Fellow Veterans and Friends of Veterans, I did not attend the VA’s surrender of the National Veterans Home yesterday to the powerful non-Veteran entities. It would have been too painful to watch these criminals in action while VA police officers stood by with their hands in their pockets rather than on their weapons and making legal arrests for the biggest land-fraud … Read More
Another Fine Mess You Have Made
[Jan. 26, 2016, Letter to Vincent Kane, Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald, Dept. of Veterans Affairs] Good morning, Mr. Kane, Mark Twain famously said, “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” With no disrespect toward the late and great Laurel and Hardy team, their legendary slapstick comedy lives on today under the name of” Cam and Vince.” Center stage is … Read More
A Red Flag? New Flags at VA
[Jan. 19, 2016 – Vincent Kane, Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald, Dept. of Veterans Affairs] Good morning, Mr. Kane, It has been reported that the reason you finally arranged to get new American flags at the front entryway of the Los Angeles VA is because today U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fl) is paying a visit. As we know, Congressman Miller is Chairman responsible … Read More
How Can You Live with Yourselves?
[ Jan. 8, 2016 – Letter to Vincent Kane, Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald, Dept. of Veterans Affairs.] Good morning, Mr. Kane: Beginning on March 9, 2008, the Old Veterans Guard led a peaceful protest that initiated two ACLU lawsuits against VA officials. The result was two federal judgments. One was for violating my Constitutional right to free speech when we displayed … Read More
Down to Closing Day
Dec. 30, 2015 Vincent Kane Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald Dept. of Veterans Affairs Good morning, Mr. Kane, It is cold and damp in our nation’s capital for homeless Veterans. Nearly a year ago, you promised “We the People” that there would not be any homeless Veterans in Los Angeles after tomorrow, But there are more homeless Veterans now than when … Read More
This Is Getting Personal
Dec. 28, 2015 Vincent Kane Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald Dept. of Veterans Affairs Good morning, Mr. Kane: The anti-Veteran and anti-American executive leadership of VA Central Planning in Los Angeles has fraudulently, egregiously declared that when the Old Veterans Guard displays American flags on the outside of the VA fence during their Sunday afternoon rallies, it is an “Emergency Heads Up – Alert … Read More
Flagging the Story of a Patriot
Dec. 21, 2015 Vincent Kane Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald Dept. of Veterans Affairs Good morning, Mr. Kane, A fellow member of the Old Veterans Guard recently sent me this video: “One Life, One Flag, One Mile” https://www.youtube.com/embed/GJokaiyJNVA This is about Mike Ehredt, a grateful American patriot who made an amazing personal sacrifice and tribute to 6,550 fallen U.S. … Read More
Ooops. Sorry. Wrong Number.
[Dec. 16, 2015 – Letter to Vincent Kane, Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald, Dept. of Veterans Affairs] Good morning, Mr. Kane, Late yesterday, a fellow Veteran sent me a news email with a subject title “Homelessness Chief Resigns.” My reaction was that you finally had done the honorable thing and resigned from your “homeless expert” anointment by Secretary McDonald whereby you promised … Read More
When Veterans Became the Punch Line
[Dec. 9, 2015. Letter to Vincent Kane, Special Assistant to Secretary Robert A. McDonald, Dept. of Veterans Affairs.] Good morning, Mr. Kane, The fraudulent settlement agreement that your boss, VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald, and his good friends — non-Veteran attorneys Bobby Shriver and Ron Olson — manipulated behind closed doors on behalf of the wealthy is a joke. Thousands of homeless Veterans … Read More
Chief of Police or Mischief?
Fellow Americans, The Old Veterans Guard is not an elderly junior varsity protest team. It has been elevated to varsity status, apparently a sthreat to the VA bureaucrats. While President Obama has yet to declare ISIS a major terrorist threat, the Los Angeles VA “leadership” has now declared a “VHA GLA emergency heads-up notification” because we hung the American flag on the … Read More