Tag Archives: HCVETS

ILP– SILVER QUEEN IN 100 DAYS

Every year in late summer, Cupcake and I eagerly await the birth of a new corn crop. As some of you know, Leigh Birch, one of our latest VA Lotto winners sends me the magic seeds to plant. With our unusually … Continue reading

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PLAGIARISM ON UDORN THAILAND VET.

Please be advised that a website claiming it is Udorn Thailand Vet is regularly plagiarizing other Veterans’ website works and blog posts. While it is not my policy to “out” other Vet’s sites, anyone who abrogates another’s work as their own … Continue reading

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PTSD CLAIMS–WHOA UP THERE, PARDNER

Cupcake would probably tell me not to post anything as contentious as this as it rivals politics and religion as the third rail in conversation these days. However, she pointed out one thing I concede grudgingly. When you sign up, … Continue reading

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BVA–LATEST BOARD HEARING TRANSCRIPT

Saturday morning I received my BVA travel Board hearing transcript. I mistakenly thought it was the Smooth Tan One, or what they affectionately call the Big Brown Envelope (BBE) over at Hadit.com and sat staring at it for several minutes. After … Continue reading

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AGENT ORANGE–THE NAKED TRUTH

It’s not often you get to see archival footage of contemporary events from the Vietnam Boundary dispute. One notable event, the dispersion of Agent Orange, is often depicted as being a process akin to crop spraying with C-123s. This footage … Continue reading

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AGENT ORANGE SURVEY–PROPUBLICA

Here’s an important tool in uncovering VA’s delay and deny subterfuge on Agent Orange. As most of you know, VA is fond of telling us we weren’t there in Vietnam. Failing that, we were transitory and really had no true … Continue reading

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HADIT.COM–RADIO BROADCAST ON TDIU’S PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

Hadit uses Central Time so apparently you need to have another brewski and sit back for about another hour. The Blog outfit with the gear to do this is out of London. Only the British would choose Central as the … Continue reading

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CAVC–WILSON v McDONALD-CHANGING WATER TO WINE

As I pointed out several days ago, Mr. Billy E. Wilson’s travails at the BVA were nothing more than standard VA protocol. Distracting your “mark” by dragging in extraneous arguments and then not even addressing them is par for the … Continue reading

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BVA–HOUSTON, TEXAS-STYLE NECKTIE PARTY

FROM THE HOUSTON, TEXAS  PRIZE REDEMPTION CENTER Rarely do we get to see such a piece of misogynistic justice rubbed in a Veteran’s face. Rarely, too, do we get to see him go on to the CAVC and get more … Continue reading

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VIETNAM DUSTOFF ASSOCIATION REUNION 2015

I have been asked to attend and speak at the upcoming prestigious VDA 2015 reunion in the Los Angeles suburb of San Diego. There, along the Pacific Ocean,  Cupcake and I will meet a close cadre of  Vietnam Vets who … Continue reading

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