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Subject: Open letter to Teabaggers, Birthers, Deathers, Becksters, Dittoheads, and Spinmeisters:
Dear Teabaggers, Birthers, Deathers, Becksters,
Dittoheads, and Spinmeisters:
I'm not really sure how long I can last now.
For the last twenty years, I have placed myself
at the service of 4 different armed services and one civil service.
I have ruined my back, my knees, my feet, and
even my mind for you. During the same twenty years, I have tried
to forget the things I have seen and done, with
no success. Do I have battle injuries? No. I have life injuries.
I am in constant pain, depression, anxiety, and
nausea for a number of reasons. Up until now, I was lucky,
because my wife had good health insurance. She,
too, served, in a high stress law enforcement position,
and then broke down, losing her job. No more
insurance.
Many of you might say that I should go to the
VA for help. I have. They are underfunded, and so cannot even handle
seeing a patient for more than a few minutes.
The formulary is composed of cheaper generic drugs that do not meet my
needs.
Is this the fault of socialism? No. It is because
bombers and submarines and aircraft carriers named after loser presidents
are much more sexy. We spend more on these sexy
toys than the rest of the world combined.
Some of you might say that it is good if I were
to go (to die) soon. You know, survival of the fittest. The guy with the
most wins.
At the risk of Godwin's law, you should look
at the reason German people went. The people who just couldn't cut it any
more.
The crazy, the sick, the lame. Will you let that
happen in your country? Will a word like "socialism" matter when your son
or
daughter comes back to you, traumatized? Will
you remember it when Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP help your brothers and
sisters?
So, to the teabaggers, and the rest who cry that
our country is dying, I say this. You are as responsible for its
death
as any other, and more than most. You
denied proper care to service people. You let the lowest of us go
unnoticed.
You are the reason for the death of mercy
in our country. You have broken the contract we had, unspoken, but
strong and good.
You have brought out the very worst in
the people who listen to your fantasies and lies.
I hope you got a nice car out of it or something.
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