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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 09:42 AM
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SUPPORT OUR VETS - Makes a great magnetic sticker for your car.
Edited on Sat May-24-08 09:51 AM by rhett o rick

Too many Americans think that putting one of these magnetic stickers on their car fulfills their obligation to our vets. How sad. Most of these people support the current Administrations sending our loved ones to risk their lives to occupy Iraq for an unclear goal. Thousands of service people have died and a great many more have come back wounded only to find the republicans, including John McCain, voting against bills that would provide them with decent benefits.

The Walter Reed Hospital deplorable living conditions are an example of the need for improvement to vet facilities. It took a journalist working undercover to expose this lack of support for our troops.

McCain has been consistent in his lack of support of legislation aimed at updating the benefits for our vets. He voted against vets in 2004, ’05, ’06 and ’07.

McCain has recently refused (he did not vote) to support the new GI Bill. He said it was too expensive. What a slap in the face for our service people. In a budget of hundreds of billions of dollars republican friendly corporations like Halliburton (KBR) and Blackwater seem to make out quite well, making huge profits, but there is not enough money in the budget to support the minimum needs of our vets.

The republicans do support the troops of Blackwater, a corporation run by a friend of Bush/McCain. These mercenaries all get top notch treatment and get paid many times more than our troops.

And don’t forget the horrible living conditions at Fort Bragg revealed by a father and his camcorder.

Support our troops means not voting for McCain/Bush.

Good article in a recent “The Nation” magazine by Brian Beutler, “McCain Sells Out Vets”.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 05:55 PM
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1. Thanks for the rec. No comments?? nm
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