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Bush's War on Veterans

by Mary Shaw

On Friday, November 11, Americans will observe Veteran's Day.

This is a day set aside to honor our war veterans.

I cannot think of a more worthy purpose for a holiday.

Now let me guess:

This Veteran's Day, George W. Bush will strut his way into a specially
choreographed photo opportunity and smirk and say some carefully
crafted yet predictable and hollow-sounding words about how the
American people appreciate the sacrifices that our veterans have made
in the noble quest to defend freedom and democracy.

And he will be right.

We the people do appreciate the sacrifices that our veterans have made.

After all, our brave veterans made those sacrifices while Dubya's
congressman dad pulled enough strings to get his boy out of harm's way
and into the elite Texas Air National Guard to avoid Vietnam.

After all, our brave veterans made those sacrifices while Dick Cheney
arranged for five separate deferrals because he had "other priorities".

After all, our brave veterans made those sacrifices while Congressman
Tom DeLay managed to draw a high draft number and then orchestrate some
convenient deferrals, while stating that he really wanted to serve, but
that all the slots were taken by blacks and Hispanics.

After all, our brave veterans made those sacrifices while House Speaker
Dennis Hastert avoided duty due to bad knees - the same knees that
didn't stop his college wrestling career.

And so on.

OK, so these guys don't have what it takes to earn the title of
veteran.

But they do seem to have what it takes to be hypocrites and punish
those veterans who actually had the nerve to serve, while at the same
time praising them for their selfless sacrifices.

Yes, these self-proclaimed "compassionate conservatives" are punishing
our veterans.

Some examples:

Earlier this year, Republican leaders in Congress blocked $2 billion in
emergency funding for veterans' health care from the $82 billion
supplemental funding bill.

They felt that the money would be better spent in Iraq and Afghanistan,
where we're producing more and more injured soldiers for whom we cannot
afford adequate medical care.

Then the Bush administration requested a mere 2.7 percent increase in
Veterans Affairs (VA) spending, even though the VA's Under Secretary
testified last year that the VA health care system needs a 13 to 14
percent increase annually to maintain their current level of services.

Thousands of veterans of the first Gulf War are suffering the effects
of exposure to depleted uranium (DU), or have died from that exposure,
yet the U.S. government denies the effects and continues to ship DU
munitions for use in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Some wounded U.S. soldiers have returned home from the current war in
Iraq only to learn that they are being referred to credit agencies for
"failure to pay" for lost equipment, and for charges for military
housing.

And about one-fourth of all homeless Americans are veterans.

According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, nearly
200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night.

Two percent of them are female.

Most of these cases are attributed to lingering effects of Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder and substance abuse, compounded by a lack of
family and social support networks.

This is how our government treats those who have so bravely fought for
their country.

It's no wonder that the military recruiters are finding it so difficult
to meet their quotas, even in the "red states".

The Bush administration would be wise to consider the words of George
Washington, our first Commander-in-Chief, who said:

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any
war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how
they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated
by their nation."

Happy Veteran's Day.
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Read about the Deserter-In-Chief running from the Vietnam War

http://www.glcq.com

And visit the Chickenhawk Database

http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHG...20Chickenhawks

Chickenhawk Database..

http://www.nhgazette.com/news/chicke...icans_platoon/


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Drifter,,, bush hates America and Americans.
cuhulin

I was born in Carthage,Mississippi (most "people" around the World hate
Mississippi,I can testify to that) November 5,1941 on a Wednesday about
3:30 PM.I Love America.
cuhulin (cuhulin, www.devilfinder.com The Cattle Raid Of
Cooley)

Coward AWOL MORON bush went AWOL from the Texas and Alabama (spin
that,,, jd,,, your spinnin is Worthless to me!,, Screw your "facts"!!!
right up your bushButtKissing ASS!!!) Guard and CHICKENHAWK cheney!!!!
got cussed out by my HERO,Dr.Ben Marble in Gulfport,Mississippi,,, Mee
See See Pee Pee Eye.That will go down in Hystorectomy.
cuhulin,The Cattle Raid Of Cooley,Ireland
(shut up!,bush went to South America,settin up more Drug deals when he
went AWOL,someday,y'all bushButtKissers will/might hearing about that.I
told y'all about that many months ago.

Haw Haw! that 30 year old very sexy looking long haired brunette woman
next door is a gal after me own larcenous auld Irish heart.My doggy took
me out by the road just now to check my snail mail and that woman was
backing out of their driveway in that pickup truck.(I love you Vanessa)
She has one of them Litiz animal traps in the bed of that pickup truck
and she is haulin ass to the animal pound on South Street with one of
that crazy old stupid woman's next door to them stupid cats.I Love
you,Vanessa.I want to sleep with you too.
cuhulin

wrote:

I was born in Carthage,Mississippi (most "people" around the World hate
Mississippi,I can testify to that)



I wonder why?


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Here's to the state of Mississippi,
For Underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!

Here's to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the schools of Mississippi
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
All of rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the cops of Mississippi
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor
No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
They're guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
They're hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of


Phil Ochs

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m II wrote:

wrote:

I was born in Carthage,Mississippi (most "people" around the World hate
Mississippi,I can testify to that)

I wonder why?

=========================================
=========================================
Here's to the state of Mississippi,
For Underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!

Here's to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the schools of Mississippi
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
All of rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here's to the cops of Mississippi
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor
No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
They're guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
They're hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here's to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of



Phil Ochs


CanaDuh find yourself another continent to be part of.

dxAce

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:05:53 +0900, "Brenda Ann" wrote:


"m II" wrote in message
news:1Iccf.190971$ir4.79006@edtnps90...
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Here's to the state of Mississippi,
For Underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
Snippage

Phil Ochs

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"I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of
friends"

Phil Ochs

Anyone got the lyrics to "Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney"?

-- Larry

From: pltrgyst
Reply-To:
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:43:58 -0500
Subject: Veterans Day!!!

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:05:53 +0900, "Brenda Ann" wrote:


"m II" wrote in message
news:1Iccf.190971$ir4.79006@edtnps90...
=========================================
Here's to the state of Mississippi,
For Underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
Snippage

Phil Ochs

=================================================
=================================================

"I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of
friends"

Phil Ochs

Anyone got the lyrics to "Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney"?

-- Larry

It's not likely that you'll see the word "Good man" and "Cheney" in the
same sentence.

Greg