All the while, veterans suicide and homelessness are rampant, and a million claims are sitting around waiting to be adjudicated...or should I say denied. I would laugh but I am too busy crying.,
So the VA IT manager swipes $24 MILLION but manages to walk away to a new job, an actual veteran makes an error in judgement costing the VA less than $200,000 and faces 10 years in the slammer. Nope, no double standard here. Nothing to see, move along, move along.
Good Lord. Its worse than I imagined...and I can imagine alot! When will veterans wake up and see these service-orgs are part of the problem, not part of the solution?
Yeah you gotta be careful with this 70 year old men. Fast and deadly, they are. Cop shoulda just shot the old geezer on sight, woulda been safer that way. He was prolly Al-Qaeda too. Most veterans are, doncha know.
You guys can goof on Obama, Shinseki, and this new guy all you want, but we have to make some concessions to reality here. Obama actually hired a DISABLED COMBAT VETERAN to run the VA! How long has it been since anyone did that...if ever? Sure, Ron Paul would have been the idea president in an ideal world, but if McCain were in office, America would be one big glass parking lot by now. Obama earned my respect when he hired an Inspector General that rolled up his sleeves, day one, and exposed the Shredder Scandal that WE all knew about years ago. Shinseki also gave us the Gulf War Task Force and the authority to re-submit our denied claims from the early 90's. I know, because I have a DRO on that very issue in a few days. Shinseki has also been a boon for Viet Nam veterans with all the new presumptives. Can anyone here deny we are making honest progress? If not, just compare things with the dark and dreary days of Bush 1 and Bush 2. Added to it all, Obama seems like he is trying to draw down the Iraq war. If he does, I gotta admit, I am gonna vote for the guy next term. Its that or Shillary Clinton, but in the end we have to give credit where credit is due.
I agree with this ruling. As always, veterans are more than willing to rip each other to shreds over petty issues, and the VA laughs all the way to the bank. One thing I will remind you all to consider, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. So, guess what? The day the "stolen valor" ruling does pass, it will be YOUR sorry butts in front of of judge, NOT the so-called "scammers". You people should have learned by now that the VA can and WILL use "good legislation" against honest veterans. The VA will twist this sort of thing to rewrite the PTSD adjudication procedures to demand that ONLY those with the Purple Heart get service-connection for PTSD. The rest of you that ask for PTSD? Well, your cases will merely be dismissed as...stolen valor?. As the Bible says, what you allow to be done to the least of you, you do to all. Think about it people, seriously. Put the grade school mentality behind and consider
The VA should just cut to the chase here. Invite veterans into the VARO, then punch them in the face, kick them in the bean-bag, then shove them out the door. It conveys the same general feeling the VA wants to put forth, but its a lot cheaper.
So the only shrinks in the known universe exist ONLY at the VA? The rest are simply pretenders? This little "rule" will be blown out of the water in federal court. Oh wait, veterans dont HAVE a real federal court!
So, the net result is infected and dying veterans, NO VA employee is fired, AND congress gets to grandstand and cluck like hens and explain how much they "care" about veterans. I feel much better about the whole thing.
Hey, I'm with Col Marsh on this one. Had I not joined the military I would most likely have benefited greatly from the technology boom of the late 80's and 90's. But no, I spent my best years slogging around the sandbox or training knuckleheads. Oh well, I guess I will have to make my millions some other way. Till then I take my pittance from the VA.
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