You would think we learned our lesson after the way the Vietnam vets were treated upon their return home, many continue to struggle up to this day. Our priority should be to take care of our service men and women once they return stateside. We should go out of our way to make sure the best medical care, counseling, job seeking skills are provided; no questions asked. The conditions of WR and many other Vet facilities throughout the country are deplorable to say the least.

This is what you git when you let 1 guy who, "Had, something better" to do during 'Nam as VP and a Prez who had a Daddy that could git him a jet jocky job protecting TEX. Once again, let the record show....No country invaded TX while Srub was up and high.
In Britain we are called, "The Loyal Opposition." They also serve who dissent.

Lost in the furor over the inadequate treatment of amputees at Walter Reed hospital was this little gem: the janitorial function at Walter Reed was privatized during the Bush administration. 200 government workers, mainly maintenance workers and janitors were let go.

In their place, a company called IAG Worldwide Services was brought in to keep the hospital clean. This company is run by a politically connected retired Army major. Dan Quayle sits on the board of directors of this company.

By all accounts, this company did a less than adequate job, and the result was the mold and mildew and rat problems identified in the Washington Post.

I think this privatization scheme was doomed from the start. The government's first error was assuming a retired Army major was qualified to supervise janitors....

We hide the coffins of the dead and say it is appropriate. We ask our citizens not for coin, nor sweat, nor any form of sacrifice toward the effort. We ridicule anyone who suggests the need for a draft to fight a war as if it is a war. We say proudly that we support the troops; that we honor the troops; that we "know" that the troops want to stay until the job is done. We say "git 'er done," don't "cut and run," "cut and jog," "slow bleed." And we have the audacity to do this while the bravest human beings on this planet watch paint peel, mold grow, ceilings leak, dry wall rot; all while their representatives, democrat, independent, and republican, go to Walter Reed just long enough for a photo op, but not quite long enough to learn a day in the life of someone learning to adjust to a missing limb or limbs. We are better than this. Any incumbant will have a hard time getting any vote from me. The constant rhetoric without requisite action is nauseating!

Kevin "Hack" King

ps. The lack of conservative postings on a blog titled "Walter Reed" says it all. This is an embarassment that we will try to turn a blind eye to. Armymajretired, what say you? Will you even see this post? Is this not something that a "supporter of the troops" would read?