tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post7927137330309486809..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Good news...bad news?FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-19865774241891008792008-12-13T10:20:00.000-07:002008-12-13T10:20:00.000-07:00FDChief,I see the next ten years as being bad for ...FDChief,<BR/>I see the next ten years as being bad for all working Americans-and we know who'se at the bottom of the food chain.<BR/>I wish well for Shinseki and all Vets but there are too many ominous signs on the horizon.<BR/>The phoney change that we just voted for will not ameliorate the fact of debt at all levels, corruption, and false solutions to economic concerns.The change will as always come out of the lower classes pocketbooks. jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-5775976080068332522008-12-11T10:07:00.000-07:002008-12-11T10:07:00.000-07:00While I agree that the SecVA is nominally a booby ...While I agree that the SecVA is nominally a booby prize, I have to agree that if anyone can tame the snakes in that snakepit Shinseki has as good a chance as any.<BR/><BR/>I see the next ten years as fairly ugly for the VA. The high incidence of traumatic brain injury in the guys coming back from SW Asia may well turn out to be a ticking bomb as they get older. And cognitive disorders - if that is what the late-stage TBIs produce - are among the hardest to treat on an outpatient basis, which is how the system is now designed; the huge infrastructure of VA inpatient facilities we had after WW2 are gone, baby, gone. It'll be interesting to see how the VA and the federal agencies in general handle this, if it turns up...FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-38588554784857605572008-12-11T07:08:00.000-07:002008-12-11T07:08:00.000-07:00I think that he'll do well. He had the b*lls to s...I think that he'll do well. He had the b*lls to speak truthfully when required (and when duty required), and the integrity to keep his mouth shut otherwise.<BR/><BR/>Besides, he's got a Democratic administration and Congress, and a whole bunch of (hopefully) mobilized new vets to work with.<BR/><BR/>-BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-758246502383815212008-12-09T22:21:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:21:00.000-07:00Glad to see the good general's resurrection.But he...Glad to see the good general's resurrection.<BR/><BR/>But head of the VA is a thankless job. It has ruined scores of reputations. Will he get funding and backing from Congress to make the changes needed?? Or will he end up as the next whipping boy??<BR/><BR/>Surely Obama could have given him a plum for his rebirth instead of this bowl of sour grapes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-8629457159485553792008-12-09T17:30:00.000-07:002008-12-09T17:30:00.000-07:00But wouldn't it be sweet, if berets were the worst...But wouldn't it be sweet, if berets were the worst complaint about the brass?<BR/><BR/><BR/>-BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-50607323636723748362008-12-09T11:51:00.000-07:002008-12-09T11:51:00.000-07:00I'm okay with reading fun stuff about your family ...I'm okay with reading fun stuff about your family for the rest of the year. <BR/><BR/>The "Commander's Intent" set of posts were brilliant and I can only hope that somebody will be bright enough to forward them to Obama who would be highly likely to implement your suggestions if he knew about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com