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11-10-2009, 17:32
LA National Veterans Home
Make Veterans Day 2009 really count by being there for the “Old Veterans Guard”
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The very best way for Americans to honour Veterans Day tomorrow is to help the “Old Veterans Guard” in their open challenge to President Barack Obama and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.
“Open these gates and bring our veterans home!” will be the battle-cry when 85-year-old World war II veteran, Dan Overmyer and fellow vets declare their opposition to the chained and padlocked front gates at the entry of the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
“Bring the troops home” has never had more meaning on a Veterans Day.
Locked out on the dangerous streets without access to the LA National Veterans Home, are some 20,000 war vets who, in spite of well touted promises to the contrary, remain homeless on the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.
Overmyer, who expresses “serious outrage” at the government, is demanding to know: “How can a nation celebrate Veterans Day when so many veterans are homeless and their land is being given away by the VA to a wealthy homeowner group for a public park?” Is this the way America honors those who have defended the freedom and safety of all others? This is absolutely disgraceful!”
One wonders whether if, in time, war memorials seen in most parks, will greet park visitors in the one intended to replace the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
The veterans counted on former General Eric Shinseki, who now serves as Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary in the Obama administration.
Before his appointment Gen. Shinseki was the highest-ranking Asian-American in U.S. military history when he became Army Chief of Staff in June, 1999. When he retired in August of 2003, Gen. Shinseki had a career capped as Chief of Staff—the top uniformed position in the entire US Army.
In their hearts, veterans are generals too.
In civilian life, Shinseki was a bank director at BNP Paribas, Saddam Hussein’s favourite ATM machine, at the heart of the UN Oil-for-Food scandal.
For those saturated with the news of more recent bank scandals, Oil-for-Food is the tawdry and true tale of how Saddam Hussein conned the easily conned UN into thinking he was going along with UN sanctions in Iraq—but before it was all over had reaped more than $21 billion in illegal profits from 1990 to 2003.
In a recent VA announcement, Secretary Shinseki proclaimed: “President Obama and I are personally committed to ending homelessness among veterans within the next five years. Those who have served this nation as veterans should never find themselves on the streets, living without care and without hope.”
Noble words, Secretary Shinseki. But it’s past time to add weight to those words by opening the gates and giving homeless vets the comfort, warmth and safety of the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
Shinseki further declared: “The VA will spend $3.2 billion next year to prevent and reduce homelessness among veterans.”
“Local veterans want a large portion of that money spent at “The Home” as it is both affectionately and reverently called, since this is the largest VA in the nation and LA has a homeless population of veterans larger than many other cities,” says Overmyer.
Think of the veterans every time you see Obama or Shinseki laying a wreath at a small town cenotaph tomorrow.
Meanwhile, American patriots who support their troops can join Dan Overmyer, 2 p.m., tomorrow at the Northeast corner of Wilshire and San Vicente Boulevards in West Los angeles, adjacent to the community of Brentwood.
While politicians spill rhetoric, homeless soldiers wander the streets with nowhere to call home.
Veterans are living in parks, sleeping in haystacks in farmers fields and and sleeping in cars.
It’s time to bring those whose served their country into the light and the warmth and no better day to do so than tomorrow.
Make Veterans Day 2009 really count.
Open the gates, Secretary Shinseki. Soldiers who served their country truly deserve the warmth and comfort of a place to call “Home”.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16698
Make Veterans Day 2009 really count by being there for the “Old Veterans Guard”
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p36/MARINEJIM/wavingflag.gif
The very best way for Americans to honour Veterans Day tomorrow is to help the “Old Veterans Guard” in their open challenge to President Barack Obama and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.
“Open these gates and bring our veterans home!” will be the battle-cry when 85-year-old World war II veteran, Dan Overmyer and fellow vets declare their opposition to the chained and padlocked front gates at the entry of the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
“Bring the troops home” has never had more meaning on a Veterans Day.
Locked out on the dangerous streets without access to the LA National Veterans Home, are some 20,000 war vets who, in spite of well touted promises to the contrary, remain homeless on the dangerous streets of Los Angeles.
Overmyer, who expresses “serious outrage” at the government, is demanding to know: “How can a nation celebrate Veterans Day when so many veterans are homeless and their land is being given away by the VA to a wealthy homeowner group for a public park?” Is this the way America honors those who have defended the freedom and safety of all others? This is absolutely disgraceful!”
One wonders whether if, in time, war memorials seen in most parks, will greet park visitors in the one intended to replace the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
The veterans counted on former General Eric Shinseki, who now serves as Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary in the Obama administration.
Before his appointment Gen. Shinseki was the highest-ranking Asian-American in U.S. military history when he became Army Chief of Staff in June, 1999. When he retired in August of 2003, Gen. Shinseki had a career capped as Chief of Staff—the top uniformed position in the entire US Army.
In their hearts, veterans are generals too.
In civilian life, Shinseki was a bank director at BNP Paribas, Saddam Hussein’s favourite ATM machine, at the heart of the UN Oil-for-Food scandal.
For those saturated with the news of more recent bank scandals, Oil-for-Food is the tawdry and true tale of how Saddam Hussein conned the easily conned UN into thinking he was going along with UN sanctions in Iraq—but before it was all over had reaped more than $21 billion in illegal profits from 1990 to 2003.
In a recent VA announcement, Secretary Shinseki proclaimed: “President Obama and I are personally committed to ending homelessness among veterans within the next five years. Those who have served this nation as veterans should never find themselves on the streets, living without care and without hope.”
Noble words, Secretary Shinseki. But it’s past time to add weight to those words by opening the gates and giving homeless vets the comfort, warmth and safety of the Los Angeles National Veterans Home.
Shinseki further declared: “The VA will spend $3.2 billion next year to prevent and reduce homelessness among veterans.”
“Local veterans want a large portion of that money spent at “The Home” as it is both affectionately and reverently called, since this is the largest VA in the nation and LA has a homeless population of veterans larger than many other cities,” says Overmyer.
Think of the veterans every time you see Obama or Shinseki laying a wreath at a small town cenotaph tomorrow.
Meanwhile, American patriots who support their troops can join Dan Overmyer, 2 p.m., tomorrow at the Northeast corner of Wilshire and San Vicente Boulevards in West Los angeles, adjacent to the community of Brentwood.
While politicians spill rhetoric, homeless soldiers wander the streets with nowhere to call home.
Veterans are living in parks, sleeping in haystacks in farmers fields and and sleeping in cars.
It’s time to bring those whose served their country into the light and the warmth and no better day to do so than tomorrow.
Make Veterans Day 2009 really count.
Open the gates, Secretary Shinseki. Soldiers who served their country truly deserve the warmth and comfort of a place to call “Home”.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16698