Trump proposes eliminating Veterans Day

[Anonymous]

So whose brain child was this do you think?

I refuse to think is was Trump. He knows no history. And why WW1?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a combat Veteran and I’m totally fine with that.

Memorial Day is the day that matters to me. The men and women who *didn’t* come home. Their day is what matters. I’m fine with my Purple Heart tags and 10% off at Home Depot. That’s enough recognition for me.

The people who suffered and survived matter to me, not only the people who died.

And you can think about us anytime you want. That’s kind of you.


But you don’t need a paid holiday to do it.

How do you make money? You sound miserable.

How do I make money? Odd question, but I’ll humor you:

You pay me! I medically retired as a E-8 from combat related injuries, specifically hearing loss from gunfire/explosions/helo engines, and my left patella, which is probably still in the rocks somewhere in Pantarkush, courtesy of a taliban DShK. Don’t feel sad for me though. One day I’ll have to get an ocular implant (you’ll buy me that, too!) and my titanium knee cap works just fine and only aches on really cold days. And I killed stacks of guys during my tours before I finally got hit bad enough to get separated. So I have a comfortable-enough pension, with SRD payments on top of it, and I have a double-dip career that I really enjoy. It’s not as exciting as riding on Bradleys or Chinooks and shooting BG’s, but I still like having something to do during the week. Plus I really like working with young people. Gen A is really going to turn this country around - they are sick of your BS.

I figured. Your statement came from someone who is out of the work force or doesn’t need to work/ has an hobby job and that is why I asked.

My husband lost his leg and the patella on his other leg when a tractor on his family farm overturned on him. He doesn’t get the pension you do, but still lost limbs. Farm accidents are very common and many people lose limbs and lives because of the huge equipment involved. Your handicap came during your service, so you have access to a pension and can make fun of people who need to work and would like holidays to thank you for your service and to take a little time to relax. Phantom pain is no joke.

Best of luck to you, even though I think you are being a jerk.

[Anonymous]

I will add that I like Veterans Day because our kids’ school has assemblies and programs where vet and current service members come in to give presentations. I think it helps the kids get excited about military service and see how important it is to serve. I see farming as one way to serve, and it has more fatal and non fatal accidents than the military does.

I am not sure you would be wanted though as you seem to like to talk about “stacks of guys” you killed and that doesn’t really seem like a good lesson for the young people.

[Anonymous]

Keep Veteran's Day. Acknowledge that it was initially 'Armistice Day." That is why red poppies were worn that day when I was a child. But, Veteran's Day was a big day in my hometown.

Red poppies are still worn in England on November 11.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a combat Veteran and I’m totally fine with that.

Memorial Day is the day that matters to me. The men and women who *didn’t* come home. Their day is what matters. I’m fine with my Purple Heart tags and 10% off at Home Depot. That’s enough recognition for me.

The people who suffered and survived matter to me, not only the people who died.

And you can think about us anytime you want. That’s kind of you.


But you don’t need a paid holiday to do it.

Veteran and I agree

Well, this has been pretty eye opening for me. If vets don't care about themselves, I sure as hell don't have to.

Bingo

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a combat Veteran and I’m totally fine with that.

Memorial Day is the day that matters to me. The men and women who *didn’t* come home. Their day is what matters. I’m fine with my Purple Heart tags and 10% off at Home Depot. That’s enough recognition for me.

The people who suffered and survived matter to me, not only the people who died.

And you can think about us anytime you want. That’s kind of you.


But you don’t need a paid holiday to do it.

How do you make money? You sound miserable.

How do I make money? Odd question, but I’ll humor you:

You pay me! I medically retired as a E-8 from combat related injuries, specifically hearing loss from gunfire/explosions/helo engines, and my left patella, which is probably still in the rocks somewhere in Pantarkush, courtesy of a taliban DShK. Don’t feel sad for me though. One day I’ll have to get an ocular implant (you’ll buy me that, too!) and my titanium knee cap works just fine and only aches on really cold days. And I killed stacks of guys during my tours before I finally got hit bad enough to get separated. So I have a comfortable-enough pension, with SRD payments on top of it, and I have a double-dip career that I really enjoy. It’s not as exciting as riding on Bradleys or Chinooks and shooting BG’s, but I still like having something to do during the week. Plus I really like working with young people. Gen A is really going to turn this country around - they are sick of your BS.

“Socialism for me but nothing for you! HaHa!”

Screw you.

Awwww, you haz a sadz

I’ve earned every one of your dollars you’ll be paying me the rest of my life! And all I had to do was kill some guys, and get blown up a few times, and shot. You could’ve been there next to me. No one was stopping you from joining and fighting for your country. But you didn’t. So you get to pay me the rest of my life for the stuff you wouldn’t do yourself. I think that’s a fair trade.

And they wonder why the left is called the party of hate. So many cowards online these days, pissed at their station in life, righteous and scared how they are going to weather this terrible demon the country voted in to office. They’re actually a loud, minority, in this country concentrated in places like the DC bubble. Having traveled extensively around the country since the election and comparing it to the mentality, manners, community and pride for country they really are the losers. I go back to my previous comment about thanking you for working with youth. You have every reason to be angry and bitter and, yet, it sounds like you’ve found something you enjoy and do for others. I thought we learned our lesson after the treatment our soldiers received coming home from Vietnam- but I guess some haven’t learned the lesson.

You do a great job of describing the radical right.

There’s nothing radical about it. That’s what you don’t get. I’m historically left leaning but have been driven over to the right by the hatred, lack of empathy and ability to get anything done on the left. You used to care about people, social issues, etc etc but now it’s just day after day of hate. Look at this site as a perfect example. So many I know have gone right (and no, not radically). Pretty sure that’s why they lost the election which should have been obvious to the left.

Sure you have-wink wink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So whose brain child was this do you think?

I refuse to think is was Trump. He knows no history. And why WW1?

It's 100% Trump. He wants to turn serious observances into nationalistic celebrations of power, which he craves.

It's part of his plan to turn the military into a domestic-oriented organization that serves him personally.

[Anonymous]

Trump's Press Secretary Leavitt overruled the manbaby.

His own staff don't take him seriously. They treat him like a toddler.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-backtracks-on-trumps-big-idea-to-rename-veterans-day/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump's Press Secretary Leavitt overruled the manbaby.

His own staff don't take him seriously. They treat him like a toddler.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-backtracks-on-trumps-big-idea-to-rename-veterans-day/

Hope she gave him a cookie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump's Press Secretary Leavitt overruled the manbaby.

His own staff don't take him seriously. They treat him like a toddler.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-backtracks-on-trumps-big-idea-to-rename-veterans-day/

“Ok grandpa, time for your nap”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He can call it Losers and Suckers Day.

Yep, you took the words right out of Trump's mouth. Why isn't he renaming it this? He seems to just be doing whatever the F he wants, so maybe he should just rename it to what he really thinks of veterans.

What a disgusting sh**show.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a combat Veteran and I’m totally fine with that.

Memorial Day is the day that matters to me. The men and women who *didn’t* come home. Their day is what matters. I’m fine with my Purple Heart tags and 10% off at Home Depot. That’s enough recognition for me.

The people who suffered and survived matter to me, not only the people who died.

And you can think about us anytime you want. That’s kind of you.


But you don’t need a paid holiday to do it.

Veteran and I agree

Well, this has been pretty eye opening for me. If vets don't care about themselves, I sure as hell don't have to.

Fugg off. How about provide decent medical and mental health services for Vets, and reform the VA?

You think a single day is “caring.”

Dcum calls military members losers, says their precious children will never join the military, etc.

Bunch of hypocrites.

DCUM seems to be full of military, actually. Or at least one who pretends to be several different vets.

You should run crying like a baby to the mod and have him change your diaper, and while he’s at it, ask if the different Vets have separate and distinct ip addresses.

What a child you are. I’m a military spouse btw. Which is why I see through some of the BS military posts here.

Exactly the disrespect I expected from you. More like 35 years, you misogynistic troll. You’re an embarrassment to our military.

Too many military wives who have never served a single day in their lives think they are experts. Such wives give normal mil wives a bad name. Just because you sleep with a military reserve soldier, doesn’t mean you know anything about the military.

You are disgraceful, your husband is embarrassed of you and your loud mouth.

Wow, you are so hateful.

Those military wives raised your children.

Female veteran here. Military wives are incredible and should be honored. However, unless you've served in uniform, your perspective is going to be less informed than someone who actually served. You serve an important role. But if I showed up at my doctor's office and his wife was there instead, that wouldn't be the same thing to me. I'd want the actual doctor, not his wife.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a combat Veteran and I’m totally fine with that.

Memorial Day is the day that matters to me. The men and women who *didn’t* come home. Their day is what matters. I’m fine with my Purple Heart tags and 10% off at Home Depot. That’s enough recognition for me.

The people who suffered and survived matter to me, not only the people who died.

And you can think about us anytime you want. That’s kind of you.


But you don’t need a paid holiday to do it.

Veteran and I agree

Well, this has been pretty eye opening for me. If vets don't care about themselves, I sure as hell don't have to.

Fugg off. How about provide decent medical and mental health services for Vets, and reform the VA?

You think a single day is “caring.”

Dcum calls military members losers, says their precious children will never join the military, etc.

Bunch of hypocrites.

DCUM seems to be full of military, actually. Or at least one who pretends to be several different vets.

You should run crying like a baby to the mod and have him change your diaper, and while he’s at it, ask if the different Vets have separate and distinct ip addresses.

What a child you are. I’m a military spouse btw. Which is why I see through some of the BS military posts here.

Exactly the disrespect I expected from you. More like 35 years, you misogynistic troll. You’re an embarrassment to our military.

Too many military wives who have never served a single day in their lives think they are experts. Such wives give normal mil wives a bad name. Just because you sleep with a military reserve soldier, doesn’t mean you know anything about the military.

You are disgraceful, your husband is embarrassed of you and your loud mouth.

Wow, you are so hateful.

Those military wives raised your children.

Female veteran here. Military wives are incredible and should be honored. However, unless you've served in uniform, your perspective is going to be less informed than someone who actually served. You serve an important role. But if I showed up at my doctor's office and his wife was there instead, that wouldn't be the same thing to me. I'd want the actual doctor, not his wife.

Not one military spouse here has pretended to have information that would be considered professional expertise. They are not pretending to be something they’re not. They simply do not live in a vacuum. If you moved to a new city in a new country and stayed for 20 years, you would know a lot of things about that city and its culture than someone else who stayed in your hometown.

The misogynistic trolls just want you to believe women who live on post for decades, have every aspect of their lives filled with procedures, protocols, and rules who attend “voluntary” training, have responsibilities during their spouses’ command, who can literally end their spouse’s career by accidentally breaking rules, who have to do everything through military offices can’t possibly know anything about the ethics or professionalism of members of the service. Being a military spouse is NOTHING like being the spouse of a civilian doctor. Your support is kind, but you obviously don’t understand how different their lives are or how many misogynistic trolls like to make fun of them with insults. There’s a whole meme genre for it and it’s disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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There is absolutely zero need to mess with Veterans Day. None. There is no issue. He is creating an issue out of thin air, again. He is drunk with power and just wants to screw with anything and everything he wants. I hope this a-hole croaks soon.

Huh? It’s a federal (read: Club Fed), not national holiday. Most people do not have off of work or school.

Didn’t previous Presidents “mess with” it, and Columbus Day, Presidents day, and the new Juneteenth day (one week before July 4th), etc. And all that horse$hite renaming stuff.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, is this about having the day of remembrance status or having another paid day off work?

Who is proposing what?