Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
The parade train
The Associated Press reports that organizers of the Saint Louis “welcome home” parade for Iraq veterans are getting inquiries from other cities to have their own parades; Organizers of the parade that drew an estimated 100,000 observers and 20,000 participants in St. Louis on Jan. 28 said Friday that they have been approached by people […]
A Message to Paul Rieckhoff: the troops aren’t props
Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, has a piece in the Huffington Post today entitled “A Message to All Candidates: Our Troops Aren’t Props“, of course, his message is just for the Republican candidates, because he’s referring to the incident last week when Corporal Jesse Thorsen spoke at […]
IAVA on the cover of TIME
Paul Reickoff sent out a letter to his membership of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America organization congratulating them for being chosen to be on the cover of Time Magazine. But if you look at the cover, it’s not “we veterans” on the cover, it’s the follically-impaired Reickhoff; I dunno, if I led an […]
Priorities
Most of you know that last year Congress passed and Obama signed an IAVA-crafted bill that in effect cut GI Bill benefits for most active duty veterans. The bill was one of the few times that the Democrats applied PAYGO rules during the first two years of the Obama administration and some Dems even praised […]
How IAVA money helps veterans
Someone calling themselves “Arthur Friend” emailed this to us today, doing the legwork that we’re too lazy to do for ourselves. But it illustrates perfectly what we’ve been saying about IAVA’s money benefiting only one Iraq or Afghanistan veteran – Paul Rieckhoff; Saw the discussion the other day on This Ain’t Hell about IAVA, and […]
IAVA and Miller hates veterans
You’ve probably seen this disingenuous commercial from Miller Beer; In the commercial, the spokesperson claims that if you send them your Miller bottle caps, they’ll donate a dime to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. That’s not exactly true – they donate a dime to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Notice all of the T-shirts with […]
IAVA’s 5th Annual Heroes’ Gala
Yeah, we got an invitation last night from Paul Rieckhoff to attend IAVA’s Annual Heroes’ Gala in New York City. We’re thrilled to announce that NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams will again serve as our Master of Ceremonies. And this year, we are proud to honor Corporal Aaron Mankin, Iraq veteran, wounded warrior and […]
IAVA and Craigslist hate Blue Star Families
OK, they probably don’t hate Blue Star Families but that’s my pay back for Paul Rieckhoff’s “Miley Cyrus Hates Veterans” post. Anyway, pay attention here while I roll out this turd. Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist had a contest to benefit veterans’ organizations…a worthy enterprise. According to someone who calls himself “Anonymous Friend” and […]
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