We certainly hope that the new conservative Congress which will assume its duties in January of 2011 will not try to balance the budget at the expense of my brother and sister Vets. Keep your eyes pealed and if you hear or see any evidence of this on either side of the aisle, please contact your Congressman/woman and remind him/her that President Lincoln made a compact with us during the Civil War to take care of us, our widows and our children. We will not take kindly to the Government using us like slave labor and then setting us “free”, nor will we sit idly by like street beggars thankful for spare change and handouts. Our country set out to rid us of muslim extremists and the like after 2001. We have performed our jobs there and in prior wars with equal professionalism. Political infighting has no place where we are concerned- just Veterans Justice. Do not hold us hostage to your political ambitions.We and those who went before us are the reason you are free. And, yes. You’re welcome. It was real and it was fun, but we can’t always say that it was real fun.