Discussion (2)¬

1. Joe Puente says:

   September 9, 2008 at 8:25 am

   Loved today’s “Knight Life” about vet mentoring.

   I’m a veteran myself. A few years ago I was at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City and I was shocked to learn that a lot of the other vets in the hospital with me were homeless and that after they were discharged they were either going to homeless shelters or just back on the street. I did some research and learned, at the time, that 20% of all homeless people in the US were veterans. That number has risen to 25%. It’s tragic. For all the talk from the Bush administration about “supporting our troops,” it pisses me off that veterans just don’t matter to them. The government makes a big show about raising the budget for the VA every year but then after the fiscal year gets started, the president calls the secretary of veterans affairs and says, “you need to cut you spending so we can pay for the war.” It seems that in this country, we like our heroes in only two forms: In a uniform or in a grave. Anyone else is just a veteran and they don’t count.

   Keep up the great work.
2. keef says:

   September 23, 2008 at 1:45 pm

   Joe..

   Great to hear a veteran’s perspective. This administration seems to assume that Americans are stupid, and that we won’t do any fact-checking whenever they put out another one of their slogans through the hate-wing media .

   Sadly, they’ve gotten away with it more than they haven’t. Hopefully, it’s over.

   Cheers!!