Things to Look Forward to when our "Boys" Come Home

altho one does hope that all VA funding is restored by January w/ the new Congress.

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-- kingfish in absentia (jdsalmo...), December 11th, 2006.

"Things to Look Forward To When Our Boys Come Home"

It helps if you read the whole thread title.

What Clyde Hoffer witnessed through the scope of a rifle during World War II has haunted his dreams for 61 years. The tired eyes of the Portage native hint that combat will rattle the soul.

"Not one day he hasn't talked about it. But it's not tiring for me because it's so embedded in his head that you have to listen to him," said Betty Hoffer, spouse of Clyde. "We get up in the morning and he'll start talking about these guys. He's been through hell, and he's telling you the good parts. I can't let him watch TV because he'll dream of it."

"Nobody believes it until you're in it. As many years ago as it was, it comes out like it was yesterday. A memory branded in your head," Hoffer, 87, said.

expect the worst, hope for the best. that's an old soldier motto.

Sadly, we have folks deliberately underfunding mental health care, period. It's totally the redheaded stepchild of the health care industry.

http://www.vawatchdog.com/

VA Watchdog dot Org is not a VA "hate site." There are plenty of those if that is what you seek.

We believe the VA provides excellent healthcare to qualified veterans. However, the VA is plagued by chronic underfunding caused by politicians who, every year, do not provide adequate monies to support the healthcare needs of veterans.

We also believe that the political appointees who run the VA interfere with the professional and dedicated workers of the VA who do not hold politically-appointed positions. Veterans' healthcare is NOT a political matter and should not be entrusted to those who owe allegiance to any political party.

We also support legislative efforts to take VA healthcare out of the discretionary federal budget and make it mandatory. Such a move would guarantee healthcare for veterans and take the politics out of the funding apparatus.

Who cares?

I didn't read it as such, I read it as "Things Like This Will Start Happening Once Our Soldiers Start Coming Home," and the post itself turned into "Vets occassionally go off their rockers. Sucks eh?"

Didn't think the TT or anyone else was suggesting that all soliders will go batshit. But such is teh intarwebs.

a) rappaport evicted her and wrote a batshit insane article outing how crazy he thinks she is and detailing how disgusting she was which made him look like a huge shithead, no idea what's happened to her since
b) not to be a huge bitch but dude I spelled her name correctly two posts before yours, wtf.