VA
CANCELS CHRISTMAS
It
appears that there is no end to what Obama’s Veterans Administration will do to
hurt our military veterans. VA employees falsified and destroyed records to
cover the failure of facilities to provide treatment to hundreds, and perhaps
thousands of veterans. This led to many unnecessary deaths of America’s heroes.
At the same time the VA has been taking away the Constitutional rights of
veterans, declaring them incompetent to handle their own financial affairs, and
then denying them the right to own firearms.
Not satisfied with these outrages, the
VA is now forcing the cancellation of the celebration of Christmas in VA
hospitals around the country. This has actually been going on for several years
and has been accelerating. I am currently mobilizing the resources of the
United States Justice Foundation to fight what is happening. I am particularly
familiar with what has transpired at four VA facilities in Texas.
I have been proud to support and work
with a group in Dallas, Texas called Vet to Vet. It was formed 21 years ago by a
good friend and fellow veteran named Jess Johnson and his wife Peggy to assist
veterans in the VA hospitals in the area. It started out small with the taking
of hamburgers and coffee to patients, but over the years grew into a major
effort, covering four major facilities in Texas and Vet to Vet chapters being
formed throughout the country.
The program in Dallas and the VA
facilities in Bonham, Waco, and Temple, Texas has parties, bingo games, and
barbeques throughout the year, but their major effort occurs on Christmas each
year when they provide 4,000 gifts to over 1,600 patients. They also collected
food donations and cooked and delivered Christmas dinners to hundreds of
patients. Spiritual comfort is also provided and if patients request a bible
one will be given to them.
For many veterans who have no family, this was
the only Christmas they would get. Now, all of that is coming to an end.
Several years ago VA officials began telling Jess and his organization that
they could no longer give bibles to patients, wish them a Merry Christmas, or
even use the word Christmas in the facilities, or mention Jesus Christ. Then a
year later they told the group that they could no longer bring Christmas
dinners to the facilities.
This is more than political
correctness run amok. This is the unconstitutional denial of the freedom of
religion to the very men and women who put their lives on the line to defend
that freedom, as well as the rest of the Constitution. This is not just happening
in Texas, it is nationwide. VA hospitals are banning Christmas trees, Christmas
cards, and national military cemeteries in places like Houston, Texas have
attempted to ban Christian prayers at the funerals of veterans, and even any
mention of God or religion.
Jess Johnson will be the guest on my
radio show “Our Constitution” this Wednesday, Dec. 16th. We
broadcast live at 3:00 pm Central time, but the show is archived so you can
download it anytime. You can access the show at: http://americaswebradio.com/our-constitution/
While investigating this outrage we
are also hearing from veterans around the country about how the VA has turned
the “Veterans Choice Program” into another VA scam defrauding veterans and
risking their health and their lives. The law was passed by Congress in
response to numerous verified reports of veterans dying because they could not
get treatment at VA hospitals.
The law is supposed to allow veterans
who live over 40 miles from a VA hospital or clinic to get health care locally
and have it paid for by the VA. However, the program is helping few veterans,
particularly if they have serious health problems. For example, veterans who
have cancer or serious heart conditions and live over 40 miles from a VA
hospital are being denied local treatment because the VA will claim that there
is a VA “facility” within 40 miles of the veteran’s home. These may include VA
dental clinics, or VA clinics that have the primary responsibility of making
appointments at VA hospitals.
In neither case can a veteran get
actual treatment for cancer, heart problems or other serious illnesses. These
veterans are back where they started, having to travel long distances to VA
hospitals where they still have problems even getting an appointment, much less
actual treatment. Our government is not only dishonoring our veterans, but in
some cases still killing them.
Michael
Connelly
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