> 400 Disabled Veterans Raise Hell At Congressional Hearings On VA Budget
7 April 2005, 16:02
We can all complain and jump on some dumb shit congressman but that does not help the issue - the republicans just like the democrats before them are going to screw over all veterans. Get used to it.
Now in order to fix this problem, it is time to stop the primary discourse in blogging such as this page, regardless of how useful it is, because for the most part you are preaching to your own choir. If you can post a comment to this site then you can also write an email to your own dummy in congress regardless of political party flavor. Tell them you demand passage of mandatory funding. This is probably the most important issue that they have to get right.
Next to all you guys who are members of organizations like the legion, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, etc it is time to get on their web site and call the duly elected officials of these organizations for the failures they really are. Let’s face it, if we actually get mandatory health care funding passed, then they no longer have an issue to demogue. Hence they may be worried that once they finally accomplish as an organization what all we veterans need, we may no longer be so dependent on their voice as our representative. I admit it is nice to have a national organization backing our opinions, but until we write to the political dipsticks that we elected and tell them we will not only vote against them, but will actually go out and work for his opposition they will simply ignore the veterans real needs-I can guarantee that if the democrats take back the house next year with supportive democrats the laws will be changed. Now these guys are not stupid so they will spruce up some piece of junk legislation to tell you how they support veterans-make sure you thank them politely and then vote the incumbents out of office if their overall record has been noticeably strong against us so that real funding for veterans health care can enacted.
Every letter/email that I send off to John Thune I remind him that his votes are a matter of public record and we are watching him. I think he knows that we will also vote on veteran issues and I tell him in no uncertain terms just how wrong he has been. The other thing you must do is not let the politicians get away with the big lies-show him you know the details. I have reminded Thune for example that he stole 15.5 Billion Dollars from VA compensation funding in 1998 just to build road nationwide in republican congressional districts, along with every other half truth he tries to skate by us.
Also take the time to write your letters to the local news editor. Call these jerks what they are and get it published in the local papers. I guarantee you they have people who do nothing but read the papers and send up not just the good news but also the bad news. These creeps are so afraid of losing, they will change their positions once they sense that they could be losing the next election.
As Always - Frank
100 % Total & Permanent-Service Connection
We can all complain and jump on some dumb shit congressman but that does not help the issue - the republicans just like the democrats before them are going to screw over all veterans. Get used to it.
Now in order to fix this problem, it is time to stop the primary discourse in blogging such as this page, regardless of how useful it is, because for the most part you are preaching to your own choir. If you can post a comment to this site then you can also write an email to your own dummy in congress regardless of political party flavor. Tell them you demand passage of mandatory funding. This is probably the most important issue that they have to get right.
Next to all you guys who are members of organizations like the legion, VFW, DAV, AMVETS, etc it is time to get on their web site and call the duly elected officials of these organizations for the failures they really are. Let’s face it, if we actually get mandatory health care funding passed, then they no longer have an issue to demogue. Hence they may be worried that once they finally accomplish as an organization what all we veterans need, we may no longer be so dependent on their voice as our representative. I admit it is nice to have a national organization backing our opinions, but until we write to the political dipsticks that we elected and tell them we will not only vote against them, but will actually go out and work for his opposition they will simply ignore the veterans real needs-I can guarantee that if the democrats take back the house next year with supportive democrats the laws will be changed. Now these guys are not stupid so they will spruce up some piece of junk legislation to tell you how they support veterans-make sure you thank them politely and then vote the incumbents out of office if their overall record has been noticeably strong against us so that real funding for veterans health care can enacted.
Every letter/email that I send off to John Thune I remind him that his votes are a matter of public record and we are watching him. I think he knows that we will also vote on veteran issues and I tell him in no uncertain terms just how wrong he has been. The other thing you must do is not let the politicians get away with the big lies-show him you know the details. I have reminded Thune for example that he stole 15.5 Billion Dollars from VA compensation funding in 1998 just to build road nationwide in republican congressional districts, along with every other half truth he tries to skate by us.
Also take the time to write your letters to the local news editor. Call these jerks what they are and get it published in the local papers. I guarantee you they have people who do nothing but read the papers and send up not just the good news but also the bad news. These creeps are so afraid of losing, they will change their positions once they sense that they could be losing the next election.
As Always - Frank
100 % Total & Permanent-Service Connection