60% of wounded troops coming back from Iraq have Traumatic Brain Injuries

[goodboy]

yet Bush has completely ELIMINATED funding for the TBI act.

Tell me Mr. Bush, why didn't you 'err' on the side of life for our SOLDIERS?

:nuke:

link:
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050318/NEWS/503180384/1016/FEATURES07

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. recommending

[goodboy]

2. thank you GPV...you're a good friend.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. :^) ANd you've raised a good point. We need to make a fuss about it, say

all o ve rthe net? And also Memorial day weekend protests would be fitting..

[goodboy]

10. What a great idea! Memorial day 2005, erring on the side of our troops'

lives!


Love it.

[GR]

3. 50% Of Gulf War I Vets Receive Some Sort Of Disability....

and that was nothing to what will happen to the vets of this war...given its nature...

[stopbush]

4. "They're afraid to get their hair mussed." - mAnn Coulter

Compassionate conservatives...

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Also recommending. Will these soldiers get their day in court like Terri?

Prolly not. And they should.

[goodboy]

9. no, because there's no media circus around our poor soldiers, and for

that matter, we're not even allowed to honor our fallen men and women.

[Nikki Stone 1]

20. You know, Terri didn't even fight for her country and our tax dollars paid

for years of extraordinary measures to keep her body alive. I think our service people deserve at least as much. Tom Delay and this slash-and-burn Congress should pass a bill tomorrow saying that all vets with brain injuries will receive the quality of treatment (or better) that Schiavo did. If they really believe in "erring on the side of life" they should be willing to support 50 years per soldier of life support. And the "pro-life" groups should pick up half the tab.

[FloridaPat]

6. Everytime I see one of those stupid "Support Our Troops" ribbon

I feel like going up to them and punching them. Yes, I get too involved in fighting injustices. I want to pass a law that all ribbon people who support Bush and the war too get drafted immediately. One crime after another with Bushco.Where's the outrage????

[goodboy]

8. I DO go tell them, 'It takes more than a fucking RIBBON to support

the troops, asshole'

I really say that. I swear.

we've got to make waves, raise eyebrows, confront them.

[JamboGuide]

11. They should make that line

For a bumpersticker. Someone should e-mail to CafePress or something.

[goodboy]

13. That's a great idea...I wonder what the minimum order is...I'll go see.

[goodboy]

14. no minimum order! I think I'll do it.

[FloridaPat]

12. Good for you!!!

[goodboy]

15. kick for our poor brave soldiers!!!! They deserve much better!!! (nt)

[bearfan454]

16. recommended. n/t

[babylonsister]

17. Kick-great thread. If you get those bumper stickers, gb,

please advertise! :hi:

[goodboy]

18. Will do...thank you for the kick...! (nt)

[Synnical]

19. USA Today - March 3rd - reported on this

FIFTH paragraph into the story!


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-03-brain-trauma-lede_x.htm

To identify cases of TBI, doctors at Walter Reed screened every arriving servicemember wounded in an explosion, along with those hurt in Iraq or Afghanistan in a vehicle accident or fall, or by a gunshot wound to the face, neck or head. They found TBI in about 60% of the cases. The largest group was 21-year-olds.

From January 2003 to this January, 437 cases of TBI were diagnosed among wounded soldiers at the Army hospital, Lux says. Slightly more than half had permanent brain damage. Similar TBI screening began in August at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., near Washington. It showed 83% — or 97 wounded Marines and sailors — with temporary or permanent brain damage. Forty-seven cases of moderate to severe TBI were identified earlier in the year.

[NVMojo]

21. maybe Bush can try walking in their boots ...

[NightOwwl]

22. And why aren't our Democrat "leaders" shouting this from the rooftops?

:grr:

[Nikki Stone 1]

23. Well, if any of the DNC read this damned board, "DO SOMETHING, DAMMIT!"

This is a really important issue. We need to do something for our service people. How this administration has treated them is a national disgrace.

And we need to know more about their conditions as well.