Posted on 05/30/2014 10:51:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday, after more than a month of battling criticism about access to care and tampering with official wait lists at VA health centers.
At a meeting with President Barack Obama, during which Mr. Shinseki presented the VA's internal findings of improper scheduling procedures and long wait times across the VA health system, the retired general offered to resign to give a new VA leader the chance to fix the systemic problems at the department.
His resignation marks his second departure from public service since his career began in the military in the 1960s.
Mr. Obama said he accepted the resignation with "considerable regret."
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Maybe Shinseki is a cabbage-head. A head has been made to roll, an event full of sound & fury but signifying nothing.
“The cabbage is so called from Cabagius, a prince who on ascending the throne issued a decree appointing a High Council of Empire consisting of the members of his predecessor’s Ministry and the cabbages in the royal garden. When any of his Majesty’s measures of state policy miscarried conspicuously it was gravely announced that several members of the High Council had been beheaded, and his murmuring subjects were appeased.”
A. Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”
Oh, how I hated the Shinseki beret! Years later they finally got around to authorizing the wearing of the soft cap with ACU’s instead of that stupid wool head blanket.
In the long run, this is going to work out for Shinseki.
“I resigned from the corrupt Obama Administration.”
Resigning is a first step —
now how about a refund?
“And why was this incompetent ****head appointed in the first place?”
To “show up” Rumsfeld.
Bravo, Barry. Bravo.
The VA has shown that its current staff is able to handle only a small percentage of the Vets case load as measured by the wait time for a first appointment.
The obvious solution is to do the following:
* reduce funding to the VA to equal the expenses of Vets treated more than 12 times per year;
* pay for the Private Hospital voucher medical expenses of Vets that have been waiting over 30 day from the saved fuel costs of the Mothballed Air Force One Two and Three Helicopter and Corporate Jet Fleet, for Obama, Michelle and Biden;
* downsize Federal funding of Obamacare, Medicare and Medicare by the same percentage as the reduction in Federal funding to the VA;
* pay for any Medical Expenses shortfall by selling, to non-Vets only, Medical War on Voters Bonds that are interest free.
“Support the Medical War on Voters and Vets: Buy Medical War on Voters and Vets Bonds today!”
OK, now he can hide from the press and Congress...like Hilliary did...and not be called on to testify.
Not to mention abrogate all responsibility for allowing veterans to die...and for those that still live not getting any treatment for months and months.
Then in a few weeks, it will be declared old news when the new press sect is asked about the scandal.
Hmmm...Carney and Shinseki resigning announced on the same day...a Friday.
That’s about all that’s being discussed.
So...I am wondering what they are releasing behind the scenes that they do not want talked about?
Is he trading jobs with Carney?
Today, y'all may address me as "The FReepic Oracle".
Thank you all very much from Madame Leni (contact me for predictions, I'm humble and I work cheap).
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Looks like the wheels are starting to fall off the bus. Wonder who gets sacrificed next.
Don’t worry, comrade, he’ll still get paid.
Watch out...fascists like Obama never go quietly. He has to do something narcistcally memorable....to transform society....after all he is sainted.
The VA sucks. Obama is the one who should quit. HE is in charge of all the bums who are screwing this nation into the ground. But, what the heck, he dudden care anyway. He wants the nation to rot into the ground. He is the commie from Chicago.
I never bothered to read up on any of the Cabinet appointment. They all agree on everything: it’s like one person filling all Cabinet posts. Where’s the Walter Hickel telling Nixon he was wrong on Vietnam?
LOL good one Madame Leni!
Miss (misses a lot) Cleo gots nuttin’ on you girl!
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