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Walk it Then Talk it…

Posted by Little Miss Know it All

March 2, 2007 |

Little Miss Know it All wants to take a pop quiz, a flash poll…

 Raise your hand if you are tired of politicians spouting rhetoric, then turning their back and not doing what they said was so important?

I thought so.  I am irked, and pleased.  I am irked at all the politicians, especially the GOP, who have banged the drums of supporting the troops for so long, and who so obviously think its not that important.

 Because lets face it, if supporting the troops were so important, we wouldn’t have homeless vets, bankrupt soldiers, injured soldiers paying for their food while in the hospital or the shock of them all, rats, mold and roaches at Walter Reed hospital. 

Now, you talking heads can object all you want that it was outpatient housing.  I don’t give a rat’s rear end (pardon the pun) about that–they were wounded soldiers, no matter where they are, and they don’t deserve that!

The GOP has beat this drum for a long time, and I have spent much of my adult life trying to convince those in the military and around it that they’ve been fed a load of bull.   While the Democrats quietly spent much of the 90’s trying to re-fund Veteran health care and improve pay and benefits, the GOP spent most of the 90’s arguing that what they needed instead was more “toys” (read weapons and planes even the Pentagon didn’t want) to play with.  I was there, watching the Senate debate, and was absolutely astounded to hear Republicans argue that we needed more of these billion dollar planes, while at the same time arguing that we couldn’t afford the $400 million to properly fund veteran health care.   All the while over at the Pentagon the Secretary of Defense was saying he didn’t want the planes, and instead asked for the health care and pay raises.  So I’m pleased that some of the GOP false flag cover is falling off.

But I digress.  To make matters worse, when the polical fallout from Walter Reed became too much, they fired the General in charge.  Good, right?  Wrong.  They replaced him with his predecessor of only six month previous!  The current General had barely had time to get his head oriented, found himself canned, and replaced with the guy who oversaw the decline in the first place! 

I’m so tired of this.  When are we going to wake up and hold politicians accountable for their actions, not just swallow whatever line they give us, hook line and sinker?  I mean, what they’ve done is a photo op shuffle–enough to make it appear as if real changes are taking place, but not enough to actually change it.

I’m so outraged I’m adding this to my “Shame on You!” list.  Join me, won’t you?

Maybe tomorrow I’ll rant on the Army and their new policy of shirking Disability for diabled Iraq veterans.  Sheesh.


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