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“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is
the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can
help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of
leadership.”
― Colin Powell
― Colin Powell
This weekend I attended the Great Lakes Prepper
Expo and wound up speaking with several fellow former military vets and current
law enforcement who served in the second Gulf War. All of us lamented how few politicians,
including our current president or former president Clinton had ever served or
how none of us believe Mrs. Clinton capable of leading the military based on
her poor record as Secretary of State or her mis-handling of Benghazi.
Ironically,
an examination of Congress shows very few of them ever served in the military
but ironically, they love to cut benefits and pay for our military while
increasing their own and all of us agreed that it is a national disgrace
this country seems to have a need for so many charities aimed at assisting
wounded veterans while our VA hospitals seem to be the subject of so many
scandals and vets have to wait for care.
Under Obama’s
watch [our incompetent-in-chief as everyone called him that day], more than 300
of our top military commanders have been forced out…including U.S. Army
General David Petraeus. Yet, Mrs. Clinton remains unindicted for
essentially the same ‘crime.” How does
this happen?
Over the
years the Poor Man has supported veterans in many ways including offering volunteer
programs that taught returning vets how to start their own business through the
state of Ohio and various colleges, donating and supporting various charities
and more…here’s one I’d like to share today.
It’s called HirePatriots.com
Finding a
new job isn’t easy, especially one that pays a decent wage. Tori and Mark Baird founded this group to
help vets get back on their feet. After
being approached by a returning, out-of-work vet seeking handyman work in order
to get his utilities turned back on, they gave him the $100 this man needed.
Mark, a
pastor who had spent 30 years counseling veterans knew a lot of struggling
vets. He and his wife lived near Camp
Pendleton and saw how many of their military neighbors had to rely on food
stamps and assistance to get by.
Their
mission became Patriotic Heart’s HIRE PATRIOTS and they’ve filled more than
100,00 jobs to help vets and active duty military families make ends meet…something
our politicians have failed to do.
There are
other organizations helping vets and probably some in your own neighborhood…you
might check with AMVETS, your local VA, SoldiersAngels.org, CoupsForTroops.com,
WoundedWarriorsProject, the FisherHouse.Org [they help provide free travel for
vets & military families].
I still
donate 25% of my How to Escape the Rat Race CD ROM sales to various vet groups
via the colleges I once taught at so if you can find a use for some of the
items we sell at our ecommerce site, that’s appreciated too…
Yours for
better living,
Bruce the
Poor Man’
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even the practical…
2 comments:
Nice post-nice people and it is a shame how few of our so-called leaders have ever served [except themselves & their corporate masters].
Thank you sooo much for this post! We have vets and active duty military in both our families. And we help out as many legitimate charities as we can. And hopefully they can straighten out this mess with the VA hospitals...and get them everything they have shed sweat and blood for. It's shameful. :(
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