does our president have any credibility

Does our President have any credibility in lecturing business on "keeping promises?

He forgets military retirees were promised and earned lifetime medical which is denied

President Bush made the following statement 05 December 2005 while speaking to a business gathering in North Carolina.

"My message to corporate America is you need to fulfill your promises." "When you say to a worker, "This is what they're going to get when they retire, you better put enough money in the account to make sure the worker gets that what you said."

"So Congress needs to straighten up these rules," "And I'm not going to sign a bill that weakens pension funding for the American workers," Bush said.

Here's what President Bush said in a pre-inaugural address on 19 January 2001:

"In order to make sure that morale is high with those who wear the uniform today, we must keep our commitment to those who wore the uniform in the past.... We will make sure promises made to our veterans will be promises kept."

How about Mr. President, are you going to tell Congress to straighten out the rules and honor the commitments made to military retirees? Oh you say, that costs too much...the lives and bodily destruction, widows sacrifice and orphans impact does not measure up to workers promises? Is that the message America is sending it's warriors?

President Bush's remarks to the business community on keeping promises must rank with the most hypocritical, disingenuous, cruel, and insensitive statements ever to leave either side of a politicians mouth.

Does the President, his advisors, and writers have any idea the message he sends to members of the military community, past and present? How can a national leader ignore and yes, actively oppose promised and earned medical care to those that leave life, blood, and body parts on the battlefield in protecting freedom?

Recruits were promised by their own government that if they served a career of 20 years or more in military service, then they and their dependants would receive life-time, government funded health care upon retirement. But while these career soldiers put their lives on the line for our country, the government has not kept its end of the contract.

I want to take liberty with President Bush's statement today and substitute one word. Here is the way it would read and it's what the government said for decades:

"My message to America is you need to fulfill your promises." "When you say to a warrior, "This is what they're going to get when they retire, you better put enough money in the account to make sure the warrior gets that what you said."

Mr. President, you take a step forward and shoot yourself in both feet...you want corporate America to keep it's promises to workers but you and the Republican Congress deny WWII/Korea era military retirees their promised and earned medical care.

We must be in the season of "political swarms" like termites....we have politicians admitting bribery, others crashing the morale of our troops, uplifting the enemy, making hypocritical statements, and it's all tied to "personal selfish advantage"...integrity is of the past.

Why does a warrior or widow have to beg and fight his/her own government for promised and earned compensation? God help us.

Mr. President, warriors are not asking for special favors...just their due.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret

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Does our President have any credibility in lecturing business on "keeping promises?

President Bush is a hypocrite, and has done nothing for the military retiree but SCREW us. I feel sorry for those in uniform today because I know the thanks they will get when they retire. I am writing letters to the editor against military recruiters in school because of the LIES they told me and millions of other military retiree's. If they want recruits let them bring back the draft with no draft dogging loop holes, everyone is eligible.

Phil Conrad MSGT USAF (retired) 914 Alison Ave. Mechanicsburg, PA. 17055

Dear Brother George My President,

I heard through another man who attended Crown College in Tennessee that the President of that Christian College not only knows you personally, but that he knows that George W.Bush has been Born Again. I only know for sure of one person that is saved, and that person is me. I do not deserve God's love, but He loved me long before I loved Him. I pray often for you for God to give you the Grace to stand up and tell this world WHO GOD is, that His name Is JESUS CHRIST. Soon you will loose the chance to stand up as President Of The United States and let everyone know from your lips, that Jesus is Lord, and GOD. Please do not fail.

I am a retired Navy Senior Chief, and also ask you to remember the promises made to we who served long long months away from home, away from our Wives and Children,to carry out the missions that both you and other Presidents sent us on. We did our part, and now eighteen years after retirement I find myself as my fellow other service retirees,just getting by.

I will continue to pray for you because I believe in you, but more than that, I am commanded by my Lord and God to pray for you.

May God burden your heart for this great country and people. May He give you much grace in doing so. Anchored IN The Precious Blood of CHRIST JESUS, Chauncey M. Freeman,SCPO,USN,RETIRED

Have said this before, What Politicians say to the Warriors has never repeat never been truthful or backed up by action. They may be honest when they start their career but it only lasts until they get to Washington's House of corruption. Clyde Strout

Dear Mr. President, Research reveals the following: On December 5, 2005 before a business group in North Carolina you stated "...This is what they are going to get when they retire...". In a pre-inaugural address on January 19, 2001 you said "...we must keep our commitment to those who
wore the uniform in the past...". How about it Mr. President, are you going to tell Congress to straighten out the rules and honor the commitments made to military retirees? HR-602 and S-407 are still bogged down in Committees. The House and Senate senior members will not release them for action. Your inaction toward meaningful legislation for we retirees is about as hypocritical and insensitive as any statement to leave either side of a politicians" mouth. Which face do you shave in
the morning? Respectfully, Albert N. Hartzel YNC, USN (ret.).

Mr. President: You made a statement the other day...I have replaced the word warrior in the place you had "worker" ...would you be willing to make the following statement?

Mr. President, you take a step forward and shoot yourself in both feet...you want corporate America to keep it's promises to workers but you and the Republican Congress deny WWII and Korea era military retirees their promised and earned medical care.

Why does a warrior or widow have to beg and fight his/her own government for promised and earned compensation? God help us.

Mr. President, warriors are not asking for special favors...just their due.

I am a widow of a 100% service-connected Air Force Sr. Master Sgt. He died in January 2003 because of those service-connected disabilities. He had paid for survivor benefits for me and when he died, the government took that money away from me. My income has been drastically reduced because of this. You can fix this! It is up to you to do the right thing for our military as soon as possible.

Freda Schroeppel, Widow of one of America's warriors

I listened to a bit of his speech yesterday, and I must admit I had to change channels. He actually sounds like a whiner. He is so dishonest he has to read a sheet of paper, spurt out a few words, and
then flip to another page as he looks out at the (usually a very rigged) audience). I can no longer endure the pain of listening to his deceptive speeches delivered in such a childish fashion.

Bill

I too heard and saw that fornicating display of arrogance!! Or,....... Is it he's so stupid as to think nobody is really listening? Andy

I have all the respect in the world for the OFFICE of the President of the United States. What I don't have is any respect for the current occupant of the oval office.
Bush like all politicians, talks out of both sides of this face at the same time. He and Congress can talk the talk but they can't even begin to crawl when it comes to keep promises made and for Congress this goes back 4 decades. No Congress has no shame about the way they have treated us. In fact I think some of them privately gloat over how they have screwed us over over the decades. Over 56,000 "Brown Bag" letters sent to Congress only to be ignored. My Senators, Mikulski and Sarbanes both Democrats both steadfastly refused to sign on as co sponsors to S407. That should tell you something about the mental attitude of the Senate toward us.
AC Pilger

Harry,

I listened to part of the subject speech and heard Bush's advice to corporations to ensure that the

pensions were funded and promises kept to their workers. It occurred to me at that time that he

should follow his own advice with regard to our military retirees. You've said it for all of us!

Keith

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