Request for Help for Congressman Filner and His Efforts

09-06-07

Subject: Request for help for Congressman Filner’s efforts in the congress.

To all Veterans, Spouses, Widows, and Offspring (including damaged offspring) of Veterans who have seen how the government/VA treats it’s used up government assets such as your mother and/or father, and all friends of Veterans.

As you know Congressman Filner is taking the Congressional Bull by the horns, changing the entire paradigm of Veterans Benefits back to the elected officials where it belongs, and putting his word on the line, as he said he would.

This subject, as you know, is on presumptive service connected disorders. Now, I do not have to tell you how many Veterans have been affected by the VA’s lack of not associating the many disorders (by direction) that have been proven repeatedly. Many of you were in Veteran’s biological chemical warfare testing by DoD that we know of, and I am sure there are some we do not know about, have felt the sting of VA/DoD withholding life and death information while our Presidents tout Veterans Support. Some Congressmen have so stated that DoD was withholding life and death information but they did not follow through as Congressman Filner is doing on our behalf. More show than go.

I am asking all of you, no at this point I am begging all of you, as I think we now have a chance. Most of you that know me, know I do not ask help from anyone and never have my entire life and do it all myself. In this case, I need your help.

Please take five minutes of your day and at least send a thank you letter to Congressman Filner for his efforts to get Parkinson’s and ALS associated to Service Connection. I realize there is more to do and I would say at least on my part I am doing all I can to prove the data exists and is relevant to the massive amount of herbicides (plural) our own government used for 10 years in Vietnam.

However, this herbicide effort does apply to all issues of government service to eliminate the White House stalling via DoD and VA. The principles of failure analysis are the same and we have the levels to prove associations in many areas.

By VA and DoD denying and stalling these issues, not only are they minimizing the government impact but also they are denying many disabled Veterans their state’s rights to State Benefits for service connected Veterans and their families.

Please pass this on to your Internet Groups and lets show a measure of support for Congressman Filner’s efforts on our behalf. In addition, the damaged group members out there please send in a letter.

Some of the ones I know of:

Nuclear testing

LSD testing

Edgewood Arsenal testing

SHAD testing

Project 112 testing

Vietnam Toxic Chemical Warfare

Gulf War Issues Group

You widows this would be especially poignant for you to send in your thoughts. Lord knows you know the pain of denial and stalling.

Yes, I know it is easy to send e-mail but so many have told me it just clogs up the system. Of course, it is not as personal either.

Unlike some of our leaders of federal agencies who are appointed for 15 years or so like the Comptroller, that at least gives some measure of independence from the White House. VA and DoD operate at the behest and beckoning of our Presidents and White House philosophy of minimizing as opposed to truth and have no measure of independence, as we have seen time and time again.

If Congress is not going to police the DoD and the VA as they have recently with the Attorney General’s Office then we must have someone who is accountable as an elected office, not someone who works as a less than truthful White House appointee and the entire agency he or she controls; along with totally biased and anti-veteran processes used.

As I said, I do not ask for much in our efforts but please send in a letter to:

Congressman Bob Filner

House Veterans Affairs Committee

U.S. House of Representatives

2428 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

ATTN: Veterans Advocate

Ms. Sharon Schultze

If you running copies to send then please send to the Senate at:

Senator Daniel Akaka

Democratic Chairmen

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510

I would add on the outside the subject letter envelope: "Presumptive Disorders"

I would also recommend that since you are running copies at the bottom of the letter you put “copies to:"

Then send to your congressperson and your two state senators. Let them know you support Congressman Filner’s Actions as they sit by the way side, in some cases for decades. If you do not know the mailing addresses of your elected officials, the internet will provide them for you.

Thanks in advance,

Kelley

I mailed the IOM presumptive review to the two commissioners yesterday and will more than likely be able to get the IOM review in the mail today to IOM Dr.'s Paxton and Bodurow, as well as Ms. Schultze out of Congressman Filner's Office.