Dear Editor,

In reading your column, “How a Deal Became a Big Liability for G.O.P.” one word stuck out in your column and that is “defend”. First of all, defend is often a term used when you know a policy or policies are wrong and where one has to fight to promote it. How can any of them defend or promote such a dismal record? Secondly, these G.O.P. elected officials should be hanging their collective heads in utter shame at the way Bush has handled Iraq where it has turned out to an all out civil war, Bush’s failure at handling the Katrina disaster, a surplus turned into an immense deficit and here I thought the G.O.P. was for fiscal restraint. I could go on citing chapter and verse at just how wrong Bush has handled the affairs of this nation.   more »

Please sign the below petition concerning cuts to Medicare which will afflict our seniors who are the Greatest Generation where they built this country. In many cases they know more of what it is to be a true Patriot then those esteemed (sarcastic tone) who will work to break them.

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VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: There are times when an lesser-known journalist such as myself, who is part of a foreign press corp in VHeadline.com, feels a sense of satisfaction when we scoop the American media reporting certain stories. You may ask how we scooped the American media and I will tell you ... in an article that ran (February 24) Ted Koppel in 'NYT': Iraq for US Is 'About the Oil' ... I had written of this very fact back on July 14, 2005,    more »

In reading the news where your state’s lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions Friday and where I also read: “Republican Gov. Mike Rounds said he was inclined to sign the bill, which would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman's life. The measure would make no exception in cases of rape or incest.” I am reminded of Bush’s statement after the terrorists struck us on September 11th, 2001, where he said: “You are either with us or the terrorists”    more »

I would not believe it if I did not read it with my own eyes when I read a passage from this article: GOP Governors Threaten to Block Port Deal “ The Bush administration got support Monday from former President Carter, a Democrat and frequent critic of the administration.    more »

VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: In a Reuters article Deputy Foreign Minister Mari Pili Hernandez, on Friday met with visiting officials from the US State Department, stated with regard to the United States meddling in the affairs of Venezuela: "With respect, but with firmness, we demand they stop the meddling and the interfering in Venezuela's affairs."

She told reporters: "We want respect for our country, we want respect for our sovereignty!"   more »