Pat Tillman's Mother Speaks Out

I was just reading this next story at AlterNet, and it is about Mary Tillmans book about her son, who was killed by "friendly" fire in Afghanistan, and the cover-up that followed. It is an interesting interview and shows the impact of "lies" upon the families of Pat Tillman and others who died in the "War on Terrorism"!!

The official cover-up of football star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman's death by "friendly fire" has led his family on a four-year mission for justice.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, football star Pat Tillman left a multimillion-dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers, wanting to go fight Al-Qaeda. When the former NFL safety was killed in Afghanistan in April 2004, Army officials told his family he died in an enemy ambush. Five weeks later, after Tillman was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, and after Army officials at a nationally televised memorial had told a story of him charging up a hill in pursuit of enemy insurgents, the Army reported that, in fact, Tillman had been shot three times in the head by "friendly fire."

Since discovering that Tillman was killed by friendly fire, his family, led by his mother, Mary, and his brother, Kevin, who served with him in the Army, has been trying to find who was responsible for covering up what happened in Pat's death. After seven investigations, two Congressional hearings, and support from politicians ranging from Democratic California Rep. Mike Honda to Republican presidential candidate John McCain to retired general Wesley Clark, Mary Tillman says no one has been held accountable.

Now, with Narda Zacchino, former deputy editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, she has written a book about Pat's life and her struggle to find out the truth about his death. The title is Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman. AlterNet writer Emily Wilson sat down with her recently in San Francisco to talk about the book.


LINK TO MARY TILLMAN INTERVIEW

Teresa is COOL MySpace Friend

This post is about a "cool" myspace friend, who spends her time being a caring, compassionate friend to the people she knows. Her post this Saturday, was a "cool" post about a friend from her "playgroup" who is going to have surgery, and the things her "playgroup" are going to do, to make it as easy as possible for their "friend" to recover successfully. If you want to read an uplifting story, please follow the link to her post.

Teresa is a very nice person, who has stopped by my Art Kiosk on a few occasions, and has been our eyes and ears during this election season, and thanks for letting us know about the visits by the numerous candidates criss-crossing our state, preparing for the first in the nation caucuses.

Teresa's post begins:
...how could I forget how this important part of me? I do love to be a good friend...and I am very blessed by the friendships I have made over the years. I have been a part of a group of women who have become very good friends. Just a bit of background.

Take Care and Enjoy the "cool" post of a true Friend!!


teresa

MySpace Friend Ex-Stripper Has A New Job

This is a post concerning a MySpace friend, who is starting a new business and I would like to recommend you to her site if you are interested in purchasing adult toys for you, and/or your partner.

Ex-Stripper writes about a variety of things, so I recommend her blog as well. Here is the connecting link to her Thursday, November 1st, 2007, post entitled: A New Job!! I hope you get an opportunity to visit her blog and her website, and have some adult FUN!!

Best of luck to Ex-Stripper, on her new venture!!

Thanks!!

NEW JOB

Reprimands In Tillman Case

Surely, the story that I was just reading in regard to the Cpl. Pat Tillman, friendly fire incident cannot be where this ends, but it shows that those reponsible, may not be held fully accountable.

Official reprimands issued to three high-ranking Army officers are only mildly critical of their mistakes after the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman and at times praise the officers.

The Tillman family deserves to have complete and credible answers from the military and the White House as to what happened to their son. So far what they have received is akin to another slap in the face, and those who know the truth and are not revealing it should be ashamed and need to come forward so this can be put to rest and give these people the respect they deserve. The reprimands are so laced with compliments, they can barely be called "reprimands" in any real sense. Shameful!!

Reprimands