Nov 16, 2009
02:18 pm
Given the Ft. Hood tragedy, a bill authored by Richard Burr (R-NC) is coming into light:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says his "Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act" will protect veterans' gun rights. But the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calls it a "dangerous" proposal that could allow "over 100,000 mentally incapacitated or incompetent persons" to buy guns—people who would previously have been barred from doing so by the Veterans Administration (VA).
Absolutely amazing. That’s what we need – more unstable people with guns. And here is the real irony. Burr opposes healthcare reform, something that could have saved the lives of over 2,200 veterans last year. If he was truly concerned about veterans rights then he would work to protect their right to affordable healthcare. As matter of fact we should all take a moment and tell Burr to do exactly that:
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Nov 12, 2009
12:59 pm
This man shouldn’t be allowed to call himself American let alone Senator:
Speaking Friday on the Senate floor about a procedural hold that is blocking passage of S. 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, said “it would be truly disgraceful” if the bill didn’t clear the Senate by Veterans’ Day.
Akaka said the bill represents a bipartisan collection of veterans’ committee proposals packaged into one bill so it could quickly pass. Consideration of the measure is being blocked by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who doesn’t want the measure brought up unless he is given an opportunity to offer amendments.
“This single senator is denying veterans many benefits and services,” Akaka said, including a new caregiver assistant program at families of the “most seriously wounded veterans.”
Having a bill like this finally pass on Veteran's Day would have been a great way to thank all the people who have served our nation so selflessly, but Tom Coburn would rather play politics with the life and well being of our heroes. This is absolutely disgraceful.
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Nov 12, 2009
12:00 am
Here are the public faces that aren’t in Congress and oppose a public option:
AmandaCarpenter: Thanks to our vets today. Here is the 2009 Veterans Day poster from the VA
MittRomney: Read my statement on Veterans Day here : http://bit.ly/4sECtC
KarlRove: Wishing a happy Veterans Day to the brave men & women who sacrificed to keep our country safe & remembering those serving our nation 2day.
michellemalkin: Veterans Day 2009: Thank s to all who have served, sacrificed & preserved our freedom. - http://bit.ly/3Vjdzz
townhallcom: Meredith Jessup: Remembering Our Veterans: Please take a moment today (and everyday!) to remember all those who.. http://twurl.nl/2gcbd1
timpawlenty: Remembering all of our great veterans today. Thanks for all you do to protect freedom
GovernorPerry: Called my dad this AM and wished him a Happy Veterans Day. Do the same to those you know and love and the rest who make freedom possible!
ToomeyForSenate: We need real health care reform. Sign our petition today!: http://bit.ly/29bUTM #toomey #specter #sestak #tcot (Don’t be fooled by this. He is opposing the public option)
Today’s event was really an eye opener for me, someone who really doesn’t use Twitter. One thing I learned is that Republicans are way ahead on the Twitter front than Democrats.
I do have a special page put together where this list will always be accessible. While it did take a lot of work digging through tweets, I felt it was the least I could do given the news that started this off – last year alone over 2,200 veterans, who couldn’t afford healthcare in our nation, died. The fact that these people say they “honor” our veterans, yet don’t want to be part of the solution to this travesty is utterly appalling.
In closing I would like to provide you with a tweet from a long time Republican blogger:
I couldn’t have said it any better myself. As I stated numerous times throughout the day, actions speak louder than words. The politicians I highlighted today are a shining example of just that. They like to say that they “support our troops” and are “honored”, yet they can’t prove it. Instead they are the very cause of the problem with America – an inability to conquer any big problem anymore. Could you imagine if these same clowns were in charge when Kennedy declared a mission to put a man on the moon? It would have never happened.
Nov 11, 2009
11:32 pm
Not really thanking them or honoring them directly, just asking them to go to his campaign website to view this:
Yet somehow Gresham overlooks the grueling fact that over 2,200 veterans died last year and didn’t have health insurance. Gresham was also another “no” vote for healthcare this past weekend.
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Nov 11, 2009
11:10 pm
A truly humbling idea:
Even more humbling would be thanking the vets with affordable health care coverage. Imagine if the 2,200+ veterans that didn’t have this necessity and died last year received thanks like that.
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Nov 11, 2009
10:41 pm
How nice of him! And here is the picture he is sharing:
Maybe he is explaining how he can’t support a health care bill that would have helped provide coverage to the 2,200 veterans who couldn’t afford it and died last year? Nah…I doubt it.
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Nov 11, 2009
10:17 pm
Here’s his tweet:
Yet interesting enough as this appeared on Issa’s Twitter feed, so did this:
Let’s think about those 2,200 veterans that died last year from lack of health care coverage and wonder if Issa is thanking them also.
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Nov 11, 2009
09:54 pm
Somehow I don’t think Don mentioned how he could not support healthcare reform in light of the news that over 2,200 veterans died last year and couldn’t afford coverage.
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Nov 11, 2009
09:22 pm
Perhaps one of those high school students will ask him about his Tweet. Ask him how he can oppose healthcare reform while saying he honors our veterans, of which 2,200 died last year and didn’t have insurance.
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Nov 11, 2009
08:59 pm
And here is her tweet:
Yet Lynn Jenkins also opposed healthcare reform, something that could have helped save the over 2,200 veterans, who have served our great nation only to find a nation in which they couldn’t afford health care coverage and ultimately died from it.
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Nov 11, 2009
08:32 pm
From Michael Burgess, MD:
Certainly a doctor would realize the importance of affordable healthcare coverage, and certainly someone wanting to honor our troops would think it a crime that over 2,200 of our veterans couldn’t afford this coverage and died last year. Apparently Dr. Mike doesn’t as he voted against healthcare reform this past Saturday.
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Nov 11, 2009
08:01 pm
Do you really honor them? At any point one of those 24 million could become a statistic like the 2,200 veterans who couldn’t afford insurance and died last year. How do you honor them when you won’t even support health care reform that would help end this crime against our people?
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Nov 11, 2009
07:44 pm
Very nice indeed. Maybe he should hear stories from our veterans who can’t afford insurance, or stories from the family of the over 2,200 veterans who couldn’t afford insurance and died last year?
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Nov 11, 2009
07:30 pm
Excuse me for not getting emotional over this:
Yet once the service of more than 2,200 veterans was over, our country forgot about them. They died last year from not having health care coverage, and Jim Gerlach opposes any such reform to fix that travesty laid upon our society.
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Nov 11, 2009
07:07 pm
He couldn’t even come close to the 140 characters allowed on Twitter:
I guess that’s why he couldn’t be bothered to support healthcare reform either? Apparently McCarthy is fine and dandy with over 2,200 uninsured veterans dying last year.
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Over 2,200 veterans, who couldn't afford health insurance, died in 2008. On Veteran's Day 2009 IntoxiNation decided to highlight tweets from polticians who oppose healthcare reform yet wanted to claim how they supported our veterans on Twitter. Here is an example of one such tweet
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| President Obama Job Approval | |
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| Approve: | 49.1% |
| Disapprove: | 45.8% |
| Spread: | +3.3% |
| Generic Congressional Vote | |
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| Republican: | 44.0% |
| Democrat: | 43.4% |
| Spread: | +0.6% |
| Direction of Country | |
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| Right Direction: | 33.4% |
| Wrong Track: | 61.0% |
| Spread: | -27.6% |
| Congressional Job Approval | |
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| Approve: | 19.3% |
| Disapprove: | 75.7% |
| Spread: | -56.4% |
