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We've all heard by now of the disgraceful and coldblooded treatment of wounded service personnel at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. The place is a dank hole, and the people who deserve the best from the nation they sacrificed for have gotten the Bush treatment.
After all, these are not rich political donors who receive lavish praise and four-star treatment. These aren't people with their hand out for a tax cut - they're wounded American warriors, looking to be healed by the army they fought for.
Maybe, if they had some cash-ola for some pay-ola to a few Repub Congressmen or Senators, they could have received better care over the last six years. But, foolishly, they've squandered their money on the meals they were forced to purchase. And besides, they had no time for cocktail parties while their paperwork was being sequentially lost and mishandled.
If only their priorities had been better positioned. Because this Junta is pay-for-play. If you don't have the scratch to pony up, you don't get a menu.
This WaPo article is interesting. It's a tale of two generals. One who, seemingly, was trying to fix things and feels genuine shame about what went on (clearly, he needed to be fired immediately as a ready scapegoat). And another - Kevin Kiley - who seems to have had some apology-like language in his prepared notes, but increasingly slimed away from all responsibility as the hearing went on.
After all, he only lived across the street from one of the biggest dumps housing Walter Reed patients. What would he know?
But this is not the shameful 109th congress. If it were, we'd never see these generals. We'd only get obliging news reports that "everything that could be done has been done."
Nope. Now we get this:
Lawmakers on the committee, who were visiting Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a field hearing yesterday, quickly tired of the general's I-don't-do-windows routine. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) accused him of spouting "hogwash." Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) called his position "dishonest."
"I want you to know that I think this is a massive failure of competence in management and command," said Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.), pointing his finger at Kiley.
Finally.
This is the stuff that should make real Americans angry. This is how the Junta treats not just the foreigners that the want to fence off and torture, but brave Americans. True Patriots in the best sense of the word.
The debasement of our national institutions is still looking for a rock bottom. I hope this is it, but somehow I think the Junta has a few more levels of depravity to reveal.
After all, these are not rich political donors who receive lavish praise and four-star treatment. These aren't people with their hand out for a tax cut - they're wounded American warriors, looking to be healed by the army they fought for.
Maybe, if they had some cash-ola for some pay-ola to a few Repub Congressmen or Senators, they could have received better care over the last six years. But, foolishly, they've squandered their money on the meals they were forced to purchase. And besides, they had no time for cocktail parties while their paperwork was being sequentially lost and mishandled.
If only their priorities had been better positioned. Because this Junta is pay-for-play. If you don't have the scratch to pony up, you don't get a menu.
This WaPo article is interesting. It's a tale of two generals. One who, seemingly, was trying to fix things and feels genuine shame about what went on (clearly, he needed to be fired immediately as a ready scapegoat). And another - Kevin Kiley - who seems to have had some apology-like language in his prepared notes, but increasingly slimed away from all responsibility as the hearing went on.
After all, he only lived across the street from one of the biggest dumps housing Walter Reed patients. What would he know?
But this is not the shameful 109th congress. If it were, we'd never see these generals. We'd only get obliging news reports that "everything that could be done has been done."
Nope. Now we get this:
Lawmakers on the committee, who were visiting Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a field hearing yesterday, quickly tired of the general's I-don't-do-windows routine. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) accused him of spouting "hogwash." Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) called his position "dishonest."
"I want you to know that I think this is a massive failure of competence in management and command," said Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.), pointing his finger at Kiley.
Finally.
This is the stuff that should make real Americans angry. This is how the Junta treats not just the foreigners that the want to fence off and torture, but brave Americans. True Patriots in the best sense of the word.
The debasement of our national institutions is still looking for a rock bottom. I hope this is it, but somehow I think the Junta has a few more levels of depravity to reveal.
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