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To: tejek who wrote (842214)3/12/2015 11:57:19 AM
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Is Obama Really a Christian?
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National Review ^ | 03/12/2015 | David French





To: tejek who wrote (842214)3/12/2015 12:00:48 PM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 1586367
 
I am sooooo sick of the media labeling hatemongers as "peaceful protestors"



To: tejek who wrote (842214)3/12/2015 12:33:39 PM
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Protester Taunts Cops After Two Police Officers Shot in Ferguson




To: tejek who wrote (842214)3/12/2015 12:34:04 PM
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A Murderous Mob Incited by Holder and Obama
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Two police officers in Ferguson, MO were shot at a protest early Thursday against alleged racism in the department and the city itself. It was not enough that the chief of police had just resigned. It was not enough that a local judge had quit. It was not enough that the Department of Justice had exonerated former officer Darren Wilson. No–the mob, told by President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder that Ferguson was still guilty of racism, wanted “justice.” The violence is the direct result of incitement by the federal government on the basis of trumped-up accusations, based on the faulty notion that a city that enforces traffic tickets vigorously as a means of raising revenue is inherently racist. (By that standard, my own ultra-progressive town of Santa Monica, California would be akin to a Ku Klux Klan headquarters.)

Racist emails discovered from a few employees implicated those individuals alone–but Obama and Holder wanted more. They, and serial inciter Al Sharpton, wanted the humiliation of the town, wanted the division of America, wanted it to be clear that white public officials could never represent a black population, wanted middle America to know that the federal government could nullify self-government at a whim.

On the basis of the “hands up, don’t shoot” lie, they let black businesses in Ferguson be torched and sewed rage across the country that took the lives of two police officers in New York.

Now the campaign of terror against police has come back to where the great lie started. Obama and Holder will not finish until they have destroyed Ferguson–destroyed it, in the oft-mocked parlance of the Vietnam era, in order to save it, razed it to rebuild it in the stylized image of Selma 1965, razed it in order to fit the delusions of an Attorney General who thinks we have made no progress since the era of Malcolm X and a President who once promised–incredibly!–to unite America.



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Veterans Administration "Social" Worker Ridicules US Military Veterans
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Indianapolis VA Hospital Under Fire for Email Making Fun of Veterans
ABC News ^ | 3/9/2015 | ABC NEWS via World News








A manager has apologized for sending an email to staffers at an Indianapolis VA hospital that made fun of the mental health problems suffered by returning combat veterans.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs took another hit today as news surfaced that an email had been circulated to staffers at an Indianapolis VA hospital making fun of the mental health problems suffered by returning combat veterans.

The Dec. 18 message included several images of a toy Christmas elf, according to The Indianapolis Star, which obtained the email.

The email was sent by social worker Robin Paul to her staff within the Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic at the Roudebush VA Medical Center.



VA Secretary Robert McDonald Apologizes for Misstating He Served in Special Forces




In one photograph, the elf pleads for Xanax, which is prescribed to treat anxiety and panic. The caption reads: "Self-medicating for mental health issues." In another image, the elf hangs by a Christmas light with the message: "Caught in the act of suicidal behavior (trying to hang himself from an electrical cord)." The news comes at a time when suicide among military veterans claims an estimated 22 lives a day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Critics called today's news just another black mark on an agency mired in scandal. In May 2014, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned amid accusations that the department had hid unacceptably long wait times for patient care. In February, his replacement apologized after falsely claiming that he'd served in Special Forces.

"All we want for the VA to do is to be able to fix what's broken, to hold employees accountable and help restore the faith of veterans in their VA health care system," said Joe Davis, director of public affairs for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. "This one employee, this one supervisor, violated all three of those. ... It was [an] extremely poor attempt at humor."

In a statement released by a facility spokeswoman, Paul , the social worker who sent the email, said: "I would like to sincerely apologize for the email message and I take full responsibility for this poor judgment. ... I hold all Veterans and military personnel in the highest regard and am deeply remorseful for any hurt this may have caused."

In an emailed statement, the hospital called Paul's email "totally inappropriate."

"The Indianapolis VA Medical is committed to treating our Veterans and the health conditions they face with the utmost respect and compassion," the hospital said. "We apologize to our Veterans and take suicide and mental health treatment seriously, striving to provide the highest quality."

The VA would not say whether Paul had been fired, only that the matter had been handled.