The Oneida Nation is one of the area’s largest employers and every time they try, economically, to improve this area, they need to fight the State and the Federal Government. You realize they have two citizenships, one for being a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and one through their mother’s bloodline. I am concerned with the injustice that was done to the Oneidas by an ungrateful country.

Presently our current service members have who have had repeated and extended deployments to war zones, have shown a rise in post-traumatic stress and other war-related wounds among troops. While it is good to support your troops that are serving our interest it is better to demand accountability from those responsible for the lack of their care in these injuries. It is utterly disgusting that VA hospitals are turning away those most in need. Those in charge of VA hospitals need to take responsibility for their lack of actions. I believe the whole VA system needs an overhaul and very soon. More and more wounded troops coming home and they need both physical and mental health care.

Our troops deserve the best of all aspects of care! Wake up, America! We fail to take care of our own as we should and I think it’s time that we start.

This will surprise nobody who has ever encountered the VA medical system. The entire operation is a horror show mostly run by lazy, self-important, arrogant and self-satisfied bureaucrats. This kind of treatment has been going on for years and years and years. VA hospitals are in hopeless situations. This type of treatment is the rule and not the exception for those who are closely associated with regular active duty military. It’s sad, but true.

If certain services cannot be provided for a veteran or military patient then they are suppose to be referred to a civilian facility with no cost to the service member or veteran. Many of our own go without and this shouldn’t be a surprise for the VA system when it comes to treating any new service related condition. In this situation, the Iraq veteran is in the same boat as the Vietnam veteran in the 1970’s. At least now, they have a name for it, PTSD, and Agent Orange has been proven, but the VA doesn’t take it seriously!

It’s terrible that our country is ignoring the cries of our vets. It’s no surprise what is happening with the Syracuse Veterans Hospital if similar acts are occurring around the country. I’ve have made many attempts in the last four years to talk with Mr. Cody, the head of the VA hospital in Syracuse NY, about these conditions He is self-important, arrogant, with a “don’t call me I’ll call you” attitude and there has been no dialog. I believe that Mr. Jim Cody should tender his resignation for the good of our veterans.

Dennis Thorp is a native of Frankfort and served as an U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He is co-founder of Agent Orange Victims International.

Doctho@roadrunner

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No. It is not.

Hillary was predicted to win New Hampshire a year ago. Without Barrack winning Iowa, Hillary would have been the candidate everyone predicted to have won in New Hampshire, and Barrack fighting her to what is basically a draw would have been the big story.

Lets not call the race won until the rest of the votes are cast shall we?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/opinion/08dowd.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=opinion

How ironic that the ultimate feminist, Hill’reh, had to play the feminine card to turn her campaign around. Bubba killed Unions with NAFTA, so I guess Hill’reh was the obvious feminism killer.

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Clinton has been the leader for a year now. How’s it an upset that she won N.H.? The upset was that Obama got Iowa.

The press is run by people with lukewarm emotional IQs… as a consequence our form of government is at extreme risk.

New Hampshire – A 180 degree turn as each party’s oldest candidate won.

Draw your own conclusion(s)…..

McCain and Hillary are the first to pull the trigger in any coming arm conflict.
It is sad to see the outcome is nothing but endorsement of the past,endorsement of the same…
Blogging,and talking will not change anything…One of these two,with financial backing might win it all…I could be wrong,but the media are happy with the results.
Some media pundits now are saying the win because of the Surge..

Last night Washington establishment and the war machine won again.

Yeah , keep quoting Bill the Effeminate Kristol ; that’s certain to garner you a shitload of credibility , nitwit………..

“If we maintain our fiscal discipline, using the surplus to pay down the debt and using the savings to strengthen Social Security, America will entirely pay off the national debt by 2015,” Clinton told reporters on the White House lawn.
Clinton said the budget surplus for fiscal year 1999 would be a higher-than-expected $99 billion, compared to an earlier projection of $79 billion. For fiscal 2000, which begins Oct. 1, Clinton sees the budget surplus rising to $142.5 billion from an earlier projection of $117.3 billion.
“Improvements in the outlook since February have added $179 billion to the projected budget surplus over five years, half a trillion over 10 years, and a trillion over 15 years,” Clinton said.
In February, the White House forecast a five-year surplus of about $700 million, a 10-year surplus of about $2.41 trillion and a 15-year surplus of about $4.47 trillion.
http://money.cnn.com/1999/06/28/economy/clinton/

Comment by Sabyen91 — January 9, 2008 @ 2:15 am

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We’re $10 trillion in debt right now thanks to Reagan and the Bush’s. Every year we pay $600 billion just on the interest on that debt. The Clintons will solve that. They’ve done it in the past.

Uhh, I am not with Hillary but I would vote for her over any right winger.

Comment by delafield — January 9, 2008 @ 2:14 am”

You are talking like a blind follower of Hillary. And your rhetoric about me sounding like Rush and Hannity just proves you are not even close to rational.