Op-ed:  

A house cleaning long overdue

By: Diane Sori

Yesterday America got a 'two-fer' as both Obama mouth piece Jay Carney and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki both resigned.

 

First Shinseki...now folks please let's NOT get all excited by Eric Shenseki's resignation for all this resignation means is that Barack HUSSEIN Obama found his fall guy...while our veterans will still be the ones hurting...and hurting for some time to come.

Prompted by outrage from both Republicans and Democrats calling for Shinseki to resign, Obama announced that VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson...who has been on the job just three short months...would serve as interim head of the department while he chooses a permanent replacement. But you just know the fix is in as Gibson being Shinseki's right-hand man...NO matter the short length of time...knew just as much about what was going on with the VA as Shinseki did, especially with all having come to light over these past few months.

And because he was NOT fired...as he should have been if Obama had any true concern or feeling for America's veterans...Shinseki gets to keep his government pension and his military pension both which reach into six-figures yearly...so don't shed any tears for him...for it's our veterans who get screwed yet again as this most shameful of injustices against them cannot and will NOT be fixed overnight.  

 

And Obama's saying yesterday that it was "with considerable regret" that he had accepted Shinseki's resignation...a resignation that followed whistle-blower allegations that have been proven true that there's massive mismanagement and manipulation of data related to veterans wait times at VA hospitals and clinics that resulted in over 100 veterans dying...Shinseki's resigning really amounts to NOTHING for being that this concerns injustices done to both our vets and our returning troops and with Obama being their Commander-in-Chief...the blame and the taking of responsibility needs to be placed at the feet of its rightful owner...that being Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

But with Shinseki...a 4-star general and war hero twice wounded and three times awarded a Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam... resigning as the scandal grows with each passing day...attention is now diverted away from Obama's role in this injustice. And with Shenseki willing to be the fall guy, all while saying that he was shocked by widespread evidence of a loss in integrity within the VA system, you just know he is somehow being rewarded with more than just being able to keep his cushy pensions. And asked why he decided to accept Shinseki's resignation and accept it now as the scandal heats up, Obama said he regretted accepting said resignation, but he knows "the VA needs new leadership" and that he agreed with Shinseki's own assessment that he has become too much of a distraction.

"We don't have time for distractions...We need to fix the problem," Obama said.

And even with Shinseki issuing an apology for the scandal and with his last official act being the firing of administrators at the Phoenix VA hospital...ground zero from which this scandal originated...where 1,700 veterans were removed from any official list and kept waiting for appointments some for up to six months or longer...the only way to truly fix the problems at the VA is to have the one causing all the problems...the one who knew about all the problems but who chose to look away...resign and take responsibility...and that means Barack HUSSEIN Obama... but we know that sadly that will NEVER happen...and our precious and hurting veterans lose again.

Also yesterday, coming a scant three hours after he confirmed the resignation of Eric Shinseki, Obama announced that also resigning was Press Secretary Jay Carney...another resignation way overdue. Now being replaced by White House special assistant to the president and principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest...a longtime fixture in Obama’s circle “going all the way back to the Iowa caucuses” in 2008...as in replacing one bloviating mouthpiece with another bloviating mouthpiece...Carney stood by Obama's side while he called him one of his closest advisers and friends at the White House. Carney then told reporters that "It's been an amazing experience...just so fulfilling" to have worked with this administration.

I guess knowingly lying through one's teeth and helping to talk Obama out of involvement in one scandal after another...and know that Carney's been one of the most effective liars this administration has had as witnessed by his helping Obama cover-up the murders of four brave Americans at Benghazi...Carney's saying his experience with Obama is "just so fulfilling," shows what a sick and vile bast*rd he really is.

Just like his boss I guess...

Carney, whose LIES started with the questionable circumstances surrounding the death of Osama bin-Laden and the subsequent cover-up of Extortion 17, then leading into all things Benghazi, going into the fraud ridden 2012 elections and the IRS and NSA scandals that followed, then leading into the shutdown of the federal government, and into the disastrous roll out of HealthCare.gov, finally culminating with the current VA scandal...also said it had been honor to be this president's press secretary.   

 

"I'm not saying it's easy every day but I love it," Carney said. "It's an important interaction that takes place here...To be a part of it is an honor and a joy for me."

So while it might be 'an honor and a joy for him' it sure the hell isn't for 'We the People' as Carney's adding that “it’s not my last briefing” and by his NOT laying out a transition schedule for Josh Earnest to take over...to take over the 'Obama Ministry of Propaganda'...means we're stuck hearing his LIES a bit longer as Carney's official departure does NOT take effect until mid-June.

So while Obama cleans house we're left wondering just how fast that house will get dirty again.

Op-ed:   
NO sense of urgency regarding our vets 

By: Diane Sori

 

Before he had to rush off to pack for yesterdays round of photo-op nonsense, and coming almost a month after the story broke, Barack HUSSEIN Obama spoke on Wednesday for 45 minutes about the VA scandal that is casting yet another shadow of incompetency over his presidency. Holding NO one responsible for this most grievous of sins against our veterans, Obama put on his best 'sad face' for the cameras while claiming he will work with VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to address allegations that VA officials falsifying wait-time records for veterans seeking services.

Continuing to defend Shinseki's handling of the allegations to date, Obama said he would wait for the results of several reviews before deciding Shinseki's fate...the classic Obama do NOTHING stance.

Apparently the treatment of our veterans constitutes NO sense of urgency for this president as the 'blame everyone but himself' game revs up to full speed. Even saying, "When I heard allegations of misconduct - any misconduct, whether it's allegations of VA staff covering up long wait times or cooking the books - I will not stand for it, not as commander in chief, but also not as an American," Obama is just saying what he was told to say and he means NOT a word of it.

"...I will NOT stand for it..." coming from the mouth of this man are hypocritical words as they do NOTHING to quell this rightfully growing controversy with its demand for answers. In fact, when NO definitive plan of action to hold those responsible is laid out with those words, those words just become more useless bloviations by the man who is anything but an honorable Commander-in-Chief. But then again how does one take action against one's self for Barack HUSSEIN Obama new damn well from before he was sworn in that there were problems at the VA, and in the almost six years since then has done NOTHING to remedy the ever-expanding situation...NO...the ever-expanding crisis is a better choice of words.

A crisis that has been in the making ever since Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Eric Shinseki took over the VA system, yet neither will take responsibility for its problems or or their lack of action. Together they're passing the buck...the hallmark of this administration...as the backlog they've known about since 2008 has increased ten-fold on their watch, and now veterans...our brave warriors...are dying while languishing for months on secret lists. America does NOT need another yet another investigation...whose conclusions we know before it even begins...to tell us that VA is failing in properly treating our veterans. We need answers and solutions...we need those responsible put in the hot seat and called to task...and we need assurances that all will be made right for those who have put their lives on the line to keep us safe and free at home.

But from this president...from this administration...I'm NOT holding my breath for that as Barack HUSSEIN Obama has now made even the treatment our veterans receive...or should I say lack of treatment...into a political dog and pony show of the first degree. Festering below the surface for weeks now as the VA scrambles to cover-up the inexcusable, Obama has the unmitigated gall to publicly say on national television that NO conclusions could or would be drawn until investigations were complete. Shades of Benghazi and the IRS and NSA scandals all rolled into one as he just laid the ground floor for this, yet another investigation, to drag on...possibly for years...while our veterans continue to die.

Are you angry yet folks as this is just the beginning of a nightmare ride with the markings of 'divert and deflect' written all over it for as our ailing military heroes are dying their Commander-in-Chief still will NOT call anyone to task for fear all roads will lead back to him.

“If these allegations prove to be true it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I will not tolerate it, period,” Obama's Wednesday bloviations continued on. But note the word 'if'...as in "if these allegations prove to be true," but how can they NOT be true as story after story is surfacing as more and more spouses of vets who died waiting for treatment are telling their stories on national TV...as emails and documents have already come to light exposing the horror that this man and his administration knowingly turned a blind eye to.

"We have to let the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened. Our veterans deserve to know the facts. Their families deserve to know the facts. Once we know the facts, I assure you if there is misconduct, it will be punished," Obama also said while he fights for more time to concoct a cover-up story to save his own skin. And sadly we know the media will give him that time for they too knew all the wrongdoings going on yet also remained silent for fear of further tarnishing their own creation...their self-anointed supposed 'black savior of us all.'

And so as the nightmare that began in one VA hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, now spreads to 26 VA facilities across this country...with more sure to come...as the practice and documenting of false reporting...of out-and-out lying...seems to bear out a truth that needed to be kept hidden...that records have been manipulated solely for appearance sake as they tie directly into earning performance bonuses for hospital administrators and staff...as the almighty dollar takes precedence over the lives of our vets.

And Obama knowing about these problems since the days of his transition team means the question of why has this been overlooked for so long has but one answer...an answer some of us have NOT been afraid to say...and that is that Barack HUSSEIN Obama cares NOTHING for our veterans, our troops, or our military in general...for there is NO sense of urgency coming from him in righting this grievous wrong. And now just like he did immediately after Benghazi, Barack HUSSEIN Obama jets off yet again for fundraisers and photo-ops leaving behind 100 dead veterans and a VA system fundamentally broken to its core in his wake.

Yet another indelible stain on his record...yet another reason for his removal from office...yet another circling of the wagons around the most miserable excuse of a president our nation has ever known... and all as our veterans continue to die.

Op-ed: 

And the cover-ups, delays, and subterfuge begin yet again
By: Diane Sori

“I will tell you, I am disturbed by statements out of the White House that say that the president heard about this in the news,”  

- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor when hearing about the injustices done against our veterans

And so the responses from both sides of the aisle are starting to come in and all seem to zero in on the fact that in NO way could Barack HUSSEIN Obama have heard about the ongoing VA scandal for the first time on TV. Who does this lying, military defaming, veteran hating man think he's fooling as he knew damn well about the problems over five years ago when in 2008, VA officials themselves told him and his transition team that the wait times being reported for its facilities were NOT to be trusted.

“This is not only a data integrity issue in which [Veterans Health Administration] reports unreliable performance data; it affects quality of care by delaying - and potentially denying - deserving veterans timely care,” were the exact words said by VA officials.

NOT to be trusted...denying veterans timely care...the VAs very own words and yet Barack HUSSEIN Obama both turned his back on and ignored the plight of those who wore the uniform of our country.

In fact, out of his own mouth, Obama said in 2008 that the "True test of our patriotism is how we treat our returning veterans" thus proving that his lackadaisical attitude towards our veterans as the scope of the scandal unfolds to be that he has NO patriotism for them...that he has NO patriotism for our beloved America...and that he could care less about those who shed their blood...who give their lives...to keep us all safe and free at home.

And a Commander-in-Chief who cares NOTHING for those under his command who have bravely served our country...be they currently fighting in harm's way or now being veterans...should be immediately removed from his position of said command as if he cannot honor, respect, and fight for those who fight for us, then how can they ever respect him...they can't and that's the whole point.

And when you have a president whose designated mouthpiece...in this case the infamous ever lying Jay Carney...still refers to this most grievous of scandals as mere "alleged misconduct" you just know that what's in the best interest of our veterans is NOT in the best interest of this president or his administration.

So like every other scandal on this administrations watch, the Obama much overused excuse that "I heard it on the news" when this news first broke on cable television, will just NOT cut it anymore. The time has come...in fact it's way overdue... for this man...the Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces (God how I hate saying that)...to take responsibility for the nightmare now unfolding at the VA...a nightmare resulting in over 100 deaths to date.

100 veteran's deaths on American soil mean NOTHING to this man but kidnapped muslim girls in a foreign country has him up in arms calling for action...something is so very wrong with this picture.

And saying he's “mad as hell” over the 'supposed' allegations, and that he “has confidence” in VA Secretary Eric Shinseki also means NOTHING for this man could NOT even say the words himself but had to have Carney spew them for him.

And thankfully some on the other side of the aisle are coming out...sort of...against the treatment of our veterans. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, the number two Democrat in the House, at least called the VA scandal a “cover up” that was “outrageous” and “unacceptable.” But even with that there's a caveat with those words as he added that he is “prepared to wait” for Rob Nabors... Obama's choice selected to investigate the problem...to report back after conducting his own investigation before he recommends “any further action.”

So according to Democrats it's okay that our vets continue to get sub-par care...if they even get care...until an Obama mouthpiece 'officially' says there's a problem.

And it's sad to say but the time frame for this abomination to be fully addressed could drag on as long as the Benghazi investigation has dragged on for the bureaucratic red tape that must be trudged through...the circling of the wagons around Obama...always seems to take priority over doing what's right...especially when truths exposed might upset the Obama applecart.

So while the VA Inspector General drags out the investigation into whistle blower allegations that staff at the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, manipulated wait time records for patients seeking care...manipulated them to make it seem like they were complying with set VA standards and guidelines including that patients receive care within two to four weeks...the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs approved a subpoena to garner emails and other written documents from 27 officials, including Shinseki himself, that address the destruction or disappearance of an alternate and/or interim wait list at said Phoenix facility.

But this is but one facility in but one state...there are now similar allegations surfacing about VA facilities in 17 other states making this a scandal of unseen proportions as the very lives of our veterans are on the line while nary a word in person is said...NOT even a teleprompted word...from the man too busy fundamentally transforming our beloved America that he doesn't have time to help or care about those who serve and did serve under his command.

And that my friends is a crime that must be addressed now...NO ifs, ands, or buts...

Op-ed:

Left to die by an administration run amok
By: Diane Sori

"This was basically an elaborate scheme to cover up patient wait times..."
- Dr. Samuel Foote, retired VA doctor turned whistleblower

They fought for our country...their blood stains the soil of foreign enemy lands...and yet when they come home...many to a hero's welcome...they are being denied rightful medical services.

Dysfunctional bureaucratic red tape unlike any stonewalling ever seen before now faces our veterans on a daily basis. And these brave warriors who put their very lives in harm's way to keep us safe and free at home cannot get much needed medical care but a traitor to America can.

Recently, muslim sympathizer Chuck Hagel...the most miserable excuse of a Secretary of Defense we've ever had...approved convicted felon Pvt. Bradley Manning's request to undergo hormone therapy and surgery to become a woman. The man found guilty of leaking classified government information (the Wikileaks scandal) is going to get what amounts to taxpayer funded gender reassignment surgery moving to the head of the line as our veterans...many of whom sadly come home NOT whole...sit and wait for services that might NEVER come. 

And to that effect enter center stage the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare Scandal along with its par for the course cover-up. This newest scandal amongst the many facing the Obama administration involves the hiding of unacceptably long wait times for vets seeking (or actually being denied) medical treatment they are rightfully entitled to. By the creating of 1.5 million 'false' records, this allowed the VA (comprised of 1700 hospitals and clinics across the country handling 80 million outpatient visits a year) to collect monies for care and services NEVER rendered, causing many veterans to die who might have been saved. By this action, I believe, the VA has actually assisted in what could be called 'criminally negligent homicide' as the Obama administration once again looks away even while Capitol Hill hearings into these charges is ongoing.

And as the VA says it has reduced wait times of outpatient appointments to within 14 days of a veterans 'desired date' request...which by the way is NOT true... allegations are being sounded by whistleblowers in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming about VA administrators actually ordering thousands of appointment requests by veterans to be placed on a so-called 'secret' unofficial list in an effort to improve their hospital's performance record...hence their salaries...by basically shifting around appointments and manipulating wait lists to cover for what in reality is overly long delays for primary and follow-up appointments. And while allegations are being sounded that VA employees faced reprisals by administrators if they refused to manipulate appointment books, and as these very same administrators issued orders that if a veteran died while awaiting treatment their names were to be removed from the wait lists, a traitor to America moves to the front of the line to get sex change surgery.

There is something so very wrong with this picture...a picture designed and created to make the VA, and especially the administrators, look good on paper and NOTHING else. And looking good on paper translates into administrative salary increases, and sadly, that is the bottom line as far as they are concerned. 

And as nightmare stories start to surface about veterans being denied medical services...like the one out of Arizona where dozens of patients at one hospital died (possibly as many as 40) while languishing on a hidden waiting list without ever being given an appointment....while officials at the hospital shredded documents and faked evidence to make it seem as if waiting times were under control...and the one that claims all this 'supposed' bruhaha is because the VA is NOT paying local doctors and hospitals in a timely manner...the VA does admits there is a problem, but a problem NOT of their doing as those in the Obama administration face genuine condemnation while continuing to play the 'pass the buck' game yet again.

Claiming the problem lies with the NON-VA Care Program...a program where the VA pays for veterans to go to local doctors or hospitals with an authorization letter (a voucher) where they get treated...payments to said doctors...of which the VA claims there are NOT enough of...and hospitals are often late causing some veterans having to be turned away.

So with Veterans Affair Secretary Eric Shinseki (a former general now the darling of the left for speaking out against the Iraq war) in the hot seat for claiming he knew nothing about the all-encompassing abuse in the VA under his command, he's now spewing that he's “mad as hell" about the whole affair. Words a bit late in coming if you ask me. And even though he read some talking points before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee investigating the abuses...Shinseki claiming he's working on fixing the problems is kind of a mute point as he does so while our veterans continue to be hurt and continue to die.

And who is called to task by Obama and crew for this most grievous of disservices done to our vets...just a few 'faceless' bureaucrats that have been placed on what's called 'temporary administrative leave' and a scapegoat in the guise of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary, Robert Petzel, who tendered his immediate resignation NOT saying he was scheduled to retire very shortly anyway.

In other words our hurting veterans have been delegated to just another mere slap on the wrist by Barack HUSSEIN Obama and his crony Shinseki...as the man who closed the World War II Memorial to our aging heroes...as the man who found time to personally chastise an old racist's wiretapped phone conversations from half a world away...that man has done NOTHING to help our vets as he sent his mouthpiece Jay Carney (who whined that there was "just a suggestion of a scandal" at the Veterans Affair Department) to read a prepared statement that he was “concerned and angry about the allegations." 

NO he was NOT and is NOT concerned about the pain and sorrow our veterans face, and his lack of concern proves for all to see that Barack HUSSEIN Obama has NO concern whatsoever for anything that involves helping those who fight for America on foreign soil.

And the bottom line in all this is that as per The Financial Times, “If the evidence of mismanagement continues to accumulate, the Obama administration will find itself not in another partisan knife-fight, but under fire from both parties in a Congress where the uniformed military is venerated.” And that on top of Benghazi might bring a long overdue end to a man and his administration who defame, dishonor, and slander our military...our troops...our veterans...every chance they get.