On 09 Oct 97 17:03, Andy Baracco wrote:
 AB> However, in this matter, I know of
 AB> what I speak, because I work in the
 AB> program in question. I would not be so
I work for the Federal government, specifically, as a systems 
programmer for the Bonneville Power Administration, part of the 
Department of Energy.  I would certainly not be so presumptuous as 
to tell you that I know/knew about all BPA policies or could 
interpret them all.  The BPA Administrator does not use me as one 
of his advisors! (grin)  So from the outside, it would appear to 
me just as likely that the VA would keep its employees in the dark 
about its plans as that employees would be in the know.  Please 
understand that I do not know whether this is the case in this 
instance.  However, I should say that mr. Gashel has had a pretty 
good track record over the years.
 AB> irresponsable as to post on
 AB> something unless I did the appropriate
 AB> research first. I have the greatest
 AB> respect for Mr. Gashel, but he is
 AB> human, and humans are wrong sometimes,
 AB> and this time, he is wrong. I believe
Is that sorta like Brutus being an honorable man?
 AB> that he has misinterpreted data that
 AB> was given to him, because he doesn't
 AB> have the knowledge necessary to
 AB> properly interpret it. Also, the term
Like Senator Sam, he can read English because Enlgish is his 
mother tongue!
 AB> "bed" is an accounting term. Persons
 AB> who sleep at a V. A. facility occupy a
 AB> bed, after all, we wouldn't want
 AB> them sleeping on the floor. These
 AB> expressions are never used in addressing
 AB> a particlar veteran, or in his or her
 AB> pressence. They are simply
 AB> accounting terms used by bean
 AB> counters. I am one who believes that the
I am not a veteran (unfortunately, the blind cannot serve in the 
military).  Therefore, I have not partaken of the VA's services.  
But I would venture the opinion that how VA employees think of 
their clients -- even if they have no contact with clients -- has 
a bearing upon the manner in which services are provided.  If 
nothing else, it bespeaks a certain atitude on the part of upper 
management.
Pax.
Mike Freeman
Internet: mikef@pacifier.com
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