please help !!!or at least support us !!!

From: "Bruce K. Melson" <doc32751@cookeville.com>

Subject: FW: please help  !!!or at least support us !!!
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:46:55 -0500
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Subject: please help !!!or at least support us !!!



To Brother Veterans and Friends:

        On Monday Aug.14th 2000 Myself and several other Veterans from our
group in Batavia NY are staging a protest march at a chosen recruiting
office in the Rochester NY area, also a few non-veteran supporters will join
us. We are sick and tired of all the lies and BS the VA has pulled, and we
have chosen to go after the other end of the snake. The end where it will
hurt then , if you cut the throat the tail will die. and that is where we
plan to strike. if we tell ALL the young men an woman in America to run away
from military service and convince then they will get screwed over just like
every veteran sense the Civil war has gotten screwed over ,we are in hopes
this will help The VA and US Government to change there policies, The US
government and the VA has lied to and continue to lie to Veterans about
health care that we were promised, benefits we were promised. disability
compensation we were promised for things like Agent Orange PTSD, Cancer,
Hep-c. Gulf War disease, diabetes, heart problems, War wounds of all types
mental and physical. the VA has made a joke of the system and of us veterans
, they basically call all veterans liars and frauds. Yes !! there are a few
frauds but we are all not and should not be treated like we are, and the VA
treats us like that.The VA won't even believe there own Dr's. or  they tell
them not to give favorable diagnosis to veteran that will help there claims.
this is a know fact that the VA has done this.....
There are veterans that have been fighting the VA for comp. for up to ten
years. and most comp. cases take 2 to 3 years minimum. so we have Veterans
and there families living on little or nothing for years. that is why there
are so many homeless veterans today.The VA figures if they put a veteran off
long enough he will quit or die, And if he quits fighting his case or if he
dies they win. they will never have to pay a dime. so they take there time
as long as they can loose files or what it takes to prolong your case, they
are ever in hopes the Veteran will die. And then his family is with out him
and any type of income because your claim dies with you ....Togo West former
director of the VA last year turned back to the US Government Millions an
Millions of dollars that were to be used for Veteran health care and
Benefits to help our Veterans,, But he turned that money back to put a
feather in his cap with Clinton. and to hell with the Veterans that that
money was to go to... this was wrong and the VVA in Virginia was going to
file fraud charges on Mr. West and he retied ASAP.. The NVO has posted
billboards in the state of Texas that say "Thinking about a military career?
Think again !! The US Government does not honor promise made to Veterans".
and this seems to be working. so we are also posting this message every
where we can. But to date we see no changes in the VA system so we will
protest and post this message until we do.

   We would like to see other Veterans groups and Non-Veterans groups do
this . what do we have to loose ?? and if you can't organize a group write
to your Congressmen and Senators. they really do listen to you if you raise
hell. and don't forget it's time for elections.. they'll really listen
now....all except Hillary Clinton and AL Gore two people I wrote to for help
with my case, and I have never heard a word from the Clinton or Gore camp.
So they are both a NO VOTE as far as I am concerned... Thanks and hope to
see you all out protesting soon... Remember 2 things !!! If It Were Not for
Veterans We'd Be Calling You Comrade !!!!!. Always Remember Disabled
Veterans Got To Be Disabled Veterans Protecting YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks
for your time and hopefully your support and help, we need it !!!

               Tom Westhoven...  Veteran of the Viet Nam WAR 1968-1969

ANYONE IN THE ROCHESTER NY AREA THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US WRITE TO ME
BEFORE SUNDAY NIGHT. AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS SUNDAY NIGHT AT
8:00PM !!!!!!



REMEMBER DISABLED VETERANS, GOT TO BE DISABLED VETERANS
                  PROTECTING YOU !!!!
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I am In Protest of the unfair treatment of America's VETERANS by the VA &
the US Government.... I am sickened by the Lies,and the
Discrimination,taking place in this country today against our Veteran's..I
will VOTE for only those candidates that are for change in the way our
Government does business, And for only canditates that will fight for our
second amendment rights, And will fight for Veterans Rights, And will not
let the liberial press dictate US Government policy... I would hope you
would do the same...VOTE !!!!!!!!!
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The US Government Lied and Continues to Lie to Veterans About Benefits and
Health Care, And The VA Still Continues to Discriminate Against America's
Veterans..............

"THINKING ABOUT JOINING THE MILITARY ?? THINK AGAIN !! THE US GOVERNMENT
DOES NOT AND WILL NOT KEEP IT'S PROMISES MADE TO AMERICAS VETERANS ABOUT
BENEFITS AND HEALTH CARE"
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>    IF IT WERE
NOT FOR AMERICAS VETERANS WE'D BE CALLING YOU COMRADE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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STOP YOUR BITCH-EN AND WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND YOUR SENATORS AND BITCH
TO THEM, IF THAT DON'T WORK !! VOTE  LIKE I DO !!! AND TOGETHER WE'LL FIRE
THERE ASSES !!!!!!!
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ROBBERS,RAPERS AND EVEN DRUNK DRIVES HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN VETERANS, THEY AT
LEAST GET A REAL TRIAL, THE JUSTICE VETERANS GET FROM THE VA IS!! SORRY
ABOUT YOUR CLAIM SIR:.......BUT !!!! WE LOST YOUR PAPERWORK!!!!
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Whose flag are we under these days?  Have you ever wondered? Why ??? The
MIA's recently returned from Korea were draped, not in the US flag, to which
they swore allegiance to and died under, but the UN flag ?????. The UN also
wants our guns. I say hell NO and Kiss Off give the UN the boot it's not
needed anymore !!!!!! don't let the UN dictate to the US what they did in
Australia, they took all the guns from everybody except the crooks.....