{"id":26872,"date":"2015-11-04T22:02:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T03:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26872"},"modified":"2015-11-04T22:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T03:02:41","slug":"i-think-we-need-to-re-examine-our-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26872","title":{"rendered":"I Think We Need To Re-examine Our Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday a website entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usherald.com\/obama-pulls-2-6-billion-from-veterans-and-reallocates-4-5-billion-to-syrian-migrants-moving-to-u-s\/#.VjqWz5aUt-g.facebook\" target=\"_blank\">The U. S. Herald<\/a> posted an article about the funding of our <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Department of Veterans Affairs\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889 (United%20States%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Veteran&#8217;s Administration<\/a> Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Secretary of Veteran Affairs<\/a>, Robert McDonald, told <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8897222222,-77.0088888889&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.8897222222,-77.0088888889 (United%20States%20Congress)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Congress<\/a> that if they do not receive $2.6 billion more in funds, they will have to deny veterans the care they deserve.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>After discussing the possibility of closing some of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Veterans Health Administration\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.9009027778,-77.0348238889 (Veterans%20Health%20Administration)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">VA hospitals<\/a>, Congress passed an emergency spending bill worth $3.5 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In short while veteran\u2019s are struggling to survive under a bureaucracy of corruption and incompetence, the \u201cCommander in Chief\u201d \u00a0will spend $4.5 billion dollars \u00a0in order to help rebuild Syria while also addressing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usherald.com\/video-drone-footage-of-refugee-camps-shows-the-massive-mess-being-left-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\">refugee camps scattered throughout Europe<\/a>&#8230;betrayal does indeed have a price.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need to take care of our veterans before we spend money on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Refugees of the Syrian civil war\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_civil_war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Syrian refugees<\/a>. I am sorry, but we need to take a good look at our priorities here. Where is the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"International Committee of the Red Cross\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">International Red Cross<\/a>? Where are the other <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Muslim world\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muslim_world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Muslim countries<\/a> in the Middle East? Where is the United Nations? This should not fall on America&#8217;s shoulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday a website entitled The U. S. Herald posted an article about the funding of our Veteran&#8217;s Administration Hospitals. 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