Placido Salazar psalazar9@satx.rr.com Cow Patty VS.

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We were treated worse than Illegitimate Children when we returned after fighting the rich mans war of the times and we continue to be treated less than that now. Probably a patty of cow crap is considered of higher value, for its potential as fertilizer than the life of those who sacrificed our youth in other wars while the thousands of draft-dodging cowards, who are now in Congress calling the shots, were either in Canada or enjoying the deferments which their just as cowardly rich parents paid for. You walk into any military or VA hospital and you see the banners,- Welcome OEF/OIF, and although they do not say it we get the message LOUD AND CLEAR TO HELL ;WITH WWII, KOREA AND VIETNAM VETERANS!!! Its as if, What the hell.. you guys are going to die soon, anyway, so why should we worry about you anymore.. not that we really cared about your health very much, to begin with. At least, remove the God-Blessed banners and stop rubbing it in our wrinkled faces. All the damning medical evidence on the deadly side-effects of Agent Orange, including the findings by Adm Elmo Zumwalt, were stamped with a Classified rubber stamp and forever buried. Who cares about the suffering of Veterans and innocent family members affected by those deadly chemicals? Not congressmen, for sure. A good example of the lack of concern for aging U.S. Veterans (more than 120,000 mostly Mexican-Americans), is the lack of interest in building a fullservice 24/7 VA hospital in the South Texas Rio Grande Valley, which every politician, including Barack Obama, has promised and forgot right after each election. I remind each one of our Veterans, to keep track of the voting record of each legislator and next election, give them the same support they give us.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS - SO KEEP YOUR MEMORY WORKING. CONRESSMEN ARE REPLACEABLE.. JUST ASK SOME OF THOSE WHO NEVER LIFTED A FINGER TO HELP US!!! Placido Salazar, USAF Retired Vietnam Veteran

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Saturday, January 5th, 2013 | Posted by Veterans Today

Vietnam Veterans Low Priority

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width="342" height="256" />By John J. Bury US Navy, retired, Vietnam War veteran
The 113th Congress is now seated. The 112th Congress failed to recognize veterans of the Vietnam War by restoring the Agent Orange Equity Act, which did not make it out of committee. These Bills (House Bill HR-3612 and Senate Bill S.1629) probably are dead and must be reintroduced. Only 126 representatives co-sponsored the House bill and only 14 senators co-sponsored the Senate Bill. What does this say about the legislators who ignored the bills? Veterans of the Vietnam War are low priority. We have become a liability for budget dollars, and our quality of life means little to our Congress. What is the life of a veteran who honorably served country and flag worth? Freedom is not free. Every day, another veteran falls ill to a disease attributed to the deadly herbicide agent orange. Every week 400 to 500 sick Vietnam veterans die. The legacy we leave behind is our government does not care. Advocates for Vietnam veterans must start over to convince our legislators to do what is right. Volunteers help sick veterans gather evidence required by Veterans Affairs for submission of claims, we do the legwork, we meet with members of Congress in support of veterans. Our only reward is knowing we helped a veteran. What we do is not enough unless we have support from Congress, We ask all Americans to urge our legislators to pass laws to provide equitable VA health care and compensation for sick Vietnam veterans for better quality of life.