[Vision2020] [Spam] Shameful Neglect and a Shameful Government

[Bill London]

Actually, the mess at Walter Reed is an example of a well-run government
program being outsourced to private industry.
The US Army was FORCED by the White House to turn over Walter Reed services
to Halliburton.
BL





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Spam] Shameful Neglect and a Shameful Government


> It is just a wonderful example of a government run health plan!!
>
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Spam] Shameful Neglect and a Shameful
Government
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> I agree.  This last wave of neglect at Walter Reed only highlights what we
> have been hearing for the past couple of years.
>
> Sue
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> To: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Spam] [Vision2020] Shameful Neglect and a Shameful
Government
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> > Sue
> >
> > I agree that something is wrong with the way we care for veterans. I get
> > solicitations for support from six of seven organizations that help
> > veterans. I support some of these as I can. However I thing that is it
the
> > responsibility of the government to provide our veterans with top notch
> > care. It is a disgrace that they have to ask for  private funding.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: "Sue Hovey" suehovey at moscow.com
> > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:50:56 -0700
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] Shameful Neglect and a Shameful Government
> >
> >> >From a Letter to the Editor in West Hawaii Today: (March 12, 2007)
> >>
> >>   My former husband recently passed away after losing a 40-year-long
> >> battle against the effects of the Vietnam War.
> >>    Mike suffered from Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which physically weakened
> >> him, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and acute alcoholism that
> >> mentally crippled him.  The former caused him to finally be unable to
> >> wield the framers hammer that had always provided his living.  The
latter
> >> made it impossible for him to be in the company of the family that he
> >> loved.
> >>    Towards the end of his life Mike finally sought the help of the
> >> Veteran's Administration.  This was the act of a desperate man as he'd
> >> always said that he never wanted another thing from the U S Government.
> >> The long lines and endless paperwork were more than he could tolerate
and
> >> he died alone at a campsite in the snow.
> >>   I traveled to Oregon with our grown children to take care of Mike's
> >> funeral arrangements.  He wanted to be scattered on "his" mountain.
> >>    The one thig that he had counted on the government to do for him was
> >> denied.  The Veteran's Administration will not cremate one of their own
> >> unless they are receiving monetary benefits, are an officer, or if the
> >> veteran actually dies in one of their hospitals.  Mike would have
> >> received benefits if he could have held on for another six months and
his
> >> claim had been settled.  It would have been settled in his favor
because
> >> his type of lymphoma is a direct result of the Agent Orange he had been
> >> showered with at age 18.
> >>   Shame on the United States government.  It killed this man
twice--once
> >> in Vietnam and again on a lonely, snowy mountain.
> >>   While the veterans did not bury Mike, they did provide his son with a
> >> full-sized United States flag.  A flag of loosely woven fabric and
> >> labeled with a large "MADE IN CHINA" tag.
> >>
> >> Lisa Angelo Wyrick
> >> Kailua-Kona
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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