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   When do we decide to TAKE BACK AMERICA? Enough is enough--We need another

"Tea Party" protest day to tell Washington that the Illegal Alien Problem is going to be

ended during this administration or the administration will be "ended" 

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Travel help when flying space-A;

Phone number to call for flights outbound and seats available

Sign up online for space-A Flights. This actually uses a sign-up from a PDA--cool!  (use browser-back to return)

Here is one for retired that offers senior citizen discounts

Joint Operational airlift Center. These folks fly to some interesting small places. There is a flight schedule on the site but viewable only five days prior

Reports from Vets that have used space-a

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Doolittle Raiders 67th Reunion
The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders will be celebrating their 67th reunion in Columbia, South Carolina April 15 - 19. There will be six Raiders in attendance out of nine surviving from  the original group who participated in the famous raid on Tokyo, April 18, 1942. Click here for more information.

 

HERE IS A MUST-LOOK-AT Page that lists a large number of reference web sites to get information on veterans benefits--Thank you Lt. Col Jim Ball USAF (ret) for keeping us informed!!!

--its The best veteran made, acted and produced to ever come on the Net. Watch it to the end                          WATCH  http://watsonrulescom/reveille/reveille.html

               Take a look at this page ( link) and don't hold your breath for the $$  ---sez that disabled vets will receive a 250$ check in their next pay. First one that gets one---WRITE US

http://www.dav.org/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=102H.R.

 

STANDBY FOR ACTION MY FELLOW VETERANS...READ;

The American Legion **"Strongly Opposed" to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment

**This is as strong as it gets....its all the Legion can do--they are chapter entitled by the government and as such would lose their phones, offices, desks in federal buildings if they did anything else but "STRONGLY OPPOSE" A MOVEMENT. YOU NEVER SEE THE legion , VFW,DAV  OUT DEMONSTRATING THEIR PROTESTS,---  NEVER HAPPENS

Mon Mar 16, 5:49 pm ET

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Craig Roberts of The American Legion, +1-202-263-2982 Office, +1-202-406-0887 Cell

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.

 

"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it."

 

The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ' to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!"

 

Commander Rehbein was among a group of senior officials from veterans service organizations joining the President, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The group's early afternoon conversation at The White House was precipitated by a letter of protest presented to the President earlier this month. The letter, co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations, read, in part, " There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."

 

Commander Rehbein reiterated points made last week in testimony to both House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. It was stated then that The American Legion believes that the reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate that VA treat service-connected injuries and disabilities given that the United States government sends members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. The proposed requirement for these companies to reimburse the VA would not only be unfair, says the Legion, but would have an adverse impact on service-connected disabled veterans and their families. The Legion argues that, depending on the severity of the medical conditions involved, maximum insurance coverage limits could be reached through treatment of the veteran's condition alone. That would leave the rest of the family without health care benefits. The Legion also points out that many health insurance companies require deductibles to be paid before any benefits are covered. Additionally, the Legion is concerned that private insurance premiums would be elevated to cover service-connected disabled veterans and their families, especially if the veterans are self-employed or employed in small businesses unable to negotiate more favorable across-the-board insurance policy pricing. The American Legion also believes that some employers, especially small businesses, would be reluctant to hire veterans with service-connected disabilities due to the negative impact their employment might have on obtaining and financing company health care benefits.

 

"I got the distinct impression that the only hope of this plan not being enacted," said Commander Rehbein, ***"is for an alternative plan to be developed that would generate the desired $540-million in revenue. The American Legion has long advocated for Medicare reimbursement to VA for the treatment of veterans. This, we believe, would more easily meet the President's financial goal. We will present that idea in an anticipated conference call with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel in the near future.

 

"I only hope the administration will really listen to us then. This matter has far more serious ramifications than the President is imagining," concluded the Commander.

** RIGHT SIR-----JUST LIKE THE "COMPROMISE" ALL THE VSO'S MADE THE DEAL WITH HOUSE COMMISSION ON HR303---THE RESULT WAS---YOU GUESSED IT THE FAMOUS "TEN YEAR PHASE-IN PLAN" Korean AND WW2 VETS WILL ALL BE PASSED ON BY THE TIME THE PHASE-IN GETS TO THE MAJORITY

SOURCE The American Legion

DOES ANYONE ELSE HEAR  "GOOD-BYE TRICARE-FOR-LIFE" FOR THE RETIRED in this message???

editor Bill Gast

UPDATE 1350 THURSDAY,MARCH 19,2009  Believe me, VETS, They HEARD US!!!  Veteran websits across the nation and overseas responded to our request to call their legislators. The result came this afternoon,

Ok. Here is a fairy tale if ever.(LOOK AT THIS) Let's preface it with; Obama says HE  and Rod Blagojevich don't know each other--right? --they BOTH say so. Well sports fans here is the life in Chicago in case you have never experienced it. See the story on this page.  You know, I read this stuff and then then think back to the "red curtain scare" and everyone building fall out shelters in their back yard,....yaknowhat? maybe we were 30 years premature. Enjoy the read----you never saw it here.

       

The Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem

The pledge of allegiance should be rendered by standing at attention, facing the flag, and saluting. When the national anthem is played or sung, citizens should stand at attention and salute at the first note and hold the salute through the last note. The salute is directed to the flag, if displayed, otherwise to the music.

                                

 

My Fellow Veterans---lets see the hand salute to the flag when ever possible--It is a new law now that permits a hand salute when NOT in uniform. I salute EVERY US FLAG that is in front of me!!!! If I pass a store window where the owner has thought enough to display the flag,  I respect that honor he has bestowed upon the public by saluting as I pass by. Please do the same. Nothing twists my knickers more than to see a guy wearing a "KOREA 53" or "VIET VET" hat walk past a flag without saluting!!!! Wouldn't you????

A GREAT STORY OF GRATITUDE. THIS WILL MAKE YOUR MONITOR BLURY.

 

               

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   Casualties in Iraq report  To those that believe that freedom is free---read this day to day report and look at these photos. All gave some. some gave all. Walk the halls of any of our Veterans hospitals and tell us that  these men and women are not still paying for our freedom!!!

TURKEY AUTHOR (?) OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO COLONEL DAVID HUNT. O'REILLY'S DRINKING BUDDY. ON PAGE 122 HUNT SAYS "SINCE I HATE ALL NAVY GUYS...." Nice going Colonel, that'll sell a lot of books!!!  Here is a supreme case of talking about something you know nothing about. Ding-dong here can't find enough bullshit to spin about what he doesn't know about Iraq. so from page 179 to 250 he loads the book with crapy  quality graphics copied from the net. His photo on the front shows him with his arms folded. It should show him with his head up his ass. Of course---We love this---on the back cover O'Reilly says Hunt "lays out a clear strategy for our survival" Jesus I hope not!! This BLIVY ( that's Navy term for ten pounds of bullshit in a five pound bag) IS SUPPOSED TO have "lectured at Harvard University" I'll bet they roared approval in that audience!!! Don't waste $16.95 on the rag                                                                                                                         

Archives of past news.The one we get the most requests for; The Baguio News;

Baguio August 08     Baguio August 07   Baguio November 08  RAO Baguio Jan 09  RAO Baguio February 09

Looking for the letter on OIL PRICES? HERE IT IS IN THE ARCHIVE

New Social Security law that entitles you to more credit for active duty--YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS!! READ

 http://www.wesupportthevets.com/infosheet1.htm  http://www.wesupportthevets.com/archive1705.htm

http://www.wesupportthevets.com/archive19705.htm  http://www.wesupportthevets.com/archive40906.html 

Other archives of  WESUPPORTTHEVETS   Editorials  http://www.wesupportthevets.com/gasttoday.htm

Our Salute to America's HerosTime to read again this powerful speech made by Major General Mike Lehnert at the commencement exercises  at Stanford University in 2006. This was given over a year ago. As you read this speech and the one given by Tom Brokaw, think how poignant this is relative to our present status in Iraq. 

NEW; January 23,2009 how to piss off a retired master chief by flying the flag wrong. This is good. Bravo Zulu  Master chief!                                                   click here to watch video

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THIS ONE IS A TOTAL RAD VIEW! CLICK ON THE LINK --(BELIEVE THIS??) AND LOOK AT ANY MAJOR NEWSPAPER HEADLINE IN THE USA OR EUROPE!! http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/ 

 

Now this one is interesting--This is a large panorama of the Presidential inauguration 2009 showing the faces of the crowd and guests in the back rows, the photogs, etc. This is high definition satellite quality so you can zoom in on the detail of anyone in the crowd. You can see their expressions in detail. copy and paste the below link into your browser and look!--- click anyplace in the photo. Use the BACK arrow on your browser to return here.

http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c


History worth Reading. Kind of a "Where are they now?" type column. We add to it as space & time permit. click on the Name, or subject for link to the article.

Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the Enola Gay The B29 that dropped the bomb on Japan to end the war.

Major Pappy Boyington  The legendary CO of the "black sheep" squadron VMF214 some references to additional reading and a good background of this hero's life.

Iowa Jima  The story of a meeting at the Iowa Jima memorial when James Bradley {FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS} meets a class of youngsters visiting the memorial. Good rundown on each of the men that raised the flag on Iowa

Take a flight with the Blue angels-- in the back seat

 

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TEN FUNNIEST VIDEOS and /OR  most interesting -- ON THE NET

Watch these p-47 aircraft do their stuff from ww II gun cameras http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4368250464023128830&pr=googsl

HERE IS A HEAVY DUTY VIDEO OF THE LIFE OF THE WONDER BIRD OF THE CENTURY--SR71 BLACKBIRD.

IN THE YEARS I SOLD EQUIPMENT TO THE AIR FORCE, I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE BLACKBIRDS AT BEALE AFB IN CALIFORNIA. THEY ARE AS SPECTACULAR IN RETIREMENT AS THEY WERE IN ACTION ENJOY THIS VIDEO

 http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/SR-71/index.htm

 

 

We just have to include this one,....considering that the country is about to freeze for the winter.

Here is one for old sailors to tell at the next VFW meeting,....

Subject: Brass balls

CANNON BALLS !!! DID YOU KNOW THIS?
It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon
on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck
was the problem. The best storage method devised was to stack them as
a square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, resting
on nine, which rested on sixteen.

 

Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area
right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent
the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others.

The solution was a metal plate with 16 round indentations, called, for
reasons unknown, a Monkey. But if this plate were made of iron, the
iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting
problem was to make them of brass - hence, Brass Monkeys.
Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster  than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too  far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey.
 

Thus, it was quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. And all this time, you thought that was just a vulgar
expression, didn't you? You must send this fabulous bit of historical
knowledge to at least a few friends.

 

   The "difference" in yesterday's Democrats and those we have today. Read about ol Harry, then read the following article on Pelosi

HARRY TRUMAN --after his term in office.

 

          Harry Truman after the presidency: TRUE PATRIOT of the American people

 Harry Truman, from Missouri, was a different kind of President. He probably
made as many important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of
the other 42 Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on
what he did after he left the White House.

Historians have written the only asset he had when he  died was the house he
lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . On top of that, his wife
inherited the house from her Mother.

When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S Army pension
reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying
for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance'
and,
later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and  Bess drove home to
Missouri by themselves. There were no Secret Service following them.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating,
'You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that
doesn't
belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale.'

Even later, on May 6, 1971 , when Congress was preparing  to award him the
Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, 'I
don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any

award, Congressional or otherwise.'

He never owned his own home and as president he paid for all of his own
travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the
Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have
found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their
offices. Political offices are now for sale.

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, 'My choices early in
life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And
to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.'
 

  PELOSI    A True Politician of our times

Madame  Pelosi wasn't happy with the small private jet that comes with  the Speaker's  job, no, Madame Pelosi was aggravated that this little  jet had to stop to  refuel, so she ordered a Big Fat 200 seat jet that  could get her back to California without stopping! She is the first Speaker of the House to EVER in the history of our country have a jet of this type to use! 

Many,  many legislators walked by and grinned with glee as Joe informed everyone  that's Nancy 's Big Fat Jet costs us, the hard working  American tax payers,  thousands of gallons of fuel every week. Since  she only works 3 days a week, this gas guzzling jet gets fueled   and she flies home to California , cost to the taxpayers of about   $60,000, one way! 

As Joe put it, 'Unfortunately we have to pay to bring her back on Monday night.'  Cost to us another $60,000. Folks, that is $480,000 per month and that is an annual cost to  taxpayers of  $5,760,000. No wonder she complains about the cost of  this war, it  might cramp her style and she is styling, on my back and yours.  
    
I think of the military families in this country doing without and this woman, who  heads up the most do-nothing Congress in the history of  this country,  keeps fueling that jet while doing nothing.     

Madame Pelosi wants you and I to conserve our carbon footprint.  She wants us  to buy smaller cars and Obama wants us to get a bicycle pump and air up our tires. These people are nuts, if you agree pass this on, if not don't cry fowl when you can't afford to pay your taxes. 

Nancy must think that Vets have a very short memory. Prior to being chosen SPOH, Ms. Pelosi sent a letter to all the veterans in California in her district. (Yes) it was just prior to election and her seat ( no pun) was up for grabs. She turned to the vets for votes. What best way to get California veterans to cross over and vote? Yes--HR 303 was a hot ticket then. Ms Pelosi sent a letter to all vets announcing THAT THE VERY FIRST PART OF HER AGENDA WOULD BE TO GET HR303 PASSED WITHOUT THE TEN YEAR PHASE- IN. We haven't heard from Nancy since. The letter is posted on archives of wesupportthevets.com

 

Here is a great link to a website that details all the projects (for your state and others individually) that are in the "Stimulas" package  enjoy--its your $$$$ 

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