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The following came in on a google news alert I have on Nadia McCaffery who's son, Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey, was killed nearly five years ago in Iraq. The reason I use the alert is that Nadia, and her Daughter-in-Law have been slowly growing the dream of helping other Veterans returning from the Theaters of War suffering from PTSD and TBI, her son was a medic. Their dream, in her sons honor, is called Veterans Village

This report doesn't cover 'Veterans Village' but Nadia was asked about her thoughts on this Congressional Bill.

House subcommittee passes amendment to help veterans keep their homes with a larger loan guaranty limit.

If anyone is going to be in the Greensboro area tonight...

Meet & Greet with Jay Ovittore, Candidate for N.C.’s 6th Congressional District
7-9 p.m.
Solaris, 125 Summit Ave, Downtown Greensboro
A chance to meet and talk with Jay Ovittore, candidate for N.C.’s 6th District. Hosted by the Committee for Jay
Ovittore, Luck Davidson, Tom Gilmore and John Whisnant.
Admission: $25; $10 with Student I.D. Payment must be made by check.

Solaris is a Tapas restaurant with great food. The owner is a great chef! Great food and politics.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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Looks like it's time to jump on the bandwagon. Today, Mr. Ed Readling of Hickory (a Republican, but I won't hold it against him this time) wrote a letter to the Hickory Daily Record: McHenry needs to be investigated.

This is my open letter explaining why, and demanding that our Democrat representatives pick this charge up. The gerrymandered 10th district has the first opportunity in a long time to show the world why Congressman Patrick McHenry is a disgrace to the district- let's not screw this up.

See the fulltext to read the letter I will be sending to my local paper (and I encourage you to send to your local papers/TV stations/radio stations as well).

Last weekend I attended an event that was also attended by US Congressional Candidate for the 9th District, Harry Taylor. This video includes the clips from that event.

Larry Kissell is a candidate in the 8th Congressional District. Here is a new Kissell video.

I got a call from my son today. Billy is the son who was wounded in battle in Iraq just outside of Baghdad in 2006. He has shrapnel in his neck and shoulder, still. He has had surgery on his leg and it is well again. He is suffering from, and has been diagnosed with, Traumatic Brain injury (TBI). Consequently he now has a type of Tourette Syndrome and suffers from "tics", sort of involuntary jerks or sudden movements. I am happy I still have my son.

Anyway Billy called to tell me that he has been informed, by the Army Medical Board, that he is being retired with a 50% disability. My son understood the risks of being a career Army soldier. He had seen me serving in the Marines almost his whole live as a young man. It seemed a natural transition for him when he decided to make the Military his home. He also had the understanding that the Army too understood and accepted their responsibilities to him. That part hasn’t worked out that well. Our President must not have factored in the cost of wounded soldiers when he let us borrow the money from China to wage war in Iraq.

There's money in dem corpses!

Cross posted on my campaign blog.

We had the first of three debates between myself and my two primary opponents last night. I thought the debate went well. The questions were quite canned and the format did not allow for rebuttal statements. I will have video of the debate online sometime this week hopefully.

The House narrowly approved a new ethics rule to create an independent office that would consider ethics complaints against House members.

Rep. Virginia Foxx voted No.

Roy Carter for Congress