Amen!

Go to google.com and type in "veteran in need" and see how many hits you get. I have be in meetings in the past 6 months with VA clinic professionals who are wondering what they are going to do once all the folks come back home from Bush Jr's little war. These folks are reporting that they are not really serving the vets they now have. One person told me that there are wait times of months to years to get seen for medical and even psychological appointments. The VA has been cut SINCE the war started in Iraq by the whitehouse and are facing more cutbacks in the next year!

George Rhynes (229-251-8645) 22 December 2003
5004 Oak Drive
Valdosta, Georgia 31605

Dear Editor – Message Boards

SUBJECT: Our Veterans Needs Media Attention!

On 21 Dec 03, the Valdosta Daily Times our only daily news paper
published an opinion column from the President of Lowndes Veterans Council,
“New bus needed to transport veterans,” requesting financial help to
purchase a new bus to transport military veterans to and from Veterans
Hospital.
This appears to be a great gesture to the untrained eye. However, the
more pressing veterans complaints go unreported by America’s mass media
network. Therefore, the disgraceful and shameful treatment of our
veterans continue because media networks refuse to report that:
Too many active duty personnel are living on welfare; homeless veterans
are living on the streets without help from the government they served.
Veterans must make co-payments for their medicine, wait up to 12 months
to see a medical specialist at a Veterans hospital, pay their own
travel pay to and from veterans hospital, chiropractic care is not available
at many Veterans Hospitals. Veterans constitutional rights are
violated in many law enforcement institutions across America. Some retired
veterans who get a divorce lose half of their retirement pay to their
spouse, and they have no free dental care. Many retired disabled veterans
with disability lose part of their hard-earned retirement pay.
These are real world issues confronting veterans. However, America’s
mass media, politicians, and others would rather bury their heads
beneath the rubbish pile of (UVC), Unreported Veterans Concerns.
Moreover, this is totally unacceptable, and unpatriotic to mistreat our
sons and daughters who served their country honorably. Peace!