wolf58's Comments (65)

“If an Irish-American walked up to a British affiliated company or office in our country and committed an act of violence I HOPE that talking heads somewhere would jump to the conclusion that this person might be animated by the situation in Northern Ireland. It might turn out to be wrong.. it might make Irish Americans upset that an issue that concerns many of them could possibly draw negative attention to them. It might even draw political conclusions from both sides of the issue.. that the media is just covering the story because it sympathizes with British occupation of Dublin OR that Brian Kilmeade is in the tank for the Irish.

Why on Earth would anyone be informationally NEUTRAL about why somebody just shot 40 people? Unlike a person's color or eye shape, what IS relevant is the BELIEF SYSTEM THEY SUBSCRIBE TO!!! It is possible to point out that the vast and overwhelming majority if Muslims in the world are not committing acts of violence. It is also possible to point out that a small fraction of Muslims, millions out of more than a billion, are engaged and sympathetic towards an ongoing attack on western power centers. You don't know which Muslims are included in this group but it's always possible that, among the set of people who might wish to take violent action in America, Muslims who believe that it is wrong for Muslims to fight other Muslims will react violently.”

“Well, yes, actuallly all of the media does exactly that - remember the extrapolations of Tim McVeigh onto every while male in America? Especially those who shared any of his convictions? (His convictions were not the problem, it was his actions - as would be the case here). So do NOT single out FOX News. It was MSNBC and MSNBC alone that could not wait to break its pledge to release the name of the suspect once it was revealed to be a Muslim name. FOX admirably was the very last to do so - and only after the military lifted its block.”

“Heh heh, nice try.”

“Sounds like you, just as Liz Cheney was accused of, see things as either black or white too.”

“No one - NeoCon or NeoCom - thinks that war is the only answer. But, sometimes, it's a necessary answer. War settled the issue of slavery pretty well, eh? And where is Hitler - the Kaiser - Joe Stalin - the city fathers of Carthage? War is a tool to be used sparingly, hopefully, but used with ruthless determination to win when necessary. Any other means is just a waste of life. If it comes to them or me - I vote me every time.”

“Well said and thank you for your service”

“moot”

“Unfortunately, MSNBC is on basic cable for me.”

“So shoule we make vets buy private insurance? Wait, given that many saw combat duty, they would be denied for pre-existing conditions. (stress, PTSD, infuenza, guardia, sprains...)”

“Thank Jeebus the Rushpublicans would want to protect the doctors with Tort Reform!”

“Those were horrible mistakes made, but I am sure if one looked similar mistakes have been made under private programs and facilities as well. Thing is they don't get the press, and under tort reform even fewer of them would be litigated.

Tricare is available to all retired military personnel and dependents. Are you proposing that all veterans without reference to their term of services or disability status receive Tricare for life?

Thing is a veteran no matter what ther length of service can walk into a VA facility and receive treatment. If you were proposing that veterans who are not disabled and volutarily severed their service before retirement eligibility be given the option of purchasing a prorated Tricare coverage it might be doable. But to hand out Tricare for life to every veteran is not current policy and not currently budgeted.”

“You think that doesn't happen in the private sector? The only difference is that those systems bury their mistakes.”

“got to get them to say the pres is a racist”

“as well as Broadview security (Brinks) and zyrtec”

“The folks at Fox want to keep the mushrooms in the dark”

“I understand where you are coming from. I'm lucky that I've had much better treatment at my VA. I pray that things change for you.”

“If Paul Reickhoff ran for office I would vote for him. I refuse to put one of those dumb magnets on my car for just that reason- people pay a buck for a magnet and then feel like they don't need to do anything else. We volunteer at a food pantry that helps subsidize low-income families and many of them are families of military personal or veterans. It is shameful.”

“I agree with you 100%. I go to Omaha VA and have students as my doctors. Currently I have one from India but they change every couple of years. The care is better than nothing but not confidence inspiring. I'm waiting for the day cancer pops up from all the crap I was exposed to and one of these noobs gets me killed.

But at least the top 1% are doing well, nice to know if I die, I will have done so, helping them maintain their wealth and power.”

“sorry for the typo's, pain medications kicking in...”

“Are you in favor of the Presidents plan to give you large private coverage so that if you aren't or can't getting something from the VA you can use your insurance at a regular hospital?”

“Right on wolf58. Even sadder flags and magnets made in China.”