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Shoot out at Walter Reed

| June 21, 2007 | 2 Comments
Shoot out at Walter Reed

Remember a few months ago when I wrote that the problems at Walter Reed were more about the civilian contract labor than about the Army leadership, and that was due to Walter Reed’s location in a bad neigborhood in DC? Well, the Washington Post reports just how right I was; A security officer at Walter […]

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WaPo back on the Walter Reed kick

| June 18, 2007 | 0 Comments
WaPo back on the Walter Reed kick

I guess the Washington Post has run out of things to bash the Administration with, so they’re back on their Walter Reed/Army bashing this week; At Walter Reed, Care for Soldiers Struggling With War’s Mental Trauma Is Undermined by Doctor Shortages and Unfocused Methods By Anne Hull and Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, […]

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Joan Baez banned from Walter Reed

| May 2, 2007 | 1 Comment
Joan Baez banned from Walter Reed

I don’t usually comment on news about entertainers, but I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that Joan Baez stopped entertaining anyone about 40 years ago – so my self-imposed restriction remains intact. Anyway, the Washington print media are a-buzz about the Army denying Baez entry to Walter Reed to screech for the troops. From the Washington Examiner; […]

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Code Pink; US troops “terrorists”/new GOE Rally

| April 29, 2007 | 0 Comments
Code Pink; US troops “terrorists”/new GOE Rally

Redhunter has all of the Freeper links to the dust up that happened outside of the Walter Reed gate this last Friday when Code Pinks aging hippies decided to interupt a Canadian TV crew interviewing the DC Freepers supporting our wounded troops. But to summarize, some old bag said our troops were the terrorists in Iraq. […]

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Sometimes I forget; today I remembered

| April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
Sometimes I forget; today I remembered

Sometimes I get so wrapped in the politics of this war against terror, I forget what it’s really about. When Harry Reid makes bonehead comments about losing the war in Iraq, when John Murtha calls our troops murderers, when Dick Durbin calls our troops SS concentration camp guards, when Nancy Pelosi kisses the ring of terrorist […]

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Army told “Hurry up and wait”

| April 13, 2007 | 0 Comments
Army told “Hurry up and wait”

Now all of the Democrats who whined so loudly and so long about the condition of OUTPATIENT facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are trying to block the expansion of facilities at Bethesda Naval Hospital to accomodate the Walter Reed move. According to Steve Vogel of the Washington Post; A review panel’s recommendation that the […]

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My wife just got coined

| March 6, 2007 | 0 Comments
My wife just got coined

My civilian-for-life bride just got coined at work.

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“Where have you been?”

| March 6, 2007 | 0 Comments
“Where have you been?”

According to the Washington Post, during yesterday’s hearings about the Walter Reed dust-up; “I have to tell you, the first thing that pops into my mind is: Where’ve you been? Where has all the brass been?” said Rep. John F. Tierney (D-Mass.), who convened the hearing as chairman of the national security and foreign affairs […]

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