Author: Don Bendell
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Nation needs statesmen not corrupt political hacks
I sat across from the IRS agent and looked deep into his steely stare. Peering into those cold, heartless eyes, I saw his soul, and I thought to myself, “This man is so clueless, he would trip over a cordless telephone.” Our government is so frustrating now, if I saw someone from the fed on…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Accused terrorists don’t deserve the benefits of our justice
I earned and wore a Green Beret and have sons doing the same now against a different enemy. There still remains a similar Beltway mindset where strategy is planned by military leaders, then discarded by an administration seemingly bent on the destruction of what we hold dear. I’m a 70 percent disabled Vietnam veteran and…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Candidate Penry doesn’t deserve charge of being anti-military
Recently, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman opined in an editorial that Colorado Republican candidate for governor Josh Penry is “anti-military,” because he stated that Penry was against the Army’s proposed Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site expansion. I realize that the game for cronies in Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, is to cover for each other, and former…