Bush promises vets a better Walter Reed-"I appreciate that soldiers have got a Mac" to communicate..

[Kadie]

Bush promises vets a better Walter Reed
Updated 17m ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush carried a promise of better treatment for neglected war veterans on a tour of Walter Reed Army Medical Center Friday, but critics questioned the timing of the visit six weeks after shoddy conditions were exposed there.
Bush first toured a typical — but empty — patient room in Abrams Hall, where soldiers were transferred after they were vacated from the facility's Building 18, where moldy walls, rodent infestation and other problems went unchecked until reported by the media. The room Bush saw featured a wide-screen television and a Macintosh computer on a desk.

"I appreciate that soldiers have got a Mac" to communicate with their families, the president said.

Also during the more than three-hour visit, Bush was touring the main hospital, and awarding 10 Purple Hearts to soldiers recovering from serious wounds suffered in Afghanistan and Iraq. Before leaving, the president was speaking to about 100 medical workers to explain what his administration is doing to improve care for veterans at facilities nationwide.

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, among retired military officers who took part in a conference call about Bush's visit, praised the president for seeing wounded soldiers. But, he added: "I'm convinced he would honor them more if he would refrain from using soldiers as props in political theater."

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-30-walter-reed-bush_N.htm?csp=34

[rodeodance]

1. whow----this guy hit the BINGO!

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, among retired military officers who took part in a conference call about Bush's visit, praised the president for seeing wounded soldiers. But, he added: "I'm convinced he would honor them more if he would refrain from using soldiers as props in political theater."

[IWantAChange]

2. Amazing how relevant the truth is - "..props in political theater"

Wounded soldiers being used to shore up the Chimp's crumbling Administration is despicable.

[Roland99]

3. "I appreciate..."

That's Bush-speak for "Damnit! I hate that fact/question! How can I dodge around it?"

[meegbear]

4. A MAC??!?

Haven't they suffered enough?

:popcorn:

[librechik]

23. in other words, thanks to the internets everybody found out

about the sorry mess Walter Reed has become since Chimp is in charge.

[w4rma]

29. That's probably what he was thinking. And he was probably thinking how he could get rid of that Mac

He defunds everything he goes to a photo-op for.

[frogcycle]

31. yeah, it probably pissed him off royally

he knows Gore is on Apple board and making a fortune from it

[Danieljay]

5. Do they use artificial limbs to click the mouse?

Speaking of mouse, doesn't Walter Reed have a rodent problem? This guy makes me sick to my stomach. Shame on him for wanting to VETO a bill that supports the troops that actually survive their wounds to pay their medical expenses and upkeep of Walter Reed. George Bush is a pathetic man.

[jmowreader]

13. Dubya already solved Walter Reed's rodent problem

On March 1, he sent them one cat. "Cats are highly efficient predators, so we see no reason to overburden the American taxpayer by sending too many cats. One will be fine."

On March 2, soldiers fed the cat a can of tuna laced with crystal meth and marijuana. "Meth to keep him awake, weed to give him the munchies," explained Private John Jones of San Francisco. They then set him loose inside Building 18.

On March 3, the cat exploded. He was buried with full military honors.

[Robbien]

15. rofl

ratter cat with the munchies at Walter Reed

ha!

[Neecy]

6. "have got"?

Did this dope even graduate from grade school?

[bluescribbler]

8. Same way he graduated from Yale.

Gentlemen's C's.

[Virginia Dare]

9. The finest diploma Poppy's money could buy...n/t

[Fermezlabush]

7. he appreciates? WTF????

[Maggie_May]

10. This really shows how he cares

Now lets think for a moment. If you were the commander and chief would it take you weeks to visit Walter Reed? Second of all wouldn't you fired some people for the conditions of this hospital. Oh wait a minute I am thinking that he really cares about our men and women in the arm services.

[sutz12]

11. Yep, and they can use the Mac's to Google New Orleans...

and see how everything is all cleaned up now.

But, please don't email them to ask how they're doing with all that money that Dumbya "promised" them.

:evilgrin:

[Bozita]

12. I use my Mac to run the google on the internets.

[Elwood P Dowd]

14. My MAC has more internets than your Mac.

:P

[Bozita]

16. When I have time, I'm gonna have more installed

[myrna minx]

20. How do you get the internets through the tubes to

get to the google? What button to you have to push to get the cheese with the mac? :silly:

[Bozita]

22. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) knows all about stuff like those tubes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes

Series of tubes
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"Series of tubes" was a metaphor used by United States Senator and then-Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). He was trying to describe the Internet in a speech about network neutrality on June 28, 2006.<1> Stevens was criticizing a proposed amendment to a committee bill which would have prohibited Internet service providers from charging fees to give some companies higher priority access to their networks or their customers. The metaphor became emblematic of the speech (and Stevens' seemingly poor understanding of the Internet) despite Stevens making several other odd comparisons and references. Stevens' use of the metaphor has been defended by experts in the field.

[myrna minx]

24. That was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

:rofl:

[northofdenali]

32. You actually can hear it! The audio is here:

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/497

It was part of his explanation as to why he opposes net neutrality. Steven's is a congenital idiot but one hell of a pork-monger for our state, which is why he keeps getting reelected.

[w4rma]

30. Someone with a wiki account needs to note that there is no reference for the

"experts" cited. That's a no-no on wikipedia.

[bdamomma]

17. once a frat boy always a frat boy, geez, what insensitive comment

"I appreciate that soldiers have got a Mac" what is wrong with this maniac. so detached and so inhuman.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. He really shouldn't make promises that he DOESN'T intend to keep.

He is such a pandering a$$! It's all about the photo op for him and after he leaves the cameras behind, he forgets about the promises he made to those he really couldn't care less about in the first place. Phony pandering jerk!

[Marie26]

19. "I appreciate that soldiers have got a Mac"

Who talks like this?

[Bozita]

21. Michael Dell, bigtime GOP supporter, will love to hear it

[Elwood P Dowd]

25. My sister purchased a Dell strictly because of that.

It's a piece of shit, but it's a republican piece of shit.

[Hobarticus]

26. Major General, you're a credit to the uniform, and all who wear it.

If only others had as much courage and character.

[Supersedeas]

28. Absolutely -- if only the Media Establishment had the guts to call out the props.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. Empty Suit Visits Empty Room...

Bush first toured a typical — but empty — patient room in Abrams Hall, where soldiers were transferred after they were vacated from the facility's Building 18, where moldy walls, rodent infestation and other problems went unchecked until reported by the media. The room Bush saw featured a wide-screen television and a Macintosh computer on a desk.