The Obama administration will unveil new regulations this week that will make the claims process easier for veterans seeking compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “No longer will veterans have to prove [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Instead they would have to show that the conditions at the time and place of their service could have contributed to their illness.”Ob
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress’s generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.If you could reason with religious people there'd be no religious people. -House
-Mike Lofgren, 28 years as a staffer on the Republican House and Senate budget and other committees, often dealing with national security and defense issues
Good news. Now let's see how the VA can fuck it up.
INSANITY IS NOT A PLEA. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.
Some hearty knaves and simple fools,
Some apish and pragmatic mules,
Some servile acquiescing fools,
These, these comprise a congress.
When Jove resolved to send a curse,
And all the woes of life rehearse,
Not plague, not famine, but much worse,
He cursed us with a congress.
from the Revolutionary War
You mean like the VA hospital in eastern Missouri cleaning dental instruments in dishwashers instead of sterilizing in autoclaves? There are hundreds of veterans being called back to the VA Hospital because they may have contracted HIV when they had work done on their teeth!Originally Posted by Xena
note: The man in charge of the dental division has been fired.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I mean.
INSANITY IS NOT A PLEA. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.
Some hearty knaves and simple fools,
Some apish and pragmatic mules,
Some servile acquiescing fools,
These, these comprise a congress.
When Jove resolved to send a curse,
And all the woes of life rehearse,
Not plague, not famine, but much worse,
He cursed us with a congress.
from the Revolutionary War
Disgusting, ain't it! Our Vets deserve more.
Vets have always deserved more than they have gotten, Claimed less than they were entitled to and given more that anyone could reasonably ask of them.
Time will tell how much this new decision will pan out for the vets. If it went like it did for Nam vets back during the mid to late 80s, it took yrs before the VA could or would come to terms allowing vets to finally get any bennies from it.
Plus, why does this only go back to Nam Vets?? Korean Vets should have a fair shot at this too!
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6/12 - Romney's record at Bain "Sterling"~ praised Bill Clinton
From 'the President's Club':
*After Nixon died, Clinton compared the death with the loss of his mother
*Clinton came to rely on Nixon’s advice
*Nixon ingratiated himself with so many of his successors, particularly Mr. Clinton.
*George H.W. Bush’s ... relationship with Bill Clinton has grown so close
*Clinton is now referred to in the Bush family as the “Brother From Another Mother”
*Mr. Clinton / George W. Bush, who have become unexpectedly close and also worked on joint endeavors
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