Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 11, 2009

Yay, Toggle and Alex!

What I am wondering is if his speech has caught up to his hands.

So, he’s into quoting Monty Python.

Well, Alex, if you’d have a look at his thought balloon, you’d know like the rest of us…

…wait…

wndrwrthg says:

So, he’s into quoting Monty Python.

Bring out your dead!!

Maybe, “I’m not dead yet!”

GEE1A says: I told ya, she’d be better for him than any VA!.. GEE!A, a faceplant on the pavement is better for someone, than any VA facility. People die in those places, Man!

JonD17, one exception (in Toggle’s case) is his mum, who is much worse than VA.

(oops, nevermind, I guess they were the ones who released him to mum in the first place….)

JonD17 – people die in ANY hospital. My mother died in a hospital, as did my wife. The VA’s problems stem from the fact that you have too many non-Vets setting policy for how Vets are treated. Many of my uncles, cousins, and older friends were “invited” by our country to fight in wars – my father included – and I volunteered. Spent 4 years in the Marines. But, when I go to the VA, I’m often dealing with someone who has not served.

But – the VA has also helped me out a lot. As a disabled Vet, they helped retrain me into the job I have now, and they advocate for me as well.

Don’t blame the VA. Blame the higher level administrators who forget who they are responsible for.

“The thought is father to the deed.”

Toggle IS getting better thanks to Alex. Well done, Garry.

How can you tell? ‘Cause I thought it and I said it.

Right on DBjorn! I’ve got nothing but good to say about the VA, they’ve taken good care of me and mine.