Cornhole for the troops

“Army Spc. 4 Shannon Bucksath, a 1990 Reading High School graduate, left Oct. 13 for Iraq. He's stationed at Camp Navistar on the Iraq-Kuwait border, where he's part of the 383rd Movement Control Team that moves convoys.

"We had a going-away party for him and we were playing cornhole," said his dad, Donald Bucksath. "He really liked playing cornhole."

Bucksath decided to make sure his son could continue to share the fun with other soldiers.
[...]
"We're doing this because you know how they have free time and it's really boring for them sometimes," the 10-year-old fifth-grader said. "We're doing this to show them we care about them and so they have activities."
[...]
"When the soldiers have time off, they can play these games," said Elliott, a 9-year-old Hilltop fourth-grader. "When we send letters to them, they'll maybe send letters back."

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/NEWS0102/601020321/1058/NEWS01”

“It's a Redneck Nation, baby!!”

“WTF? I had a whole other version in mind....”

““Bad news private. It’s your turn to be in the barrel.””

“And here you thought the whole country was laughing at you Montanians for having ball-eating festivals, aero.

Apparently cornhole is real big in Cincinnati.
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“That's where it was invented. So yes, cornholing is an Ohio sport. That and government corruption.”

“that's the high school i graduated at.

i got beer can holders for christmas for playing cornhole. it's a post you stick in the ground and has the holders on the top. cornhole has pretty much replaced horseshoes around here.”

“So what is a person looking for when they google cornhole? Violink, what a fag.”

“rules and standards: http://www.cornholegame.org/standardsandrules.php”

“good question bacpac”

“I'm happily married to a beautiful woman.

You bacpac?”

“I don't know, I'm I the only one with a real problem with the name of that game?”

“Um...cornhole? Seriously?”

“Violink, Lots of married men are homo's.

But you knew that.”

“Violin, don't him talk you into anything.”

“Wasn't the gloryhole invented in New Jersey?”

“Well he is any man's idea of a dreamboat...”

“I'm happily married to a beautiful woman.

Let us be the judge of that - post pics of your wife.
last edited: 1/03/06 4:09:25 PM”

“...and your cornhole boyfriend.”

“You guys need to give Violin a break. He's contributing to this site as he can, by posting his BS#@%$@# about cornholing, political rumours, gossip & related &^#$# that's worth absoslutely nothing.

BUT... that's all he knows!! SO, he's doing his best to contribute in his own way... HOW DARE YOU GIVE HIM A HARD TIME! You guys are elitist a$$holes by expecting him to post something about a subject such as "backpacking", JUST BECAUSE YOU think it's an important subject on a backpacking board.

You people suck for thinking that Violion can't corrupt this board & post his drivil. EVERYONE in America deserves a free shot... even the clueless!”

“See, V-man, you think we're enemies, but I support you in your efforts to bore people to death!

I think you owe me an apology!”

“And, Oh, by the way... why isn't this "fuego"? Why are you posting your $#$^ on a board the rest of us care about?”

“Is it religion or politics, schmuck?”

“Oohhhhh. Good come back. Where'd ya get that one? The NYTimes? Salon.org? Enquirer?”

“Republicans hate our troops' greiving families. But is this really a surprise?
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“Back where I come from from cornhole was not a game...it was a lifestyle.”

“I believe in first amendment rights, but all funerals should be off limits to protestors & paparazzi (or anyone not invited by the grieving family including politicians)”

“They have been on the local news protesting at Ft. Campbell. Makes me want to plow the lot of them with my truck. I've never seen such angry people.”

“I don't think this is a GOP/DEM thing but a bunch of #&%!$s, pretending to be a religious org., that should be beaten severely.”

“Aaahhh, flagellation.”

“http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/33475,3.php
Already covered this morning.
I guess a genius can't be bothered to read more than ten posts down, LOL.
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“theese cornholes should not be protesting the families, but the cause of all this---BUSH.”

“you must be a homosexual if you want to be protesting Bush.”

“Boy it has to suck to be on the left. For eight beautiful years you had control. Yes and like the spoiled "debris generation" you are you avoided confronting the problem. Now someone has to pay. Like the Greatest Generation, this generation has to pay for years of neglect of the rising Fascist dominions. IN the 1930's it was Nazisim and Japanese Fascisim, today it is Islamofascisim. LOL....the difference is in 1941 the Japanese attacked military targets.IN 2001 it was primarily civilian targets. And the sad fact that we are winning BIG TIME and Slick can't claim responsibility (LOL). Poor little socialist leftists. You got the media, the libs and mods in Congress...but you are still losing.”

“XL400236, does the company you work for conduct random sampling drug testing?”

“There's something random about that rant.”

“I thought all the drug testing took place at your house, nimble.... ;p”

“Let's not forget about Il Duce!!

He said that, "Fascism should more properly be called CORPORATISM since it is a merging of corporate power and state power."

We are sure as hell seing a rise in CORPORATISM here in America.

Musolini would be proud of Dubya & Company!!”

“LOL...the first response is a personal attack...Love it. Keep up that policy guys...YEARRRRGH”

“These people are pieces of human offal and they should be ashamed of themselves. But they have the right to free speech. I don’t like the idea of Nazis marching through our streets but they do have the right to expression. Free speech, people only love it and defend it when it’s their voice being raised.”

“WASHINGTON (AP) -- Money woes and Pentagon neglect are to blame for shoddy outpatient conditions and bureaucratic delays at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, an independent review has concluded.

The blistering report called for major changes in troop care and cautioned that problems probably extend to Army hospitals around the country. (Read a draft of the report (PDF))

"The American ethic is that America always takes care of its wounded," said John O. "Jack" Marsh, Army secretary during the Reagan administration and co-chairman of the review. "We must make certain that America continues that ethic."

Co-chairman Togo D. West, secretary of the Army and Veterans Affairs under President Clinton, blasted the Pentagon's "virtually incomprehensible" inattention to maintenance at Walter Reed as well as an "almost palpable disdain" for troop care.

"Although Walter Reed's rich tradition remains to this day unchallenged, its high reputation has not been maintained," he said.

The investigation, ordered two months ago by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, is the first Pentagon review since the disclosure of problems at Walter Reed, one of the premier facilities for treating those wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Citing lapses in leadership and oversight as main reasons for the problems, the nine-member independent group concluded that the Defense Department was, or should have been, aware of the widespread problems but neglected them because they knew Walter Reed was slated for eventual closure.

In addition, the Pentagon made problems worse by ordering a hold-down on costs and expenses -- dubbed "efficiency wedges" -- even as Walter Reed began experiencing an influx of thousands of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

"Leadership at Walter Reed should have been aware of poor living conditions and administrative hurdles and failed to place proper priority on solutions," according to the report draft released Wednesday.

The report said the Pentagon was ill-prepared to deal with growing numbers of troops suffering from traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

While making clear the problems lie with outpatient treatment, the report also faulted the Army's complex disability ratings, which critics contend are manipulated to limit disability compensation to wounded soldiers. That issue is to be the subject of a joint hearing Thursday of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans Affairs committees.

The review group, made up of former military officials and lawmakers, called for an overhaul of the disability ratings system.

It said the Pentagon should establish a new "center of excellence" in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs that would be geared specifically for brain injury and post-traumatic stress cases, calling the U.S. "behind the curve" in its treatment.

And it urged a separate review to determine whether overworked Walter Reed staff are being adequately paid, noting that many wounded soldiers are being left to fend for themselves in navigating a complicated bureaucracy.

Regarding Pentagon neglect, the group also urged the quick release of money to facilitate construction of a new Walter Reed center. The Army facility is expected to merge in 2011 with the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where a $2 billion expansion is being planned after a recommendation by a federal commission in 2005.

Following disclosures of shoddy conditions in February, Gates ordered the review and warned that senior military leaders could be disciplined based on the findings. Since then, three high-level Pentagon officials have been forced to step down, including Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman and Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, both former commanders of Walter Reed, as well as former Army Secretary Francis Harvey.

Responding to the report's findings, Maj. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, the new commander of Walter Reed, said the Army was aggressively looking into the growing number of cases of brain injury and was working to fix problems.

"We will not rest until these problems are solved," Schoomaker told the review group at a public hearing.

Top Army officials also have acknowledged many problems, including a confusing disability ratings system, as well as possible funding shortages that until recently the Army had denied were a factor affecting the care of wounded soldiers.

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody has said that officials have added caseworkers, financial specialists and others to work with soldiers' families on problems they have related to the injuries such as getting loans or help with income taxes.

A worldwide telephone hotline also has been established for soldiers having medical or family issues.

Bush has appointed a presidential commission chaired by former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kansas, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, a Democrat, to improve veterans care.

The commission holds its first public hearing Saturday and is to release recommendations by late July.


Bush is cornholing the troops yet again! Actually, besides substandard facilities and care, he's cornholin' them out of thier disablity payments as well. Notice how they cut the VA's budget. Maybe the VA would have enough money if the rich didn't get that huge tax cut!

Bush is a despicable human being.

So get out there my moderate and liberal friends.... send your congressman a letter, and do your part to keep young men and women from joining the military so they don't have to fight under this MORON!”

“BTW - "efficiency wedge" = money in the rich guy's pockets and a moldy rat infested room for you wounded soldier!”

“Poor care for vererans at VA facilities is not something new. It didn't start with the Bush administration (either Bush). I was in the Army a long time ago (Kennedy/Johnson). I knew when I got out that I should avoid going to a VA hospital if at all possible. Why has it just now become an issue? I don't know. Probably because most of us that served during Vietnam, would just as soon not dwell on it, since all the libbies and draft dodgers spit on us when they found out we served. Not pleasant memories.

On another line, Walter Reed was on the list of bases to be closed, so I would guess that no self respecting bureaucrat would ever suggest spending any money to fix it up (or maintain it) for fear that it would get in the press that money was being spent on fixing up a disposable base.

Just my 2 cents.”

“"Why has it just now become an issue?"

--noprob

Here is why it's an issue!

1. We always need to improve care for the troops.
2. Bush, the republicans, and morons like yourself keep spouting off about how you all support the troops, you put the lapels on your car, wear the flag, etc. Yet, when it comes down to it, thier care is "wedged"! Thier disablity pay is LOWERED! They go to war without the PROPER PROTECTIVE devices! AND IT"S UNDER YOUR WATCH ya flag waving patriot!

3.) Bush and the republican morons surround themselves with troops, the flag , etc., but every chance they get to do the right thing, they F-OVER the troops: longer tours, less leave, less care for the wounded, less armour, less benefits.


Hmmm, MAYBE THAT's WHY IT'S SUCH AN ISSUE DOUCHEBAG!”

“Not asking why it's an issue. I'm asking why it's an issue now instead of in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc.

You sure do have a persuasive way with words. I always look forward to seeing how elegently you express yourself.

DS”

“Now here is the truth Buddhahahahha bear....in that period of time 1992-2000 there were massive cuts in EVERYTHING military. Walter Reed was planning (using the limited amounts of money budgeted) for more amputation type injurys instead they have more Head and Spinal Trauma.

I love the libbies....in 1982 I remember hearing some libbie BEEYOTCH at the Univ So Carolina #&%!$ about the quality of some equipment they were providing the Officer trainees. LOL..her car had a Vote for Carter sticker.....”

“Soldiers make great props for Bush's photo ops. If he actually gave a damn about them, he'd get them the Hell out of there.

Maybe he can find that National Guard bunk down in Alabama and crawl back under it.”

“since all the libbies and draft dodgers spit on us when they found out we served

NoProb
3:27:01 PM
4/12/07

In 1998 sociologist and Vietnam veteran Jerry Lembcke published "The Spitting Image: Myth, Media and the Legacy of Viet Nam." He recounts a study of 495 news stories on returning veterans published from 1965 to 1971. That study shows only a handful (32) of instances were presented as in any way antagonistic to the soldiers. There were no instances of spitting on soldiers; what spitting was reported was done by citizens expressing displeasure with protesters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spitting_Image

so you were actually spit on?
...or saw someone spit on a soldier?
...or knew someone who was spit on?
...or heard about a guy who had a friend whose cousin was spit on?”

“so did you get a visit from the loogie man or not?”