Clint Eastwood's heart may have been in the right place, when he accepted the invitation to speak at the Republican National Convention, Thursday (Aug. 30), but his mind was clearly somewhere else. Possibly at home with his daughters telling a story about "the good old days," because from the sounds of it, that's exactly what he thought he was doing.
Rather than firing up the crowd for Mitt Romney's acceptance speech, Eastwood confused and amused all while his chair (holding an invisible President Obama) taunted him in the distance.
The 82-year-old stopped in the middle of his speech several times, and turned to hold an intimate conversation with the chair, eliciting more nervous laughter from the audience. At one point, he slammed Obama for being a lawyer, apparently forgetting that Romney also went to Harvard Law School.
"I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be presidents anyway. I think it's maybe time for, maybe a uh, business man, how about that? A stellar business man. Quote on quote 'a stellar businessman,'" Eastwood rambled.
Although he was met with cheers (again, from utter confusion), veteran news anchor Brian Williams was powerless against the looming awkwardness and broke into a short but heartfelt chuckle just before offering commentary on the speech. "I'm reminded that he starred in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and I think people will find parts of all three to talk about," Williams said.
After that speech one thing is clear: Mr. Eastwood has no idea where he is, or what's going on in America.
"The reason I write so little about the presidential election is that it's the ultimate expression of the CNN-ization of American politics: a tawdry, uber-contrived reality show that has less to do with political reality than the average rant one hears at any randomly chosen corner bar or family dinner. That does not mean the outcome is irrelevant, only that the process is suffocatingly dumb and deceitful, generating the desire to turn away and hope that it's over as quickly as possible."
If Earth could sing with a female voice. Her strength would be evident, though her tone might waver.
Could she withhold judgment against one of her own, through all weve done to her, and our brethren?
We lived in her bosom from which we were born for two million years not forsaking our home.
Then we became something different from all we had known, and in the gasp of a breath we destroyed it all.
Can you blame her for judging us, considering what weve done? She gave us every chance to turn it around.
Now were all done and shes endured our abuse, including pillage, plunder, and rape without any excuse.
All she can sing in that mournful tone is sorrow for the power she unleashed, through us and thus dispassionately onto herself, destroyed by one of her own.
She must ponder how our hubris overwhelmed our humility in concluding about our recent selves: They didnt like it here.
Deny that Combat Arena and Full VA Benefits are neither here nor there.
COMBAT ARENA key words.....;}
Ok,I deny it.
John M McClelland VA Little Rock.
And per Korean Combat Vet.....;}
Sample of a Source, SP:
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# [PDF] The Role of New Media in the Veterans Benefits Arena Emily ... www.bva.va.gov/docs/VLR_VOL1/vlr1deutsch.pdf You +1'd this publicly. Undo File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View by EW Deutsch - Cited by 1 - Related articles disorder, traumatic brain injury, and complex, combat-related injuries.5. From start to finish, a claim for VA benefits can take anywhere from several ... filing a claim.6 Once a substantially complete7 application for benefits is received by one of ...
ATTENTION ALL VETERANS! - VA Salt Lake City Health Care System www.saltlakecity.va.gov/A...ON_ALL_VETERANS.aspCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Aug 14, 2012 Veterans and Military Personnel get in FREE on Tuesday, ... We will be located on the Utah State Fair Grounds right next to the Rodeo Arena- just look for ... combat Veterans, VA claims, and women Veterans health benefits, ...
Rachel Natelson, Esq. - House Committee on Veterans' Affairs democrats.veterans.house....stimony.aspx?TID...Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Full Committee Hearing ... While the claims process imposes a toll on all veterans seeking benefits, ... [5] This disparity stems largely from the difficulties of substantiating experiences of military sexual assault, especially in a combat arena. # [PDF]
That's the name of a VA hospital and a Civil War General,not somebody you are quoting.
And per Korean Combat Vet.....;}
WHAT "Korean War Combat vet"?
Do you have any idea how stupid you look trying to argue with me on this subject? I have been going to VA hospitals since 1970. Just how big could your brain fart be that it makes you think you know more about this subject than I do?
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Disability compensation is a benefit paid to a veteran because of injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service. It is also paid to certain veterans disabled from VA health care. The benefits are tax-free.
Who Is Eligible?
You may be eligible for disability compensation if you have a service-related disability and you were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.
Tell us all where the words "combat arena" are mentioned,dipshit.
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1. Wakulla BOCC - Veterans Services www.mywakulla.com/departments/Public.../veteransservices_SP.aspCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Florida's Military Combat Duty Grant Programs ... While each county has specific eligibility requirements for their grant program, the common ... year; and (3) Military service in a combat zone (Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf arena). ... criteria AND have at least one VA rated injury determined to have been combat-related: ...
A cursory search....and be sure that Florida didn't set the criteria.....;}
Note your peeps ain't backin' your play here, soldier....;}
Wakulla BOCC - Veterans Services www.mywakulla.com/departments/Public.../veteransservices_SP.aspCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Florida's Military Combat Duty Grant Programs .
First off,it would be REALLY helpful if you would provide a link that works.
Secondly,this appears to be a STATE PROGRAM specifically targeted at combat zone veterans. This is NOT a Veterans Administration program,and even then it says the different counties have their own requriements.
Your problem is you confuse insanity with fact.
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What are all those phrases about 'qualifications' 'VA' 'combat zone injuries' all about......;}
They are about STATE benefits given as grants to combat veterans.
Which has NOTHING to do with how the Veterans Administration works,or how benefits are paid to veterans or what benefits are given to what veterans.
The FACT is that a PEACETIME veteran that was permanently injured in a car accident off-base in any state in the union can be granted up to 100 percent disability from the accident,and receive the SAME benefits in pay and care that a combat veteran in wartime gets from being 100 percent disabled.
That IS the law.
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It is recognized that military veterans are returned from combat zones and ... the combat arena, hospital or medical facility, the date of return from combat and/or ... # [PDF] America's Women Veterans www.va.gov/vetdata/docs/.../Final_Womens_Report_3_2_12_v_7.pd... You +1'd this publicly. Undo File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Military Service History and VA Benefit Utilization Statistics. Prepared by: National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics. Contributors: Maribel Aponte ...
[DOC] CRSC Overview https://www.hrc.army.mil/.../CRSC_Overview_Video__Transcription.... You +1'd this publicly. Undo File Format: Microsoft Word - Quick View Combat Related Special Compensation is a full concurrent receipt program. ... The key to this program is that you receive a VA waiver and VA pay and your ... confused with full concurrent receipt is concurrent retirement and disability payments. .... once again, I emphasize those such things that are in a combat zone that are ...
On one hand, Reagan never went overseas during WWII, spending his time in uniform making films for the army. On the other hand, he lied so smoothly about his participation in the war, freely putting himself in war movie scenarios.
--President Reagan, in a moment of truthfulness, describes his academic record to Barbara Walters, November .... I was in uniform four years myself. ... Reagan spent World War II making Army training films at Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood.
Why even HAve a separate designation in VA for Combat Zone Arena?
Why ask me? YOU are the one that brought his up.
What I KNOW is that the Veterans Administration has no such designation.
The VA DOES distinguish between service-connected claims and non-service- connected claims,though. Vets get paid compensation for and give free medical treatment for service-connected injuries or illnesses,and people with non- service-connected illnesses or injuries don't receive free medical treatment. Yes,they are treated at VA Hospitals,but the VA sends their insurance company or Medicaid the bill.
AND.....here is the important part,so pay attention,....a veteran can have a service-connected illness or injury that never heard a shot fired and got injured or sick while at the 2 week summer training camp for reserve or national guard troops. It only matters that you were on active duty at the time,NOT where you were.
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Plus 45 percent of returning vets are putting in for VA benefits.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I'm in the VA system and I'm here to tell you it is underfunded and overwhelmed. It is just going to get worse with the vets coming back, way way worse if Willard gets into the WH and turns the neocon lice on his coat tails lose on the world with our war machine.
He isn't the ideal candidate but he can hopefully do some good for the economy.
You have to admit that Obama has been a terrible President.
The debt needs to be cut and maybe Romney can do that. That would at least help a little bit.
I think Romney was raised here and loves this country. Even if you think Obama was born here his formative years were in foreign countries. He doesn't think like a typical American and I honestly think he is hostile towards us.
Noting how Reporting PTSD and Rape are completely frowned upon by the military.
You have been watching too many reruns of JAG.
PTSD claims are the reason the VA claims are skyrocketing. Why? Because the fluffie left has been demanding the DoD and VA treat PTSD the same as loosing an arm or leg. The DoD and VA are so scared of the left that all a Troop needs to do is say he is having problems and they get the claim.
"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.) Psalm 139:16