Tag Archives: Helping homeless Vets

HOMELESS VETS STILL WAITING IN LINE

Posted on August 13, 2012 by asknod

Member Shawn found this and it makes my skin crawl. This is a quote that should give everyone of us pause. Tragically, every year more than 6,500 Veterans voluntarily surrender their lives … victims of bureaucratic battle fatigue. Their solace … Continue reading →

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Each day, 18 more Vets killed on “Highway 1”

Posted on July 8, 2012 by joeaveragevet

In 1999, a group of private companies, such as Kodak, Cisco,  IBM, and  Microsoft got together and developed a system for the VA to use to convert the VA paper claim system to electronic processing called “Highway 1” at no … Continue reading →

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FREE LUGGAGE FROM vA

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asknod

In an exciting development for homeless Vets, I discovered these in my travels at the recent jobs expo vA put on in Tacoma last week. Feast your eyes on this! That’s right. Be the envy of your friends under the … Continue reading →

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WARM, FUZZY vA GOODWILL

Posted on July 4, 2012 by asknod

Member Kel sent this in to me this morning. I read a small blurb about it in the fishwrap yesterday morning but ignored it as more bloviating on vA’s part in an effort to take our consciousness off their myriad shortcomings … Continue reading →

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UPDATE TO SLEEPLESS IN PUEBLO

Posted on July 1, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy sends us this update on his vigorous pursuit of homeless Vet knowledge in Pueblo from last week. To be honest, I was taken aback that there might be 120 Vets sleeping without a roof over their heads there. This … Continue reading →

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vAOIG–EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HOMELESS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

Posted on June 27, 2012 by asknod

Here’s another OIG boondoggle that would make the Pope proud. Now that we know the how and why, we can cure the problem, right? Well…..not exactly. This far more complicated than we know and will require another $100,000.00 study and … Continue reading →

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SLEEPLESS IN PUEBLO

Posted on June 23, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy sent me this today and it burns me up for any number of reasons. We live in the greatest country on the planet and we cannot provide for our own. We ship boatloads of money overseas to Muslim … Continue reading →

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VHA–GIT ‘ER DONE

Posted on June 12, 2012 by asknod

File this one under “We’re paddlin’ as fast as we can!” Member Randy sends us this from his sleuthing everywhere. Sometimes PR flacks tend to be too exuberant and overstate what they were given to disseminate to the mainstream media … Continue reading →

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Veteran Homelessness: VA execs..can you spare 400 million?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by joeaveragevet

According to military.com, the VA paid out $400 million dollars in bonuses last year.  What would happen if that money went to homeless Vets instead? While the VA reports that they have reduced homelessness by 12%, I remain skeptical because … Continue reading →

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THAT PESKY vA MATH AGAIN… IT DOESN’T ADD UP

Posted on June 4, 2012 by joeaveragevet

A few months ago Secretary Shinseki patted himself on the back touting the success of his Veterans homeless programs: But wait..there’s more!  It’s that “VA math time again” that adds 50% and 30% and gets 70%!  Once again, the numbers … Continue reading →

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