Jane Fonda: Obama! Apr 4, 2008
The Swamp: Jane Fonda: 'Obama. Primary/caucus results. (The Drudge Report)
Hecimovich awarded Bronze Star; Walz fields questions at vets' forum Mar 30, 2008
A Vietnam-era veteran said he was 100 percent disabled after being exposed to Agent Orange chemicals. He went to the Mayo Clinic instead of the VA Hospital in Minneapolis and now I spend my veteran benefits checks on my medical bills, which are huge. (Austin Daily Herald, MN)
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Vietnam, Iraq, Afghan, agent orange, depleted plutonium, environmental devastation, and an endless list of atrocities for the USA Are those the attributes we reward. NO. (International Herald Tribune)
LA Times On Kessler Obama Story Mar 18, 2008
Agent Orange in Vietnam. If they had it they would have used it on us. (Newsmax)
Tea Leoni tackles Agent Orange Mar 7, 2008
Hollywood star Tea Leoni, visiting Vietnam as a Unicef ambassador, on Thursday kicked off a campaign to raise awareness about the plight of children suffering disabilities linked to Agent Orange ... US forces sprayed about millions of litres (gallons) of Agent Orange and other herbicides on south and central Vietnam to deprive opposing forces of forest cover and food crops ... Washington has rejected responsibility for the millions of people Vietnam says have suffered direct or second-generation... (iAfrica.com)
US court upholds dismissal of agent orange suit Feb 23, 2008
US court upholds dismissal of agent orange civil suit ... NEW YORK - A federal appeals court yesterday upheld the dismissal of a civil lawsuit against major US chemical companies brought by Vietnamese plaintiffs over the use of the defoliant agent orange during the Vietnam War ... The lawsuit contended that agent orange caused ailments, including birth defects and cancer. (Boston Globe)
Opponents Vow to Re-Light Debate on Smoking Ban Feb 19, 2008
janie wrote on Feb 11, 2008 10:31 PM:" hey guys, u cant say a prayer in school, cant spank your kids, cant drink r smoke in public any more!! AND THE VETS CANT EVEN SMOKE IN THERE CLUBS BUT THE GOV CAN TAKE THEM ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO AND PUT THERE LIVES IN DANGER HOW MANY DIED FROM AGENT ORANGE????? AND THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE LAND OF THE FREE BULLCRAPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!! ". OGS TO Life Is Good wrote on Feb 11, 2008 10:04 PM:" I think you either need to have you eyes examined or take a lie detector... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
NFL greats derailed by final blow Jan 27, 2008
The NFL seems to be using the same tactic used by the US government against Viet Nam Vets exposed to Agent Orange. They used their power and in house medical experts to deny that the chemical had any effect on the soldiers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Read between the lyrics of these pop hits Jan 14, 2008
Clues: Pride says the phrase "agents of the free" suggests references "to both Agent Orange, the chemical used by the U.S. in Vietnam, and to our country's role in negotiating freedom. 'Serve your conscience overseas' is R.E.M. weighing in on international relations.". Critique: "Without any historical context, this song doesn't make much sense. Hopefully, the song is captivating enough to provoke listeners to do a little research instead of succumbing to the belief that it's about an orange... (USA Today -- Life)
Legendary Surf-Punk Band 'Agent Orange' Presents Signed Bass Guitar to Slidebar Cafe Jan 6, 2008
Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- James Levesque, bass guitarist for the legendary surf-punk band Agent Orange, presented his signed bass guitar to Fullerton's Slidebar Cafe ... Originally from Placentia, California, Agent Orange is a surf-punk band that gained attention in the early 80s with the song "Bloodstains". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
We owe much to labor unions Dec 5, 2007
" Alan wrote on Dec 3, 2007 1:28 PM:" " I would also like to invite anyone who is interested to Maranatha Baptist Church tonight at 6:00-8:30 the author of "Born again Mormon" Shawn Mc Craney is going to be speaking and their will be a question and answer period. Shawn was 47 years LDS and is now a born again Christian with a deep love for the Mormon people and a deep desire to see the lies of the doctrines within Mormonism exposed. There is no cost for the evening and it is our sincere hope... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
For some vets, the battle isn't over Nov 12, 2007
At least I m still alive my brother died from that Agent Orange ... The National Veterans Legal Services Program reports that thousands of Vietnam Naval veterans suffering from diseases brought on by Agent Orange are again in dangerous waters since the Veterans Administration pulled their benefits ... The veteran said he lost some of his eyesight and has limited use of his hands, legs and feet as a result of exposure to Agent Orange while he served in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Float trip benefits vets Oct 28, 2007
You're automatically 100 percent (disabled) for Agent Orange. . (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Scheid's distinctive voice fades into retirement Oct 17, 2007
As an Army Signal Corps vet who served in Vietnam from January 1968 to March 1969, Scheid said there is a possibility that his condition was aggravated by exposure to Agent Orange, a herbicide developed by the military to defoliate trees and shrubbery where the enemy could hide. That could explain the nerve damage that has made his recovery so daunting, Scheid said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Obituaries for Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 Oct 4, 2007
James Jim P. La Fleur, 58, of West Salem died suddenly on Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at his home of cardiac arrest and complications of Agent Orange. He was born in La Crosse on Sept. 20, 1949, to Ambrose and Kathryn (Knutson) La Fleur. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Singer Jonathan Wild fights throat cancer Sep 18, 2007
Speaking in a whisper from his home in Lompoc, Wild said he will begin radiation treatments this week in Santa Barbara for squamous cell carcinoma, a malignant cancer that is often linked to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, the deadly defoliant that the U.S. military used in the Vietnam war ... Wild said he believes the cancer may be the result of Agent Orange exposure from his service in Vietnam ... He said he has seen the effects of Agent Orange on his feet before, but that... (Santa Maria Times)
Through the forest, a clearer view of the needs of a people Sep 18, 2007
During a short stretch of the Vietnam War this patch of ground served as an American Special Forces air base, and while the soldiers departed long ago, a potent dioxin from the Agent Orange that they stored and sprayed here lingers still ... Aerial spraying of defoliants like Agent Orange had destroyed large swaths of forest ... But he soon realized the forest ecosystem was not the only thing struggling to recover from Agent Orange. (International Herald Tribune)
Security overload? Sep 7, 2007
You like it better when your forest and farmland is covered in Agent Orange. You like it better when your cities are carpet bombed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Summer of Love; Summer of War Aug 26, 2007
Reinsmoen wondered if that was because his tour of duty was during the time Agent Orange, a defoliant, was being used. BRETT LICHTY, 58, a 1967 graduate of Mason City High School who now lives in Libertyville, Ill. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Cage breaks hip-hop mold Aug 7, 2007
Prior to the release of his 2005 Definitive Jux debut, Hell's Winter, Cage had a spent a decade-plus in the underground, gaining notoriety for one jaw-droppingly great single, Agent Orange, and a short-lived feud with Eminem. But Hell's Winter changed everything. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Russia we have Aug 4, 2007
Putin himself has asserted that there are fewer black pages in the history of the USSR than in the past of the United States, citing racism, the atomic attacks on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Gulag and Stalinist terror and purge are wiped from his translation of the Soviet record, although named and condemned by his predecessors Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Waiting To Die: 'Blue Water' Veterans Seek Help Jul 23, 2007
Vietnam War Fighters Suspect Illnesses May Be Linked to Agent Orange ... Both Pat and Sharon Elnicki said they believe Pat's cancers may be linked to Agent Orange, an herbicide the U.S. armed forces sprayed on vegetation and crops in Vietnam to destroy enemy cover ... The U.S. sprayed more than 20 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (Springdale Morning News)
Study: Anti-smoking ads have opposite effect on teens Jul 20, 2007
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 07/19/07. The more exposure middle school students have to anti-smoking ads, the more likely they are to smoke, according to a new University of Georgia study. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
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Same goes for Howard Slusher, Phil's right-hand man at Nike, a former sports agent so ruthless he earned the nickname Agent Orange. For Laika, Phil instructed Slusher to scour the globe for top talent in children's book publishing. (FastCompany)
Pharoahe Monch: Desire Jun 24, 2007
Agent Orange Part II. My first favorite song from Monch was Agent Orange and I m happy to report that the same sentiment is delivered on Welcome To The Terror Dome ... OK, it s not as angry as it was on Agent Orange, but I m so happy to hear Monch keeping that fight on in his lyrics. (Suite101.com)
Levitate the Pentagon Jun 19, 2007
Vietnam was being destroyed with napalm and Agent Orange. Laos had been bombed for three years without the US Congress even knowing about it (during the administration of Richard Nixon, the victim would be Cambodia). (Asia Times Online)
In Cuba's airport, signs point to lasting embargo Jun 18, 2007
Jack Kingston, who points out that we trade with former enemies like Vietnam, cleverly avoids mentioning that we only purchase agent orange from Vietnam, and that we intend to use it on Cuban agriculture to starve Cubans into surrendering. The reason is two-fold. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Lack of money threatens research trove Jun 15, 2007
SAN ANTONIO (AP) Thousands of small white boxes containing samples of blood, serum and urine are all that remain of a 25-year, $143 million program to find out if the herbicide Agent Orange made Vietnam War veterans sick. But while the Agent Orange study is over, government researchers say that collection of 86,000 biological samples and medical records is far too valuable to just be thrown away ... However, while Congress has ordered the Agent Orange records saved, it hasn't yet appropriated... (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Hello, future: Sesquicentennial events conclude with time capsule burial Jun 11, 2007
Vietnam and Agent Orange Exposure Veterans Affairs book. Sterling silver Oktoberfest 2006 pin made by John Satory. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Wooten: Global warming alarmism Jun 1, 2007
Things eventually grew back from agent orange too. Too bad the guys that it killed couldn t grow back as well. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Letter: Congress 'should stop this illegal madness' May 31, 2007
As for the disabilty check you mentioned an an appointment with the VA, Toby would have gladly given up that "fat check' to have his legs back! Some insensitive people came right out and said "You've got it made"! oh yeah1 he had it made alright! Not one day in his life without pain, but with that big fat check he had it made! Some even went so far as to suggest he was on welfare! Now, if anyone wants to get my dander up, just try saying that to me about him or any other amputee that lost a part... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
School's silence on threat is galling May 31, 2007
Whether it's paint sludge in the Ramapo Mountains or Agent Orange chemicals in the Passaic River, New Jersey has been savaged far too often by polluters. Now that toxic history has another chapter: The land around a school has been contaminated. (NorthJersey.com, NJ)
Comrades in arms: Program brings veterans together to talk about trauma of war May 27, 2007
He says he was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. lot of guys my age who were in Vietnam are getting it, he says. (Missoulian, MT)
Frankenstein to Framed: the full list May 16, 2007
Agent Orange by AJ Butcher (Atom). A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Black Swan). (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Palin pays tribute to wars' wounded May 4, 2007
It includes Purple Heart recipients, but also victims of friendly fire and those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, Agent Orange effects and Gulf War syndrome, the governor's office said in a prepared statement. "Their courage inspires us and their sacrifices make it possible for others to know freedom," Palin said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Women died of drug overdose, Pickton's lawyer suggests May 1, 2007
Women died of drug overdose, Pickton's lawyer suggests. Women died of drug overdose, Pickton's lawyer suggests. (CBC News)
1st Kuwaiti woman MP sworn in May 1, 2007
The dangerous herbicide Agent Orange is still contaminating soil and fish in Vietnam at an alarming rate, a Canadian environmental firm has found. Three bombs exploded simultaneously at railway terminals in Bangladesh Tuesday, injuring at least one person, said a report. (Yahoo News -- Kuwait)
Return of cold weather in February boosts Canadian economy May 1, 2007
OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's economy grew by a strong 0. 4 per cent in February, as cold winter weather jump-started the energy sector and most other sectors performed well, economists said Monday. (CBC News)
A life undone by war Apr 14, 2007
Agent Orange was probably responsible for a rash that came and went in his groin area. Others were having a much harder time of it, including a man living nearby who had been on the point of suicide. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Letters to the Editor Apr 12, 2007
While researching agent orange at Eastern Oregon State College, I accidentally pulled up a quote from a director of the Veterans Administration in the 1950s. He said that 0 percent of the bums on skid row are World War II combat Vets. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Most Wanted Rock Bands Apr 7, 2007
Agent Orange Though they'd never call themselves a hardcore band, Agent Orange is nonetheless one of the most underappreciated punk rock groups of the '80s. With a unique blend of pop punk style and Dick Dale-influenced surf rock rhythms, Agent Orange can provide something new to Harmonix's list of usual suspects ... Agent Orange's infectious songs have inspired numerous bands over the past two decades and will inspire many more would-be rockers with an inclusion in Rock Band. (IGN PS2)
Been and gone Apr 4, 2007
He died of kidney failure, aged 57, thought to have been as a result of his exposure to the Agent Orange defoliant chemical. Maurice Flitcroft also became a folk hero for a more spurious reason. (BBC News -- UK)
On the Scene: For punks Frank Booth, music is 'just what you do' Mar 23, 2007
Recently, Frank Booth got the opportunity to open up for the legendary hardcore surf band Agent Orange in Ft. Walton Beach. The members say this was one of their proudest moments so far as a band. (Pensacola News Journal)
The Chop Tops don't play music to look cool Mar 23, 2007
During that time The Chop Tops performed with groups such as Agent Orange, The Blasters, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Demented Are Go, Los Lobos, The Ramones and Nekromantiz, along with artists such as Dick Dale, the "King of Surf Guitar"; country rocker Dwight Yoakam; and blues legend John Lee Hooker. Advertisement. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Warped Tour Unveils 45-Show Run With New Found Glory, Coheed, Bad Religion Mar 14, 2007
Among the other acts scheduled to play select dates are: A Static Lullaby, the Actual, Agent Orange, Alesana, Alkaline Trio, the Almost, Anberlin, As Cities Burn, As I Lay Dying, the Automatic, Biffy Clyro, the Briefs, the Briggs, Buck O Nine, Cinematic Sunrise, the Confession, the Dear and Departed, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Envy on the Coast, the Fall of Troy, Family Force 5, Fishbone, Flogging Molly, the Fold, Funeral for a Friend, the Graduate, Haste the Day, Hawthorne Heights, Human Abstract, I... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Kinda funny looking Mar 8, 2007
"Of course, this movie has many satires of America, also many political comment, but I don't like straight propaganda movies. The opening sequence, the formaldehyde sequence, it really happened six years ago in Korea. "The Agent Yellow means the Agent Orange in Vietnam War. Also the long misinformation about the virus is also the satire of [WMDs in] the Iraqi war. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
More snow to bring travel delays Feb 9, 2007
US to fund Agent Orange clean-up. Japan condemns whaling activists. (BBC News -- UK)
The Who announce European tour Feb 9, 2007
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Questions about germ warfare still plague Feb 6, 2007
In the '60s, domestic opposition mounted as American forces used tear gas and the toxic defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam, and in 1969, Nixon ordered a full review of the American biological warfare program. This finally led to our ratification in 1975 of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, banning the use of biological and chemical weapons in the wake of the mustard gas horrors of World War I.. (Boston Globe -- Living)
U.S. military Feb 6, 2007
Veterans of the Korean were offered free testing for exposure to Agent Orange after the Pentagon admitted that soldiers applied the toxic herbicide along the Korean border. Week ofDec 5. (Harper's Magazine)
Mainstream media pushes quality rap into the underground Jan 30, 2007
Despite surviving the war, the song continues to describe the effects of Agent Orange on his children, resulting in numerous disabilities and the death of his son. Rugged Man ends the song with the simple couplet of, "But I still try to think positive, 'cause, in life, God take, God give.". (The Daily Lobo, NM)
In the wake of latest speech on Iraq Jan 28, 2007
CJ wrote on January 21, 2007 11:26 AM:"Mr. Geach your trite commentary on why we lost in Vietnam is both trite ading. Thirty years ago, the last helicopters took off from the roof of an apartment building near the U.S. embassy in Saigon -- a powerful image of Americans defeated, getting out just before the Vietnamese we fought against took over the city from the Vietnamese we supported. -- But theres one big problem with that symbol and that memory: We won the Vietnam War. U.S. policymakers... (Montana Standard, MT)
Ex-Social Distortion bassist killed by truck Jan 27, 2007
Liles went on to play with other punk groups such as Agent Orange. Copyright 2007 The. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Sex offender, 29, posed as 12-year-old student for months, officials in Arizona say Jan 25, 2007
Liles went on to play with other punk groups such as Agent Orange. Exhausted German scientists surrender after 3-year battle to make sloth move. (North County Times)
Paul G. Walker Jan 9, 2007
While Paul was stationed in Vietnam, he was exposed to Agent Orange, which was determined to be the cause of his cancer. Visitation is scheduled Wednesday, Jan. 10 at Holy Ghost Parish in Chippewa Falls from 3 to 7 p.m.; reflections of Paul s life will be shared at 6:30. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Yarrow unveils Vietnam film Jan 8, 2007
It opens with a montage of stillborn victims of the defoliant Agent Orange, babies so horrifically deformed they re preserved in jars on shelves now, their conjoined bodies and three-eyed faces a shocking testament to the long and painful consequences of the Vietnam War ... And not before thousands of planes dropped a fog, as the locals called it, over the length of the country: 12 million gallons of Agent Orange that killed off the jungle, seeped into the soil and water and, 35 years later,... (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
`I just wish I had a little more time' Jan 1, 2007
During his time in the House, Evans was a champion of veterans, serving as chairman of the Vietnam-era veterans' congressional caucus and working to get compensation for Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. He was one of the first members of Congress to push for more information about maladies suffered by veterans of the Persian Gulf war. (FOX59, IN)
