In the course of my
travels inside this national
Veterans arena, it has come
to my attention that Veterans
don't seem to have a clue
about how to put on an
organized protest against
this great VA murder factory
that we are all caught up in.

We still have delusional
dreamers out there who
think that by becoming
a podium star, complete
with smiley faces, polite
speech, looking pretty,
and saying what the nut
farm wants to hear, that
THIS is what it takes to
make change.

News Flash: It doesn't.
It's a new day, times
have changed, and old
ways are proven to not
work.

There are still some
self-absorbed "control
Nazi's" who like to
throw adjectives your
way such as "be professional"
[ whatever THAT means ]
which history has taught
all of us, really means to
look and sound cosmetically
pleasing while at the same
time accomplishing nothing.

So for those who are
brain dead or otherwise
not from the 70's and
haven't got a clue about
to force change in the
VA Monkey Squad arena,
then let me just get
all of you beginners
started on a list of 10
techniques in today's
modern society to force
the VA into change whether
they want to or not.

By all means print this
list out and take it
with you until you have
all of the techniques
mastered on your own.

1. Show up at VA public
hearings in a large group.
Take the seating chairs
and turn them around
backwards. Sit through the
entire hearing with your
backs to the VA panel
or commission.

2. Organize in large groups
to speak at Public Comment
periods at all VA public
hearings, or at the House
or Senate. If the time limit
is too short to do a full
speech at the Public Comment
period, then work in tandem
teams. Let the first person
start the speech; let the
second person do the middle
of the speech; and then let
the third person end the
speech. Or do 5 minute mini
speeches one after another.

3. When doing a protest speech,
stop smiling at them, stop
being overly polite, and stop
making podium speeches to
please THEM. Instead, use
blunt language (without
swearing), refer to them
as killers and torturers,
and then immediately leave
when you are done.Don't
grace them with your airspace
and medical patients are
not required to be "professional".

4. Conduct email drives
once a month on rotating
advocacy issues at different
address destinations.

5. Boycott all workshops,
conferences, and social events
at the VA buildings around
the country.

6. Attend annual conventions
at the VSO's and when the
keynote speaker comes out,
do a shoutdown for the first
full 5 minutes not letting
the speaker start. OR
everyone stand up and leave
their seats and step out
in the lobby until the speaker
is done, then return to your
seats.

7. Boycott memberships to
VSO's and tell them you
are leaving becaues of their
lack of competent representation
for Veterans Rights.

8. Stop supporting "pretender"
advocates who are more
about making their own 2nd
careers in the system instead
of doing what it takes to
win victories for Veterans
Rights.

9. Support protest groups
instead of advocacy groups.
The 2 are not the same
and there is a difference.

10. Only vote for candidates
who have a proven track
record of bucking the system
to do what's right; or has
a strong showing in law
enforcement or human rights.

Hopefully this list will
help get the Vet MoJo
going with the potato
heads who can't seem
to figure this out on
their own.

Good luck, and happy
protesting!!

Another way that we can show our disdain for how we are treated is not support Memorial Day and Veterans' Parades. When we are to Pledge Allegiance to the flag, do it but do with your back turned to the flag. That should raise eyebrows quickly. Just stop supporting any thing sponsored by this nation until they get the message and stop doing anything that they want.

i am all for writing letters to the V.A.in Washington, what is the address. My husband is service connect agent orange, but they reduced him from 100% to 20% i don't think that is right to take it away once they give it to you. I need that 100% for my future, my husband could die anytime and I will have nothing, I know their are alot of veterans and their wives going through the same thing. I know one man who fought for his 100% for 10 years. You already fought the war, you should not have to fight for your disability check.

Email drives which are front
ended where they know it is
coming on a specific issue
can be effective in certain
pockets of places.

The VA agency could care less
about email drives, but then
the Veterans Disability Commission
does care and keep a headcount.

Blind congressional email drives
don't seem to work, but if you
have an Advocates relationship
with the Committee staffers,
then your emails do get loaded
in with consideration.

The point of my Blog is to make
you all aware that we really
do have to stop smiling in
their faces and rubber stamp
all that they do, and start
showing ourselves in the
spirit of "consequences" if
they don't listen to us in
the future.


Sue Frasier, VFJ Blogger

well, let me put my 2 cents worth in on this topic. I have written email's and I have written letters, and neither work.

The email's, they just delete, and they crumble the letter's up and send them flying into the nearest waste basket.

letter's and email's only come in handy after the fact; example the Mark Foley scandel.

And word's, without action; are just word's.
Mr. Martin Luthure King knew that it would take more than just talking about civil rights, equality, fairness, and justice.

He knew that the words that he spoke would fall on death ear's; he knew it would take more to bring about change.

Mr. King, in a sense; gave his word's "ACTION/ A MOVEMENT". This is what it will take, we can talk about it, we can write letters, and we can write emails, but until we give our words "ACTION"; they too, will fall on death ears.

Lady, who is it that is telling
you that we don't write letters
to Washington???

We do email drives by the truckload.

We have been in this arena a long
time so I think we pretty much
know what works and what doesn't.

Take care.


Sue Frasier, blog author

i do not agree with the best way to handle va the best way is get every verertan write just one lettet to va in washington lets get these letters there on may first if we do this they will get the message thousands of letters will hit washington may 1 we can then demand a full investation on all vas another thing we will demand only vererans can work for va veterans helping veterans is the only way to go we must stick togetor get the letters out on my 1 this is th only way to go please support this remenber the wheel that squis gert the greast