Day# 25,...........The VA WAY...........I thought and thought about this secret I have been hiding for 6 weeks this very day. I have been trying with no success to get someone anyone to help myself and so many good Veterans and Great Employees who have been devastated by the upper management of the VA........You hear the statistics that 22 Veterans commit suicide each day. That means many others attempted and failed due to poor planing, NOT ATTENTION SEEKING! I know because I did the same thing six weeks a go. But I want some of the people who actually care about US to know why. I have hit rock bottom, no hope, no real reason to live. But why? Well I took my pills lined them up and then took my knife, set it out and began to take them. I sat there outside smoking my cigarettes and then thought about each person who had done me wrong. I took one and thought about the next one and how much I wanted to KILL them. Then a few more I became more and more enraged. I cut my flesh, then another pill. I arranged a bucket to catch my blood. I kept on cutting and taking more pills. The problem was I found myself banging the hell out of a metal pole. I thought about ALL the Bull Shit I have been through, how many Doctors, the surgeries,the medications I have to take for the rest of my life. I thought about the lies, the misdirection the VA uses to attempt to get me to quit and go away. I thought about the other people who have been suffering as well. I thought about the big bonuses the threats if some one reported anything to the authorities. I have seen patient abuse, stemming from physical abuse, beatings, with holding of meds, isolation, and much much worse abuses. After the 4th or fifth cut and the un-known amount of pills, I saw my wife's face who came to find out what the banging was all about. There I am sure the sight of the blood and the crazy way I was acting was too much. But she called a friend who is a Nurse and was told what to do. WHY did she not call for an ambulance? She knew that I would end up at the VA where they would make sure I eventually would be dead. I was never a nasty hateful person until the VA destroyed my life and many others. I am not a killer, SO it was better to kill myself instead of being on the six O clock news for killing people not even worth killing. So now 6 weeks later I am still suffering from so much misery and see ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE FOR ME OR ANYONE ELSE. these rat bastards have stolen my life. G-D Damn them to hell! Please I beg you NOT to give me any Christian advice or verses at all.

Day# 22......THE VA WAY.........I was going to stop reporting/sharing because nobody cares. But I get a phone call from a new Face Book Friend, she gave me a few suggestions. First she said; " You never know who is going to see it, children have been found by sharing stories on line" She also said; " Be more specific and give a brie back round why you are telling a story" Both are good advice. Then her postings of the VA's BULL SHIT! ( I think that is specific enough) that they are SCREWING US VETERANS! So I will re-read my VA DAY posts and tighten the posts up. At this time in my life I have nothing to lose, especially the fact that between the stupendous inept, useless federal workman's comp which is a puppet of the VA. When the Va tells the workman's comp what to do, they do it. And that includes the VA screwing with my case. Now of course that could never be proven because the VA only knows 3 things, #1 LIE, #2 Shred the lies, # 3 Threaten those who fight them. Well really four things, If they, the upper management gets backed up against the walls they resign before they can be indited. Also I have to BEG yes BEG for Medicine because the rat bastards of the VA and the federal workman's comp have twice tried to destroy me financially either directly or indirectly I am living on less than half of my income for three years and a half at this rate. I have borrowed money from my family, my 85 year old Step Dad to obtain a Lawyer which has amounted to NOTHING! NOTHING! now degraded, humiliated, reduced to being a beggar for medications and supplies WHY? WHY should it come down to this? Why should any Veteran go through much more than I am going through, So I will continue to fight and fight and fight and NOW I do not care what these BASTARDS try to do to me or my wife, yes I include my wife because someone at the VA attempted to kill us by slightly slicing the inside of a friends car who happened to be riding to see a Lawyer to sue the VA for many reasons. As usual the three people I know will read this and will re-post others could give a SHIT! Yes I am pissed, and I am out for REVENGE AND JUSTICE!

Day# 20,.......THE VA WAY.............Signs, sings, everywhere signs, don't do this, don't do that, can't you read the signs..........In the front of the Nurse's office there is a sign. It reads; No matter how minor of an injury, all injuries MUST be reported to the VA health nurse." Now here is the real truth why this must be done. Yes you report an injury but why is that? Protection for the Employee? Absolutely NOT! What it does is, it starts a series of close up, hush up, cover up and cheat the Employee out of all they can , especially if the injury is bad. I will speak of my own attack because of course I am most familiar with it and I can explain the corruption from start and which is still ongoing....... My attack, might have been avoidable if the response team from the medical staff was set in place if the chance of violence erupting. The Doctor announced to the patient he was being kept for observation. But this did not happen because the Doctor broke protocol and told the patient in a hall way with out a code purple team in place. So I was attacked, as well as the Doctor and another Nurse. The two of them were slightly injured. i on the other hand was seriously injured. Now from here there was no one there to inform me on what is the procedure in a case like this. next a team of " Erasers" as I call them go into action. I also was informed that the second in command entered the Nurse manager"s office around 2 AM and changed/falsified what truly happened. Next there was the cover up of the hate crime, then the total re-arrangement of the police report.When I was released from the hospital, I started on a 3 year and 4 month nightmare of loss of wages, two times of almost coming close to bankruptcy, three tie ups with the local Police due to my new PTSD, a threat from the VA to incarcerate me by the number two head person of the VA . Every day 24/7/365 I battle these Bastards and I am at ground zero with them. Now replace my name, my situation and put in 7-10 other employees names and injuries which have their own stories and their own destruction of their rights and their lives as well. I however seem to be the only one foolish enough to try to gain attention for all of us and the Veteran's as well. I pray someday there might be a concerned citizen with power to help me get the attention of the proper people to do a REAL investigation. Again Please, please, share this.

Day# 19......THE VA WAY...........I usually have an open intro here, but today there will not be one........... Everybody remembers the horrific muslim scum bag that gunned down his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood Texas in 2009. You think that after that situation there would be a re-think on the dedication of who serves the Military. I understand not all muslims are terrorists and are good and faithful citizens. But when a person no matter what they are associated with or what their race, creed , nationality is if they display a hostile mood, mannerism and they show this mannerism with everyone they come in contact there is a problem. Then this same person displays a increase of hostility towards a man wearing a Yamaka who was arguing with a muslim Doctor over a very sick Female who was suffering all day long. I came on duty that afternoon, and when I was taking vitals, she was looking very ill, I asked if she notified the Head Nurse, she replied: " Yes, but she ignored me three times" I approached the Head nurse and asked why she was not attended to?" Her reply was, " oh I forgot and i am busy with the new admissions" Being a low class Nurse in the food chain of the VA, there is little I can do directly. I knew there would be a shift change soon and the Nurse coming on was a Veteran and had no room for the food chain bit or the stomach for a hurting veteran,and to add the fact he as I did had no respect for the head nurse on the day shift who is notorious for letting Vets go without seeing a Doctor. Any way, The night nurse called for the Doctor on call, he did not come at all. We both called again, again, finally he came up and reviewed her chart, he didn't examine her at all. We presented her vitals and her symptoms. He just replied Send to her PA ( Physician's Assistant) I objected, and demanded the Doctor either treat her now or sign for her to go to the E.R. this muslim stared me down and started to leave the floor, I told the Doctor that this patient has been suffering all day and now night. I am going to pick up the phone and call 911 and the Media if YOU do not do something for her. The Muslim doctor started to move towards me......A very very bad idea, I shouted at the muslim Doctor and said " Do not approach me, it will be a wrong decision" He clenched his fist, the nurses stood between us. The muslim Doctor retreated and left the ward. A few minutes later the Doctor called for some medication and a follow up with her PA in the morning. I am A citizen first, A Nurse Second and a Veteran third. I will not or ever allow a Doctor or any other person in my life. I will stand up for my patient's no matter what. The problem is there are hostile forces built in the system that if any medical staff reacts to a situation involving veteran abuse or neglect and rock the boat. I am not scared of the upper management what so ever. And especially a arrogant muslim Doctor. If anyone is willing, please re-post this. I need all the help I can get, Thank You. Oh by the way, one of the most aggravating and upsetting thing that gets the Veteran's angry is the fact that they have muslim for a Doctor. They would often say; " A few weeks, months, years ago I was killing these people now they are My Doctors" Think about that for awhile, being stripped of everything, dressed in pajamas and have no way to mentally/physically protect themselves against these muslims ,especially this bastard.

DAY# 18;........THE VA WAY............SMILE SAY CHEESES!..........So there you are at the VA for treatment and you find out quickly you are being treated like a felon in a maximum security jail. Most of the time the Vet is suffering from a gambit of problems both mentally and financially. A lot of our patients are homeless and have no way to keep their teeth healthy. Now to add to the misery you have a horrible tooth ache. You are taken down to the dental office. They have one, ONE, ONE procedure for a tooth ache, pull it, that's right pull it. Unless you are a 100% disabled veteran you got the all inclusive " pull the tooth." So there is two choices, stay in pain or have the tooth removed. No temporary fillings nothing. So the tooth comes out, Now back to the unit, you are hurting, no pain meds just the traditional useless Ibuprofen . Maybe just maybe if there is time/manpower you might get a chance to lay down. We the people allow the politicians 300$ hair cuts, have gyms/pools/executive privileges beyond our imagination. The president ran up millions of dollars in vacation costs at the tax payers expense. But G-D forbid the government would take some of their kick back money and provide monies for dental insurance for the veteran. i wish, no pray, that some day people would actually read the stories I post and give us a damn and do something about it. Why is there so much silence?

DAY#17.....The VA WAY........Why me L-RD?.........Sundays were always my best days, I would prepare my sermon for the message of G-D, I took a serious stance on the word of G-D. When in the pulpit, I was a guest of a friend and the words that came through that I prayed that they would be straight and true. It was my intention never to place my self or add human frailties/silly jokes and NEVER EVER preached health and wealth garbage as so many do today. Now after 3 years and a half, my faith has diminished, so I thought. I have stood in the heat in the cold with a paralyzed hand and screamed/cried out " WHY ME, WHY ME L-ORD, why have you taken my share of your grace and given it to someone else?" I thought to my self, am I any different than the next person? Is their sin less than mine? Am I so unworthy of a blessing and have right to justice? My senses eventually caught up with me, I realized that my suffering must have a meaning, a purpose.But what am I supposed to do? Then in that still small voice I herd the answer. it is my responsibility to cry out for the Veterans like my self, I think of the soldier that left his/her's bones/muscle/blood/sinew on the battle ground. For some that return home might be whole, but their minds/heart even their souls come home damaged. Then the real war begins, they must fight, beg, for assistance. Who wants to hire a limbless Veteran? Not many. Why should a Veteran fight for health care, why must they endure filthy corrupt management of the VA who are secretly SUCKING monies/properties/resources out of the Veteran's allotments? Why does the corrupt/cowardly/disgusting fools of the congress and the ignorant and hideous LIARS of the senate who bluster, and promise increased funds for the VETS then out of their true mouths (their arses') they quickly strip much needed monies to pay for something that fits their needs. All of this sickens me, I have my own battle with the sub-human animals of the VA, but I feel it is my job, my calling to be the Giant, the loud, the nasty mean spirited straight shooting pain in the ASS voice of the downtrodden Veteran. AND SO HELP ME G-D I WILL FIGHT EVERYDAY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT! As usual only few care only few actually read these stories, but one day if the government is so callous towards the Heroes of our Country, one day you too will face the same harshness as the VETS DO!

DAY#16.....THE VA WAY...........Sticks and stones................Being a Nurse is a dangerous job when working on a lock down unit. I am not home and I have very limited time to say what I want to say. So here it is in short. Team work is of the essence, especially when a fight breaks out. No there is no politically correct way to put that,the attacker is out for blood period. To combat this danger it is team work that can save your life. However what would you think when a nurse on the floor says to you " Next time a disturbance-fight breaks out, we will not help you" You might ask why is this? simple,the nurse who will be by self is one that reported a illegal/immoral/improper activity. You would think there would be a fail safe method in place to protect the reporting nurse? Nope, not at the VA , yes statements will be taken, but they are crushed/ torn up and the reporting nurse is now a even bigger target. To add to that the upper management goes into defense mode and gives the wink to get rid of the problem. For that there is on staff a specific bully, her job is to destroy the nurse using any means necessary including attempted murder. Go ahead laugh, say " he is over the top" Well this is the reason for these stories, to get someone to investigate, to bring to a judge and under oath have the dozens of medical staff come forward.The reason it doesn't happen is three fold, #1 it's not Veteran's day, no one cares, #2 the VA owns the press and media in my area, # 3 the local politician's ARE COWARDS OR THEY TOO HAVE THEIR HANDS IN THE MISSING FUNDS. Someone prove me wrong, call me out in a court room, no takers? Didn't think so!

Day# 15,............THE VA WAY.................I am writing this because I will not have access to a computer tomorrow. ....... The losing Battle..........For 1, 244 days I have been fighting the VA by my self. I feel like David in the Bible, but unfortunately I have no rocks and no help from G-D. I question my sanity at times for doing this. I am amazed that my friends or even my family responds, that is tough to handle. I look at our country today and I see NO hope for my Children my Grandchild. I see so many people suffer due to the system we have to day. As I post and post, seek the help of the media. I have called , wrote, E-mail all congress and senate representatives in TN and they have failed me. I have sought the IG used the so-called EEO and the HR all a complete failure. Great Employees have been as far as the system will allow. I even swallowed my pride and called that thing in the white house SIR, AND Mr. President, I still get a sick felling in my stomach thinking that I had to sink that low for help. Naturally that ended with a form letter suggesting I report this to the IG, and other VA help centers, how freaking disgusting that is, I am supposed to go to the source of all the problems. There is a saying amongst the Veterans; Deny, Deny, Deny, until they die, die, die". This is more than disgusting. What I am trying to convey here is, if we the people don't even care for the men and women who sacrificed parts of their bodies, their minds even their souls and allow the corrupt and immoral politicians and the over the top corrupt VA. How does one person fight that? What the big problem is these degenerate politicians rob money that was elected for the homeless vets. So the bottom line is this, If we the people care nothing about our veterans and their health needs, what do you think will be there for YOU in YOUR Future?

Day# 14......THE VA WAY........Wait and Wait and Wait........Being entrapped in a small confined area like a prisoner is bad enough. I mentioned a few days back how pathetic the inhumane area given to our Female Veterans. Now lets go to the other extreme. Imagine if you will, you are a tiny timid older female Veteran locked up like a caged animal , you have a fall. You are sent out for an ex-ray and it 's verified that your hip was broken. Preparations are made for you to be transported to Nashville for treatment. Now Women are separated for safety, except when they are paraded around in front of the men during meal and medication time. So what does the brain trust do? They wheel this timid suffering scared to death of men into the entrance and exit doors. Right in the middle of the men. Add to the fact that you are on a stretcher in your pajamas and waiting for hours at least 5 hours, no pain meds, no chance of going to the bathroom crying and scared. People going back and forth males staring at you. The Nurses begging/complaining to do something for her. As usual no action taken, we the Medical staff will take another hit for trying to do something for one of our Veterans. We the medical staff have a two front battle every day working on the ward we do. Caring for over the top mentally ill and hurting Veterans, the second is the brass. They have no idea how the day to day workings of a ward operates. The brass is mixed with civilians and some Veterans. The rest of the mixture are non-medical people who absolutely no idea what even goes on, talk about being clueless, they are and can be dangerous due to their ignorance of what it means to have PTSD. Add also the fear of men, now add this story of what was allowed to occur if I was a Female whether a Veteran or not this would send chills down most females reading this. Please help me get the word out to get a honest investigation of the corrupt/ inept/ clueless VA.

Day# 13,,,,,The VA WAY.......Shall we dance?.......................................
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans........... This worthless statement is the opening for what is supposed to be the VA motto/mission. Like the current administration it is a JOKE! A quiet low key Patent was admitted to our floor in the total violation of our floor policy that ALL patients must be ambulatory, or at least be able to get in and out of their beds on their own power. The most important part of the policy is the Pt, must be medically cleared in order to be on the floor as well. But money/and heads in a bed are more important and the policies are often not enforced to make way for GREED! To add to this improper lose interpretation and to insure there will be NO back talk from the medical staff when a situation arises both the patient who is most unable to reject his admittance and demand MEDICAL TREATMENT instead of being placed on a mental floor due to delirium/Inability to express his needs and dare say if a medical staff speaks up as an advocate, that advocate will be threatened with harsh repercussions so bad they could be transferred to the KITCHEN. I understand if I write a story too long no one will read it. But this one and tomorrows post MUST be told. This particular Patient had a horrible infection in his toes and foot. The smell was ungodly, he was transported in house to the podiatrist where nothing was done for him. That night he had a elevated temp and when an assessment was done it was determined he was septic and his infection was worsening. If it wasn't for the staff insistence and not caring about getting in trouble, two nurses went to battle which almost came to fist and cuffs with a muslim resident Doctor to send him out to Nashville for treatment. He was finally transferred.The next day we found out they had to take his leg. This is what goes on at the VA and I am sure in every VA in the system. But as usual, nobody cares no body will lift a finger to help, and all I am doing is digging a hole for them to bury me in or worse. Remember they are part of the government and with that, they have the ability to make people disappear, But in my case they took my livelihood what else is there left for me and the other Vets who suffer this kind of horror day after day. . .

Day # 12....The VA WAY.......Yes Lord......As a man who believes in G-D and His Son Yeshua I fear the consequences of my actions of my life. So when I stand in front of Him on judgement day, Will I be accepted or rejected? Please no theology is needed this is a statement of personal reflection of my own life not a theology debate. As a man, a soldier a Father, a husband, a Nurse, did I do enough to serve my Lord? I ask my self this often. As a soldier, I served my Country as best as I could with no fanfare no reward expected just a tiny cog in the wheel of a gigantic military machine. As a Nurse, that is a big difference, I was responsible for the patients I cared for, their recovery was influenced greatly by what kind of care I gave them. The Doctor is responsible for the big picture, the nurse is in the personal details. With that said I took my job seriously and gave all I had for my patients.Now I am out of the picture. But does that give me an excuse to forget and say to myself; " You did a good job, but you are out of the fight and it's time to rest and move on" NO! NO! emphatically NO! I might not be on the front lines any longer, but I am still have the heart of a Nurse and still care about the sick, the wounded the miss-treated and the denied patients of the VA. So I fight and fight to get someone to listen and hear the carrion call of duty and actually do something about the horrors Veterans must face in order to get the right and proper treatments without a corrupt management system bilking the funds and skipping their responsibilities for what they were hired to do.........WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT? i have no funny animal video, no kid doing something funny, no sports post attached to this, no ridiculous filthy saying, nothing except the stories that no one wants to read or invest time in to help the Veterans..So as a Man who believes in G-D I continue to fight, not in fear of my actions and my judgement but because I am a believer, a man, a..................Please for once at least read the stories and GIVE A CARE!

Day# 11....The VA WAY..........The Zombie.......I do not watch sick and perverted TV shows filled with blood and guts and killings, there is enough of that in the real world such as what I am going to tell tonight. Imagine if you will, You get woken up at 6AM as I already mentioned how the VA treats the Veterans in the past. But this specific patient is a totally separate than all of the others. When I mean separated please read carefully. This patient was so dangerous he could not be around any other people. He lived literally in a HALL WAY. His day was Breakfast , medications, then sit in a chair for the rest of the day. No contact with anyone except the Nurse that was to guard him. That was his life for YEARS! no I wish I could go into more detail but I can not until one day when I get into a court and testify. I ask you does this sound humane? This man had no recreation, no TV, No contact with others. No outside time what so ever. When he was to go to a treatment or a XRAY, MRI, there were always two people to escort him and hoping there wasn't going to be a bad situation during transport and at the offices. I can not tell you how hard it was to watch this man to sit in a chair day after day wasting away, no exercise, no mind stimulation, the only contact was with the assigned nurse who watched him. I and most nurse's asked why is he here and not in a forensic facility. The answer is buried within the VA system. Now I ask you how does this sound to you? Would you like to be treated like this REMEMBER this was for YEARS! He would still be there but he died. Again I understand very few people would care about this Veteran or any other Vet as well. But remember the VETERAN is why you have a choice to care or not. Think about that.

Day # 10....The VA WAY......Oh my GOD!.......It's Sunday, a perfect time to discuss my next subject. Not everything the VA does is sinister, well...But most times when there is a situation that seems wrong or at least it seems to be the VA way is to paint all systems with a BROAD STROKE! And religion is no different. As there are many different Vets, there are many different religions. The hospitals I have been in either as a Nurse, patient, minister, they do attempt to provide the patients with access to a religious service. At the VA there is only one service and that is televised on the VA's in house TV system. Not all vets are the same broad stroke followers of a non-traditional service, on size , type fits all. And please do not give me the idea that these vets are mentally ill and are not religious. That is far from the truth. Most Veterans rely on their higher power, Jesus, Hashem, Buddha etc...For the ones who are not main stream Christians have NO access to their Churches./temples/ mosques/ etc...This is the only day I will not show a corrupt or dishonest situation but again the VA way to fill in the best and easiest cost effective idea to at least show there is a religious system in place. It is bad enough to be stripped of your rights, your identity, your clothes, your families, your ability to communicate in privacy, and now the ability to worship! It is a lose lose situation from the first step into the York VA of Murfreesboro TN. It might be different at other VA'S , but I doubt they are not on the up and up as well....Wait a minute, the NEWS does a good job at reporting the problems when they have a slow news day or it's Veteran's day. Oh, there are Chaplin's available, but that will be a different story on another Sunday.

Day # 9.....The VA WAY.......There is no place like Home.......If one is in an accident far away from their house and enters a hospital for treatment the hospital is not responsible for their return to their home. However here is a twist, when you are Veteran and check into a clinic or VA hospital and you are a patient with a mental/abuse problem, this is altogether different. Say you are at Bristol Tn and you check in for help. There are no beds, so they transport you to Nashville and then 80-90% of the time transported all the way to Murfreesboro TN VA. Oh did I mention in an Ambulance that's a 298.6 mile road trip. Can you imagine that bill? If that isn't insane what is? Now the patient is at the VA for 2-6 days maybe more maybe less. But When it comes time to be returned home there isn't an Ambulance ride back. Yes I said it's not up to the hospital right? However, when you are a Veteran they can ship you anywhere they want to according to bed space. Have you ever heard of a civilian hospital doing this unless it was for EMERGENCY LIFE THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCES? This transporting was also done from Memphis Tn VA, Fort Campbell area Chattanooga TN. Most of the Veterans are either on a very limited or no income at all. So how do they send the Patient back to where they came from? The Greyhound bus. Most have no money, no place to go when they get off the 10-12 hour bus ride. Most of the bus depots are closed in the night, in the winter it's been down below zero. Nice right? I personally was involved with a situation that a Veteran was to arrive at 2AM in the coldest winter we had in awhile the depot was going to be closed when he arrived. To add to the horror this Vet would have no place to go until 9AM when the shelter he was going to opened. Now I and two other Nurses brought this situation to the social worker attention this was at 4 something in the afternoon on a Friday of a weekend. The social worker said; " What do I have to do with this?" and walked away. As an Ordained Minister I was able to get past the red tape and was given the Ministers home phone number to have arrangements for the Veteran to be picked up when the bus arrived. This is one of so many, many stories about how the Vets are released 298.6 miles from their homes. Remember these Veterans HAD NO SAY IN WHERE They WERE BEING TRANSPORTED TO! It is my intention for all of these stories to find their way to a person of power who can get an official investigation outside of the VA'S so-called in house policing system. That way the in house police investigators can not for warn the head people that they are coming. There is a joke that goes around the VA; " you know when the IG is coming, the sound of paper shredders are going at the speed of sound".

DAY#8......The VA WAY.........Have you ever became so angry that you said; " If you don't stop it I am going to shoot you/knock some senses in you" Or I have had a bad day; " I wish a building fell on me. or I feel like dying/walking out in front of a bus/train " If you are talking to a VA crisis counselor there is a over the top chance you are on the way to the VA mental facility. A crisis line is not just for suicide prevention. Just because you are down and out and make a obscure statement in a sad or excited voice and you are a Veteran the crisis leader would call a Ambulance and the Police to your home. Now remember there are times the Veteran is only vetting, a trained crisis person would know the difference between a serious or just a depressed Veteran. OK,OK, let's say most would do the same thing and call an Ambulance every-time.However, would you bait a distraught caller? Would you try to confuse the Veteran and say things like Are you thinking of doing harm? What do you mean by walking out in front of a Bus? Tell me more. This could go on for awhile. So the vet hits the nerve the vet makes the mistake and says yes then the Vet is in the lock down unit wondering what the heck happened. The Vet says all I said was I was feeling poorly, I wish a building would fall on me, and then there is a knock on the door and here I am. Now the Vet is there for three-four days. There was a saying on the lock down floor. " If you have a problem DO NOT CALL THE VA ANY DAY" .... I encountered the same type of situation, but I was not on the crisis hot line but talking to my top of the chain manager. I was upset/Angry/ scared. I was informing my head manager that the Federal Workman's comp has not payed me in two months and was in jeopardy of losing my apartment my car etc...I started to cry more like sobbing. This manager was going to call an Ambulance to my house. WHY? I was addressing a CIVIL ISSUE AN EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER SITUATION NOT A VETERAN ISSUE! Under what authority did this head manager have the RIGHT to call an Ambulance to my home? I was NOT acting/ calling/ responding to a situation that involved my Veteran status at all. So who the hell does she think she is to step into my personal life and decide She has the Authority to use my Veteran status against me? Now you see on !/7/16 the VA was attempting to take a Disabled Navy retiree's weapons from his home. WHO THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? WHERE DOES THE POWER COME FROM TO BE OFF VA PROPERTY AND IN A CIVILIAN AREA? ....Oh by the way, upper manager, I forgot about this situation, but now I will hand it over to my Lawyers for another lawsuit. But this time it will be a PERSONAL LAWSUIT! ....My spies know who this lady is,I hope she hears of this.

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via Truth About Guns: President Obama has said time and again that his greatest disappointment was that he was unable to enact new gun control legislation to further restrict the right of American citizens to keep and bear arms. In an effort to do an end run around Congress and enact some of that legislation, the Obama administration enacted some new policies that would make it impossible for some disabled vets to purchase guns and might even lead to their existing firearms being confiscated. That very nightmare scenario — the VA forcibly confiscating the firearms of a disabled veteran — almost happened in Idaho yesterday, but the VA was stopped in its tracks by a grassroots group of local residents. And the sheriff. And some politicians. All of whom stood on the man’s front yard to prevent the confiscation.

From the AP:

A group of residents in northern Idaho lined up outside a U.S. Navy veteran’s house on Thursday to protest claims that federal officials are planning on confiscating the man’s weapons.

Idaho Republican state Rep. Heather Scott of Blanchard said the Veteran Affairs office has sent a letter to John Arnold of Priest River warning him that he cannot possess or purchase firearms.

The protest -spearheaded by Scott- attracted roughly 100 people. Among them were Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler, who promised to stand guard against any federal attempts to remove Arnold’s guns, and Republican Washington state Rep. Matthew Shea of Spokane Valley, who described the event as a “defiance against tyranny.”

“I took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and uphold the laws of Idaho,” Wheeler said. “This seemed appropriate to show my support. I was going to make sure Mr. Arnold’s rights weren’t going to be breached.”

During Thursday’s demonstration, the group at times broke out in song to sing “God Bless America” and pray while waving both the American flag and the “Don’t tread on me” flag. With a population of just 1,700, Priest River is near the tip of northern Idaho- a region known for its strong tea party roots and gun-rights activism.

According to local news sources, the VA had sent the man a letter stating that an inspector was going to come to his house on the 6th to inspect his firearms and confiscate them. The VA confirmed that they sent the man a letter, but they deny that the VA has the power to confiscate guns from anyone. Which is true — the VA has reportedly been working with the FBI as their muscle to perform the actual confiscations. From the article on that particular issue:

A memo from February of 2012 was first obtained by the Daily Caller and titled “MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM,” has been causing quite the stir.

This particular memo dictates that the VA must submit veterans health-related information to the FBI by way of encrypted compact disc and mailed quarterly. It states that the records will be used to update the NICS or National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

A separate document revealed that the VA provides a monthly list of veterans who have been rated by the VA as incapable of managing their VA benefits. A simple act of changing ones banking information could get a veteran on this list, as well as refusal to take the VA prescribed pills.

There’s a very dangerous game being played here. Much like with the terrorist watch list, people could be added to these secret no-gun lists at any time (and even by mistake) and then get a lovely knock on their door from the friendly local FBI agent to come violate their constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms.

In this case it looks like a paperwork change has caused this chain of events to kick off. Some people are saying that there’s a well known process for milking the VA for a little more change in the monthly disability check that involves declaring yourself unable to manage your own finances. That doesn’t mean the vet in question actually has any mental issues at all — it simply means that he claims he can’t balance his checkbook and needs someone to do it for him. In the eyes of the VA that apparently puts him on the same level of the crazy scale as James Holmes and qualifies for firearms confiscation. The end result is that the disabled vet in question now has to spend his own time money and effort to prove to the VA that he isn’t dangerous before they stop trying to confiscate his firearms. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

The ongoing stigma against people with a mental disability has made them an easy target in the gun control arena. President Obama and the rest of the gun control cheering squad have been using people with mental issues as a favorite whipping post, blaming everyone with even a slight case of ADD for all the gun related ills of the world. What you see here is the end result: people with mental disabilities having their rights trampled without any due process simply because Obama and Bloomberg think that they are an easy target.

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Day # 7......The VA WAY......The Walk.......I am specifically speaking about a certain unit when I share my stories. My unit I worked in is a lock down unit. With that I understand there is a specific needed procedure for this unit. But to go prison style is over the top. Again I would like to remind the two or three people who actually care that there is one size fit all when it comes to mental disorders and additions. So here we go. When a patient comes onto the floor after the strip search and the processing the identity of being human is reduced even more, the Patient is given the GREEN PAJAMAS. The mark of being on the lock down ward. When a Patient goes to an appointment with escort the GREEN PAJAMAS are well known. No bathrobe, at times the pt has only the GREEN PAJAMAS no underwear. Yes there is the hospital famous gowns we have all worn or seen on TV. BUT! when patients are transported to and from appointments they are NOT publicly identified as a mental Patient. The comment from the upper management and the brain trusts in D.C. say it's for the VA'S safety. What? the VA'S safety? Really? The VA has it's own police force, worthless but a police force. Also if a individual decides to bolt out the door how far would they get in pajamas and hospital slippers? What would be the difference would it be if they were wearing GREEN or Purple? The answer is NOTHING! Yet the Veteran who is in a lock down unit is separated in the VA hospital by the GREEN PAJAMAS, and no Robe to at least give a modicum of respect. But it's the 1900's prison mentally all the way. But why is this?because NO body gives a CRAP!

dications. Corralled into a super tight small room for breakfast. I already covered the food situation earlier. Now your day begins, NO returning to your room no matter how you feel, a strong and imitating verbal and a very stern answer is given to you if you ask to return to your room. So there you sit, for the entire day, at times you are escorted to and from appointments, a visit to the Doctor. There is a self invite for a lesson or two on healthy living. Now, remember there IS NO OUTSIDE TIME! Even prisoners are allowed at least 1 hour a day outside. Lets talk recreation, a few books, soft covered, a few decks of cards, a game or two. That's it, oh there is the TV. 16 hrs of TV. There is a 2 hour rest time offered. Funny though the Doctors come, the blood man/women come, an appointment seem to happen while the rest period is allowed. Don't get me wrong, this would occur in any hospital or medical housing facility. What the difference is you MUST be up and at it from 6 AM to 8 PM no matter how you feel. Does that sound like a healing environment to you? Also remember the Female vets they have it worse, they too are roused up at 6 AM and have the same rules. But they are SQUEEEEEZED together in a SMAAAALLL area smaller than the average living room. But what the heck, IT'S ONLY VETERANS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. Please share if you like,I hope someday, someone will listen and do something about this mentality.

I would like to invite anyone who wishes to share anything that involves stories about the mistreatment of you or a family member by the VA. Please leave any advice, share contacts anything that will help us Veterans.
Also I have a group that is called VA hospital of Murfreesboro TN ruined my life. There is a You Tube video of what happened to me and I will be sharing stories of the lack of treatment by the VA .

DAY #5 ...The VA WAY...It is a uphill battle to get anything into the news when there is no violence, no guns, no race riots in your story....That is why the VA gets away with what they do or do not do. I mentioned yesterday that today's story would hit hard for the ladies who read this one. Imagine You are coming into the VA for the first time, you are scared you have problems with just about anything you can imagine. Now add being dressed down, inspected as like a piece of meat. Then you answer some questions. You might be from as far away as Memphis, Knoxville, just about anywhere in TN. The door closes, and now you are in a room 18x12. There are a mixture of women who have the same problems. But there is another factor. A male in the closed room with you. Yes that is what I said, A male stating that he is a woman. He has all genitalia as a man. In times past many times that is when this Patient came into the unit the man was a man. I am not or do I care what this patient is attempting to change his identity and gender. I am not G-D , therefore I do not judge. But when this Patient is on the street or has a place to live, the patient acts and conducts his life as a male. We know this because the patient is known by many and some of the nurses. So why does this happen? It is simple. If you say something YOU get in trouble. Then the harassing starts by the upper management and finally you are a target, all kinds of things go wrong, then it's the AX. Oh by the way the whistle blowing protection act ? Wow what a farce, they are. They are a part of the whole thing.If you think about it you might remember the Navy pilot who try to bring up problems with oxygen masks. They are supposed to be the protectors for those who stand up and say NO NO NO! well that is a lie. So a man was mixed in with WOMEN. THIS IS THE VA WAY!