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Washington Post just won’t let it go

| March 5, 2007 | 2 Comments
Washington Post just won’t let it go

Yeah, OK, we get it already, WaPo. After being bombarded for a week now with stories ABOUT ONE FRIGGIN’ BUILDING at Walter Reed, Washington Post is adjusting fire and assaulting the entire veterans care systemin an article entited “It Is Just Not Walter Reed“; “It is just not Walter Reed,” Oliva slowly tapped out on […]

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Secretary of the Army; comparison

| March 4, 2007
Secretary of the Army; comparison

With nearly every news show and news paper focusing on the resignation of the Army Secretary Francis Harvey over the Walter Reed disgrace, I began wondering how the same media covered Bill Clinton’s first choice for the Secretary of the Army, John Shannon; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington – The Army’s acting secretary, John Shannon, has […]

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What I found at Walter Reed

| March 3, 2007 | 2 Comments
What I found at Walter Reed

I’d hoped this whole Walter Reed Army Medical Center thing would go away. I’ve gotten emails and PMs from as far away as Spain asking me questions so I reay couldn’t avoid it any longer. What I’m going to write isn’t going to endear me to the pro-military folks, nor will it make me warm […]

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Washington Post’s Walter Reed story

| February 20, 2007 | 0 Comments
Washington Post’s Walter Reed story

Dana Priest and Anne Hull have a widely circulated story in the Washington Post today about the horrible condition of Building 18 at Walter Reed Army Medial Center, in DC. I haven’t been in the building, but I can imagine they aren’t exagerating much. Having spent two decades in the Army myself, I’m familiar with […]

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