At long last, both the House and the Senate may have reached a deal to breathe new life into the Veterans Administration. Essentially, the deal calls for $10 billion in immediate emergency spending and $25 billion in improvements over the next three years, including the purchase of some more clinics. Vets would be able to go to private doctors in the event of unusual delays or if they live more than 40 miles from a V.A. clinic.
COMMENTS:
This all sounds too good to be true. In the first place, the news comes after they
spent the weekend in a rush deal to get the problems addressed before going on
summer vacation; whenever Congress starts moving faster than a snail’s pace, we
end up getting things like… ObamaCare. Secondly,
there is a huge problem with the antiquated V.A. medical computer system that
needs to be fixed before anything else stands the slightest chance of working,
and we need to keep the gurus who designed the ObamaCare website away from that
project. I have my hopes, but I’m not holding my breath.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Congress is going on vacation for five weeks. The border
problem continues. Do you think Obama
will try any executive order type moves?
(Olan ~ Las Vegas, NV)
A. I don’t think he will try a declaration of amnesty; there
is growing concern that impeachment proceedings are just around the
corner. However, there is growing use of
the word “refugee.” If he declares all
of the illegals who are here to be refugees, that move would certainly thicken
the plot. This is almost better than watching J.R. Ewing…
Q. I hear a lot of discussion about Dr. Ben Carson for
President. I like a lot of the things he
advocates, but how can he effect any change in Washington with the way things
are being run? (Alma ~ Durango, CO)
A. Well, that’s a $2 million question. The only possibility is if we manage to
replace virtually every incumbent who is running for reelection. We have to remove the current Washington
“culture.” It might be easier to
convince Al Gore that there is no global warming.
Q. What do you make of North Korea’s missile test over the
weekend? (Bob ~ Clackamas, OR)
A. With everything that’s been deteriorating on the
international scene, I’ve been wondering when we’d hear from that sawed-off
little runt again. Well, you don’t
really need to test a missile unless you intend to use it, do you?
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength
prevents war; weakness invites it. We
need a Commander-In-Chief who understands that – and who won’t leave us facing
a foe who thinks he doesn’t.” ~ Arthur L. Herman
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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