Economics, Humanity and Oil

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:23 am

His combat was probably a bit different. I assume he was there during WWII. That was a bloody campaign.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:40 am

Soup4Rush wrote:His combat was probably a bit different. I assume he was there during WWII. That was a bloody campaign.

Yeah. He was wounded and then his unit was cut off from supplies because of rain clouds. The planes couldn't see where they were and thus, couldn't drop supplies. They spent two weeks in the mud and rain with no supplies before they were evacuated.

But, you know how it ended. We WON!

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:08 am

A great man and American your father. His kind is my hero.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:19 am

Hey Soup! Look what we just bought!

got RAPTOR???

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:22 am

How did ya afford that? Get rid of the minvan eh?

Did you guys get your letters from the VA yet?

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:27 am

The VA? MAN! I feel like that is where I live now I take my mom there so often.

I will tell you this though. Every time I go to the VA I find myself even more grateful for what our vets have done. And I feel really badly for many of them because of how they are now and how we, as a nation in general, just go on glibly without giving thought to what those who died AND those who lived gave for us.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:28 am

yep...we hadda trade up!

only 900 million to go 'fore she's paid off!

yeah bro`....I got mine...you?

shit, everybody I KNOW that was in has gotten theirs...

and the only REAL advice the VA can give is: "watch your accounts"

gee....YA THINK????

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:34 am

yeah t...it's one of our "ugly little secrets", and IMHO it's a national disgrace...

Wonder if the Canadian Military--all 56 THOUSAND of them (Hel-LOWWW CAN-A-DA!!)

treat THEIR Vets like that?

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:51 am

got mine yesterday. I pity the fool who wants my identity.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:06 am

The VA hospital system as a whole, however, treats my mom really well.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:06 pm

I'm glad they treat your mom good t....I'm not saying ALL VA's are like that, but there are some good spots out there...glad your mom found one...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:37 pm

The Seattle and Tacoma VAs have been great with her. She had trouble with one in CA when I was a kid, they just wanted to use her for research

but the others she went to in Arizona were okay except when she was in the VA for a rattlesnake bite and they didn't believe her when she told them a brown recluse had bitten her in the hospital until her skin began...umm...well, it was gross.