On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:37:00 -0500, "Lady Blacksword"
wrote:

He could spew
anti-american goverment slogans and people would actually listen.
Murri


Lie: The Bush administration respects and provides for the health
needs of the nation's veterans. Bush has promised record-setting
budgets for Veterans Affairs. At least 18 large inpatient hospitals
each serving thousands of veterans have been marked for closing or
conversion to outpatient facilities. Bush's VA secretary Anthony
Principi has claimed to have already cut services for a half million
veterans. A pending change in the definition of service-connected
health problems is under consideration. This change will stop future
claims for conditions not directly connected with injury in combat,
such as those of the atomic veterans, Agent Orange victims, PTSD
sufferers, and those experiencing the mysterious Gulf War I and II
syndromes and diseases. Over half of the 697,000 veterans of Gulf War
I are ill with 200,000 claims not processed. The National Director of
the Disabled American Veterans has charged that the Republicans have
"declared war" on disabled American veterans.