Comments on: Veteran Organization Profile: Veterans For Peace

By: Jon Holt

Jon Holt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:09:15 +0000

Thanks for the information. Go Navy!!

By: Jed Stevens

Jed Stevens — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:29:51 +0000

Great post, are you kidding? Go Army.

By: Roland Van Deusen

Roland Van Deusen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:38:29 +0000

UPDATE on Veterans For Peace - we hit over 54,000 free phone cards to VA hospital patients over the past year, also aided Agent Orange victims, helped North Country chapter area vets get much-enhanced property tax exemptions, and are currently discussing with the Central NY Chapter of the NY Civil Liberties Union, how we can help hospitalized vets at the Syracuse VA Hospital register to vote, despite nationwide Veterans Administration policy of denying access to this for its patients.
A member of our national board has mde 12 trips to Vietnam to help build medical clinics, and the Asheville, NC Chapter has bought modern body armor on EBay to send to NC Guard unit sent to Iraq with WWII equipment, and organized a blood drive. We honor warriors, not war.

By: Roland Van Deusen

Roland Van Deusen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:37:33 +0000

Can anyone help with this project? GOOGLE “Voter registration in VA hospitals & you’ll be horrified. MSNBC, ARMY TIMES, VETERANS TODAY Magazine, and a Senatorial letter to VA, all confirm that VA is doing everything to deny their hospital patients access to voter registration!!
We need to get this info loud & clear out to the mass corporate media so thousands of veterans won’t be disenfranchised by not registering before October 10th. The VA might cave under massive pressure. I’m talking w/the Central NY chapter of the Civil Liberties Union, about getting arrested in the lobby of the Syracuse VA hospital for the “crime” of possessing w/intent to distribute, voter registration forms, pens & postage.
If the CNYCLU arranged sufficient media coverage and defended me, this might get settled in a court of law, forcing the VA’s hand. RSVP to this site w/improved ideas on this for me, spread the word any way you can.