If it were you, or me, and we were involved in a shooting (good or not) then OUR names would be released….
Why should they have the veil of secrecy to hide behind?
Much like the courts deciding that is is OK to video Police Officers in their official capacity.
No more special treatment. No special immunities. Just the same rules as normal citizens.
Maybe we will get a better quality of police officer out of this.
If their actions cannot stand the light of inquiry, then what are they hiding?
That we, as a nation, are all responsible for the VA issues. The lack of care, the failures in management, the deaths caused by people waiting for care.
THis didn’t just happen overnight. We have all known that the VA was a cesspool of mismanagement and underfunding. That the level of care was poor and that there were issues with the management that never seemed to be fixed.
For many years, and for many administrations there have been stories after stories about the failures in the VA.
Yes, this latest scandal happened on Barry’s watch, and yes, he should have Done Something before this.
But so should Bush, and Clinton and the elder Bush, and Reagan, and Carter. They didn’t. And we let them Do Nothing.
When Obamacare was being trotted out, even before there was a vote, we used the VA as an example of why Obamacare wouldn’t work.
Yet we did not demand that out Presidents and Senators and COngressmen actually fix the VA.
We, as a nation, failed our Veterans.
We allowed this to happen.
We too are guilty.
(even if the answer for #12 should be methane and/or water vapor, but I chose the “politically correct” answer, ’cause the correct answers weren’t choices)
See how you do. How smart are you?
Work work work. I’ll likely regret being off for 2 days.
If I could only find staff that could read and write and show up sober.
And I am not kidding, it is that bad. The people who can do that are already employed.
The others sponge off the assorted Federal and State programs, for food, rent and electric bills… they are already getting health care and medicine for free…Then they go to a food pantry (or 2) and get more free food so they can spend their EBT/SNAP money on booze and smokes.
Ronald Reagan was a master at dramatic speeches. But our current President (who is also a great speaker) can’t be bothered to take the time to honor those who have fallen.
He’ll never make a speech like this one:
Ever….. He cares not for the citizens nor the soldiers of this country. Not a whit. He has no pride in either, and no respect for either as well. And no respect for what this country stands for.
Cardboard personalities cannot make speeches like the above.
Monday is MEMORIAL Day. (although there are good reasons why it shouldn’t be today, but May 30) (I’ve written about movable holidays before and agree 100%)
Not Veteran’s day….That is in November.
Veterans Day is when we say thanks to all who served in the Military.
Memorial Day is for those who gave their all….the ones who didn’t come back.
If yer gonna say “thank you” to the folks for whom this day is for, then go to a cemetery. Take off yer hat, and think of those buried there who Didn’t Come Back.
I’m not saying that thanking a vet is ever a bad thing, but understand what this day is all about.
Remember those who gave their all in service of the country.
Think of them when you are grilling burgers on your deck, or spending time with friends or family, or just enjoying your third day of your three day weekend.
Take a moment, and remember them. Raise a glass, if you are so inclined…
But just don’t forget.
I won’t.
Thank you, wherever you are, wherever you fell.
Put down the drink.
Swallow.
Then watch .
Heh.
depending on the political party of the affected candidate…..
So 2 years ago, a different candidate was dropped from the ballot because he didn’t have enough valid signatures on his election petition.
OK, thems the rules.
Fast forward two years: Obama appointed (isn’t that a surprise!) Judge Matthew Leitman decided to bend the rules and allow US Representative Conyers to be placed on the ballot despite not having enough valid signatures on HIS petition.
Now, the difference between the two candidates, other than 2 years, is, of course, political party.
Republican Thad McCotter DIDN’T get on the ballot (in 2012), because he didn’t have enough valid signatures on his election petition.
Democrat John Conyers IS to be placed on the ballot in 2014, even though nearly half of his signatures are invalid.
Notice the difference?
When the rules are not solid, but are, in fact, mutable, we no longer have a country of laws.
When they are applied differently to different people….
We have tyranny.
