Bearz'
Blog
Entry # 1
12/13/2007
Roadtrip Reno
Celestial Delights, Scenic
Nevada, a Return to the Biggest Little City In The World
after a three-year hiatus, What's Wrong with the V.A. and
the Need for a Voters' Revolt...
...Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk,
Talk!
by Mark S. "Bear"
Daniels
Publisher, ILIPS Group International
An
amazing few days here in Nevada following the move of
four out of five storages into our new digs here in Dyer,
Nevada.
Wound
up in the hospital again for a few hours after another
episode with rapid, irregular heartbeat. The heart was
skipping two beats at a time then fluctuating inbetween
missed beats. That'll definitely take your breath away!
<g>
The
latest issue woke me up out of an already disturbed sleep
necessitating the drive to Northern Inyo Hospital in
Bishop, California. Thirty minutes into the drive there ~
and after roughly fifteen nitro glycerin tablets ~ got
the heart rate and beat under control and haven't had but
two fluctuations since. The heart, however, is weak,
beats weak and leaves me weak, but oh well...
...I'm
still here. And I'm still working.
The
docs are concerned about my present location being so far
from medical help however, don't have much choice due to
the case that's ramping up for what looks like a February
start in Federal Court, currently set for Reno, Nevada,
though a major attempt will be made shortly to change the
venue to either the Federal Court in Las Vegas, Nevada,
or the Federal Court in Los Angeles, California, both of
which fall under the Ninth Circuit, as does Reno.
Major
corruption is the issue necessitating the change of venue
~ venue being "where the case is held and heard; the
physical location of the Court and hearing" ~ as the
State Senate Rapist Majority Leader of Nevada, one State
Senator William Raggio, has his hands ~ if not other
bodily parts ~ into everything.
Amazing
that years of protocol within the Federal Court system
can be bypassed by a phone call. Never mind that the main
intake unit for Federal cases to be heard in Nevada, in
actuality, is in, Las Vegas, not Reno!
"Go
ahead and send the case here..." is the quote given
to me by a "Dallas In Pro Se Section" ~ the
call coming from some mystery person in Reno. After
telling me the case would be in Las Vegas and forcing my
move there, the idiots in Dallas then tell me after my
arrival ~ and after I have to inform them to transmit the
case to Las Vegas, per the Federal Court Clerk there; and
after they know I'm in Las Vegas per the Dallas
Magistrate Judge's Secretary's instructions ~ do they
THEN transmit the case to Reno, causing further hardship
on top of that already caused by the highly questionable
conduct of the Dallas Magistrate Judge.
Dallas
Federal will subsequently pay for their corruption and
collusion in this matter. I will not sit back and take
this crap. The Federal government is already a
co-conspirator in the larger RICO case, and now becomes a
co-conspirator in this smaller, RICO, Libel, Slander and
Civil Rights issue, involving the "Reno Air Racing
Association et al" and its "behind the
scenes" conspiracy to destroy my credibility.
An
incredibly stupid act in itself committed by Mike
Houghton, Valerie Enos, Tom Gribbin, Wayne Sagar and
James Richard Campbell, not to mention the RARA and the
Airport Authority of Washoe County, all aided and abetted
by their mutual Law Firm, Raggio's "Jones
Vargas" Law Firm, which also represents RARF and
others associated with the networked conspirators.
Damn!
All this time, I thought I was doing a good enough job of
that all by myself! <ggg>
Return
to Reno...
I
was in Reno today to check in with the Federal court, see
what was happening, to include the suspense date as to
the decision allowing me to proceed In Pro Se, In Forma
Pauperis, pick up a copy of the docket ~ along with the
case file ~ and as those copies are currently Public
Record, we will publish those documents here shortly...
...likely
before the end of the weekend. We will also be presenting
the Aviation Nation 2007 Air Show materials gathered in
mid-November, during the Friday Press conference and the
Sunday show. So, we "ramp up" on three fronts
at this time, including 1) The Federal Case, 2) upgrading
Aviation & Marine's home page to a new
"Directory" format, which will seek to create a
publication more "Worldly" for our readers, and
3) create that same "Worldly" format in the
Directories of our State News Services, starting with our
State News flagship, Silver State News, to give our State
News readers publications that are more Worldly in
outreach while still established and formatted for local
news that reaches right into what "Mom and Pop"
are doing on the farm these days.
Celestial
Displays...
Returning
home from the hospital in Bishop the other night, an
awesome sight as the Geminid meteor showers are currently
underway and expected to peak tonight, December 12-13th.
Sunrise was approaching as I was driving home from Bishop
when a meteorite entered the atmosphere in the skies just
in front of me while driving in from Highway 6 into the
Fishlake Valley. The Geminids, which are known for their
showy "fireballs," produced one in the pinkish
blue haze of dawn, showering sparks overhead, which
drifted down towards the ground thereafter like glitter,
lasting for a good ten to fifteen seconds before
dissapating in the sky.
I've
frozen the image in my memory. When I leave this Earth,
that's one sight I will take with me for all time...
Nothing
like a meteor shower in the high desert, except at
present for the new comet approaching/passing Earth, the
Comet 17P or "Comet Holmes," which recently put
on a spectacular display and for a short time, was the
largest object in the galaxy ~ essentially exploding or
coming apart ~ then casting a blue aura around the
nucleus that was visible to the naked eye here in the
Fishlake Valley, a vast area of land essentially devoid
of light in contrast to a major city like San Francisco,
Las Vegas or Los Angeles.
This
follows the Comet McNaught of January, 2007, referred to
as the "Great Comet of 2007" since it was
considered one of the brightest comets to pass through
our solar system since 1935, and was even visible in
daylight.
Comet
Holmes was viewable tonight during the return from Reno
as I passed Walker Lake into Hawthorne, all the way down
Highway 95, to the Highway 6 cutoff leading into the
Fishlake Valley, Nevada, and Benton and Bishop,
California areas, near Highway 395.
The
comet was pulsing a series of alternating colors
featuring white, green and blue flashes, all-in-all,
presenting a rather spectacular, gem-like appearance
against the night sky. The comet seems to rise for
viewing in the southeast and continues to ascend amidst a
night sky filled with stars, a myriad of constellations
and that ever present, visible-to-the-naked-eye,
"Milky Way," an enumerable Sea of Stars which
seems to stretch like an ocean in the night sky from one
end of the desert horizon to the other, and amazingly, in
all four directions.
The
night sky light show here is to die for...figuratively
speaking, of course! <g> Heart issues not with
standing! <ggg> The Fishlake Valley and rural
Nevada are among the places you want to be if you're a
Star Gazer, an Astronomer or one that likes to view and
photograph the heavens for that sense of "how small
you are" and "how Great God is" on a
nightly basis while you live and exist in the World, the
Galaxy, the Universe and that which lies beyond.
Cotton
Candy Clouds Over The Nevada Desert...
The
drive to Reno yesterday morning eclipsed what I watched
tonight, which included additional shooting stars that
are part of the peaking of that previously mentioned
Geminid show between tonight and tomorrow. Sunrise was
behind the surrounding mountains of the Fishlake Valley ~
whose names I have yet to learn ~ and ultimately created
cotton candy-colored pink and orange clouds out of the
blue grey mist that existed over the Fishlake Valley ~
turning them into an airey "filter" that cast a
pink-orange tint against the White Mountains to the West,
mixing with patches of blue-grey rock and shadow where
the snow failed to cover the granite surfaces or the
light failed to reach those canyons and crevasses where
the snows sat awaiting illumination that would not come
until mid afternoon.
Likewise,
travelling via Highway 95 as it leads away from Tonopah
and Coaldale, amidst the vast desert on an upward track
toward Reno, additional, broken cloud formations that
followed the Nevada sunrise of December 12th, 2007,
presented the mountains above Walker Lake to me, with a
band of shadow at and just below the peak, along with
another band of shadow at the base of the mountains, the
two grey areas divided horizontally by a band of hazy,
sunlit snow in the center, that reminded this
photographer of the works captured by Ansel Adams, who
mastered photography in the Sierras in such a manner that
he still mentors many of us involved in scenic
photography in the two decades-plus that have now
followed his death.
I
might also mention the work of Galen Rowell, of the Mountain Light
Gallery, still on the corner
of Highway 395 and West Line Street, in Bishop,
California. There are a vast, variety of incredible works
within the Mountain Light Gallery that Rowell created
with his cameras that ~ personally speaking ~ I never
thought possible due to man's limited time on this Earth,
and his inability to be in two places at one time.
Rowell's
life proved to be limited. He died on August 11, 2002, at
a young age with his wife Barbara, in a tragic plane
crash near Bishop Airport, and yet, he left this enormous
treasury of still photography and artistic contributions
in film that I think made him Adams' equal when it came
to the absolute contrast of their collective works ~
Rowell's color vs Adams black and white ~ but likewise,
Adams' superior when one considers the extreme variety
and number of works, in terms of location around the
globe (i.e., from the Sierras to Argentina to far away
Tibet), quality and subject matter.
To
these men, Rowell and Adams, light and shadow were
everything. Adams work is timeless, as Rowell's will
eventually prove to be, but Rowell's work in particular,
is just dripping with the quality of its colorful
character, off the walls of the Mountain Light Gallery in
tiny Bishop, California, and likely will be for the next
Century.
I
say this as I cannot see that Gallery or the new artists
that are presented there, going anywhere soon, other than
into time and history, and not ironically, into the light
and shadow of an old photograph yet to be taken, a number
of years away from the times we are presently living,
capturing a hundred thousand moments in time signifying
Rowell's lifetime contribution to photography and the
"Mountain Light" effect itself, that Adams
captured so well all his life.
Light
and Shadow on the Desert...
No
camera with me yesterday as I travelled. Certain images I
keep indelibly marked on my memory for my spirit to take
with me when I fly on that day of my "Great Getin'
Up Mornin'"
Old
mining camps were spread out before me, preserved in
their stained, wooden antiquity, from tiny Coaldale in
the South, near Tonopah, to Walker Lake and Yerrington,
in the North, the latter off of Alternate Highway 95,
leading to Fernley.
The
development of housing and business tracts near Fernley's
Airport, "Tiger Field," were a new encroachment
standing in their own sharp contrast to the once empty
valley that surrounded the former dirt strip, itself now
paved in modern-day "attire" with a covering of
asphalt.
Wild
Mustangs and burros were seen along my route, the burros
near Mina and the Mustangs just short of Tiger Field, in
the hills between Fernley and Silver Springs. A
"large" herd of Mustangs in this case,
numbering ten that were visible in one grouping, along
with another three situated two hillsides closer to Tiger
Field on the way into the Town of Fernley.
The
town of Mina, the gateway to the scenic Walker Lake area,
is home to a number of Mining camps and their old Mining
shacks, along with Victorian-era houses, and in its own
right, is still regarded as a "tough town" in
light of its historic existance in the harsh, desert
environs. I believe it was the town cited by General
Chuck Yeager in his book "Press On," as having
been rude to a number of his fellow pilots, which
resulted in a squadron of P-39 Airacobras descending on
the old mining camp to shoot up the water tower there and
teach the hostile populace an enduring lesson as to
"hardship..."
...water
being a very scarce commodity in the desert! A rather
major deed, shooting up the water tower of an American
town, considering the scarce times during World War II,
when Hershey wrappers were valued more than the chocolate
inside, for the building of the Airacobras that attacked
Mina, doing as much damage as might be considered
comparable by the townfolk there as say, the Japanese did
to Pearl Harbor in that attack which thrust the United
States into War, some 66-years-ago this past December
7th!
Yeager
and his fellow pilots were based at the time in Tonopah,
Nevada, at the old Tonopah Army Air Field, today's
Tonopah Airport, which is still home to the World War II
era wooden hangars that once housed not only P-39
training squadrons and maintenance, but those assets
supporting World War II bombers like the B-17 Flying
Fortress, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and especially,
the B-29 Superfortress.
The
High Deserts of California and Nevada were a happening
place during World War II, and not surprisingly, remain
so today in regards to the Flight Test activities of
Edwards Air Force Base, on the Muroc Dry Lake, near
Rosamond, California, and good ol' "Area 51"
and the air base at Tonopah, which once housed the very
first "Stealth" assets of the United States Air
Force, and did so in relative secrecy.
Tonopah
is famed today for that first F-117A Stealth attack
bomber squadron that was based there, and which has since
moved on to Holloman AFB, New Mexico. New activity is
reported at the old Nighthawk bomber field, which sits in
close proximity to the famed Super Secret Area 51 and the
neighboring "Extraterrestrial Highway," a
tribute to the continuing sense of humor collectively
owned by the Old Timers and "Sons/Daughters of the
Pioneers" of the Nevada desert.
A
monument dedicated to the Nighthawk squadron still sits
in front of the Tonopah Fire Department, not far from the
Mizpah Hotel, which is closed now, but standing by
dormantly, awaiting new owners and the next volcanic
"Boom" that will take Tonopah from Ghost Town
to Metropolis in this, the 21st Century, that proverbial
"First Day" in the new life of this 19th and
20th Century, historic mining town.
Back
to Fishlake...
Earlier
this week, focus was on moving one of the household and
office storages from Las Vegas to Dyer, a move that was
delayed somewhat by a blowout of a tire on the truck we
were using. Apparently a defective tire was the cause,
which blew from the inside first with a sound that was
like a softball popping against an aluminum bat (the
steel tread giving way?), followed by that traditional
rush of air that follows the limited explosion marking
the end of the brief career of the right, rear, inboard
tire. Riding the outer tire at reduced speeds (I had been
doing 70 mph; that changed to 55 mph, and then as I
thought about it, that speed was further downgraded to 45
mph...), I drove the truck to Pahrump, where the tire was
promptly replaced by local D & D Tire, then proceeded
to Las Vegas for an overnight stay in the downtown area
near the Fremont Street Experience, followed the next day
by the moving of said storage back to Dyer, Nevada, and
the Fishlake Valley.
On
the return trip to drop off the truck in Pahrump,
incredible light and shadows on the scenery following one
of the first major winter storms of the 2007 Winter
season. Snow covered the surrounding mountains and
foothills, especially near the Valley floor and Big Dune,
an incredibly large, singular sand dune, that towers
spectacularly over the Nevada desert and its "Back
Alley Brothels," well North of Las Vegas off Highway
95, between Beatty and Pahrump.
Dry
Lakes in the area were taking on water from recent rains
and limited snow melt, and providing glimmering
reflections on the desert floor that one might think were
a mirage, until one were to actually take a handful of
the brackish water there and give it a taste. A decision
this publication strongly advises against! <g>
Particularly since you don't know what Burro was there
before you...
Wildlife
abounds in the Nevada desert, despite the seemingly
desolate terrain that is still home to the hardy pioneer
and roughneck outlaw (along with a cowardly few that come
here to hide...).
In
the past few weeks, a trio of Desert Foxes have visited
us here at the base of the White Mountains, in Dyer,
along with two small herds of Wild Mustangs. A Wolverine
was sighted near the old Wells Fargo Stage Coach stop
adjacent to a now dying Lake (thank you, Global
Warming...). In the skies above, a number of Hawks,
including a nearly all white, snowy-looking bird of prey,
currently patrolling the alfalfa fields North of Dyer,
between Wild Creek road and the Dyer Community Hall.
Chipmunks
abound in the old, fallen logs of long-dead Cottonwood
trees, and amidst the never-ending Sea of Sage and
Creosote that mark the alkalai-based Valley floor and its
sand dunes. Add to that, the Kangaroo Rats have become
accustomed to the nighly flow of traffic in and out of
the Fishlake Valley. They no longer hop about the sands
or the asphalt roadways seemingly oblivious to the White
Freightliners and Kenworthy Trucks hauling hay and
alfalfa in and out of the Fishlake Valley.
Simply
put, our Fishlake Valley Kangaroo Rats "haul
ass" in the face of Ford Fairlanes and other
ground-based fast movers of the High Desert, essentially
making their F-16 Fighting Falcon counterparts from the
nearby Nellis AFB Bombing Range, look like the 1903
Wright Flyer "Kitty Hawk," as the little rat
faces scamper across the roadways just in front of
transitioning/passing vehicles and their headlights, in a
Pas de Deux choreographed by the Grim Reaper himself,
that would make the NHRA virtually high with glee in
regards to the display of scampering feet...
...two
in the front elevated, the two on the ground in the rear
trailing smoke, the tufted tail looking like a
"wheelie bar" and the brain controlling all
this ~ like the head containing said grey matter ~
contorted backwards from the G-forces caused by sudden
acceleration.
Quite
the show in the Fishlake Valley!
Like
"Frogger," only with live participants and the
participants seemingly on LSD!
Rat
droppings on the highway spelling out the words
"Just Doo It!," or ended with a blood-tainted
grease spot indicating "Just Didn't Make It!"
or ~ my personal favorite:
"F~ked
by the Michelin Man!"
My
other personal favorite being:
"What
goes on in the Fishlake Valley stays on
the Fishlake Valley! At least until the crows
arrive!"
With
Christmas climbing over the back fence, the days ahead
should prove interesting. BBAT ("Bearz Big Azz
Truck") still has to be moved from Colorado and
there's a very interesting, 1990 Ford Mustang
convertible, that has my attention in storage out in
California, that will also have to be moved along with
the last of our storages, which simply put:
...didn't
fit in the 27-foot moving truck that did manage the main
bulk of things between the first move from California,
and the only move I had to make from Las Vegas, Nevada,
following the Great Bear Diaspora from Dallas, Texas,
which was of course, preceeded by the Great Bear Diaspora
from Colorado Springs, Colorado, following the Great Bear
Diaspora from California, which according to Defendant
James Richard Campbell, was a State in the Union from
which he claims it was hard to track me after I
"fleed."
Campbell,
of course, failed to note that I wasn't wanted by Law
Enforcement for anything; that I have an express Civil
Right, as do others, to move about freely in the country,
from State to State; that my address was published along
with subsequent changes; and if he was looking for me, I
was easy enough to find, however, he never served me with
anything, and now he's facing Federal Civil charges for
conspiracy under the RICO Act, Civil Rights violations,
and ultimately Libel, as is his personal minion, one Juan
Jiminez, who has been awful quiet as of late.
In
fact, both men have, but, too bad, so sad...too late.
Testimony and evidence standing by in both their cases,
which are now combined into one collective Federal
brouhaha, with Houghton, RARA and Sagar ~ all in
conspiracy with Campbell ~ with others soon to be added.
Federal
Lawsuit or not, I'm amazed that these
"individuals" were so stupid to do something
this ridiculous to silence me. They accused one man of
"giving me in credibility" in Air Racing.
In
fact, they were the ones ultimately giving me all the
credibility I need by their covert actions.
And
why pick on a few guys for giving me "credibility in
Air Racing," while not attempting to end my
credibility in other Mainstream or Alternative News
topics or genres?
How
smart is that!? To try and ruin my credibility with a few
hundred, without regard to ruining my credibility with
millions?
If
brains are dynamite, Houghton, RARA et al, wouldn't have
enough collectively to blow just one of their noses with!
The
V.A. in Reno...
Beyond
my visit to the Federal Courthouse on Virginia Street in
Reno, south of the downtown area, my primary reason for
visiting Reno was to get enrolled at the Reno V.A. ~
which was accomplished quickly and successfully on
computer ~ followed by an attempt to get my CPAP
(See-Pap) machine exchanged or repaired due to faulty air
flow. The CPAP machine forces air into a person's lungs
who cannot breathe for themselves while sleeping. My
breathing must be machine assisted and air pressure going
into my lungs should be at "16.0."
Unfortunately,
a recent test of the machine by Vital Care showed the
machine to be failing and producing only "11.0"
in terms of pressure. The end result, despite even the
limited air flow, is suffocation and a severe reduction
in the flow of oxygen to the brain ~ something that has
been alleged in my writing, by no mere coincidence!
<g>
"Ohhh,
if only they knew! <GASP!!! COUGH!!! ACK!!! (Apologies
to "Bill the Cat!" from "Bloom
County," and "Outland," ["Tomorrow!
Tomorrow! I'll Claw You, Tomorrow!" <g>] by
Berke Breathed [ Yes, that's his real
name...Ed.]>"
The
attempt to get the machine replaced or repaired was a
rousing failure. Clearly, the V.A. system has tied the
hands of those working at the local Reno V.A.M.C.
"Sorry,
I can't help you!" was the cry of the day, from
Cardio Pulmonary on the 4th floor, to the Emergency Room
on the ground floor. And they really were
"Sorry!" (Apologetic...Ed.)
Clearly,
they all wanted to help, perhaps with the exception of
one, however, she had issues, so she's forgiven
automatically. But as usual, the V.A. in Washington,
D.C., remains at fault, tying the hands of everyone
involved with that special "brand" of V.A.
bureaucratic red tape and rules contrary to the logic and
intelligence taught American soldiers previously by the
same government, soldiers who now or in the past have
found themselves in need of V.A. Medical care.
The
contrast is simple between U.S. Army philosophy and V.A.
philosophy:
Army
philosophy: read the Medal of Honor certificates of every
Army soldier who has earned the Medal of Honor for
courage, initiative and sacrifice, then read the V.A.
philosophy in Webster's Dictionary, found under the word
"Sorry!"
Yep!
As I always like to say: "Life's a bitch and then
you go on living!"
You
don't die...they make you keep on living at 11.0 pressure
when you're supposed to be on 16.0!
The
"Geek" equivalent to that is to hand a guy an
abacus when his computer fails! When he asks you to
provide another computer or fix the broken one, you tell
him: "Sorry!"
For
example, the V.A. culture versus that in the Army:
We
were taught "initiative," particularly you
found yourself in charge during a combat situation. You
are taught the Laws, the Rules, the Regulations, the
Protocols, and yet, even the lowliest private is taught
to be flexible on the battlefield and use common sense
over an order that changing battle conditions make
impossible for that private or others to carry out
without getting killed and failing the mission.
The
"Threat" nations that made up our adversaries
at the time were taught to obey and carry out their
orders strictly. By even the lowliest private being
allowed flexibility in advance, he could carry out his
mission using his own initiative in first person, seeing
what the situation was, then adjusting his orders on his
own to carry out the mission, we could exploit the
standing enemy order to "obey orders strictly!"
Like
Patton said: "Make the other bastard die for his
country!"
In
the V.A., the "Threat" is Washington, D.C., and
the adversaries are the bureaucrats who require people in
the V.A. system to carry out their orders strictly, and
not adjust to scenarios not covered by standing orders.
Or,
in other words, "initiative" as a reaction and
response to unknown, unplanned or uncovered scenarios.
You
know ~ where providing mandated care can be accomplished
by reacting to and identifying situations that orders or
lack of orders interfere with. Overcoming the seemingly
impossible, undoable and unachievable ~ without facing
loss of career ~ by using one's initiative, intelligence
and education, in making a positive, pro-active,
aggressive, robust decision, that solves the problem
immediately. Solves it for everyone...
...all
done without the "end result" of fear since you
are delegated authority to operate and act in the face of
bad orders or non-existant orders in common sense
situations.
Instead,
and in regards to the latter, the current system of
strict adherence to orders in common sense situations, by
hospital personnel operating outside of the operating
room in adminstrative situations, creates obstacles for
the provision of services by V.A. personnel to veterans
and disabled veterans in the V.A. "Medical
Care" system...
...the
latter the latest "Oxymoron" developed by the
United States Government in describing how much it cares
about Veterans of the Military services. V.A.
"Medical Care!"
Oxymorons
and acronyms...I just love the Government for these
things! <g>
~~~~~~~~~~
"Admiral, who was the
NINCOMPAC that thought up all these acronyms?"
~ Alan Alda,
"Hawkeye," having invaded a Press Conference in
"M*A*S*H"
(The Admiral's response:
<cheerfully, oblivious> "I don't know!")
~~~~~~~~~~
Thus,
in having to carry out orders with strict compliance,
instead of providing care to veterans, hospital personnel
at the V.A. in Reno are forced to refuse service instead,
lest they lose their jobs. Not their fault, believe it or
not.
The
Government as a Burden on the U.S. Veteran, not
Vice-Versa...
Now,
here's a "View Askew" scenario for you:
You
would think, coming from a Military with a history that
includes General Patton's exclamations of "Audacity!
Audacity! Audacity!" and "Attack! Attack!
Attack!," or going back further in time to the Civil
War and Admiral Farragut's exclamation, while lashed to
the rigging of his ship due to vertigo: "Damn the
torpedoes! FULL SPEED AHEAD!," one would think that
the Department of Veterans Affairs and their leadership
in Washington D.C. would be thinking the same way, but
it's more like a cringing "Steve Irkel" whining
in horror: "Did I do that?," that makes the
Department of Veterans Affairs leadership fear for the
loss of its collective paycheck, thereafter transferring
that fear down the ranks to undermanned, overworked, V.A.
facilities, whom are surprisingly ALSO underfunded!!!
<grrr>
Otherwise,
do you know how many V.A. personnel it takes to do
1,045,666 tasks at a single V.A. facility!!?? <GGG>
"One!"
I
feel for the front line V.A. hospital worker who feels
for me, cares for me, and is estopped from helping me by
their superiors and the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. I
also feel for my fellow vets since "What they do to
one of us, they do to all of us," so said Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
So
don't get me started on how Houghton and RARA treat
veterans out at Reno-Stead Airport! <double grrr,
triple grrr, quadruple grrr and...grrr...FIPLE GRRR!!!
That's right: "fiple grr!" You heard it hear
first at SSNS! Ed.>
Common
sense and flexibility, initiative and other positive acts
and aspects of "Leadership" that are taught in
the military, are outlawed by the V.A., whose new
Director recently committed himself to providing better
medical care to all veterans and a reduction in the time
that it takes for a Veteran to process through the
eligibility and enrollment procedure, which determine
service connection, type and amount of Disability and
Medical Services/Benefits, all "allegedly" to
be provided to existing and future Veterans in return for
their sacrifices and services while in the military.
All
the Director's words a pack of lies, since he would
actually be "committing" Career Suicide if he
didn't say those things, and also since these promises
have been made before by similar Directors going through
the motions before Congress and the Senate, though
nothing has changed other than the tone and resonancy of
the snoring of those not listening!
They
want all of us Veterans to go away or die, except during
an election year. That is the attitude of the V.A.
Bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. Frankly, it must also be
the attitude of the Congress and Senate as reflected in
their deep sleep over the Veteran's predicament
reflecting the shallow values by which they address said
Veteran's needs!
In
that way ~ Veterans dying ~ either way, the V.A. and our
Elected Representatives provide for the Republican
President du Jour so that he can divert funding from
Veterans issues to other programs, like Wars that create
more Disabled Veterans, and the Economy can look more
"robust" ~ you know, like Yuban Coffee, which
makes nice dishwater, too! <g> ~ as the Government
will be spending more on military weapons systems rather
than on a bunch of broken up, wounded, has-been veterans,
that the Government quite frankly, would rather serve
Yuban Coffee to, rather than provide them with their true
medical needs, services and benefits.
The
Democrats are equally guilty for allowing this scenario
to happen and continue. So don't think for a moment that
this scenario is partisan in nature.
The
Democrats aren't serving cream with that robust, Yuban
Coffee, nor half-and-half, whiskey from the Kennedy's
(Ted's, in particular...Ed.) private stock, powdered
creamer nor flour passed off as powdered creamer, because
Yeast was too damned expensive, though it was the right
color at least and the Veteran, taking in Yeast, like the
South, might actually rise again.
Worse,
the Republicans pour the coffee while the Democrats enter
into committee rather quickly, in order to decide how
they're going to drill a hole in the bottom of that cup
and deny us Veterans our last benefit ~ robust, Yuban
Coffee ~ before smashing the cup in the radical, liberal
belief that "no coffee is good coffee and good for
our Veterans' health!" <sound of funeral dirge,
as robust Yuban Coffee was not only the last thing
keeping us alive, but frankly, the only thing. Which is
to say ~ feel free to lick the coffee off the floor, but
beware of the doughnuts at the local V.A. Medical
Center!)
The
moral of this particular story: A starving government
hates a sacred cow that it can't eat lock, stock and
barrell. That, and watch out for the doughnuts at the
local V.A.
You're
getting all this, right!? <g>
And
if the government were to provide benefits to Veterans
and Disabled Veterans in the manner that it claims it
"wants to," the American people would
understand the real cost of their military in terms of
hardship, then would want to know the hardships of active
duty soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast
guardsmen, and come down hard on the continued War
mongering of the military machine, the amounts unspent on
Veterans versus the amounts spent on weaponry that causes
soldiers to become Disabled Veterans on both sides,
thereafter, choosing more carefully for the Politicians
the Wars the American Government involves itself in.
Which in turn, affects the profits of the Military
Machine and the U.S. Economy, which turn around and
attempt to control the People and how they vote.
Just
the same, Wars for the benefit of the Corporations and
the Military Machine are unacceptable, and if the true
cost in humanity were known, they would be intolerable.
Wars
to free others trapped and enslaved by their governments,
which is something the United States is rapidly becoming
("Who will save us?"), would be the only
acceptable armed conflicts that The People would allow
their government to participate in, with caveat:
...if
it weren't for the fact that Americans are slaves to
their own Economy and the American Corporate Government
running the same. Becoming hard for Americans to make the
right Ethical choice when money is involved in the
equation, along with their jobs.
As
it is, don't let those yellow ribbons fool you, all you
Veterans out there reading this and either plotting my
assassination or plotting the assassinations of those who
would assassinate me. You know ~ like "Spy versus
Spy," or "Electronic Counter Measures" and
the "Electronic Counter Counter Measures" who
hate them. ECM versus ECCM, the American Military's
version of "Kramer versus Kramer!" <g>
The
American People still hate their soldiers, sailors,
airmen, marines, coast guardsmen, Veterans and Disabled
Veterans. Their actions betray their own words,
particularly as they allow Corporations to control them
and believe everything the politicians and bureaucrats
have to say.
Worse:
those "United We Stand" bumper stickers should
be sold in halves. "Some Assembly Required," if
you will.
Those
that can assemble them properly are on the right track.
Those that can't, need some educating as to the damage
"Division" has on the asset: "Strength in
numbers."
Trapped
Between a Two-Party System...
The
American People are divided by a two-Party political
process. There needs to be a Voter's Revolt with both
parties voted out, and candidates voted in by
"Write-in." AND...
...this
country needs an Education System that teaches how to
assemble those United We Stand bumper stickers to go
properly on a fender. Our robots have the construction of
our automobiles down pat...getting those United We Stand
bumper stickers assembled on the fenders is our only hang
up. People are involved in that process, not robots, and
sometimes that's a very good thing, and other times
that's a very bad thing. At least there's no
"unity" in such mediocrity!
Yes,
it's true. "United We Stand" my ass!
This
country is divided by "Politics!" Worse, by
money, power, greed and lust, the latter two issues
derivatives of "Passion," and not just that
which is sexually motivated. A person can be passionate
in their beliefs, for example.
A
person's passion in their beliefs can affect their
judgement when it comes to fairness, equality,
impartiality and even handedness, one of the main
complaints the Muslim World has against us, in regards to
our continuing support of Israel, sometimes to the
detriment of even Israel, when it comes to peaceful
resolution of the Middle East Conflict.
Here
within America, and separate from the Middle East
conflict, if one side doesn't get their way, they fight
the other side "tooth and toenail" based on the
"Passion of their Beliefs," until they achieve
their objective regardless of the vote.
We
were taught as children that, in our
"Democracy" (read that as "Limited
Democracy) if one side loses a vote, the losing side
would support the other side's decision. In a
"Majority Rule" or "Democratic situation,
fairness is achieved when one side accepts the result of
a vote that goes against them and supports the decision
of the other side.
As
adults (SEE the negative definition of
"Children" in Webster's Dictionary...Ed.) we
don't practice what we preach, thus,
"division." Both sides fighting to have their
way, accomplishing nothing, other than a Political
"accordian effect" that has the country
bouncing back and forth between issues, and essentially
making a lot of noise while going nowhere.
In
that regard, we often find that children have a better
track record than adults for fairness.
Corporate
and Political interests play us "both ends towards
the middle," have us taking sides, as opposed to
working together as a People for what we believe is
right, which makes us their (Corporations/Politicians)
subordinates or slaves as opposed to the Corporations and
the Politicians remaining under control of the American
People, not to mention, the overall will of the American
People being done based on fairness and the nobility of
accepting loss of an issue based on a Democratic vote.
Thus,
U.S. torture of Muslim prisoners at Abu Ghraib became a
situation out of the control of the American People, for
which the American People take the blame for their
Government, without regard to Corporate interests in the
Iraqi War, and had the will of the People been done
instead of the Corporations and the Politicians that are
funded by them, Abu Ghraib might not have happened. The
will of the People could have prevented Abu Ghraib,
because the American People will not tolerate torture of
others in their name, as they would not want that for
themselves or their children.
Not
only that, Americans don't hate Muslims. They're not
interested in any "Crusade." America is a place
where all religions are welcome, especially the Muslim
religion, and torture is intolerable. And yet, torture
has none the less been taking place, not only against
Muslims, but against Americans ~ our Prison system for
non-terrorist related crimes is proof of that. An abode
for Human Rights violations ~ any way you look at them ~
that come back to haunt us daily. And Americans are
debating whether or not "Waterboarding" is
torture.
Folks
~ this is a no-brainer! If it's "cruel and unusual
punishment," as forbidden by the Bill of Rights,
U.S. Constitution, or is forbidden in use against
Americans, or is forbidden by the Geneva Convention, then
it's torture by our own definitions!
What
is there to debate!!??
"What
they do to one of us, they do to all of us..." ~ Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
If
we allow it against others, then we've just justified the
use of torture upon ourselves and worse, our children!
If
we allow the Civil Rights of others to be violated, in
terms of our own possession of our American Civil Rights;
if we commit or allow crimes to be committed against
others, including and especially Prisoners of War or
armed conflicts in general that Spin Masters attempt to
deescalate into something other than "War" for
political agenda, then we've just authorized crimes to be
committed against ourselves.
If
we stand idly by and passively do nothing, we've approved
of such misconduct against others by our silence and
failure and/or refusal to act, and furthermore, have
authorized the use of such barbaric means against
ourselves by our own Society.
There
is no debate ~ waterboarding is torture and torture is
intolerable in American and World society. And here we
are, debating the undebatable.
So
much for even "Limited" Democracy, an obscene
oxymoron made purely pornographic as a result of our own
immorality to act against this issue, as opposed to being
willing to debate it!
The
same is true of all crime in general ~ if we do nothing
against it, then we authorize criminals to act against
us, our children and future generations. Those of our
neighbors as well. That's why we do NOT tolerate crime in
America! We don't authorize criminals to exist in this
country, let alone, commit crimes ~ and commit crime they
do, however, not with impugnity. Not without Law
Enforcement constantly on their heels chasing and
capturing them. Not without Courts to prosecute them. Not
without prisons to punish them and a system to process
offenders who remain a risk to the Public-at-Large.
A
Backlash Against Veterans Perpetrated by the Very People
that Vote For and Fund War...
The
many Abu Ghraibs going on daily in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and elsewhere in the eyes of the Muslim World, along with
that World that is strictly American ~ that America that
remembers My Lai more than the World Trade Center or
Pearl Harbor ~ isn't helping the Active Duty Military nor
the Veteran/Disabled Veteran one bit.
And
the hostility produces one vicious circle ~ one Pirhanna
feeding off the tail of another until all are consumed by
each other. Abu Ghraib might not have happened if
soldiers weren't sent off to fight battles for the
benefit of American Corporations, rather than the benefit
of the enslaved and those who face another form of
enslavement: their ideals to American interests.
American
interests are what's keeping American soldiers in Iraq
and Afghanistan, not the best interest of the Peoples
there in their own homelands. The extended American
presence is merely worsening the situation. Causing the
extended American presence is the time needed to train
the domestic militaries to combat radical religious
fundamentalists and zealots, not to mention, a handful of
madmen leading them.
Nothing's
going to change in the way of American involvement
overseas. Nothing's going to change for the soldiers
"Over There." Nothing's going to change here in
the United States in the way of Veteran's care, other
than changes for the worse affecting all.
Not
unless a Voter's Revolt takes place.
Though
Obama may represent an anti-establishment candidate, he
is still part of the Democratic Party establishment.
Hillary Clinton might be a woman, but she's running on
the coattails and cigar of her husband Bill. The only
time I want to see a Mitt in the White House is when the
winner of the World Series is visiting the President and
presenting him with an autographed baseball.
"President
Huckabee?" Yeah, that's going to embolden our
enemies into respecting us. May as well elect Huck
Finn...
Frankly,
I don't see anyone in the way of a candidate in either
party that can do the job needing done, unless the
overthrow of the American Government by enemy forces is
the job needing done and frankly, the Government has been
overthrown by enemies domestic, i.e., the interests of
Corporations.
I
think the American People can accomplish an
"overthrow" themselves, putting their
Government right, taking its current direction and
refocusing the "Elected Representatives" on a
Government of the People, by the People and for the
People, rather than of, by and for the Corporation.
However,
it's going to take a Voter's Revolt, and how do you
accomplish that without legitimate candidates to replace
the posers and fakes running on teflon, template
positions that we've all heard time and time before?
In
the end, the American People must choose a President. How
do they send that "Politician" and the
Government AND the Corporation the message, the signal,
that the People are in charge, while being forced into
voting for "clones?"
Simply
put, you can vote for whomever you want, Democrat,
Republican, a Movie Star, Your Neighbor, your Pet,
Superman, Snoopy, whatever (!), but to exercise true
control, don't simply agree and "go along with the
flow" by checking off a name on a ballot; don't risk
your vote to "Hanging Chad" ~ a guy that would
happily and not-so-impartially hang you in the end, since
his existence and the choice he makes on your behalf is
in reality, decided by Bureaucrats "guessing"
as to what "Chad's Choice Is!"
Write
your candidate's name in, then together, hold that
individual accountable.
Democrat,
Republican, Independent, Libertarian, Power Ranger,
doesn't matter.
Don't
give in to the established system of voting like a
Corporate-perceived "Lemming" based on multiple
candidates, none of your choosing. Don't surrender the
power of your vote by robotically checking off a
"block by a name" because someone in the
establishment tries to make you believe that those are
the only choices you have.
Those
"heads" on the campaign literature that
Corporations are funding with their monies. Check off the
"block" and all you do is elect a "Block
Head" as a result!
Multiple
candidates that are not of your choosing are no better
than a single candidate not of your choosing, which
America railed against when it came to the "Voting
System" of Governments that were Communist in
nature, particularly that of the former Soviet Union.
Multiple
candidates that are not of the People's choosing are
merely a hypocritical way for "Money and Power"
to make you think you have a choice when they are clearly
involved in a conspiracy that prevents you from actually
having one (a choice). The funding of limiting your
choices to adequate, honest, truthful and effective
representation in Washington D.C. and elsewhere is a
crime known as "Voter Fraud."
Don't
be a party to it. Don't be a member of a Party that is a
"party to it."
If
everyone does that ~ a "Write In Vote" ~ then
by their hands, their minds, their hearts, their souls
and most importantly, their will, they send the message
to all Politicians, the U.S. Government, and all
Governments around the World, that the American People
are in charge, not a bunch of stand up comedians on
television, not a bunch of lying Politicians nor greedy
Corporate interests, but the American People are in
charge and whom they elect is the man or woman,
regardless of Religion, Color, Sex or Wealth, that
represent them because THEY control this person's actions
and conduct alone, no other.
They,
the "People," elect a candidate not based on
his or her Party affiliation, but rather, by the Quality
of Their Elected Representatives "Character."
Even if that person belongs to a Political Party, the
voters get to reject the two Party nonsense and by their
hands, with the ink pen of their own choosing, they elect
their individual choice, not that of those who pay for
the printing of ballots ~ and don't be fooled into
thinking that "you" are paying to print
"those names" on "that ballot." A
Corporation is and a Corporation gets the money and the
job of printing in the end.
It
will take a little work. You must be able to write your
candidate's name without making an "X" in a
block or to represent his/her name.
Unfortunately,
the two-Party political system has already short changed
us on Education. It may be too late for America as this
task may already be impossible.
Epilog...
I
was refused medical equipment and services yesterday by
the Reno V.A. that keep me alive. The fault for that fact
is primarily in Washington, D.C., not Reno.
What
goes on in Washington D.C., just the same, is the
responsibility of The People and how they vote. I can
fight what happened. I can go to the Inspector General of
the V.A. and complain; I can appeal the decision all the
way to the United States Supreme Court and embarass the
V.A. in the process; or I can sue the V.A. in the Courts
and thumb my nose at their corrupt, demeaning and
unworkable system.
I
can do this while I am well; I can do this while I am
sick. Attorneys, likewise, are becoming more and more
available to Veterans pursuing Veterans' Issues, so
hiring an Attorney is not outside the realm of
possibility.
The
problem is this: that other Veterans and I have to do
this at all, to obtain the Benefits we are mandated to
receive but are none the less cheated out of by the
Federal Government, the Politicians and the Bureaucrats,
is indicative of a Government that doesn't actually care,
though it gives the "appearance" that it does.
Further, the need for action against the Government over
Veterans Issues is indicative of a system in failure. A
waste, fraud and abuse, all directed primarily at the
Veteran, but also, at the People and their Treasury.
Where
is the money going if it's not helping Veterans?
I'm
not the only Veteran suffering...there are others who
have suffered worse than I. In fact, my
"suffering" is minor, and my very life is at
risk in the balance, but others have still suffered and
continue to suffer worse than I ever will.
Many
soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen,
have made the ultimate sacrifice at the hands of
murderers and murderer's policies in Washington D.C., in
combat with their own Government. They've died in their
beds fighting for benefits, resisting the degredations of
the Politicians and Bureaucrats, forgiving the hatred of
the People, out of neglect delivered upon them that is
worse than what has ever been delivered in torture upon
Prisoners of War.
Many
have died on beds of cardboard or simply on the street,
not in their own beds, not in hospital beds; some shot
down by Law Enforcement officials who were ill trained or
failed to understand ~ like the People that pay them, too
~ the issue of "Post Traumatic Stress
Syndrome." That illness did not originate in
Vietnam, only knowledge of it did and that knowledge
actually followed the Vietnam conflict ~ it wasn't
gleaned during that so-called "Police Action."
PTSD goes back to the Wars that preceeded the American
Revolution of 1776. PTSD is a result of all forms of War,
cold or hot, violent or non-violent, mental or physical,
against enemies foreign, domestic, real or in theory.
Everyone
in Life will ultimately suffer from it; some, worse than
others. That is the truth of PTSD...stress occurs in all
forms of Life, in all types of conflict or issues where
conflict is prevelent.
The
failure of this Government to take care of its Veterans
is occurring in Washington D.C., but originates from the
collective heart of the People through the voting
machines they either willingly or are forced to utilize
every two to four years, to include the provision by
their Government of knowingly defective ballots.
Unthinkable
in a Democracy?
You're
forgetting ~ we're a "limited" Democracy, and
how you treat your Active Duty Military and Veterans
determines whether or not you're worthy of a full
Democracy; how you control those who control our Military
also determines that issue.
One
man, one vote, no Elected Representative making your vote
for you, only preparing bills for you to review and that
you and others like you vote upon, "yay or
nay." That's a "Full Democracy."
That's
currently what does not truly exist in the United States
of America. Your vote could change that, if exercised
properly, and a Voter Revolt is the perfect place to
exercise true Freedom.
Conclusion...
Federal
documents coming soon...along with the Aviation Nation
2007 Gallery/ies. Look for changes here at SSNS and over
at Aviation & Marine, that will be followed in format
at our other State News Services here at ILIPS.
This
ends what may be the first in a series of "Bearz'
Blog," coming soon to an internet near
you...<g>
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