Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

This Trial Balloon Should Be Shot, Along With the Idiot(s) Who Launched It.

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.

This is such an incredibly bad idea.  Those men and women got injured serving our country. We owe them, plain and simple.  As a nation, we have to do what we can to give as much of a hale-and-hearty life back to them. 

Besides that, I can think of no better detriment to recruiting than to say "and if you get hurt on duty, you're on your own."

Whoever dreamed up this idea needs to either find a job with the RNC or take up clubbing baby seals.

(H/T to CrankyProf)

4 comments:

lahru said...

I have thought about this since I last read it and I think that what Barack is doing is making the point that most people will see this as something that is just wrong and if it is wrong for them it is wrong for us. The guy's a genius.

Comrade Misfit said...

I hadn't thought of it that way. That's a good point.

Cujo359 said...

It seems more likely that Shinseki was really saying "unless you give us enough money, we're going to have to do this". The VA is going to need more money to deal with all the new cases they're being handed, plus the Vietnam vets getting to retirement age.

At least, that's what I'm hoping.

Anonymous said...

They shitcanned this idea today (Thursday 19 March)! Yay!