Walter Reed’s inequality.
By on Mar 1st, 2007 at 11:40 am
Walter Reed’s inequality.
The vermin-infested Building 18, which houses military outpatients.
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The “stately homes” of Walter Reed Commander George W. Weightman and top Army medical officer Kevin C. Kiley, who knew for years about outpatient neglect at the military hospital. Their homes are right across the street from Building 18.
(via Washington Post)
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Why aren’t these two guys fired?
March 1st, 2007 at 11:43 amWhat do you expect from an Administration that has no problems with torture?
March 1st, 2007 at 11:47 amHow about giving Rumpsfelt a mop and bucket and make him earn the money he’s being paid……..
March 1st, 2007 at 11:48 amwell, how could they know, what with those tree blocking their view?…
March 1st, 2007 at 11:49 amI heard KKKarl Rove had some concerns about work available for his son, here’s meaningful employment for him cleaning up one of daddy’s messes… and how ’bout them busch girls, eh?
March 1st, 2007 at 11:52 amI say move the big shots out of their mansions and let them live in Building 18 if they want to keep their jobs.
Turn the mansions into luxury recreation areas for the wounded vets.
March 1st, 2007 at 11:54 amSo much more of this to come, can’t wait till the economy tanks this year. (you know how easy it is to control), then they can blame the Dem’s! And we’re right back where we started in 2000.
Investigate
Impeach
And put them in a stockade so I can personally defecate on them!
March 1st, 2007 at 11:55 amWho supports the troops exactly? Those who send them to fight for corporate profits and childlike fantasy or those of us who are outraged that this can actually be happening in the fog of ’support our troops’ BS? I can’t fathom my fellow countrymens’ thinking any more and I can’t figure out why no one is calling anyone to task. What happened to the change everyone said we voted for.
March 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pmtwo heads on a platter please.
Deliver them to Bldg. 18
March 1st, 2007 at 12:05 pmWeightman and Kiley need to be stripped of rank, sent to iraq and the unit they get sent to needs to be told exactly who they are. Lets see how long they would last.
March 1st, 2007 at 12:07 pmI would bet 48 hours
The “stately homes†of Walter Reed Commander George W. Weightman and top Army medical officer Kevin C. Kiley, who knew for years about outpatient neglect at the military hospital. Their homes are right across the street from Building 18.
Way to friggin’ show support for our troops!
March 1st, 2007 at 12:32 pmFreakin’ Idjits!
How the hell do they (Weightman and Kiley) even sleep at night?
Freakin’ Idjits!!!
this is absolutely obsurd. there is no f. excuse for such neglect. not only do they let them rot with the very insects that would love to feed on them but to then degrade their manhood, gi status is maddening. folks, this has been going on for years, vietnam vets are still fighting for their rightful medical needs. the first gulf really hammered it home with vets coming back with toxins in their body not to mention the 3 eyed babies. sad, i know. what is even sadder is that the government never has or will give a shit. they just act like they give a shit now cuz they got caught since bushwhack sent whole goddamn military to war. so the influx is what is bringing it to the open. f. all these bustards.
March 1st, 2007 at 12:56 pmAs the LATE GREAT Marlene Dietrich observed in Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s STAGE FRIGHT(tm): “What VERMIN some VERMIN are…” Those repugnant-repub rightwingnut cranks who slither along like maggots, and those with deformed porcine trotters like Karl Miss Piggy Rove, or “Goat of Mendes” hooves like Torticola Cheney and CHIMPya!!!!!
March 1st, 2007 at 1:26 pm—faux noise advertorial—
This is really going to hurt the war on terra.
See, the threat of bureaucratic nightmares and nasty conditions for wounded troops is a strong motivator to do the job right.
We should not pander to nice guy liberulz and take away that support and motivation. That would cause an increase in accidents and woundings.
—end of faux noise advertorial—
March 1st, 2007 at 3:32 pmI say we rent a U-Haul and switch residences for the big-wigs and patients. Hire a couple big frat boys to help, how long could it take?
March 1st, 2007 at 7:55 pmhttp://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3456
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It takes courage to say that you will not fight — especially if you are a soldier. As more members of the U.S. military step forward for peace, the peace movement must step forward to support them.
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March 2nd, 2007 at 12:08 amhttp://www.vcnv.org/project/the-occupation-project
The Occupation Project
THE OCCUPATION PROJECT is a new effort initiated by UFPJ member organization Voices for Creative Nonviolence. The plan is to unfold a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at ending the U.S. war in and occupation of Iraq. The campaign begins with occupations at the offices of Representatives and Senators who refuse to pledge to vote against additional war funding.
Several UFPJ member groups, including CodePink, Peace Action, Veterans for Peace, After Downing Street, and a host of local groups from North Carolina to Alaska are all involved in this effort. United for Peace and Justice, as a national coalition, has also endorsed The Occupation Project.
Your group can find out more about this initiative, including how you can get involved, by visiting their website. Or you can contact the organizers via phone at 773-878-3815 or via email, occupationproject at vcnv.org
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March 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 am