VA Facts, the rise Of Violent Crime

American Progress Action     March 9, 2007

“More than a quarter of military veterans with disability cases before the Department of Veterans Affairs wait six months or longer for the agency’s decision, creating financial hardships for them and their families. �? As of March 3, the VA had almost 401,000 pending cases for disability compensation with almost 115,000 languishing for six months or more.”

Brig. Gen. Michael S. Tucker, a “combat-arms brigadier general from Fort Knox,” “will take over as deputy commanding general of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.” The move is intended to “inject a battlefield perspective into what has traditionally been a solely medical operation.” Meanwhile, Army Chief of Staff Richard Cody “has dispatched teams to numerous Army hospitals around the country to identify any similar problems.”

“Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages in cities across the country over the last two years, reversing the declines of the mid-to-late 1990s,” according to a report by the Police Executive Research Forum. “There are pockets of crime in this country that are astounding,” said Chuck Wexler, the group's executive director.

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" Bad Spirit " Cleansing After Bush Leaves Mayan People

    This is just to funny!

    Bush is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche which is mostly populated by Mayans. This group has apparently been told by “spirit guides of the Mayan community” that they must cleanse the area after Bush leaves. It seems that they have to rid the area of " bad spirits " so that their ancestors can have a peaceful sleep.    Source

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Mayan NGO leader Juan Tiney explained the necessity for the purification process by noting that Bush’s track record vis--vis undocumented workers and the Iraq war makes his presence at the holy site “an offense for the Mayan people and their culture.”

   This goes to show you that even the ancient civilizations know what a  "shit" that Bush is! Maybe a bored voodoo doctor will cast a spell on Bush that would make him want to resign the office and crawl back to Texas!

 

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