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S. 1940, A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes (60 comments ↓)
S. 1940 would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.
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Agent Orange Legacy
October 30, 2009, 10:37am (report abuse)I am the founder of Agent Orange Legacy. Our primary mission is to create a permanent lobbying presence on Capitol Hill for the Children of Vietnam Veterans & Families of Veterans exposed to Agent Orange. I personally support this bill as I am sure do all of our members.
I have recently created an incomplete list of illnesses and birth defects reported to us by our members. I report that it is incomplete because we are still in the process of recording this information. Please take the time to review this list and consider accepting Testimony from our members as this bill begins it journey through Congress. You will find the list at our blog: http://agentorangelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/10/s1940-agent-orange-childrens-... />
If you are the child or grandchild of a Vietnam Veteran join us by visiting our website http://www.agentorangelegacy.us. Questions? Email us at aolegacy@gmail.com.
Sharon Perry
Agent Orange Legacy
Children of Vietnam Veterans
For Sharon
October 30, 2009, 3:53pm (report abuse)I see you have your blogspot site locked down so tight that no one can comment on anything posted there. I suppose that is your definition of discussing the question?
Agent Orange Legacy
October 30, 2009, 5:10pm (report abuse)Registered users can make comments but comments are not accepted on the memorials.
Sandra Meadows
October 30, 2009, 6:11pm (report abuse)My husband died of Agent Orange related diseases. He was unable to breathe on his own the last 8 months of his life. I have children and grandchildren who have learning disabilities we believe were caused by his exposure to Agent Orange. I also had a miscarriage in 1978. The doctor told us the baby girl was so physically deformed that she would have been put into an instition had she lived. No such deformity was known in either of our families. It is my belief that the deformity was caused by Agent Orange exposure.
Those Vietnam Veterans still living, and their families, and the families deserve to have a study conducted. They also deserve some compensation for the misery inflicted by the use of chemicals by our gov't. in Vietnam during that war.
Susan Hill
October 30, 2009, 8:49pm (report abuse)My husband died from esophageal cancer caused from his exposure to Agent Orange. I believe that my grandson's(paternal)various health problems could very well be the result of my husbands exposure. Please support this bill to direct that the VA request research on how agent orange effects the children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans. With the ongoing health problems experienced by children in Vietnam, this study should prove conclusively that agent orange does indeed alter receptors that do and could continue to affect decendents of Vietnam veterans for decades if not century's.
CRTAgain
(logged in user) October 30, 2009, 9:03pm (report abuse)And you think the idea that "you believe" something makes it even remotely possible. If that is true then "I believe you two are idiots." Perhaps that really is true, eh?
Perhaps those learning disabilities came from the other side of the family tree. Had you considered that as a possibility?
And this bill has nothing to do with giving anyone anything. It is about research. Let's keep on track here, just once.
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October 30, 2009, 9:39pm (report abuse)And you will note the distinct lack of other senators onbaord as sponsors.
Michael Alcayde
October 30, 2009, 10:55pm (report abuse)I would like to thank everyone who was so quick to say "NO". I only hope that you or one of your family members is ever affected by a bunch of idiots who could care less about what could help change my life or the future of both of my daughters. It has already taking the life of my father. Not only does it concern me and my daughters but thousands and thousands of other innocent people and family members that are left to deal with and or pick up the pieces of what our government should be held accountable for. Their is NO punishment great enough for them. They are cowards and they are liars. They know what they did and justice DAMN WELL SHOULD BE SERVED. I DID NOT ASK TO BE 38 YEARS OLD AND IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SPEND MY DAYS IN BED. Something has to be done. Come on Ms. Obahma, where is your support for all of the veterans children? Aren't you the one who is pledging to help the forgotten veterans? What about their innocent children and grandchildren? Who is going to help them?
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October 31, 2009, 1:24am (report abuse)What is that incessant whining sound? Oh, it's the sound of those who are fighting to get in line for the gravy train. Figures.
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October 31, 2009, 7:43am (report abuse)this bill was just introduced, doubt anyone has had time to climb aboard. why don't you go play somewhere else, like back to 2254 or 3491. no one is asking for comp, we want research, then we'll ask for comp, so come back later, when THAT bill is introduced, k?
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October 31, 2009, 9:31am (report abuse)Yeah, right.
"then we'll ask for comp" You sound just like all the rest of the scammers around here. "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" is all you and yours know how to say.
Since there will never be any proven connections I suppose you will need some legislator to write a bill giving all of you free money. Kind of like the other scammers around here. You know, the bluewaternavy crowd, and the Guam bunch, and the Thailand bunch, and don't forget the game warden from Tennessee.
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October 31, 2009, 12:19pm (report abuse)yep, you are right, gimme, gimme, gimme, and that is exactly what the VA will be required to do if research shows dioxin caused illness in these children and grandchildren sooooooooo get used to it cause it will be you, the tax payer, who pays! hahahahahaha
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October 31, 2009, 12:42pm (report abuse)Well, I guess I will have the last laugh, since there won't be any proven connection for the myriad of "illnesses" claimed by all you scammers. And scammers you are.
CRTAgain
(logged in user) October 31, 2009, 1:04pm (report abuse)Agent Orange Legacy is one of those sites that only accepts comments the operator deems appropriate. In other words don't dare say anything counter to the mentality of the herd there. It will never be seen even if you are a registered user. Ask me how I know.
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October 31, 2009, 1:36pm (report abuse)>And you will note the distinct lack of other senators onbaord as sponsors.< SENATORS? hahaha don't ya mean congressmen?
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October 31, 2009, 3:35pm (report abuse)No, since this is a senate bill I mean senators.
Tiffanie
November 6, 2009, 9:25pm (report abuse)As a member of the Agent Orange Legacy group your comments couldn't be further from the truth. Gravy train? Handout? Gimme Gimme? I don't think so. I own a very successful restaurant and hold a Vice President position with a major corporation. As the daughter of a Vietnam Vet who is suffering I want answers . I pay my taxes and probably more than you! After four years of being in a back brace as a child, two surgeries and preparing for yet another, it is ridiculous that someone would have such a lack of compassion for others. That is what I call an idiot.
Sharity Keith
November 7, 2009, 10:57am (report abuse)Why are the negative nay-sayers here nameless? My name is right there. If you don't like the AO Legacy forum so much, go make your own and be as nasty as you like. And if you are co convinced that AO and other chemicals are harmless, prove it to me by allowing yourself the same exposure as our vets experienced. Then have children. Then come back and I'll listen. My dad died in March 09 from cancer related to his exposure, according to the VA. As for your "gravy train," I take care of myself just fine. What I personally want is recognition that this happened, it is real, and it should not happen again. Next time it might be YOUR son or daughter, YOUR grandchildren it happens to. Then we'll see who whines.
Poor Sharity
November 7, 2009, 9:32pm (report abuse)WAAAAAAA!
Kelly D.
November 10, 2009, 7:23pm (report abuse)BACK OFF CRTAgain. You Must Have Been The Bully In School Who Can Now Hide Behind A Screen Name.
Kelly D.
November 10, 2009, 7:32pm (report abuse)And To You ... You Are Picking The WRONG Group Of People To Start Your Little Tiffs With, Go Find Something Better To Do With Your Time, You Are A Sad Sad Person.
Michelle Garrison Williams
November 10, 2009, 7:38pm (report abuse)I am not whining just to say I am in this too, I have couple defects and my DAd is the only one yet to contract Type II diabetes in my family. Oddly enough, was right by the Ranch Hand station for IV corps in Vietnam.
To All the Whiners
November 10, 2009, 9:12pm (report abuse)You are such little people. The WRONG group? Bull! Nothing here but whiney mouthed little people who want to get something for nothing.
James DiCenzo-Alonzo
November 10, 2009, 9:30pm (report abuse)I am a combat Viet Nam Veteran, and suffer from not only wounds, but agent orange onset illnessess. My son was born full term but with premie lungs, and almost died 5 defferent times. I now have to suffer fools that and their comments, on things they know not what they are talking about! I have notice that these fools that wern't there love to attack those that were, and to attack our wives, and children who suffer from these illnesses. Someone needs an attitude ajustment. You fools are like those cowards that to this day won't go in harms way for their country, but will enjoy the benefits that others fought for you. So who are the whinners, and free loaders, look in a mirror. In the country of Viet Nam, agent orange has affected three generations going on four generations of Vietnamese. Soon your tax dollar will be helping those people, but not your own people. Step in my space and call me names, if you have the courage. Writing your vermin comments, so wasy, protected by the net.
Poor James
November 10, 2009, 9:38pm (report abuse)So many things could be the cause, only one of which MIGHT be your time in country. And yet you are so obsessed with that one thing - hy? Because at the other end of the rainbow you see a pot of money. It's so easy to spot the greed in all of you. Whiners and grasping, greedy people. There's your attitude adjustment.
LeeAnna
November 10, 2009, 10:14pm (report abuse)I support accountability and aid to Agent Orange victims.
To LeeAnna
November 10, 2009, 11:26pm (report abuse)Well, WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!!!!
For All The Whiners
November 10, 2009, 11:41pm (report abuse)For all you who seem to think it all must be because of Agent Orange in Vietnam, take a look at this article in Popular Science.
http://tinyurl.com/yj56sbe
Of course I just know you will say it is all a conspiracy to cover up the real truth. It just HAS to be because Dad served in some far-off land. Because that is the only way you can get to the pay table.
James DiCenzo-Alonzo
November 10, 2009, 11:54pm (report abuse)I have now witnessed what scientists have stated occurs from pollution in the USA, because in you case, it is obvious by your Symptoms, you have suffered from a chemical Lobotomy, and are not even aware of it. So I am happy for you, for you will never see your mortality coming.
Poor James
November 11, 2009, 8:18am (report abuse)Can't come up with anything better than that? You are a sad little man. Sad, sad little man.
to CRTAgain
November 11, 2009, 12:23pm (report abuse)"Agent Orange Legacy is one of those sites that only accepts comments the operator deems appropriate. In other words don't dare say anything counter to the mentality of the herd there."
Unlike your VBN, right? where threads get shut down and contributors banished if they actually try to help veterans??
to Agent Orange Legacy
November 11, 2009, 12:27pm (report abuse)I can't get the URL to work. Could you please check it and give me one that works?
Agent Orange Leagcy
November 11, 2009, 2:57pm (report abuse)http://agentorangelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/10/s1940-agent-orange-childrens-...
Agent Orange Legacy
November 11, 2009, 3:09pm (report abuse)http://agentorangelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/10/s1940-agent-orange-childrens-... />
This one is the correct one. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Agent Orange Legacy
November 11, 2009, 3:17pm (report abuse)When I copy the link to WWatch it doesn't copy correctly so I will type it: http://agentorangelegacy.blogspot.com/2009/10/s1940-agent-orange-childrens-...
If that doesn't work then go to the blog and look for the post http://agentorangelegacy.blogspot.com/
S.1940 Agent Orange Children's Study posted October 29, 2009.
Hope this comment is posted correctly. If it doesn't then post your email address & I will forward it to you.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Agent Orange Legacy
November 11, 2009, 3:19pm (report abuse)It didn't post correctly again. There are no dots, after childrens- add study.html. Maybe that won't post correctly either but it's worth a try.
to For All the Whiners
November 11, 2009, 7:15pm (report abuse)"Industrial releases have decreased 80 percent since the 1980s, yet I’m still full of them because dioxin exposure is the gift that keeps on giving. The body stores dioxin in fat cells and occasionally releases it into the blood, recirculating the same chemicals throughout the body. These have been linked to reproductive disorders, cancer and other maladies."
You think this proves your point? That's idiocy! Yes, all of us who remained stateside during Vietnam have been exposed to dioxin and may well have a loaded gun inside of us. But for the veterans who served in Vietnam the loaded gun morphed into an arsenal of loaded guns.
I thank you for this article - it only proves the need for the government to step up to the plate and take care of those who served in Vietnam - on or off-shore, damn it.
To Agent Orange Legacy
November 12, 2009, 10:26am (report abuse)Do you really believe all those problems listed are a result of any exposure to herbicides in fathers or grandfathers? Whatta maroon!
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November 12, 2009, 2:27pm (report abuse)So which ones of you were thrown off VBN? Of course you will never identify yourselvs in any way. That would make it easy to see you for what you really. You are mad because you couldn't take over and run it your way. Too bad, so sad. Now go crawl back in your hole.
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November 12, 2009, 4:05pm (report abuse)unfortunately, it appears that AJ was admitted back into the holy of holies, and a really excellent source and a gentleman to boot was, er, invited to leave.
His crime? He showed some of the mods up -
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November 12, 2009, 5:36pm (report abuse)Bull fritters. The guy was nothing but a stirrer of feces. Wanted to do nothing but start arguments and then gloat about it. As to AJ, at least you always know where he stands, whether you like it or not. Unlike you and your cronies who are nothing more than slimey a$$holes.
to the post-er above
November 12, 2009, 5:40pm (report abuse)thanks for the update, Andy!
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November 12, 2009, 7:10pm (report abuse)Wrong again $**tbreath. Seems like you can't get it right.
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November 13, 2009, 2:00am (report abuse)the use of $ is a clear indicator of the identity of the poster - thanks again, Andy!
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November 13, 2009, 9:06am (report abuse)Say what? Look back through this and other bills and you will see this used again and again. Of course, since you are such an @ss hole you won't bother. Especially since you can't see with your head so firmly planted up your rectum.
to the above poster
November 13, 2009, 1:42pm (report abuse)Does it make you feel like a real man to constantly spit vulgarity?
to the above poster
November 13, 2009, 3:15pm (report abuse)Why do you care? You are obviously one without balls.
to the above poster
November 13, 2009, 3:31pm (report abuse)quite
to to the above poster
November 14, 2009, 12:10am (report abuse)That comment was meant for you @$$wipe.
Agent Orange Legacy
November 14, 2009, 11:08am (report abuse)Sick Vietnam vets to get $40,000 payments in $30m package
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10414264
To Agent Orange Legacy
November 14, 2009, 1:04pm (report abuse)And just what does that have to do with this bull$hit bill?
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November 14, 2009, 8:26pm (report abuse)Andy, or whatver you are calling yourself now - just go away.
What's the matter ...
November 14, 2009, 11:46pm (report abuse)Can't handle the truth. Crybaby.
jamescripps
November 16, 2009, 12:16am (report abuse)Laugh on, but I won!
The game warden from tennessee!
Corky
(logged in user) November 16, 2009, 2:09am (report abuse)James Cripps, you are the worst kind of thief and liar. You are stealing from the government and laughing about it. I sincerely hope you are found out for the crook you really are.
Agent Orange Legacy
November 18, 2009, 3:53am (report abuse)Agent Orange Legacy is in the process of documenting reported illnesses from our members, period. At this point in time we are merely reporting these illnesses. This information only compliments that of the National Birth Defect Registry which has worked with Vietnam veterans’ families since 1986. It is up to the committee to decide if the information available to them warrants further study.
Corky
(logged in user) November 20, 2009, 1:12am (report abuse)Sure, just setting the government up for another of your rip-offs. Bunch of no-account scammers who want to grab some free money. Losers, every one of you.
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November 25, 2009, 9:16pm (report abuse)Things are heating up once again over at the VBN. Looks like V has been offended once again and is running his mouth. Of course, his lapdog Miltstar has jumped up to defend him as well.
V
November 25, 2009, 11:54pm (report abuse)And now the almighty "V" has spoken. His mouth doth run on overload. North end of a southbound horse.
Jason B
November 27, 2009, 1:25am (report abuse)Over my lifetime I have worked with a lot of folks who have reason to complain – the unemployed, the homeless, folks on welfare, terminally ill patients in a hospice. And not one of these groups has the intensity of whining that a bunch of veterans can generate. I really suspect that the veterans whine can be heard in outer space. It is that loud. Why don’t all of you moaning assholes take a break and go crawl in a hole someplace. Give the rest of us some time to recuperate from your constant pissing and moaning.