WW II Vets defy shut down and storm memorial...love it.

[Bubblehead1980]

Stormed it like Normandy in defiance of the Democrat shutdown of the Federal government.Our generation should take some lessons!

http://freebeacon.com/wwii-vets-knock-over-shutdown-barrier-to-visit-wwii-memorial/

[Jimbuna]

Good for them, I'd like to think our vets would do the same but try to keep politics out of this one....we have had enough in recent times.

[Bubblehead1980]

Good for them but try to keep politics out of this one....we have had enough in recent times.

No politics, just the truth.Just great to see them telling the government to kick rocks.

[conus00]

:yeah::yeah::yeah:
Please arm them and let them continue on Capitol and White House!

[AVGWarhawk]

No politics, just the truth.Just great to see them telling the government to kick rocks.

I think it is deeper then that for these vets, Bubble.

[Bilge_Rat]

oh, oh...



“This is ridiculous,” said Tom Bratner, 89, who served as a Seabee during the liberation of Guam in 1944. “I hate the Republicans. They’re pulling all kinds of stuff trying to hold hostage things like this.”



http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/01/second-world-war-vets-storm-memorial-shuttered-by-u-s-government-shut-down/

[AVGWarhawk]

oh, oh...



http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/01/second-world-war-vets-storm-memorial-shuttered-by-u-s-government-shut-down/

The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said it was shutting down its Twitter feed. “We’ll be back as soon as possible,” its last tweet read.

Gasp! :o

[Tribesman]

Gasp! :o
Out of 13,000 CDC employees, 9,000 won’t be working under the shutdown
Gasp! :o

[Stealhead]

Guess what? Jerk wad members of Congress showed up when they heard about the "breach". As if they had something to do with it :nope: These people(politicians)are human filth.They deserve the guillotine.

Well they did have something to do with it they are the ones that caused the shutdown.:hmm2:

[Bubblehead1980]

I think it is deeper then that for these vets, Bubble.


I agree, but even so their act is big FO to the gubm'nt

[Bubblehead1980]

oh, oh...



http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/01/second-world-war-vets-storm-memorial-shuttered-by-u-s-government-shut-down/

Not the only one blaming the wrong people

[Stealhead]

I would love to see you say that to that old Sea Bee's face.:D Bet he would light you up one side and down the other.They did not call em fighting Sea Bees for nothing.

[desertstriker]

Stormed it like Normandy in defiance of the Democrat shutdown of the Federal government
you mean republican temper tantrum because they don't want the ACA to take away their federal health insurance and be like everybody else.

[Subnuts]

Weren't these the same guys who volunteered by the millions to fight while the president was, for all intents and purposes, a socialist?

I'm sure Team D and Team R aren't on their minds at the moment.

[desertstriker]

yeah more than likely but you know how BH is its anti-democrat this and that so i decided to give the other side of the coin point of view. no the one artical i read said they liked the ACA and wanted it to stay.

[Sailor Steve]

Democrat shutdown of the Federal government.

No politics, just the truth.
Too late. Politics from the get-go.

[Tribesman]

Weren't these the same guys who volunteered by the millions to fight while the president was, for all intents and purposes, a socialist?


Weren't these the same guys who went to war against 6 extremely conservative right wing regimes?

[Bubblehead1980]

Weren't these the same guys who volunteered by the millions to fight while the president was, for all intents and purposes, a socialist?

I'm sure Team D and Team R aren't on their minds at the moment.

Yes, my grandfather did, he left college and went into the Army, served in Europe, including D-Day.We have those conversations and will admit, he had a huge problem with Roosevelt, made him sick he was the President but was young and wanted to fight Japanese.Of course, he ended up in Europe but that happens.Times were different, much different. Terrible as Roosevelt was other than his wartime leadership was excellent, he looks like a great President compared to what we have now.Anyways, this was not really political post, was just great to see these vets not let what they earned be denied because of the government's stupid political behavior.

[Tribesman]

was just great to see these vets not let what they earned be denied because of the government's stupid political behavior.
Veterans earned government run health care didn't they, its been that way since the early days of the Republic:hmmm:

[Stealhead]

Veterans earned government run health care didn't they, its been that way since the early days of the Republic:hmmm:


Not until 1919 or so when they created Veterans Affairs.Before that there where only pensions when acts of Congress made them so.Civil War vets for example only received pensions due to special Acts prior to Veterans Affairs which covers 1899 up to modern times(Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrections,Boxer Rebellion those vets got nothing until after Veterans Affairs was established after WWI)

[Bubblehead1980]

Veterans earned government run health care didn't they, its been that way since the early days of the Republic:hmmm:


Completely different, providing care for veterans as opposed to the entire population is a way different thing.Also, going on the problems a lot of people encounter with the VA, it's a prime example of why we dont want it in everyone's hc.My grandfather(great grandfather actually) refuses to deal with the VA, although he is entitled to.Fortunately he did well enough for himself that to this day at 94 he does not need the VA.I'm glad the VA is there for vets for trying to say it's same as ACA or government hc for everyone else is rubbish.