[Magdalen] Where are we

[Jay Weigel]

This is not a conspiracy theory. It is fact. The current administration,
aided by a Republican Senate, has been doing its best to privatize a number
of government agencies, among them the VA and the Postal Service. It is
fairly well known that the current president, whose term (TBTG) will be
upin two weeks and a half a day, has had a "shadow VA" made up of three
wealthy donors who are actually running the agency and gumming up the
works. It may take a long time to straighten out what they have done to it.
And let's pray for a double Democratic victory in Georgia today.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:29 AM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I hope so.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:56 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > Dan, this could be an unusual conspiracy theory - one that has a basis
> > in fact. Hopefully things will start returning to normal in a couple of
> > weeks, or as soon after that as the administration can change the policy.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 05/01/2021 03:40, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I am so sorry for all the hoops you have to jump through to get
> treated,
> > >>
> > > I hope I am only harboring a conspiracy.theory. Treatment at the VA
> used
> > to
> > > be very easy and always dependable.
> > >
> > > BUT - I do appreciate all the prayers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Dan.  You are in my prayers.
> > >> Ginga
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:57 PM P. Dan Brittain <
> pdan.brittain at gmail.com
> > >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Good to see so many still here. Most remember that I don't write a
> lot;
> > >>> that hasn't changed.
> > >>>
> > >>> I'll go ahead and request a prayer pat.
> > >>>
> > >>> Some might remember that about 4 years ago, I was having an MRI to
> get
> > >>> ready for a hernia repair. The MRI team found cysts on my pancreas,
> so
> > an
> > >>> endoscopy was ordered on that before they looked at the hernia. We
> > drove
> > >> to
> > >>> Little Rock (c. 3 hours). Had lab work done the afternoon before and
> > the
> > >>> endoscopy the next day.The cysts were benign, though there were a lot
> > of
> > >>> them. So ever since that event, I have had a follow up MRI every 6
> > >> months.
> > >>> All of those have been normal until last week.
> > >>>
> > >>> Here's where it gets weird. I was referred to a local surgeon's
> office
> > >> for
> > >>> the procedure. Someone didn't call first - this office doesn't do
> that
> > >>> procedure. So I called the main VA for our area (Fayetteville).The
> > nurse
> > >>> seemed determined to find a non-VA facility to do the procedure. I
> told
> > >> her
> > >>> that the last one had been done at McClellan VA in Little Rock and
> > that I
> > >>> did not object to going back there again.
> > >>>
> > >>> I have never been a fan of Wilkie - the relatively new head of the
> VA,
> > >> who
> > >>> has been trying to civilianize everything he can. I think this is all
> > >> part
> > >>> of his community services scam (defund and do away with the VA).
> > >>>
> > >>> She was not the contact for my team, she said she would talk with
> them
> > >>> tomorrow - hopefully I can get to a VA facility where they care about
> > the
> > >>> Vet.
> > >>>
> > >>> Sorry for the long rant. Hope all is well with everyone.
> > >>>
> > >>> d
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> P. Dan Brittain
> > >>> Harrison, Arkansas
> > >>>
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> > >
> >
> >
>
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> P. Dan Brittain
> Harrison, Arkansas
>
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