Comments on: Supporting the Troops http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lou http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128850 Lou Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:33:42 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128850 Well Rick James, then why are we seeing homeless vets? Do troops take care of troops only when they're on active duty? Who takes care of them when they get out? YOU may care about the troops but what resources do you have for them when they leave the military?! Well Rick James, then why are we seeing homeless vets? Do troops take care of troops only when they’re on active duty? Who takes care of them when they get out? YOU may care about the troops but what resources do you have for them when they leave the military?!

]]> By: rick james http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128834 rick james Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:33:18 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128834 have you ever served a second in the military? no i think not. i have the gi bill, went to school for free, and had 1500 a month tax free in my pocket. i also had free va health care. and then i came back in the army, and yes i got wounded in iraq, and yes im going to afghanistan and not for a second, have i felt that my brothers in arms, above or below me, cared about my wellbeing. sergeants run the army, especially the infantry. more than any civilian coul ever know, WE care about the troops. we care about their mental health, their morale, and what they do with their lives. i am a libertarian, but it seems #2 and #3 are both repeating superficial ignorant party lines. troops take care of troops. were all brothers. help is definitely there. have you ever served a second in the military? no i think not. i have the gi bill, went to school for free, and had 1500 a month tax free in my pocket. i also had free va health care. and then i came back in the army, and yes i got wounded in iraq, and yes im going to afghanistan and not for a second, have i felt that my brothers in arms, above or below me, cared about my wellbeing. sergeants run the army, especially the infantry. more than any civilian coul ever know, WE care about the troops. we care about their mental health, their morale, and what they do with their lives. i am a libertarian, but it seems #2 and #3 are both repeating superficial ignorant party lines. troops take care of troops. were all brothers. help is definitely there.

]]> By: Joseph Conrad http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128824 Joseph Conrad Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:08:13 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128824 The homelessness? That's just the beginning...This administration has wrought social Chaos our nation hasn't even seen yet. What the US did to Iraq, it will soon find it did to itself. Bush has planted the seeds of America's destruction in his lust for Money & Power... The homelessness? That’s just the beginning…This administration has wrought social Chaos our nation hasn’t even seen yet. What the US did to Iraq, it will soon find it did to itself. Bush has planted the seeds of America’s destruction in his lust for Money & Power…

]]> By: I. Conoplastic http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128815 I. Conoplastic Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:28:20 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128815 That's garbage, Rick James. The nickel-and-diming down of all benefits including medical, educational and vocational has been in force since before 9-11 to the tune that the promises given when they enlist just don't wash anymore. THERE IS NO MORE GI BILL. That’s garbage, Rick James.

The nickel-and-diming down of all benefits including medical, educational and vocational has been in force since before 9-11 to the tune that the promises given when they enlist just don’t wash anymore.

THERE IS NO MORE GI BILL.

]]> By: rick james http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128813 rick james Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:18:44 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/12/10/21/supporting-the-troops-24/#comment-128813 why are these soldiers not using their gi bill? i know form experience you can live on that. its easy to go to school coming from the military. what of jobs? before i came back in the army as a grunt (5 years out) i had no problem getting a decent job. there IS help for soldiers while they are in, soldiers dont go get it. it is there. example: we get safety briefs EVERY weekend , dont drink and drive. what happens EVERY weekend. right, JOE dosent listen. theyres help, and im ashamed any of my brothers ever spent a night on the streetz. why are these soldiers not using their gi bill? i know form experience you can live on that. its easy to go to school coming from the military.
what of jobs? before i came back in the army as a grunt (5 years out) i had no problem getting a decent job.
there IS help for soldiers while they are in, soldiers dont go get it. it is there.
example: we get safety briefs EVERY weekend , dont drink and drive. what happens EVERY weekend. right, JOE dosent listen. theyres help, and im ashamed any of my brothers ever spent a night on the streetz.

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