First off....Thank you to all our Vets...and those still on duty now, we appreciate what you've done/do so very much.
Secondly.....I kinda have a gripe. Our little school had two bad weather days, where the kids missed school this winter, when we had so much ice. They schedule in bad weather days before the school year ever starts!!!! Then they decided to make the kids make those two days up anyway and added two days on......Today, and tomorrow. Even tho graduation was Friday night, and the seniors aren't required to come to school these two days, the rest of the students have tests on these two days......Makin a kid go to school on a National Holiday!!!!!!! Lil Lilly is exempt from todays classes for good grades and doesn't hafta take them. Tomorrow she'll go. But that's neither here nor there....Lots of kids are at school today. They could have just as easily scheduled the days for tuesday and wednesday.
Thirdly......a friend of ours that served 8 years durin Desert Storm and some after, broke his arm the other day. They have no insurance, and he has a decent job, but can't work with the broke arm....he puts up cell phone towers. They were quoted between $17,000 and $20,000 to do the surgery needed to fix his arm. I asked, "Why isn't he goin to the VA hospital?" So they filled out all his paperwork, and were told, "we can't help you, you make too much money" :shock: Scuse me but he served, durin active combat, and was honorably discharged when he'd done two tours. That's rediculous!!!!!!!! It shouldn't matter how much money you make on your job......by golly he served our country and the VA should be there for his medical when needed. Then......a week later he got laid off.........VA still wouldnt do anything...meanwhile he's sittin there with an arm that's broke in 5 places...that needs surgery to fix.....Finally they found a dr that would do it for $7500.....still money they didnt have. They borrowed from two people, and the bank......
Ok..I"m done gripin now.