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Army Cuts Off Retirement Pay for Elderly WWII Alaska Militia Veterans

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-01-23 08:52|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "The focus is to follow the law," he said. "We can't choose whether to follow the law."

Well, if you can ignore a law governing the prosecution of terrorists, passed by Congress and validated by SCOTUS on the last go around, then why not this? When POTUS directs you to ignore the law and you willingly obey, you have a problem hiding behind that argument of picking and choosing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-23 10:00|| 2009-01-23 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess the new tone has started.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-01-23 10:21|| 2009-01-23 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Recommend writing the new Chief of Veteran's Affairs. Oh wait........

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-23 10:21|| 2009-01-23 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 "The focus is to follow the law," he said. "We can't choose whether to follow the law."

Laws come and go, you can choose how to interprete the law to save a quick buck tho!

What a bunch of dicks!

Posted by Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 2009-01-23 10:26|| 2009-01-23 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't the new VA head Shineski, the ex-Army COS, who is of Japanese heritage? How about that for irony. Also, those militia guys (the eskimo version of "Dad's Army") did a hellva job. I don't remember the Japs getting with 500 miles of Anchorage.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-01-23 10:40|| 2009-01-23 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't think you should be dissing Shineski for Japanese heritage. He was born in Hawaii and has served us honorably. And you don't know his opinion on this.

Posted by George Glaling8854 2009-01-23 11:04|| 2009-01-23 11:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Take money away from elderly veterans to undoubtedly hand it to people who have never worked a day in their lives.

Makes me want to puke.
We're going to start the redistribution of wealth program right away I guess.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-23 11:23|| 2009-01-23 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't remember the Japs getting with 500 miles of Anchorage.

Only 1500 miles from Attu to Anchorage, about the same distance from Anchorage to Seattle.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-23 11:28|| 2009-01-23 11:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Gov Palin should come to the rescue of these old heroes and shame the new administration at the same time.

Posted by ed 2009-01-23 12:09|| 2009-01-23 12:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Change Hope!

Posted by Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-01-23 12:13|| 2009-01-23 12:13|| Front Page Top

#11 To say nothing of the affront to our defenders - you'd think the Army would have enough brains to find 100K$ a year and avoid the negative PR.

Posted by KBK 2009-01-23 13:45|| 2009-01-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#12 These guys saved the asses of a lot of confused US soldiers in the Aleutians, one of the most hostile environments on earth. They deserve their payday.

Posted by mojo 2009-01-23 15:37|| 2009-01-23 15:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Pay them. Pay them yesterday you pinchy lawyer wanna-bes.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-01-23 16:03|| 2009-01-23 16:03|| Front Page Top

#14 holy shit they are taking $557 away from these men who did their jobs and deserve every if not more than this small amount. Find 50 ppl who have been on welfare ALL their life , take it, give it too these men as their pay

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-23 16:25|| 2009-01-23 16:25|| Front Page Top

#15 HERE is a good link for learning about the Alaska Territorial Guard. A fellow named Marvin R. "Muktuk" Marston worked to organize the ATG into a fighting force.

Check out the links. I knew some of the old ATG vets up in NW Alaska. It appears that there were Japanese patrols wandering about in Western Alaska during the war.

The army has its head up its a$$ for pulling some sh*t like this. I would imagine that our Alaska Congressional delegation is getting an earful as we speak. Hopefully this can be resolved quickly. If a CEO can get a redecorating for the latest bailout, a bit can go to these brave Alaskans for what they did.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-23 20:15|| 2009-01-23 20:15|| Front Page Top

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