WE
Supportthevets
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Editorial; Will the REAL Veterans
Party of America please
stand up and step forward??
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Bill
Gast
USN (ret) DAV
Editor@weesupportthevets.com
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THIS WEBSITE MISSION IS THE PASSING AND
ENACTMENT
OF HR 303 THE FULL
RESTORATION OF RETIRED PAY FOR DISABLED VETERANS
Wear RED on Fridays!!!
| You will soon see a lot of people
wearing RED on Fridays. Here's why.....
The Americans who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, would like to start a grassroots movement using the membership of the Special Operations Association, and Special Forces Associations, and all their friends, simply to recognize that Americans support our troops. We need to inform the local VFW's and American Legion, our local press, local TV, and continue carrying the message to the national levels as we start to get this going. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday, and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every RED - blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED. Word of mouth, press, TV — let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of RED much like a home football game at a university. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear RED! Let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays. Please forward this to everyone you know!! Tell them you saw it on wesupportthevets.com.
Wear RED on Fridays . SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! |
Wear
a WESUPPORTTHEVETS.COM
red shirt and pass the word!!!
Why are vets organizing a March on D.C.? Here is one of the first---Legislators today defeated the Stabenow Bill (S.Amdt. 3141 to S.Con.Res. 83) for mandatory funding of Veterans health care. Look how your representative voted. Are they voting for the vets they represent or are they (again) playing party politics?. It is pathetic to see how these legislators play political football with the lives of USS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. Look here and you can see that it is a party issue ---all Republicans voted against and Demos for. This and many other issues will be brought before the American public from speakers at the March in D. C. and other state capital locations across the United States. Simocast TV will present the subject--its up to you to keep it rolling
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
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Question: On the Amendment (Stabenow Amdt No. 3141 ) |
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Vote Number: |
63 |
Vote Date: |
March 16, 2006, 03:28 PM |
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Required For Majority: |
1/2 |
Vote Result: |
Amendment Rejected |
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Amendment Number: |
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Statement of Purpose: |
To provide an assured stream of funding for veteran's health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veteran's population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy. |
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Vote Counts: |
YEAs |
46 |
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NAYs |
54 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
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Akaka (D-HI), Yea
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Domenici (R-NM), Nay
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McConnell (R-KY), Nay
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Grouped By Vote Position
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YEAs ---46 |
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Akaka (D-HI) |
Feinstein (D-CA) |
Murray (D-WA) |
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NAYs ---54 |
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Alexander (R-TN) |
DeMint (R-SC) |
Martinez (R-FL) |
Grouped by Home State
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Alabama: |
Sessions (R-AL), Nay |
Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
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Alaska: |
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay |
Stevens (R-AK), Nay |
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Arizona: |
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay |
McCain (R-AZ), Nay |
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Arkansas: |
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea |
Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
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California: |
Boxer (D-CA), Yea |
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
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Colorado: |
Allard (R-CO), Nay |
Salazar (D-CO), Yea |
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Connecticut: |
Dodd (D-CT), Yea |
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea |
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Delaware: |
Biden (D-DE), Yea |
Carper (D-DE), Yea |
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Florida: |
Martinez (R-FL), Nay |
Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
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Georgia: |
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay |
Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
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Hawaii: |
Akaka (D-HI), Yea |
Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
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Idaho: |
Craig (R-ID), Nay |
Crapo (R-ID), Nay |
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Illinois: |
Durbin (D-IL), Yea |
Obama (D-IL), Yea |
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Indiana: |
Bayh (D-IN), Yea |
Lugar (R-IN), Nay |
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Iowa: |
Grassley (R-IA), Nay |
Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
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Kansas: |
Brownback (R-KS), Nay |
Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
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Kentucky: |
Bunning (R-KY), Nay |
McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
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Louisiana: |
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea |
Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
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Maine: |
Collins (R-ME), Nay |
Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
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Maryland: |
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea |
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Massachusetts: |
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea |
Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
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Michigan: |
Levin (D-MI), Yea |
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
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Minnesota: |
Coleman (R-MN), Nay |
Dayton (D-MN), Yea |
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Mississippi: |
Cochran (R-MS), Nay |
Lott (R-MS), Nay |
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Missouri: |
Bond (R-MO), Nay |
Talent (R-MO), Nay |
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Montana: |
Baucus (D-MT), Yea |
Burns (R-MT), Nay |
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Nebraska: |
Hagel (R-NE), Nay |
Nelson (D-NE), Nay |
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Nevada: |
Ensign (R-NV), Nay |
Reid (D-NV), Yea |
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New Hampshire: |
Gregg (R-NH), Nay |
Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
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New Jersey: |
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea |
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
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New Mexico: |
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea |
Domenici (R-NM), Nay |
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New York: |
Clinton (D-NY), Yea |
Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
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North Carolina: |
Burr (R-NC), Nay |
Dole (R-NC), Nay |
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North Dakota: |
Conrad (D-ND), Yea |
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
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Ohio: |
DeWine (R-OH), Nay |
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay |
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Oklahoma: |
Coburn (R-OK), Nay |
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
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Oregon: |
Smith (R-OR), Nay |
Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
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Pennsylvania: |
Santorum (R-PA), Nay |
Specter (R-PA), Yea |
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Rhode Island: |
Chafee (R-RI), Nay |
Reed (D-RI), Yea |
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South Carolina: |
DeMint (R-SC), Nay |
Graham (R-SC), Nay |
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South Dakota: |
Johnson (D-SD), Yea |
Thune (R-SD), Nay |
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Tennessee: |
Alexander (R-TN), Nay |
Frist (R-TN), Nay |
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Texas: |
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay |
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
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Utah: |
Bennett (R-UT), Nay |
Hatch (R-UT), Nay |
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Vermont: |
Jeffords (I-VT), Yea |
Leahy (D-VT), Yea |
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Virginia: |
Allen (R-VA), Nay |
Warner (R-VA), Nay |
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Washington: |
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea |
Murray (D-WA), Yea |
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West Virginia: |
Byrd (D-WV), Yea |
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
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Wisconsin: |
Feingold (D-WI), Yea |
Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
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Wyoming: |
Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
Thomas (R-WY), Nay |
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*Release
No. 3-04-06*
*March 16, 2006***
*Group trumpets final honors at vets' funerals
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
*At age 99, Leonard "Rosie" Ross attends his share of funerals. But
in
most cases, it's not for a friend or loved one. Ross, in his
American
Legion uniform, trumpets "Taps" for fellow veterans he's never met,
representing a nonprofit group called Bugles Across America.
Ross is the oldest of thousands of horn players nationwide who
believe a
recorded rendition of "Taps" playing from a "boombox" just doesn't
deliver the proper gravesite tribute to veterans who sacrificed for
their country. So they volunteer their time, toting their trumpets,
cornets, flugelhorns and bugles to gravesites across the country to
play
the soulful 24 notes known as "Taps" at veterans' funerals.
Ross, who remembers playing retreat on his trumpet outside Gen.
Dwight
D. Eisenhower's window in London during World War II when he served
with
8th Air Force, calls it a privilege to play "Taps" for fellow
veterans.
"I'm glad to do it for the family and for the veterans. They deserve
it," said the Mayer, Ariz. , native. "I'll do it as long as I can,
and I
thank God I'm still able to. "
Tom Day, a World War II veteran from suburban Chicago, founded
Bugles
Across America in 2001 to keep up with the demand for buglers at
funerals for the estimated 1,800 veterans who die each day
nationwide.
With about 900 requests for buglers every day, and just 500
active-duty
buglers available for funeral duty as well as other events, there
simply
weren't enough live horn players available to meet the need, he
said.
After Congress mandated in 2000 that every veteran's family who
wanted
it was entitled to graveside military honors for their loved one,
the
"Taps" played during the service too often was pre-recorded, Day
said.
Other times, it was played through a digital device inserted into a
bugle that, although it looked more authentic, was still recorded,
he said.
"That just wasn't right," he said. "When you have a live horn, you
have
emotion. And it tells the family that somebody came to the funeral
and
played in person to honor the veteran personally. That's a whole lot
better than pressing a button and getting 'Taps' on a CD. "
So Day sent out a call to musicians, urging them to join Bugles
Across
America as a tribute to veterans. They responded in droves. Today
the
organization's 5,000 members -- which include musicians, drill teams
and
color guards -- support about 1,000 funerals a month throughout the
United States.
During the past four years, the buglers, who range in age from 10 to
99
and represent every race, creed and color, have played "Taps" at
about
55,000 funerals, including about 60 percent of those for casualties
of
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Day said. They also play at other military
events, including Veterans Day and Memorial Day observances.
Participation in the organization is free, open to everyone able to
play
"Taps" with dignity and willing to volunteer their time, Day said.
He
regularly scours pawnshops and flea markets in search of secondhand
horns, then cleans them up and donates them to buglers who don't
have
their own instruments but want to participate.
"People want to do this. They recognize this as something they can
do to
play tribute to those who served," said Day, whose long affiliation
with
the military includes eight years in the Marine Corps, four years in
the
Navy, three years in the Coast Guard, and eight years teaching
Junior ROTC.
"It's a way for them to honor veterans and their families when
veterans
go to God's army in the sky," he said.
Mark Paradis, a former Marine Corps corporal who lives in northern
New
Jersey, said he feels honored to play at veterans' funerals through
Bugles Across America.
"To me, it's a way to pay respect to that veteran and provide
closure
and comfort to that family," said Paradis, a regional director for
Bugles Across America. "It's also a way for me to say thank you and
to
give back to our community and to our veterans. The Marine Corps
gave so
much to me, and this is my way of giving something back. "
Day, who played "Taps" at a military funeral for the first time when
he
was just 10 years old, has since played at more than 4,000 funerals,
seeing
no end in sight. "This brings people comfort, and it's something
I can do for them," he said.
"After all, you know that it's the Marines who guard the gates of
heaven," Day said, his smile resonating through the telephone line
as he
spoke.
"And when they hear live 'Taps,' you're in immediately. If it's
fake,
you have to wait in line," he said. "So you've got to have live
'Taps.'"
Related Sites:
Bugles Across America <http://www.24notes.org>
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Refresher brief on HR303;
The bill as written and submitted to congress from our friends at Vets-R-us.com
The other part of the sham assembled by the house conferees to keep from
giving disabled veterans their earned retired pay. They call it S13IS we call it a slap at veterans for raising our voices in protest