Standing Shinseki on His Head

If the MSM is going to twit around history from five years ago, imagine what they are doing to EVERYTHING, folks.

This is why I NO LONGER BELIEVE a WORD I READ from AmeriKa's "newspapers."

"EPA nominee promises to assess coal ash disposal sites swiftly" by Associated Press | January 15, 2009

WASHINGTON - .... Retired General Eric K. Shinseki, Obama's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, said that six-month waits to have a disability claim processed would not be acceptable under his watch and promised to modernize the nation's second largest agency.

Shinseki said another priority would be to ensure that new GI benefits are rolled out in August, as planned. He was the Army's first four-star general of Japanese-American descent. As Army chief of staff, he helped lead the transformation to a lighter, more mobile force. He retired in 2003, shortly after clashing with the Bush administration on war policy....

Oh my God!! THAT is the MSM account of what happened? Makes it sound like Shinseki left us light on the occupation, not the other way around!! This is their BACKGROUND PARAGRAPH? Oh, WHAT SHIT is my "newspaper" today!!!!

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And talk about dumping a shit job on him; the guy should be given a medal for coming out of retirement to take it.

"Records: Vets given incorrect doses; Errors linked to software glitches" by Hope Yen, Associated Press | January 15, 2009

WASHINGTON - Patients at Veterans Affairs health centers around the country were given incorrect doses of drugs, had needed treatments delayed, and may have been exposed to other medical errors due to software glitches that showed faulty displays of their electronic health records.

The glitches, which began in August and lingered until last month, were not disclosed to patients by the Veterans Affairs Department even though they sometimes involved prolonged infusions for drugs such as blood-thinning heparin, which can be life-threatening in excessive doses, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act.

Yeah, but the military and government CARE about YOU, soldier!! Enough to send you away to OCCUPY FOREIGN LANDS based on LIES!!!!

In one case, a patient having chest pains at the VA medical center in Durham, N.C., was given heparin for 11 hours longer than necessary as doctors sought to rule out a heart attack.

There is no evidence that any patient was harmed, even as the VA says it continues to review the situation.

The KNEE-JERK DENIALS and LIES just come naturally, don't they?

But the issue is more pressing as the federal government begins promoting universal use of electronic medical records. President Bush has supported the effort and President-elect Barack Obama has made it a top priority, part of an additional $50 billion a year in spending for health information technology programs that he has proposed.

Hey, what is MORE MONEY WASTED, 'eh, Amurkns? You got dough falling out of your ass! How about spending that $$$ on ACTUAL HEALTH CARE INSTEAD?

The goal of electronic medical recordkeeping nationwide is to help avert millions of medical mistakes attributed in part to paper systems. But health care experts say the VA's problems illustrate the need for close monitoring....

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I guess KILLING THEM with "medicine" is another way to get out of the health costs, 'eh, government?

Yeah, yeah, support the wars, I mean troops. That rings SO HOLLOW NOW from a LYING SHIT of a GOVERNMENT and MSM!