Hall, Cornyn and Hutchison Send Our Troops to War but Don’t Want to Take Care Of Them When They Get Home

Note: A week ago I took down this post because Kyle Oliver, Ralph Hall’s legislative director, told me personally that Hall had decided to become a co-sponsor of the new GI Bill. Well guess what, HE LIED! I’ve heard this is regular behavior from Hall and his staff but stupid old me actually believed the guy. So here is my original post which describes why the Texas delegation from our area is a bunch of double dealing, lying hypocrites who love war but turn their backs on the warriors they send off to do their dirty work for them. They didn’t give our troops body armor, vehicle armor, enough weapons or ammunition or a plan that would work and they made them stay many times longer than they should have but when they came home our Congressman and both of our Senators turned their backs on the men and women that they sent in harm’s way.

Do you know what jingoism means? From Wikipedia – “Jingoism is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy".^[1] In practice today, it refers to “ intensely advocating a military answer to every foreign or domestic challenge along with excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others.” In our country it also has taken on the meaning of using so-called patriotism to distract Americans from the lying, cheating and stealing of our CC’s (criminal corporations) and the military-industrial complex. You do understand that in the latter part of the 20^th Century and on up to this moment that one of the main assignments of the CIA and the military is to support the growth in foreign countries of our CC’s don’t you? If not see the following list of resources:

1. John Perkins.org the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

2. CounterPunch.org

3. Dissent Magazine

4. Columbian Trade Unionists Assassinated by Paramilitaries Paid by American Companies, Congress Told.

5. Chiquita Banana Company is Fined $25 million for Paying Off Columbian Paramilitary Groups

But let me back to my original thought, jingoism. This is the specialty of the Republicans. They have zealously fed and watered the War Machine in this country. Specifically, they wave the Red White and Blue to frame our country’s imperialism as “defending our freedom and restoring democracy” in whatever place we are creating a war. That gives them the cover to justify whatever atrocities we carry out. But when it comes to supporting our troops, in their perilous return to society, it’s a different story. If you look at the Disabled American Veterans site you can see a list of the specific votes on key Veteran’s bills by Ralph Hall, John Cornyn and Kay Bailey from the perspective of the DAV’s legislative agenda. At least Kay Bailey voted for improving the health care of women Veterans but none of them is helping to sponsor the New GI Bill which the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and the VFW advocates. Can you say cold-blooded hypocrites? In Ralph Hall’s case this is simply astounding. Didn’t he go to college on the GI Bill after WW II? Obviously he doesn’t think the veteran’s returning from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve the same benefits that he received. I understand that Hall came from very humble beginnings and worked damn hard for what he has, to bad he has forgotten where he came from. Glen Melancon is going to make a great replacement for this dried up old hypocrite. Speaking of replacements, Rick Noriega is within 4-5 points of Johnny Corny-on.