Comments on: “It’s Not Just Walter Reed” http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GN http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-258347 GN Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:48:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-258347 Don - Your basic Chevy Cavalier was 11K in 2001 and sells for 21K today .... indicating a bent toward apples and oranges. On the topic of VA hospitals there never was a rhyme or reason to facilities maintenance or even location. 1969 - Lackland Air force base, then a transition hospital for amputees was next door to the foriegn language school, allowing the suffering vets to continuously see Vietnamese (even though they were South Vietnamese) and that caused a lot of un-needed, additional emotional stress and angst for folks who were in a state of .... what now? Don – Your basic Chevy Cavalier was 11K in 2001 and sells for 21K today …. indicating a bent toward apples and oranges.

On the topic of VA hospitals there never was a rhyme or reason to facilities maintenance or even location.

1969 – Lackland Air force base, then a transition hospital for amputees was next door to the foriegn language school, allowing the suffering vets to continuously see Vietnamese (even though they were South Vietnamese) and that caused a lot of un-needed, additional emotional stress and angst for folks who were in a state of …. what now?

]]> By: The Gun Toting Liberal â„¢ » Blog Archive » Wounded Army Troop To House Committee On Senior Walter Reed Leadership: “There’s no way they couldn’t know”… http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256823 The Gun Toting Liberal â„¢ » Blog Archive » Wounded Army Troop To House Committee On Senior Walter Reed Leadership: “There’s no way they couldn’t know”… Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:14:20 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256823 [...] Other Bloggers Are Weighing In (Courtesy of the MemeOrandum roundup): The Washington Monthly; The Huffington Post; Donklephant; The Carpetbagger Report; Don Surber (interesting point of view from the right); Crooks and Liars; Liberal Values; Poliblog (a fellow Alabama blogger) Technorati Tags:  Army, Bush, Corporatism, Current Events, Daniel Akaka, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Weightman, GOP, Headline News, Headlines, Henry Waxman, John Tierney, Kevin Kiley, Military, Neoconservatism, News, News and Politics, Oligarchy, Politics, Rants, Republicans, Walter Reed [...] [...] Other Bloggers Are Weighing In (Courtesy of the MemeOrandum roundup): The Washington Monthly; The Huffington Post; Donklephant; The Carpetbagger Report; Don Surber (interesting point of view from the right); Crooks and Liars; Liberal Values; Poliblog (a fellow Alabama blogger) Technorati Tags:  Army, Bush, Corporatism, Current Events, Daniel Akaka, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Weightman, GOP, Headline News, Headlines, Henry Waxman, John Tierney, Kevin Kiley, Military, Neoconservatism, News, News and Politics, Oligarchy, Politics, Rants, Republicans, Walter Reed [...]

]]> By: VA Health Care mess…. « The Populist Moderate http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256797 VA Health Care mess…. « The Populist Moderate Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:23:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256797 [...] New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Gavel, On Deadline, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Mahablog, Donklephant, The Carpetbagger Report, Pacific Views, The Sideshow, Shakespeare’s Sister, Don Surber, Michelle Malkin, Once Upon a Time, Middle Earth Journal, The Heretik, Brilliant at Breakfast, NO QUARTER, Obsidian Wings, TPMmuckraker, Matthew Yglesias, Outside The Beltway, Liberal Values, Reason Magazine, News Desk Blog, COUNTERCOLUMN, Sister Toldjah, The Impolitic, PoliBlog (TM), DownWithTyranny!, TalkLeft,  Rising Hegemon, Crooks and Liars, All Spin Zone, Frameshop,  Think Progress and CorrenteWire and Many others [...] [...] New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Gavel, On Deadline, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Mahablog, Donklephant, The Carpetbagger Report, Pacific Views, The Sideshow, Shakespeare’s Sister, Don Surber, Michelle Malkin, Once Upon a Time, Middle Earth Journal, The Heretik, Brilliant at Breakfast, NO QUARTER, Obsidian Wings, TPMmuckraker, Matthew Yglesias, Outside The Beltway, Liberal Values, Reason Magazine, News Desk Blog, COUNTERCOLUMN, Sister Toldjah, The Impolitic, PoliBlog (TM), DownWithTyranny!, TalkLeft,  Rising Hegemon, Crooks and Liars, All Spin Zone, Frameshop,  Think Progress and CorrenteWire and Many others [...]

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256728 Justin Gardner Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:07:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256728 Don, read what I said and what the story says. Bush is set to cut the VA budget, and these hospitals are already ailing. Does that make any sense? How about updating and expanding these facilities? People, it's WAR TIME. We have thousands of men and women coming back over with limbs blown off, neurological damage, etc. Bush shouldn't be trying to balance the budget by cutting and then freezing the VA's budget. It's nonsensical and I hope it doesn't happen. Don, read what I said and what the story says. Bush is set to cut the VA budget, and these hospitals are already ailing. Does that make any sense? How about updating and expanding these facilities?

People, it’s WAR TIME. We have thousands of men and women coming back over with limbs blown off, neurological damage, etc. Bush shouldn’t be trying to balance the budget by cutting and then freezing the VA’s budget. It’s nonsensical and I hope it doesn’t happen.

]]> By: DosPeros http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256684 DosPeros Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:46:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256684 Don't get in the way with your silly numbers Don. Bush is a bastard and that is all you really need to know. Don’t get in the way with your silly numbers Don. Bush is a bastard and that is all you really need to know.

]]> By: don surber http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256572 don surber Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:58:57 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256572 Bush's 2008 budget for VA is $87 billion -- $40 billion higher than thee 2001 budget by Bill Clinton. That's some "cut" Bush’s 2008 budget for VA is $87 billion — $40 billion higher than thee 2001 budget by Bill Clinton. That’s some “cut”

]]> By: bob in fl http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256522 bob in fl Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:46:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256522 On an earlier thread, I was quick to point out that the military & veteran's hospital systems are separate entities, which they are. I did not realize at the time both are under the umbrella of the Dept of Wets Affairs. I had also mentioned the recent study that said the VA hospital system was the best in the country. Evidently they were wrong. I don't know what the answer is, but it isn't what we are now doing. On an earlier thread, I was quick to point out that the military & veteran’s hospital systems are separate entities, which they are. I did not realize at the time both are under the umbrella of the Dept of Wets Affairs. I had also mentioned the recent study that said the VA hospital system was the best in the country. Evidently they were wrong.

I don’t know what the answer is, but it isn’t what we are now doing.

]]> By: ford4x4 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-256397 ford4x4 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:21:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/03/05/its-not-just-walter-reed/#comment-256397 Universal HealthCare Now! Universal HealthCare Now!

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