What’s interesting in the news today?
1. First up today, the problems at the VA are spreading. And in typical Obama fashion, they’re trying to cover it up.
From TheFreeBeacon “The Department of Veterans Affairs purged more than 1.5 million medical orders without ensuring patients received medical care, the Washington Examiner reports:
Since May 2013, veterans’ medical centers nationwide have been under pressure to clear out 2 million backlogged orders for patient care or services.”
“What happened to other 1.5 million appointments is something that no one, including top officials at the veterans’ agency, can answer.”
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The cover-up.
Also from TheFreeBeacon “Whistleblowers say officials have been destroying evidence at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital where at least 40 patients died from delays, despite requests from Congress to preserve records.
Dr. Katherine Mitchell came forward to the Arizona Republic with records that show the hospital was using a secret list to hide the long wait times veterans faced. According to the Republic, Mitchell sent the documents to the paper after receiving a call from a coworker that evidence was being destroyed.
“I had no doubts they were capable of destroying evidence, or altering evidence,” she told the Republic. “So there I am, a 47-year-old doctor with two degrees, trying to figure out where to hide stuff.”
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And now we know the problems are more widespread than just one rogue office, so that excuse is out.
From USAToday “A VA investigation of one of its outpatient clinics in Colorado reveals how ingrained delays in medical care may be for an agency struggling to rapidly treat nearly 9 million veterans a year amid allegations that dozens have died because of delays.
Clerks at the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Fort Collins were instructed last year how to falsify appointment records so it appeared the small staff of doctors was seeing patients within the agency’s goal of 14 days, according to the investigation.
A copy of the findings by the VA’s Office of Medical Inspector was provided to USA TODAY.
Many of the 6,300 veterans treated at the outpatient clinic waited months to be seen. If the clerical staff allowed records to reflect that veterans waited longer than 14 days, they were punished by being placed on a “bad boy list,” the report shows.”
This is system wide.
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2. And since I mentioned cover-ups……
They picked a good one to lead the select committee. That happened after this interview.
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More here, from TheWashingtonTimes “House Republicans accused the Obama administration Thursday of “perhaps criminal” behavior for having withheld for months key email that sheds light on how the administration framed its post-Benghazi talking points, potentially violating a congressional subpoena.
House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Secretary of State John F. Kerry will have to come before Congress to explain why his department refused to release the email until forced to do so by a judge.”
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And now that Kerry has been subpoenaed, Hillary is probably getting a little nervous, as she should.
From TheNYPost “Because the Obama administration ignored legal requirements and a pursued a possibly criminal cover-up, they’ve just ensured Congress is going to talk about nothing but. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday he’ll be forming a select committee to investigate Benghazi.”
“The Rhodes memo is just the beginning. It and other e-mails were obviously selected from a much larger set of internal administration communications on the Benghazi cover-up that remains hidden from the public and from Congress. The person who should worry most is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
For example, until now we have seen zero documentation to explain how Clinton out of the blue concocted the statement she issued on the evening of the attacks, which first raised the notion that the attacks came “as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet.”
In all the material released by the administration to date, there are no notes, e-mails or drafts of Clinton’s Sept. 11, 2012 statement similar to the back-and forth e-mail chain released last year showing how the CIA talking points evolved during three days of inter-agency discussion.”
Now why do you suppose that is? 🙄
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I won’t get my hopes up, but maybe it’s time to mention the I word.
All of this to cover up an Iran Contra style gun running operation to Syria by the CIA, at the order of the White House.
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3. Funny, this seems to have been left out of most coverage.
From Fox5Vegas “An emotional crowd gathered for a town hall meeting on Thursday evening in Bunkerville.”
“Residents and council members praised militia members gathered there in support of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy, but had nothing but vitriol for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the local and national media.
“The day the militia [came] was the day I felt safe again in Nevada,” one meeting attendee said.
The meeting was standing-room only. City council members had harsh criticism for the media’s take on the standoff between Bundy and the BLM.
“I heard things said down there. And then when it came out on the air it was a completely different animal,” Bunkerville Councilman Duane Magoon said. “Tell the whole truth. Don’t spin things to get your ratings,” another council member added.”
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Wandering Views 
Hillary is not worried. The number of voters who watch FoxNews, and listen to Rush and Hannity are small compared to the total vote.
Nobody else is saying anything. And they won’t.
Only the disruptions caused by Obamacare, jobs and taxes will matter in the voting booth.
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I said back in the 90’s that she and Bill had sold their souls to the Devil. She is teflon. Nothing will stick
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No human can stop Hillary. She should be much worse than Obama. I think deep down he realizes he is in over his head, and he is satisfied to play golf and make speeches about NBA owners.
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Mikey Whinestein will be whining for sure.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-upholds-prayer-public-meetings-n97221
“Government meetings can include an opening prayer without running afoul of the Constitution, the Supreme Court said Monday.
The court ruled in favor of the town of Greece, N.Y., a Rochester suburb that has opened its monthly public meetings with a Christian prayer since 1999. Two residents, one Jewish and the other atheist, claimed that because the prayers were almost always Christian, the practice amounted to government endorsement of a single faith.
The Supreme Court last considered the issue of government prayer in 1983, ruling that the Nebraska legislature did not violate the Constitution by opening its sessions with a prayer from a Presbyterian minister.
But the challengers in the New York case argued that the meetings of the Greece town board were different, because members of the public who sought action from the board were legally required to attend and were not simply part of a passive audience — drawing attention to themselves if they declined to participate in a prayer that was contrary to their beliefs.”
Oh. The Horror…… 🙄
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It appears that most of the cities where I live simply jettisoned the prayers altogether years ago, better to just skip the whole ritual than to deal with the objections. One of our younger reporters expressed genuine surprise that prayers were once commonplace at government meetings.
If anything, some government bodies will all the offering of some kind of generic “inspirational remarks,” but they are typically non-religious.
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