This makes me so damn mad I can’t see straight…
From CBSLA…
The bodies of 28 veterans at the L.A. County Morgue were finally moved Friday for burial to the Riverside National Cemetery.
CBS2/KCAL9 pressed the L.A. County Coroner’s Office Thursday to find out why the bodies had not yet received a proper burial after a source indicated there may have been as many as 60 veterans at the morgue for the past year and a half.
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The Veterans Administration says they were never notified the bodies were processed and ready to be buried.
Go read the whole thing HERE and watch the video.
If this doesn’t make your blood boil, I don’t know what will…
h/t JP
Edit- And if THIS isn’t a purely political stunt to ‘move’ the headlines, I don’t know what is… Spit…
This outrages me beyond words.
It also created a dust storm near my keyboard.
NOT the sort of thing one wants to read on Memorial Day weekend. The timing couldn’t possibly be worse.
Hey Old NFO;
Yeap I can’t see straight…I have in the past told the spousal unit, “if I kick off, go to the VA and you can get a coffin, Headstone and whatever else from them for my being a combat Vet. Will save you some coinage when it comes time to plant me.” After reading this stuff, I am not so sure I want that anymore. I blame 2 main things, the VA culture and the clown’s administration. The VA has always had a shady reputation from veterans groups, a holdover from the Vietnam time. The attitude from the white house, they don’t like military and veterans and it shows…and the attitude reflects.
People need to be executed and their bodies left to rot as an example to others…
Rick- Understood…
Buck- Now or ANYTIME… dammit…
Bob- Agreed!
LL- I’m about at that point…
Agree with all. Next question. Is this happening only in L.A.?
WSF beat me to the question. And “mad” doesn’t quite cover it.
WSF/Rev- I have no idea… but I ‘hope’ this is an isolated incident…
“That’s my secret Captain. I’m always angry.”
My blood is always boiling.
That is truly shameful, and it makes me weep.
Even worse, I compare it to the celebration that I just witnessed in Seattle last month when the remains of a newly-found Vietnam veteran were finally brought home to his final rest. My parents were on the plane that brought him home.
He was accompanied by his son (a retired AF officer) and met by his former wife and other family members at SeaTac. The airplane was met by the entire airport fire department, with the pumper trucks showering the plane with arcs of water. All of the baggage handlers were lined up and standing at attention. And the next day, his funeral procession was amazingly well attended with fire, police, and military from the area.
I am, sadly, not surprised. Disgusted, yes, but not surprised.
I love my country, am grateful to those who have served…but I have come to loathe the government that we have been given by the morons who shouldn’t have a vote.
Ed- Yep…
Pedi- Yep, two sides of the coin…
HH- Agreed
Betcha illegal aliens get better, more dignified service from government!
-spit-
gfa
That is absolutely appalling, disgusting, horrific and dishonorable.
gfa- You know it…
NC- Welcome to the preview of obummercare…