I'm getting just a little tired of this script:

“The president needs to outline his vision for how do we get to the bottom of the problems at the VA, and how do we make sure that those veterans who are waiting for care get access to care sooner rather than later,” Boehner said.

THIS…after these guys voted time and again NOT to increase funding to help veterans in any way, even after the last two prolonged wars badly increased the necessity for such help. Send these poor folks to fight your wars, then ignore them when they get home. Unfortunately, this is not new folks:

Walter Reed Scandal Unfolds with General's Firing (2007)

"Questions are being raised about the new commander in charge of the Army's Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a day after the previous general in charge was fired.

The paper described a medical bureaucracy that left hundreds of wounded Iraqi vets wading through mountains of paperwork as they tried to obtain medical care. The Post also reported on the poor condition of rooms used by some veterans receiving treatment at the hospital."

         And Vice President Dick Cheney's comments at the time:  "There will be no excuses, only action."

Now, after screaming of days for Shineski's removal. (Sacrificing another head, as it were)…Boehner and friends say that it "changes nothing."

“The president needs to outline his vision for how do we get to the bottom of the problems at the VA."  Yep….just like Cheney and Bush did on their watch.

Again, some things never change folks:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/05/30/how-the-va-developed-its-culture-of-coverups/?clsrd

Perhaps a little history lesson on Repub help for the veterans is called for at this point:  http://tinyurl.com/kvmfr3u

Today with our extremely divided Congress, doing absolutely nothing at all ….don't expect much progress.

Someone would be offended......and find a zealous lawyer

"In the U.S., taking offense is a national pastime, spectator sport, and obsession. But the playing field is tilted."

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jun/30/george-korda-playing-field-isnt-level-national-pas/?partner=popular

Upon reading of the Paula Deen racism scandal the journalist took it upon himself to look for more more background and facts.

"But in story after story I could find no reference to when the offending word was actually spoken, just that it had come out in the lawsuit deposition.One of the basic questions a reporter is supposed to answer is when something happened. It began to seem the “when” was being left out of the stories perhaps because the impact would be diminished if it was revealed that it took place many years ago. Readers or viewers might also ask themselves if they’d want their lives judged or wrecked on the basis of something they’d said decades in the past."

And the allegations for the still unheard trial, if it proceeds, were made over a year ago.

http://savannahnow.com/column/2013-06-29/paula-deen-modern-day-lynching#.UdGLZBZK4_h

"A famous quotation attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire is, “I disapprove of what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

The modern-day American equivalent in many quarters is “I disapprove of what you say and therefore it is my mission to destroy you personally, professionally, or both, because you cannot be allowed to say or think such things.”

It's frequently suggested that what our country needs is constructive dialogue on race, politics and social issues between people of opposing views. But we really can’t do that. Someone would be offended.