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I wish some of the SUVs with Bush/Cheney stickers, and yellow ribbons, would care to explain to us how they think the Bush administration is supporting the troops. Democrats support the troops, that's why we want them safely home, instead of giving up their lives, or minds, to enrich Bush cronies. I look at it this way...with all of the money that has been wasted by overcharges, or charges for services that were never rendered, or paying the huge salaries of Blackwater employees...if we can pay for that, we can pay to do whatever is necessary to pay the debt we owe to the ones who serve their country.
If, in order to keep our government's promises to the ones who step up and enlist, we have to roll back the tax breaks for the uber-wealthy, then we should do it. Bush is breaking the back of the military by completely ignoring the debts we owe to them. He is bankrupting us with excessive spending, and immoral tax breaks to the ones who need them the least. If current articles I've read are true, and I believe them to be, now Cheney is trying to instigate a war with Iran. This is nothing short of criminal.
Monkeyman, I have so much respect for you, and for the others who do everything they can for these young men and women. Yes, the VA is working to deny claims, forcing them to appeal, probably counting on some of them to get so discouraged they just give up. Compassionate conservatism at it's finest. What you do must be a huge drain on your emotions, but you can't let the ones you're trying to help know, I'm sure you try to keep their spirits up.
This country has badly lost it's moral compass, and it's time to regain it. We absolutely must convince people that a vote for a Republican is a vote for the destruction of the American middle class, and a death sentence to those already poor. Voting for a Republican is voting for war after war, and then more war, and draining the rest of us dry, in their ceaseless quest to squeeze the wealth up to the top. It's a vote for hopelessness, poverty, corruption, and greed. A vote for a Republican is a vote for an end to the First Amendment, and most of the others. It's a vote to destroy what was good about the country, and condemn most of us to expect less and less, while they take more and more.
It's bad enough to rob us of our money, it's beyond criminal to rob the soldiers of their lives, their health, and to condemn them to living lives which will forever be full of pain. The necessity of regaining control of Congress has never been greater.
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