You know you’re officially the dumbest, left leaning, uber-liberal, anti-military assbag of a Chief Executive to ever disgrace the position of commander in chief when one of the most left leaning people on Comedy Central (not exactly known for being a bastion of conservative thought) takes you to task on your bull[Dodd].
Nope, it’s not right… but it IS what Obama’s trying to do.
H/T to Mr. Wood.
File this under “No good deed goes unpunished”.
WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — 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.
Good luck getting insurance if you are a veteran. The key here is “service-connected disabilities and injuries”. We sure would not want the country that put someone in harms way take care of any injury or disability. Keep in mind, Eric tried to charge injured troops for eating while lounging around in a Military Hospital. That was active duty troops, now they look at veterans.
“It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan,” said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. “He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it.”
Right, we wouldn’t want morals to get in the way. After all, it is time to spread the misery. And these vets have been living on the backs of the poor for too long.
The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, “This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ‘ to care for him who shall have borne the battle’ given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm’s way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America’s veterans!”
Not to worry, I am sure that Wolfpack’s hero Eric the Hat will save the veterans!!!
Commander Rehbein was among a group of senior officials from veterans service organizations joining the President, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
D’oh!
The following was inspired by the US News and World Report Article “10 Things you Didn’t Know about Eric Shinseki“.
1. Eric K. Shinseki was born on Nov. 28, 1942, in Lihue, which is located on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
2. Shinseki was a Boy Scout growing up in Hawaii and attended Kauai High School, where he was student body president.
3. Shinseki is married to his high school sweetheart, Patricia Yoshinobu. They have two grown children, Lori and Ken.
4. The recipient of two Purple Hearts, Shinseki was sent to Vietnam six months after graduating from West Point in 1965. During his two tours in Vietnam, he served as an artillery forward observer and base commander.
5. During one of his tours in Vietnam, Shinseki was severely injured when he stepped on a mine.
6. In addition to being a West Point graduate, Shinseki received a master’s degree in English from Duke University. He returned to West Point to teach English for two years.
7. Less than a year after becoming Army vice chief of staff, Shinseki was appointed to serve as the Army’s chief of staff by President Clinton. Shinseki became the 34th Army chief of staff on June 22, 1999.
8. During his four years serving as Army chief of staff, Shinseki was a proponent of transforming the Army. He wanted “to make the Army lighter, more modular, and—most importantly—more deployable.” The “Future Combat System” was created by the Army to help with the transformation.
9. When Shinseki retired from the military in 2003, he had served for 38 years. During his career, he held numerous positions, including commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood in Texas and commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe.
10. The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii is home to “The General Eric K. Shinseki Exhibit.” The exhibit, which opened in 2004, documents the general’s life, beginning with his childhood in Hawaii all the way to his military career.
11. Eric Shinseki could give two shiites about veterans.
And now you know…
The mind of Eric Shinseki: If we give them black berets, maybe they won’t mind us charging them for service related medical expenses.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.
BOHICA.
By the way, if you’re a veteran or a current service member who wants to keep their benefits and you voted for The One, you’re an idiot.
H/T Nicki
More than 1000 Minnesota National Guard members returned from a 22 month tour in Iraq recently only to find that their educational benefits were not going to be paid to them. This is a unit that was deployed longer than any other ground combat unit to a festering [CIR]hole, but the government refuses to pay their GI Bill money.
Why, you ask?
Anderson’s orders, and the orders of 1,161 other Minnesota guard members, were written for 729 days.
Had they been written for 730 days, just one day more, the soldiers would receive those benefits to pay for school.
“Which would be allowing the soldiers an extra $500 to $800 a month,” Anderson said.
That’s right. The fetid sacks of pustulent hemorrhoids who are our government bureaucrats decided to save themselves some money by screwing the Soldiers. Because you see, it’s much more important to pay for the pet pork projects of congressional swine and overpay underrated government contractors for [CIR]ty work they barely know how to perform, than reward Soldiers for their sacrifices!
And they wonder why the Guard is losing good troops? Lack of leadership. Lack of integrity. Little more than lip service to Soldier care. Pathetic!
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Norm Coleman will be looking into this. And while the politicos are giving lip service to how outrageous this is, let’s see how long it takes to actually do something about it. I’m not holding my breath.
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