Archive for May, 2014

Honor Memorial Day 2014

Monday, May 26th, 2014

Honoring the FallenHonoring the Fallen –Image: Brandon@Twitter

Remembering Ambassador Christopher StevensRemembering American Hero Chris Stevens –Image: Buddy @Twitter

Benghazi HeroesPhony Scandals Don’t Come Home in Coffins–Remembering American Heroes of Benghazi Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods

Hunter Missing his DaddyHunter Missing his Daddy

Honoring Loved OnesHonoring Beloved American Hero Daddy’s
Image:  Mathew Harrison@Twitter

Freedom Isn't FreeFreedom Isn’t Free –Image: Righteous Men@Twitter

Memorial Day...Remembering Loved Ones –Image: Colorado Clinger@Twitter

Standing GuardStanding Guard –Image: 1 FL Patriot@Twitter

I’m Very Blessed…

Monday, May 26th, 2014

Blessings From GodBlessings From God –Image: Catholic Study Fellowship@Facebook

Do We Really Need an Investigation Into Claims that Some Los Angeles Street Crews are Loafing on the Job?

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Department of Transportation Warns Of Aging U.S. Infrastructure SystemL.A. Public Works Project in 2010 Lots of ‘Supervisors’ Standing Around

(LA Times) Days after CBS News Los Angeles televised a report alleging that L.A. street repair crews were loafing on the job, the City Council sought an investigation into the claims, saying they were troubled and these allegations could jeopardize residents trust.

Huh? L.A. City Council is just figuring this out now?

Do we really need an “investigation” into something that is pretty common knowledge to anyone who has recently been out and about?

National Disgrace: Bodies of 28 American Heroes Forgotten at L.A. County Morgue for More Than a Year, Finally Moved for Burial

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Los Angeles Natl CemeteryNathan Lupo and his brother Cub Scout Zachary of Santa Monica Finished Placing Flags on American Heroes Graves at Los Angeles Natl Cemetery –Image: LA Daily News

LA Natl CemeteryChildren at Los Angeles Natl Cemetery Helping to Prepare for
Memorial Day –Image: Keith Harris

(CBS Los Angeles) The bodies of 28 American Heroes that had been forgotten by the L.A. County Coroner office for more than a year, were finally moved on Friday for burial at the Riverside Natl Cemetery.

H/T: Weasel Zippers

Democrat Senator Calls for More Gun Control Laws Following Murderous Rampage by Loony Liberal Misogynist Who Killed 3 With a Knife

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Gun Control for Dummies

(Reuters) Despite California already having some of the strictest gun laws in the country, Democrat Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, will renew his push for even more gun control laws–though not knife control laws, subsequent to the tragic killing spree near Santa Barbara that left 6 dead, 3 which were stabbed to death by 22 yr old Loony Liberal Lefty misogynist Elliot Rodger Friday evening.

Good PointGood Point

Thought for the Day

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Thought of the DayEnough Said –Image Courtesy: YG Woman Up@Twitter

Doctor Delays at VA Hosp’s in the Los Angeles Area Forces Veterans to Seek Medical Care Elsewhere

Saturday, May 24th, 2014

VA ScandalAmerica’s Heroes Didn’t Forget Us, Why Does the VA Forget/Neglect Them? –Image:Katy Mac & Ernie@Twitter

(LA Register) Sarah La Brada was terrified and confused after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 4 yrs ago–she decided to leave her position as an Army Specialist and move with her husband to live with family near Long Beach, then 7 months pregnant and out of a job.

La Brada turned to the VA Long Beach Healthcare System but learned the hospital only has one Neurologist on staff–wait times took up to a month. La Brada, exited the VA (single payer) health care system which is free, opting instead for private health care.

“I have a 21.5 month old and I want to see my little boy grow up,” said La Brada, I want to be able to play with him.”

American Heroes who use the Los Angeles & Long Beach VA Hospitals say the wait time to see their primary care physicians can be as long as 90 days, forcing some of them to line up their own health care outside the federal system.

Appointments with Specialists can take as long as 8 mos Veterans say.

Is this what Americans can expect from ObamaCare?

Yesterday I wrote here about Donald Douglass delayed treatment to remove a cancerous growth on his forehead at the Seattle VA in September 2011 which resulted in his death.

  • Navy Veteran Allen Hoffman aged 74 of Woodland Hills says that months of delays at the Los Angeles VA nearly cost him his life. In January 2013 a doctor noticed that his prostate specific antigen marker for cancer was elevated. “They ignored it and pushed around follow up appointments,” Hoffman said.

In November, Hoffman’s kidneys failed and he was rushed to the VA Emergency Dept, at that point his PSA score had skyrocketed to 700, doctors diagnosed him with prostate cancer but said that it had been caught too late and that he wan’t expected to live past June–his wife began looking at funeral/burial options.

  •  Don Rico of Huntington Beach served in the Navy from 1957 to 1960 and volunteers at the VA Long Beach directing patients around the sprawling hospital complex but he like La Brada, also goes elsewhere for his own health care. “The wait to see your primary care doctor–the standard is 90 days,” said Rico. “That’s the general, I don’t know what it would be if I had a specialty situation…I’m covered off site, I see my own doctor.”
  • Mike Escarcido a Vietnam era Marine from Huntington Beach is being treated for glaucoma, diabetes and PTSD at the Long Beach VA, he said getting an appointment at a specialty clinic can take up to 8 months. “It takes so long to be seen—7 to 8 months down the line…You need to be seen with more frequency than every 6 months,” Escarcido said.

VA Scandal Isn't About Money

As soon as this latest Obama scandal broke Democrats and many of the Liberal Lefty dinosaur media blamed Republicans for budget shortfalls as the reason for the delays in treatment at the Veterans Administration.

Sen Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virgina, argued that the main cause of the delay is money, “If the VA doesn’t have enough doctors to see these patients, then these problems are a result of a lack of funding.”

NBC News Jim Miklaszewski argued the same point on Sunday’s ‘Meet the Press’ saying, “You have a VA that is overwhelmed and under-resourced…There’s just not enough money right now in the federal government to fix it.”

“That may sound good and it would seem to make sense,” writes Investors Business Daily “but its far from true.”

The VA’s budget has been exploding even as the number of Veterans, steadily declines–from 2000 to 2013 outlays nearly tripled while the population of Veterans declined by 4.3 million.

When is Obama finally going to put on some big boy pants and begin accepting responsibility for his failures?

How much longer will the dinosaur media continue to run cover for Obama before they finally do their job and expose the malfeasance and lack of accountability of Obama and his administration?

Out of Touch: USDA Warns of Sticker Shock at the Grocery This Memorial Day

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

Food PricesThe Real Inflation Fear–Food Prices Up 19% in 2014 –Zero Hedge

(Yahoo News) Obama Administration’s USDA has warned Consumers of sticker shock at the grocery store facing Americans this Memorial Day.

What parallel universe do they live if they are just figuring that out now?

Delay at Seattle Veterans Administration Killed Another American Hero

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

Govt Death PanelsWhat We Can Expect ObamaCare To Do to the Rest of Us
Image: Linda Suhler, PhD@Twitter

(The Spokesman Review/AP) Donald Douglass aged 57 had a small spot in his forehead when he went to the Seattle VA in 2011 a biopsy confirmed it was cancerous but it was four months before the VA Hospital scheduled an appointment for him to have it removed and by then, it had spread, wrapping around a facial nerve and getting into his blood.

The delay proved fatal, a said his Atty Jennifer Holman of Tacoma. “Had he had his surgery timely, he’d be alive today.

” While the VA said it would schedule an appointment for Douglass to have the necessary surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center, it dragged its feet,” Holman said.

Douglass repeatedly checked in about whether the appointment had been scheduled and there are notes in his patient records indicating that he was still waiting for surgery. The surgery was finally performed in September 2011 but by then the cancer had spread. Douglass suffered facial pain and paralysis and died a little more than a year later.

ObamaCare = VA CareObamaCare = VA Care –Cartoon Image: Lana Wong@Facebook

Related: Senate Dems Block VA Bill, Reserve Outrage for Redskins

VA Scandal: This is What Death Panels Look Like –Front Page Mag

With an Historically Low Approval Rating of 5% Senate Democrats Waste Taxpayers Money Urging Washington Redskins to Change Their Name

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

Washington RedskinsWashington Redskins Should Consider Dropping “Washington” From Their Name Because Its Offensive???

(5News Online/CBS) With an historically low public approval rating of a mere 5% according to a new CBS News poll released on Wednesday, 50 Senate Democrats have signed a letter to the NFL according to The New York Times urging its leadership to pressure a private company to change its name because they claim its offensive.

Could it be that Senate Democrats are actually the ones who are really offensive to many Americans and vulnerable incumbent Democrats are just trying to divert attention away from themselves in an election year in which their thin majority is in jeopardy?

Related: 9 of 10 Native Americans Support Washington Redskins Name