I think that within this adminstration people know better than to criticise up the chain.
It's sad really, but I don't think it's been different under any of the adminstrations that tried to move power into the executive. Let's remember for the most part these are just GS employees (well SES I guess), not neccesarily military people, just career government employees. They are looking out for their retirement and their next promotion. I'd really like to see us spend a lot less on corperate welfare and art and crap like that and instead actually pay our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines a living wage, and have the benefits to go with it. The US unfortunatly has a very bad history of taking care of soldiers. There were riots after the Civil War, and WW1 when the soldiers never received their due. I'd hate to think what would happen if they failed us on a large scale today. We no longer have the same morality and stoicism that once would have been comonplace. I could see real problems coming from this down the line. Spikes in violent crime rates, number of homeless and so on. -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 5:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Is anyone else as disapointed as me with the Army? I don't necessarily blame the administrators for that. I think the guy should have been fired, but that is a gesture more than a fix. But his predecessor/replacement (Kiley) has been saying it was this new guys fault, and that it all happened on his watch (like all of these bad things happened since August). It was _that_ behavior I was criticizing. That Kiley and his superiors have chosen one guy to be the blamed individual, and probably have ordered him to fall on his sword. If it is a matter of money, why the hell didn't Kiley look into the camera during his primetime TV interviews and say that? I know it is not cowardice (even though I called him that before). But I just have never understood the "stay within the system, don't rock the boat, and pass the blame downhill" mentality he is showing. Where the hell are all the "patriots" now? All the politicians, talking heads, and drum beaters? Where the hell is Cheney, Rumsfeld, and his whole group on this issue? I gave $50 to the fallenheroes fund. Not enough, but what I could at the time. I wonder how much they gave? I plan on giving more, regularly. It isn't much, but better than nothing. If I had _any_ say at all in where my tax dollars went, not a penny would go overseas, and not a single piece of pork would be bought, until these debts of honor were paid. It probably means very little, but I tremendously appreciate the sacrifice. Thank you for your service. And tell your "boy" thank you for his service. I won't apoligize to him or you for not doing enough. Instead, I will promise to write my congess people tonight, and each week until something moves on this. Jerry Johnson On 3/1/07, Heald, Timothy J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a good buddy in Walter Reed right now. That place is a mess, > but I think it's a bit presumptuous to blame administrators for that. > It's very simple, neither the Army nor the VA have the funds to provide > for the returning wounded, not to mention all the mental health > requirements they are finding they have. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
