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: 

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...