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2014-05-31 Home Front: Politix

Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal over veterans' health care

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Posted by Fred 2014-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Eric K(ill a Vet) Shinseki - Load your station wagon and head outa town - Watch out for Ramblers in Virginia - They usually are very caustic

Posted by Fester McGurque2909 2014-05-31 00:15|| 2014-05-31 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 That depends on who they are replaced with...

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-05-31 01:31|| 2014-05-31 01:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Just learned yesterday of a friend who was awaiting his first appointment at the VA Hospital in Madison, WI. It was scheduled for sometime in late July. He got a call last week and told that it had been moved up to last week. When he arrived, the waiting room was full of veterans. As conversations ensued, they learned that many of their appointments had mysteriously been expedited within the past week. When he was called up to the desk, he asked the clerk if the change had anything to do with recent events in Arizona. The clerk was polite but declined to attribute the scheduling change to events in the news.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-31 06:37|| 2014-05-31 06:37|| Front Page Top

#4 But he was supposed to get everybody in the VA a beret before he left...

Posted by ed in texas 2014-05-31 07:48|| 2014-05-31 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 That which doesn't get inspected, doesn't get done.

Issuing fiats from the Beltway and accepting reports from 'yes men' from below renders the usual results. The socialist can't learn. Same problem in Moscow. Lots of useless reports that provided only the answers the guys on the top floor wanted to hear. You're seeing it in Caracas as we type taking down an entire nation. Still, they plod on, looking for that 'right' man to do the job that can't be done.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-31 07:56|| 2014-05-31 07:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Difficult to know what's going on in the motor pool if the only vehicle you come in contact with is a golf cart.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-31 08:03|| 2014-05-31 08:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Never dawns on these people that the reports that need to be checked are the disbursements on the log side of the house for comparison. Consumption rates gives you an indication of the level of work actually going on versus what is 'penciled in' by the front office. Tack that on to some robust unannounced management by walking around, and you'll get some results rather than useless bureaucratic CYA paper reports.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-31 08:41|| 2014-05-31 08:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Proco, they understand this. These people are lawyers. The first thing they teach in law school about examining witnesses is: "Never ask a question if you don't already know the answer".
It's not about solving problems, it's about assigning blame.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-05-31 13:59|| 2014-05-31 13:59|| Front Page Top

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