Barber, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), had served with the National Guard, working as a lorry driver for nine months in Iraq before returning to America in January 2005.
He told Mr Evans that he had trouble coping with everyday life and that he had not received the help he needed to cope with his severe post traumatic stress...
This is so sad. Why was he denied help? How can we get our military the help they need to prevent future tragedies?
