The ever-popular Bush* record of compassion to veterans

[sangha]

AP Corrects Military Retirees Story
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030312_1070.html

VA to stop enrolling some higher-income veterans (January 16, 2003)
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1502943.php

American Legion: Billions For Baghdad, Nothing For Veterans
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/prime/1031-102.html

Bush's 2004 Budget Proposes More Fees
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A27173-2003Feb18¬Found=true

"If President Bush has his way, some veterans soon will pay more for health care, meatpackers will have to fork over more for government inspections...The Bush proposals include $230 million from a new $250 annual VA health care premium to be paid by higher-income veterans -- generally those earning more than $29,576 year -- who are not suffering from a military-related disability..."

Clinton, Reid, American Legion Urge Bush to Reconsider Budget Cuts and Support Benefits for America's Veterans
http://clinton.senate.gov/news/2003/03/2003304B29.html

Court overturns ruling on vets' free lifetime health care
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/19/retired.veterans.hearing/index.html

DeFazio Blasts Bush Budget
http://www.house.gov/defazio/020502BURelease.shtml

The Independent Budget -A Comprehensive Policy Document for Veterans
http://www.pva.org/independentbudget/

Veterans Urge President to Provide
Adequate Budget for VA Medical Care
http://www.vfw.org/news/bushletter.htm

VA health care in dire shape, medical chief says
http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1548763.php

President’s Budget Cuts Vital Programs and Makes Room for Costly Tax Breaks
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/1314/1/18

Budget Plan a ‘Bitter Pill’ for Veterans
http://www.pva.org/independentbudget/news/ib0201.htm

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/veterans.affairs.1.html

And many more links at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=11208&forum=DCForumID66#6

(but be sure to kick this thread, not the old one)

[sangha]

1. And here are links from the other thread

VETERANS FOR JUSTICE - Many Bush/GOP related links
http://www.vetsforjustice.com/index.htm

PVA’s Fox Denounces House Budget Committee’s Funding Cuts in Veterans’ Benefits and Services
http://www.pva.org/NEWPVASITE/newsroom/PR2003/pr03018.htm

Republicans Seek To Slash VA Budget
With our military poised to attack Iraq, the Republican Party is poised to devastate the budget of American veterans
http://www.vaiw.org/vet/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=59

Veterans Battle Budget Cuts
http://www.legion.org/pub_relations/2003_releases/pr_nr_031703_budgetcuts.htm

As thousands of sailors and Marines are sent abroad for a possible war with Iraq, the Bush administration is proposing to cut education funding for many children of military families
http://signonsandiego.com/news/education/20030216-9999_1m16fedcuts.html

Veterans For Justice names a new holiday in honor of the Republican-led U.S. Government … “Veterans Betrayal Day” (2/12/03)
http://www.vetsforjustice.com/VeteransBetrayalDay.htm

Court Overturns Ruling on Vets' Free Lifetime Health Care
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/19/retired.veterans.hearing/index.html

Bush Threatens Veto of Concurrent Receipt Even As He Prepares to Send Military into Preemptive War (11/02/02)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=10856&archive=true

American Legion: Billions For Baghdad, Nothing For Veterans (10/31/02)
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/prime/1031-102.html

American Legion is the Latest Victim of GOP Campaign Tricks
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/politics/20VETS.html

As Bush Seeks to Create New Generation of Disabled Vets, He Withdraws Desperately Needed Aid from Past Veterans (9/16/02)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/809143.asp

Bush’s War Against Military Veterans:
Bush Refuses to Allow the VA to Inform Vets and their Families of Benefits They Have Honestly Earned (9/02)
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=141

Don't Tell, Maybe They Won't Ask
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/20/opinion/20KRUG.html

Bush Breaks Promise to Veterans
http://www.legion.org/pub_relations/2002_releases/pr_nr_081402_healthfunds.htm

Paralyzed Veterans of America are Upset by 'Wholly Inadequate' Funding for Sick and Disabled Vets (7/12/01)
http://www.pva.org/NEWPVASITE/newsroom/PR2001/pr0173.htm

Disabled Veterans Enraged over Bush Stonewalling on Provision to Aid Disabled Military Retirees
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_DAV_Denounces


And from DUers 9215, RIF and OafOO, we have a list of Clinton's accomplishments regarding veterans to compare to Bush's record:

Clinton Administration Accomplishments Serving Veterans
http://www.va.gov/pubaff/AAMAY00.htm

thank you, foxglove1

[sangha]

2. Here are some more

Afghanistan Maps for Pilots Were Delayed by Foul-Ups
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/11/international/11SATE.html
Army Liaison Who Lobbied Congress for Weapon Resigns
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/11/politics/11PENT.html

Clinton wants biggest boost in defense spending since Reagan
http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/24/pentagon.budget/

The U.S. military: Ready or not?
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/democracy/bigger.picture/stories/military.readiness/

WHITE HOUSE ANGER AT CNN 'MILITARY NOT READY' REPORT
http://www.drudgereport.com/mattir.htm

Military questions Iraq plan Chiefs say forces already strained
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020523/4134894s.htm

Morale Problems Arising Among Reservists in Tampa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A8268-2002May12¬Found=true

Partisan Defense?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A4547-2002Apr17¬Found=true

Rumsfeld Resisting Calls From Military to Build Up Forces
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/politics/19PENT.html

[sangha]

3. Info on Army Sec'y Thomas White is Looting the Military's Treasury

Army Sec'y Thomas White is Looting the Military's Treasury
$11 Billion Artillery System Is Dead, Officials Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/politics/07PENT.html
Army Secretary Defends Support From Enron

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A63490-2002Apr4¬Found=true

Memo Shows Enron Division Headed by Army Secretary Thomas White Manipulated California Electricity Market
http://www.publiccitizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1106

FBI probes Army chief
http://money.cnn.com/2002/04/15/news/enron_white/index.htm#

Army Secretary's Job Hinges on Answers to Enron Queries
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A16599-2002Mar12¬Found=true

Army renews effort to count contractors
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0402/042502p1.htm

Army Liaison Who Lobbied Congress for Weapon Resigns
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/11/politics/11PENT.html

[Taeger]

4. The military HATES Bush!!!!

Veterans hate his cuts to programs. Overseas soldiers hate that he has stuck them in a hell hole for no good reason. The one's stateside are fearful they will end up there. They are also pissed because those assholes spent LOADS of time planning who got WHAT airfield but VERY LITTLE time making sure they had body armor and armored Humvees. MANY were supposed to be DONE with their service, but Bush has put a stop loss (retro-active draft) on them.

Of course, I will point out the damming report put out by West Point on Iraq. Furthermore, West Point has seen fit to ship it's Cadets too New York to watch Jon Stewart MOCK the Commander in Chief on the Daily Show.

Is their any true doubt that the military HATES BUSH????

[salin]

5. book marked

for future reference.

Good work. :thumbsup:

[Karenina]

7. and kicked.

:kick:

[Rebellious Republican]

6. Thats Jam Up stuff sangha!

Fuckin A man, thanks for the links, bookmarked!!!!!!!!!

This deserves a kick, a must read for all DU Vets.
:kick:

[Hekate]

8. Bookmarked, shared, and kicked

Thanks for the research. This is some of the stuff our volunteers are trying to reach the public with at Arlington West every Sunday; the kind of thing one VFP'er calls "truth in recruitment" when he tables at the local college. Bush-Cheney Inc. are running a despicable con-game with our troops as disposable pawns, and recruiting them right out of high school if they can.

Hekate

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war." ~Donald Rumsfeld

"But why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many,
what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you
suppose? Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my
beautiful mind on something like that?" ~Barbara Bush

"Do these people live in an alternate universe?" ~Hekate

ARLINGTON WEST, SANTA BARBARA CALIF.
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Default.htm
click on the large photo of AW to go here:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Arlington_west_121003.htm
Scroll down the page for all the photos...

[sangha]

9. *kick*

for the morning crowd

[sangh0]

10. Many more links at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=789364

Support our troops like George W. Bush…

...by slashing veterans benefits to pay for his tax cut for the filthy rich:
<http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/national/3_18_03vets.html >

...by ordering VA medical centers to stop publicizing available benefits to veterans seeking care:
<http://veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=563 >

...by neglecting to provide those fighting in the Gulf health screenings as mandated by the 1997 Force Health Protection law:
<http://veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=563 >

...by cutting funding to schools on military bases:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2384100,00.html >

...by refusing to explain his year-long absence during his National Guard tour:
<http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3671 >

…by allowing phone companies to charge soldiers stationed in Iraq as much as $2 a minute upfront for phone calls home:
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/29C29C76A642DFC... \'+calls+from+Iraq++>

…by allowing Cheney's company Halliburton to refuse to deliver mail to soldiers stationed in certain high-risk areas of Iraq because it wouldn't be "cost efficient" to the multi-billion dollar company:
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/18/mcarmy/index_np.html >

…by failing to provide proper barracks and kitchens, drinkable water, and other necessities to many GIs in Iraq, thanks also to Halliburton, a major Bush-Cheney campaign contributor who was paid dearly to provide these amenities, yet has failed to do so even after eight months of combat:
<http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/18/mcarmy/index_np.html >

…by compromising the troops' safety by outsourcing many routine tasks to private companies, hence distracting soldiers from their combat duties by the increased need to protect civilian contractors:
<http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/comments/c495.htm >

…by making soldiers who suffer morale problems in Iraq face disciplinary actions which can result in reprimand, extra duties and forfeiture of pay:
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/980954.asp >

…by refusing to honor fallen soldiers with a hero’s welcome, instead sneaking their bodies into the country as if he's ashamed of them:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55816-2003Oct20.html >

…by refusing to give well-deserved pay raises to our men and women in uniform, opting instead to hand the money over to the well-connected Halliburton and other private contractors:
<http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/106... >

…by threatening to withhold funding for the troops if Congress doesn't approve his ENTIRE $87 BILLION handout to those same private contractors:
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031021/pl_afp/ira... >

…by allowing over 400 of our brave men and women in uniform to die, and some 2,000 of them get injured, based on a series of treasonous lies:
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/60II/main577975.shtml >

Thanks Class Warrior

[sangh0]

11. More links (some may be dupes)

Nothing but lip service
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-1954515.php

Bush, Republicans losing support of retired veterans
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/6392003.htm

The " Right " & " Left " Con Game
http://www.vetsforjustice.com /

GOP, Democrats Squabble Over Aiding Vets
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030525_581.html

Rumsfeld Opposes TRICARE Expansion Bill
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/6275153.htm

Claim vs. Fact:
Treatment of Troops at a Time of War
http://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFiles/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-...

Court overturns ruling on vets' free lifetime health care
http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/19/retired.veterans.hearing/index.html

Bush Cuts Funds for Veterans' Health Care
http://www.democrats.org/specialreports/veterans/index.html

Troops decry budget office's plan to trim military pay hikes in 2004
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=11655&archive=...

Military families grow angry with state of Iraq war
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/7126891.htm

Experts Say Cuts Overwhelming VA
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=FL_veterans_051502

An act of ‘Betrayal’
In the midst of war, key family benefits face cuts
http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=0-NAVYPAPER-2335688.php

Some veterans flexing political muscle
http://www.veteransparty.us/news.htm

Shaw Pittman: Vietnam-Era DOD Secretary Robert Mcnamara, Current
VA and DOD Officials Allegedly Covered Up Medical Records
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/prime/1030-117.html

Congressman: Wounded troops shouldn't be billed for hospital meals
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=16858&archive=...

The Troop Support Report
A Guide for the Military and Their Families - Compiled by TV News Lies
http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/support_the_troops.html

Troops wounded in action not listed among casualties
http://sltrib.com/2003/Aug/08172003/utah/84646.asp

Troops in Iraq face pay cut
Pentagon says tough duty bonuses are budget-buster
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/14/MN94780.DTL

Veterans say Pentagon is failing them
http://msnbc.com/news/921639.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1

Washington is failing its obligation to vets
http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/opedstoryA3621401066087013A.htm

White House is ambushed by criticism from America's military community
http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/story.jsp?story=445128&host=3&di...

[Karenina]

12. Kick for all concerned parties.

:kick:

[sangh0]

13. another kick

for another day