Veterans Affairs doctors claim they face retaliation if they speak out about the problems
I suppose this should not come as a surprise to those who have been following the various scandals swirling around the Obama regime but Veterans Affairs doctors are claiming they face retaliation if they dare to speak about about the scandal.
The primary complaint of health care providers employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is retaliation by management – including “sham peer reviews” and even dismissal – for speaking up about serious deficiencies in the VA’s medical system, several VA doctors said during a two-day meeting in Washington on how to improve veterans’ health care.
Dr. Rafael Montecino, a surgeon with the VA in eastern Kansas, complained that “when you try to make things more efficient, the system is working against you. They say that you are creating a hostile environment.”
And “when you complain, or you say like ‘You know, this is not the right thing,’ then you become a target and they gang together to get you out of there,” Dr. Montecino added.
And he is not alone, there is more:
Open thread for Sunday, June 15th: Burn it Down
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Here is this week’s musical selection; it is Linkin Park performing ‘Burn it Down.’
You told me, “Yes”
You held me high
And I believed when you told that lie
I played soldier, you played king
And struck me down, when I kissed that ring
You lost that right, to hold that crown
I built you up, but you let me down
So when you fall, I’ll take my turn
And fan the flames
As your blazes burn
Border Patrol Union claims the US is letting people into the country with known ties to gangs
As has been well reported (at least in the blogophere) thousands of illegal immigrants have been flooding over the border since Barack Obama loosened immigration laws to grant defacto amnesty and the DREAM Act through Executive Order.
Many of the illegal immigrants are unaccompanied minors hoping to become DREAMers and there is no doubt in my mind this is purposely being done by the Obama regime to deepen the “humanitarian crisis” in the hopes of winning support with the American people for comprehensive immigration reform.
But the DREAMers are not alone according to the Border Patrol Union which claims that illegal immigrants with known gang ties are being allowed into the United States.
Yesterday, in typical Friday news dump fashion, the IRS informed the Congress that all of Lois Lerner’s inter-agency emails were accidentally deleted when the agency’s computer crashed.
Even if we give the corrupt agency the benefit of the doubt it is not believable that none of the lost files and emails were backed up and could not be recovered. I can guarantee you this; if the IRS computers which crashed had held the personal information of taxpayers you can bet your ass the IRS would be able to recover that information.
But even if we take yet another leap of faith and once again give the IRS the benefit of the doubt and none of these emails were backed up electronically there is still a nagging little problem for the IRS according to this story.
Karen Testerman drops her New Hampshire Senate bid
I have been imploring New Hampshire voters to look at the lesser known candidates in the New Hampshire Senate race rather than falling in line with Scott Brown because of his name recognition. There were two of them, Karen Testerman and Jim Rubens.
I say there ‘were’ two candidates because today Karen Testerman dropped out of the race and endorsed Bob Smith for Senate. The theory behind her decision goes like this: the conservative vote was going to be split between her and Bob Smith so this will allow the conservatives to coalesce behind a single candidate, Bob Smith, making the chances of defeating Scott Brown in the primary a little bit better.
In a comment to one of my posts last week Bunkerville said it was going to be interesting to see what the Obama regime’s Friday news dump would be and now we know. You had better sit down for this one because it is as unbelievable as it is infuriating.
Back on May 8th the IRS finally agreed to turn over all of Lois Lerner’s emails related to the IRS targeting scandal. However, there is a problem as the IRS notified the Congress today that the corrupt agency cannot turn over the documents because, in an astounding coincidence, they just happen to have been erased when the agency’s computer crashed.
Afterburner with Bill Whittle: Why Benghazi Matters
Have I mentioned that Bill Whittle is on a roll?! Here is his latest ‘Afterburner’ video entitled ‘Why Benghazi Matters.’
Competence and character.
Enjoy
Benghazi: Walid Shoebat claims the Youtube video filmmaker was working with Muslim fundamentalists
This is a stunning revelation IF it is true. I debated whether or not I should post this but decided to do so with the caveat that at this point this is unconfirmed.
During a taped conversation the filmmaker who created the Youtube video which was used as the excuse for the Benghazi attack actually admitted twice that he was a Muslim.
a woman who starred in the controversial video that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton blamed for the attacks in Benghazi, has come to us with a STUNNING revelation that the man who produced the video recently confessed to her that he is a Muslim – twice. According to Cindy Lee Garcia, who is also the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Google and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the maker of the infamous “Innocence of Muslims” video, responded “Yes” both times after being asked by Garcia if he is a Muslim.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg; Walid Shoebat is also claiming that he might have been working in conjunction with the Obama regime to promote the OIC:
There is no doubt that perhaps the biggest reason Eric Cantor lost in last night’s primary was due to his support for immigration reform. Barack Obama, and many in the Democratic party, are trying to downplay this angle while conservative pundits are claiming that this was the death knell for immigration reform.
I have news for the conservative pundits, immigration reform is not dead!
We must remember that while Eric Cantor will not be in the Congress when the new Congress is convened that he is still a member of the Congress until November, and when you take into account the lame duck session it means he will still be voting in January. And the lame duck session is where much damage can be done, if it is not done before that point.
Some illegal aliens are intentionally being caught by Border Patrol in order to get into the United States
When you take the recent talk about immigration reform which will most likely include a pathway to citizenship and you couple it with Barack Obama’s Executive orders which loosened immigration policy, granted defacto amnesty, and for all intents and purposes wrote the DREAM Act into law you create a situation where illegal aliens attempt to gain access to the country in order to take advantage of whatever future legislation could be passed.
And that is exactly what is happening. How bad is it?
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