In Support of our Veterans and Men and Women in Uniform

We stand in support of our military personnel in uniform, our veterans, and those POW and MIA individuals from all conflicts. Thank you for your service to America. Please come out tomorrow in support of our service men and women (see below).

 Casper Veterans Ceremony

VETERAN'S CEMETERY HOSTS FRIDAY VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY

OREGON TRAIL STATE VETERANS CEMETERY

November 11th, 2011 11:00 AM

VETERANS CEMETERY (EVANSVILLE)

Principal speaker will be recently retired U.S. District Court Chief Judge William F. Downes, a decorated Vietnam War veteran. Master of Ceremonies will be KTWO Radio personality Brian Scott. Other program participants include Rev. Leonard L. Robinson, a WWII Bataan Death March survivor, doing the invocation and the benedictions, and Kenn Gilchrist, U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran will sing the National Anthem.

Leading the Pledge of Allegiance will be Cecil V. Barnes, president, Natrona County United Veterans Council. sponsor of the event. Jack Watters, historian of Elks Lodge No. 1353 will trace the history of Veterans' Day. Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh will render a Tribute to the Fallen and Susan R. Thomas will recite "A Cowboy's Prayer."

The NCHS Jr. ROTC Honor Guard will present and retire the colors for the observance, and at the conclusion of the program, the Jr. ROTC will fire its cannon, which will be followed by Taps played by Robert D. Meloy.

For more information, call Gary Cohee at 237-7864 or Stan Lowe at 265-1585.

Free

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Phone: (307) 237-7864

Nov 11, 2011 at 11am

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Protect Wyoming Workers: Rep. Mary Throne presents "The War Against Women"

Protect Wyoming Workers: Rep. Mary Throne presents "The War Against Women"

Rep. Mary Throne presents "The War Against Women"

Our featured speaker, Representative Mary Throne, Minority Whip 2010-2012 Wyoming Legislature. The issue? "The War Against Women". Addressing the outrageous actions made against women by Republican/Conservative extremists and their supporters, in Wyoming and nationally. Wyoming Democrats are here to protect your right to be who you are and keep government OUT of your personal decisions.

Miners Die Due to Safety Violations

May 23, 2011

Dear Editor:

Open Letter to the Republican Party and the Tea Party Movement:

A little more than a year ago, 29 miners died needlessly in the Upper Big Branch coal mine accident in West Virginia. At that time, Massey Energy, owner of the mine, claimed that it maintained adequate safety standards, despite numerous previous citations for safety violations. Massey Energy was paying lip service to the safety of the miners, while maximizing its profits.

In the aftermath of this tragedy, the state of West Virginia commissioned a report to determine the reasons for the disaster. It names poor and unsafe working conditions and a lack of maintenance of safety equipment and machinery as major contributing factors in causing the deaths of these men. Again, Massey Energy was sacrificing worker safety, while protecting its corporate profits.

During the George W. Bush administration, the federal Mine Safety Administration chose lax inspection and enforcement of safety standards at the Upper Big Branch and other mines. The administration came down on the side of the company, allowing it to build up its profits. This was as inexcusable as the corporation’s perpetrating its violations. Once again, Massey made out like bandits. Safety laws and regulations must be enforced to protect the well-being and lives of workers.

Recently, our congressional delegation has given support for an amendment to the Constitution, which would allow states to pick and choose which federal laws and regulations they could nullify, if enough states choose to do so. Senator Enzi spoke disparagingly of “unelected bureaucrats,” enforcing so-called unnecessary regulations and statutes. Since when did those in agencies charged with enforcing statutes passed by Congress become “unelected bureaucrats?” What a phony argument!

The Republican Party and the Tea Party Movement show contempt for government – no matter what size. Oddly enough, they are constantly acting contrary to freedom and the free enterprise system.

It’s time to ask, “What is more important, the safety and lives of working people or corporate profits?”

Enough is enough! Instead of believing the hysterical reactions and false claims of “encroachment by the feds,” each thinking person must ask these groups, “When, where, and how will you put first the rights and safety of working people to earn a decent living?”

Tom Davis

2563 Hanway Avenue

Casper, WY 82604

266-3015

Medicare Cuts a Disaster

I am a senior citizen on Medicare. If the Republican Party’s plan to privatize Medicare went into effect, millions of Americans would be the losers. They would be forced to use vouchers, equivalent to a limited amount of money, to purchase private insurance. We all know that insurance companies already hold all the winning cards in a health-care system, which is a big gamble to begin with, for the elderly and poor. Insurance companies will be able to raise rates practically at will, as they do now. Those “dollars” in the form of vouchers won’t go far then, and we will be priced out of the market.

Seventy per cent of Americans oppose dismantling Medicare as we know it. We know the facts and understand the issue. We will stand united to defeat this ill-conceived plan, perpetrated by private special interests, which are actually being represented by congressional Republicans, including Cynthia Lummis. We won’t forget this at election time.

Banning Shari'a Law - Real need or promoting inequality?

The supposed banning of Sharia law adds up to little more than religious inequality imposed at the state level. Read the ACLU report linked to in this article and form your own opinion on this issue.

http://www.aclu.org/blog/religion-belief/debunking-mythical-sharia-threat-our-judicial-system/