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This is flying under the radar

Those who put their lives in danger for their country deserve far more than they get.
This angers me greatly but, sadly, comes as no surprise. There are many within the VA system who truly care about the patients and try very hard to do right by them, but a toxic administration drives many of them away.

Government software projects suck. Always. It's like a rule. And why ?

I have a friend that worked as a project manager for a Beltway Bandit. The rules were INSANE.

Company #1 is the program manager
Company #2 is the prime contractor
Company #4 is the QA people
Company #5 is doing the actual software development
Company #6 (offshore) is doing most of the work as a subcontractor to Company #5.

All companies are not allowed to communicate without oversight from the responsible agency. This means that some junior officer is in charge of that. Because the senior officers known its a dog's breakfast and don't want anything to do with it.

We've been shafting vets since the Revolution. Post WWII we got better at it, but the tendency to ignore them is real and we'll go right back to that if we are not careful.

The President likes vets who weren't injured.

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The President likes vets who weren't injured.

Winners don't get injured. Buncha losers.

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The President likes vets who weren't injured.

We refer to him as "Cadet Bone Spurs" in these discussions.

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The President likes vets who weren't injured.

I just stole this to add to my copy and paste retorts file.

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