Vietnam Veteran hung flag upside down over "Obamacare"

The Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act was legal and the government could impose fines for people able to buy health insurance but refused to do it. This law says everyone has to be covered or pay a fine. Poor people with no means to pay for insurance will be covered much like Medicaid covered some. Adult children under 26 are able to be on their parents plans. No one will be turned down for coverage because they were already sick (preexisting) or cut off because they got sick.

These things happened and sent families into crisis after crisis over health insurance issues that were unfair. While some healthy people today decide to not buy insurance, they never stop to think who will pay for them if they end up with a very expensive illness, like cancer, in the future. Our healthcare is not broken but paying for it has been making people "sick" trying to figure out how to take care of themselves.

This whole debate has been hyped to death so much so that a Vietnam Veteran decided to hang his American Flag upside down over this issue but not for the other ruling the Supreme Court came out with the same day saying it was ok for someone to lie about being a war hero. They said Stolen Valor was unconstitutional and lying was covered under freedom of speech.

Looks like politicians have been practicing that right to perfection.

Local veteran explains why he hung flag upside down
GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Hundreds of people across the nation were outraged when the supreme court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. One Sherman man showed his disapproval with a controversial action that met with disapproval of it's own. Jul 9, 2012
Reporter: Kristen Shanahan

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Hundreds of people across the nation were outraged when the supreme court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. One Sherman man showed his disapproval with a controversial action that met with disapproval of it's own.

A Veteran of the Armed Services, Tim Deater, says he was so upset when he saw a flag flying upside down he wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper. Bill Cowan says he did hang up the flag with the union down for more than a week and he wants people to know why.

Bill Cowan, a Vietnam Veteran, says he hung the American Flag upside down June 28th when the high court upheld President Obama's health care overhaul. A law that affects the way americans receive and pay for their personal medical care.
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We have a Rottweiler/Hound and he will go into contortions just to bite his own tail. He walks sideways just to keep it in his mouth. For some reason he doesn't seem to understand it is attached to him. A lot of people in this country are doing the same thing because instead of hearing truth about things that really do effect their lives, they are lied into forgetting about common sense.

Medicare, Medicaid and the VA are "socialized" medical coverage programs. They are all paid for by taxpayers. In the case of the VA, it was also paid for by the men and women after they served this country putting their lives on the line and getting wounded for it, or at least were willing to do it but cannot afford private insurance and have no other way to take care of their health.

Has anyone stopped to think about them? Ever wonder what all the layoffs did to the veterans who would normally go to a civilian doctor? Ever wonder if disabled veterans would have to wait so long to see a doctor if non-disabled veterans were able to go someplace else?

Neighborhood evacuated over lost Fort Carson bomb

Jogger Finds Military Device Along Trail
KMGH News
Deb Stanley
New Media Producer
July 10, 2012

FALCON, Colo. -- Bomb squads from two different agencies were sent to Falcon Monday night, after a jogger discovered a suspicious device.

The jogger found the device along Black Hills Drive in the Meridian Estates subdivision, according to KRDO-TV.

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office called the Colorado Springs Bomb Squad and explosives experts with Fort Carson.

They determined the ordnance came from the military, KRDO reported.

People living in the area were evacuated for a short time until the device was deemed safe.
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Why Veterans Make Excellent Employees

Why Veterans Make Excellent Employees
by EMILY
JULY 10, 2012

People have all kinds of mixed feelings when it comes to hiring veterans. The fact of the matter is, there are a multitude of benefits to hiring veterans, and most of the perceived drawbacks are based on myths. Unemployment is well-known to cause depression, and depression can exasperate PTSD symptoms. With unemployment of post 9/11 veterans at 16.7% according to the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association (IAVA) and 12.1% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) versus the civilian population at 8.7%, one easy way HR pros can help veterans with their mental health, is to hire them.

Vice president of strategic business development for Monster Government Solutions, Susan Fallon, explains that Military veterans have a wide range of skills they bring to the table, that their civilian counterparts may not possess. Being adaptable, able to work well in groups, handling and performing under pressure, leadership, and being goal-oriented, are all traits that veterans have, according to Fallon.

“This isn’t about patriotic duty, this isn’t about doing something good.” she said

“This is strong business practices.”

Concerns about returning vets mental health affecting their work performance, or worse, the safety of your workplace, are in large part unfounded. These concerns about PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) triggered violence, actually seem to be the result of unfair media hype. As blogger for the At War Blog on the NY Times website, Mike Haynie, pointed out in his post “As Attitudes on PTSD Shift, Media Slow to Remove the Stigma” returing veterans are actually less likely to commit homicide than civilians. 16, out of every 100,000 returning veterans committed a homicide in 2008, versus 25-28 per 100,000 civilians. The last thing we need to be doing to our returning warriors is sticking them with false stigmas.
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Soldier's family sues defense contractor

Family of slain US soldier sues Canadian military contractor for 2011 shooting in Afghanistan
By Associated Press
Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 3:58 PM

LOS ANGELES — The family of a California soldier killed in Afghanistan sued a Canadian military contractor for rehiring a security guard, an Afghan national, after he allegedly threatened to attack U.S. troops and eventually ended up killing two service members and wounding four others.

The federal wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday claims Tundra Strategies failed to document threats made by Shir Ahmed and didn’t report to U.S. military officials the danger he posed before the March 2011 attack at Forward Operating Base Frontenac.
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Soldier from St. Augustine found dead at Fort Hood

St. Augustine soldier's death at Fort Hood under investigation
Posted: July 9, 2012
From staff reports

A soldier from St. Augustine was found dead in his house at Fort Hood on Monday.

The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation, according to a report from Fort Hood.

Pfc. Joshua J. Holley, 26, entered service in February 2010 as an infantryman, the report said.

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UPDATE

Either one of these reporters got the story wrong or there were two deaths at Fort Hood.

Killeen: Fort Hood Releases Name Of Soldier Found Dead At His Home

KILLEEN (July 10, 2012)--Fort Hood officials have released the name of a staff sergeant who was found unresponsive at his home in Killeen on Thursday.

Staff Sergeant Queston Lynn Newell, 35, whose home of record is listed as Killeen, entered active duty service in August 1996 as a mechanized infantryman and served more recently as an air and missile defense crewmember, Fort Hood officials said.

He was assigned to Company D, Warrior Transition Brigade, Fort Hood, since March 2011.
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