The "right" and the "easy" path are rarely the same path. Popular definition of insanity: "Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting to get a different result".

U.S. soldiers confined to base over missing equipment - Yahoo! News

The infantry unit was placed on "lockdown" on Wednesday after the weapons accessories were reported missing from a supply area, said Major Chris Ophardt, a spokesman for the U.S.

AP sources: US to sell F-15s to Saudi Arabia

About a year ago, the administration got the go-ahead from Congress for a 10-year, $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia that included F-15s, helicopters and a broad array of missiles, bombs and delivery systems, as well as radar warning systems and night-vision goggles. The p …

Mentally ill flood ER as states cut services - Yahoo! News

Across the country, doctors like Sullivan are facing a spike in psychiatric emergencies - attempted suicide, severe depression, psychosis - as states slash mental health services and the country's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression takes its toll. This trend is tax …

Ready, aim ... buy? Why gun sales spiked on Black Friday

According to the FBI, which processes requests for background checks of prospective gun buyers, 129,166 such checks were performed on Black Friday, Nov. 25, breaking the previous single-day record -- set on Black Friday 2008 -- by nearly a third.

Marine Who Received Medal of Honor Fights Allegations He is Mentally Unstable - Yahoo! News

In September, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's most prestigious military award, to Sgt.

Mike McQueary angers so many because they see themselves in his actions in the Penn State sex abuse scandal - College Football News | FOX Sports on MSN

This following is a "sports" article...but I seed it for the purpose of the morals/ethics it addresses: It was the workplace environment that ignited McQueary’s Motivated Blindne$$. People, Americans in particular, are most cowardly when at work.

Exposing the Guns to Mexico Lie

Obviously current efforts to reduce cross-border gun trafficking are working, otherwise the guns of Fast & Furious would not have made such a visible splash.

US Weapons 'Full of Fake Chinese Parts' | Common Dreams

"We cannot tolerate the risk of a ballistic missile interceptor failing to hit its target, a helicopter pilot unable to fire his missiles, or any other mission failure because of a counterfeit part," said John McCain, the senior Republican Senator on the committee. Experts said  …

Correcting the 'fairy tale': A SEAL's account of how Osama bin Laden really died - Yahoo! News

The SEALs then dropped down from the roof, immediately penetrated the third floor, and hastily encountered bin Laden in his room.

Texas is shooting donkeys, stirring burro backlash - Yahoo! News

No one sticks up for the ugly, rooting, beastly feral hog. So why the burro backlash? "They're charismatic," Riskind said. Opponents say the reasons are cultural.

Codependency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Codependency (or codependence, co-narcissism or inverted narcissism) is unhealthy love and a tendency to behave in overly passive or excessively caretaking ways that negatively impact one's relationships and quality of life.

Parent Abuse: The Silent Crime - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Parent Abuse is a silent problem, one that originates because people don t often associate abuse as being by children towards their parents.

Howling mad: Idaho wolf situation a preview for Washingtonians? - Seattle gun rights | Examiner.com

Wolf advocates who tried to stop hunting in Idaho and Montana – the same people who can be expected to oppose any kind of hunting of wolves in Washington (Congress removed protections for wolves in Montana, Idaho and part of eastern Washington earlier this year), because wo …

Pajamas Media » Gunwalker: Under White House Control?

“Wide Receiver” joins Operation Fast and Furious as the second named gunwalking operation based in Arizona, but they do not appear to be the only gunwalking operations that existed. The White House has so far refused to answer inquires from Senator John Cornyn about  …

Military dogs and handlers patrol in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News

Dogs serve a small but valued role for the U.S.-led coalition that seeks to quell Taliban groups and transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in time for the withdrawal of foreign combat troops by the end of 2014. Ideally, the dogs, which include labradors and German  …

NRA/CRPAF Reveal Obstruction Of Lead Ammunition Research Probe But Efforts to Obtain Information Continue : Michel and Associates, P.C.

National Rifle Association (“NRA”) and the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation (“CRPAF”) representatives made presentations to the California Fish and Game Commission (“Commission”) at its June 30, 2011 meeting in Stockton, Calif …

Report: US building secret Africa drone bases - US news - Security - msnbc.com

The United States began using drones launched from the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to track pirates off Somalia in 2009.

Borderline personality disorder - PubMed Health

People with BPD are often uncertain about their identity. As a result, their interests and values may change rapidly. People with BPD also tend to see things in terms of extremes, such as either all good or all bad. Their views of other people may change quickly.

Michael LeMieux -- The Second Amendment and Military Grade Firearms

For those who are too cowardly to learn the art of the firearm, to those who cower at the thought of defense of Liberty and freedom, to those who think more of greed and personal pleasure than to right and justice I leave you with the words of Samuel Adams:

Calif. city authorizes firm to shoot coyotes - Yahoo! News

The menace is a group of emboldened coyotes who have attacked leashed pets, killing two dogs in the last week and dragging down pet owners who rushed to their rescue. On Thursday, the city of Laguna Woods voted to take matters into its own hands by authorizing professional exterm …

Who has worked in or had to deal with awful coworkers and bad working environments?

The workplace often has good and bad days, weeks, months, and employees to go with it. At this time, I would like to hear from and converse about those of us that have had to deal with bosses and/or co-workers who undermine, back stab, spread false rumours, malinger, and all the  …

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Personal Duties versus Obligations in the USA today....

The following definitions are among those for these words found in Black’s Law Dictionary: Duty: “An obligation for which another has a corresponding right”. Obligation: “A legal or moral duty to do or not do something”.

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Enigma! Quality or Speed (volume) but not both possible in Employment

The boss who demands “high quality work” but harangues workers to go faster and faster? Who has had an employer or a boss who at least with lip service demands and exhorts the workers for “high quality products/services” but then at the same time presses …

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Who Among us has had Children/Stepchildren Sabatage or interfere in your Marriage?

As the title presents, this article solicits stories and accounts of either children or step-children intentionally and maliciously interfering in a marriage or possible marriage or serious relationship because they think it will benefit themselves somehow by doing it.

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT, AND SELF-HELP

After a traumatic experience, it's normal to feel frightened, sad, anxious, and disconnected. Usually, as time passes, the upset fades and you start to enjoy life again. But sometimes the trauma you experienced is so overwhelming that you find that you can't move on.

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