VFW Will Defeat Bachmann Plan

“No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any traction in Congress.”

January 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2011 — America’s oldest and largest major combat veterans’ organization announced it will do everything within its power to defeat a plan introduced by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to cut $4.5 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any traction in Congress,” said Richard L. Eubank, the national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries.

On her website, the three-term congresswoman lists more than $400 billion in suggestions to cut federal spending. The VA suggestion would cap increases to VA healthcare spending, and reduce disability compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments — in other words, an offset. She says her plan is intended to generate discussion.

“The only discussion the VFW wants is to tell the congresswoman that her plan is totally out of step with America’s commitment to our veterans,” said Eubank, a retired Marine and Vietnam combat veteran from Eugene, Ore.

“There are certain things you do not do when our nation is at war, and at the top of that list is not caring for our wounded and disabled servicemen and women when they return home,” he said. “I want the congresswoman to join us in a tour of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Poly Trauma Center the next time she’s in her home district to witness firsthand the great work the VA does every day to heal their wounds and ease their pain. Then I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation to bear.

“The day this nation can’t afford to take care of her veterans is the day this nation should quit creating them,” said Eubank.

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There are some things in this world that need to held as sacrosanct. Our troops, and their care after their duty has been done, after they come home, is one of the most important issues America faces.

Michele Bachmann – Obviously NOT a Veteran

I know we need to cut the budget. I know that the deficit needs to be brought under control, but do we do so on the backs of the American soldier?

Our troops, on far too many occasions, give this nation ALL they have to give, their lives. So, we give them a military burial, with honors, and on Memorial Day we honor their sacrifice. I think that is a wonderful observance, we should never forget our fallen heroes.

But what about those that have made great sacrifice on the field of battle, and lived?

What about those brave troops that have lost an arm? Both arms? A leg, or, in many cases, BOTH legs? What about the troops that have lost their vision? Or have been maimed and burned? Scared for life and in need of care that they just aren’t able to provide for themselves?

What about those that suffer unseen wounds? Mental damage, PTSD, nightmares, sheer terror at the sound of a loud POP, Gulf War illness, radiation sickness from exposure to depleted uranium? What do we do about them?

Michele Bachmann can generate all the discussion she wants with this little faux pas, but all she has done, in MY opinion, is show the American people that she’s not nearly as smart as we may have thought her to be. I had great respect for Bachmann until I saw this piece. No more.

Anyone that wants to discuss taking away money from our Veterans is not worth the time it takes to tell them to go STRAIGHT TO HELL! And that is exactly where Bachmann can go as far as I am concerned.

Do any of you remember this?

The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization says he is “deeply disappointed and concerned� after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.

Obama to Bill Combat Wounded for Medical Care

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GOP senator favors cutting US aid to Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) – Tea party-backed Republican Sen. Rand Paul favors cutting U.S. aid to Israel as part of a deficit-driven effort to slash government spending by $500 billion this year, drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans who argue the U.S. must be unwavering in its support for the longtime Mideast ally.

The freshman Kentucky lawmaker unveiled his budget proposal this week that would make significant cuts in education, housing and energy while reducing money for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq by $16 billion. Paul’s plan also would cut some $20 billion in overseas aid, and he said he wants to eliminate the $3 billion the United States provides to Israel annually in foreign military assistance.

“The overwhelming majority of Americans agree with Senator Paul – our current fiscal crisis makes it impossible to continue the spending policies of the past,” Paul spokesman Gary Howard said in a statement responding to the criticism. “We simply cannot afford to give money away, even to our allies, with so much debt mounting on a daily basis.”

The latest economic forecast puts the deficit at a record $1.5 trillion.

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GOP senator favors cutting US aid to Israel

I posted a little bit of this on yesterdays post, (History is Repeating Itself in Islamic Nations) and the more I read, the more thought I put into it, the more angry I got. I have a deep sense of right and wrong, and I have always felt that RON Paul was mostly wrong and that RAND Paul had wrong down to a science.

I am going to say this and I don’t give a DAMN who gets offended, be it supporters of The TEA Party, The GOP, Sarah Palin, fellow bloggers, Facebook friends, it makes me NO difference WHO likes, or doesn’t like my personal opinion and assessment of Rand Paul.

RAND PAUL IS A BLITHERING MORON!

I will stand with Israel, and ANYONE with a lick of sense should too.

Yes, there are MANY areas of our budget that need to be cut. Foreign Aid is one of the 1st areas that should be looked at for total elimination. We are sending untold BILLIONS of dollars to nations that HATE the USA. We are subsidizing nations, and people that want to see us dead and buried. WE are underwriting the actions of radical Islam with every dollar that is sent to Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and God only knows where else.

We are not subsidizing Israel while they allow scum of the earth Muslim terrorists to *hole up* and train in covert camps. Israel is doing everything in it’s power to rid the earth of these scum.

WE would be well advised to stand shoulder to shoulder WITH the Israelis, helping them in ANY WAY we possibly can. You see, like it or not, if Israel goes down, WE go down, and vice versa. And that my friends, is the ultimate goal of radical Islam and it’s minions, the utter and complete destruction of Israel and the United States of America.

Apparently MORONS like Rand Paul don’t have any understanding in the ways of the world.

Paul explained his position in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, saying he respects Israel as a Democratic nation but feared funding an arms race in the Mideast. His proposal drew a swift response from Republicans and Democrats.

“We share Senator Paul’s commitment to restraining the growth of federal spending, but we reject his misguided proposal to end U.S. assistance to our ally Israel,” said Matthew Brooks, executive director for the Republican Jewish Coalition, in a statement Thursday. The organization counts several former senior Bush administration officials on its board of directors.

Rep. Nita Lowey of the New York, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said the United States cannot renege on its commitment to the only Democratic nation in a dangerous region.

As much as I believe that Rand Paul is a MORON, I have to give the Devil his due, Paul has done something that I didn’t believe could be done, he united the Dems and GOP on an issue. That is one hell of an accomplishment, I have to say.

Read a comment made by one of the most intelligent folks to ever comment on The TexasFred Blog, my friend and blogging colleague, BobF, in Comment #11 HERE;

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