What do you expect when all of the chickenhawks i.e. o'reilly, hannity, beck, and other foxnoise "personalities" are in constant denial mode. It makes the bush administration look bad and foxnoise can't have that, no sirree!

And I don't see any people claiming that foxnoise shows both sides of this issue. I wonder why...

I've met plenty of homeless.. and a large percentage are veterans. - simple as that.. there's no debate over it .. go anywhere where the homeless are... and you'll see the truth. Guess O' Reilly never has been there... he's an asshole for these statements - and the guy below who claims the video was edited... um.. no - no one altered the context of what he said.

The VA will help soldiers. Places VOA, U.S. Vets are there for us. Most soldiers don't know these options. Bill O'Reilly and all the morons with money who never served in the military don't have a CLUE of what it is to have served. It takes courage to go to war and shoot a weapon, it doesn't even require O'Reilly intelligence shoot off his vile mouth with ignorant stupid nonsense. O'Reilly and his ilk at Fox News need to shut their trap! And if he is spreading disinformation and lies to our country's listeners, he sure isn't serving the needs of his fellow countrymen and women!!! All that matters to these people is money and the illusion of power.

Wow nice edit job there... I saw these episodes of O'Reilly and whoever did the edit jobs on these vids are extremely extremely dishonest, and anyone who believes this garbage is a mindless moron. I've been in the Marines for 10 years, retires last year I'm 27. I've met O'Reilly a few times when he's come over to visit the troops, he's also done a lot for vets. I don't exactly see that coming from the type of people who share the same ideologies as the morons who put this crap together. The saddest part is the people who did put this garbage (site included) together don't give a damn about the troops or vets, and just try to use us for their own little political agenda/ideologies.

"I've met O'Reilly a few times when he's come over to visit the troops"

Then you must really love Senator Al Franken because of all the USO tours he took before chickenhawk O'Reilly went on his USO tours.

And how many USO tours did chickenhawks Hannity, Beck, and Limbaugh take, let alone serve?

Regardless, thank you for your service, Dan.

I am very glad to hear that you served 10 years with our military and that you obviously did not suffer from PTSD, that you did not feel rejected after coming back from Nam as many vets did after killing so many people, it didn't effect your mind at all, that you successfully re-entered society with no problems whatsoever. You are lucky, very lucky that wartime had no ill effect on you. But that doesn't change the fact that many vets do not handle war well and it tears them up inside. I reside in a complex with a VOA shelter that houses homeless vets...so the problem is real. If you feel being star-struck by O'Reilly makes you feel better, good for you. I see how it has effected my vet buddies. I guess you never saw that? Neither has O'Reilly.

ME AND MY KIDS WILL NEVER JOIN THE MILITARY UNLESS IS A DIRECT TREAT TO US.BECAUSE WE DON,T WANT TO FAITH FOR ASS HOLES LIKE O'REALLY,LIMBOUTH OR HANNITY.

I think everyone on here is stupid. The whole point is that if you get out with anything less than a Honorable they don't give a crap about you. I got an OTH and got discharged about 5 months before my 4 year mark. I did 2 tours in Iraq and was depressed and did drugs. There were people in my unit who popped numerous times and they were still in but since i tried to get my OIC fired for stealing stuff from the military while we were overseas they wanted to get rid of me. With almost 4 years of service i was a Cpl almost Sgt before i got busted down, no incidents before i popped for drugs, 2 tours, and an OTH discharged im fighting to survive and work more just to provide for me and my fiance who doesn't work. So Ryan don't listen to any of these people who don't know who you are and don't know what you personally deal with in your mind. The whole point is that the government doesn't care about you if you served, its others who run these programs to try and help people out not the government. And in cases like mine, with a good background, people do get screwed and if you have anything less than Honorable you get nothing.

I don't know this assholes whole story but there are many things that are not adding up. I served in the Army with one tour, OIF 3 and 4. So he has PTSD from serving on a sub? WTF!! Was he ever in combat? Has he ever fired a round down range? Hell no.
There are many resources available to vets, they just need to use them. Granted, there are many deserving veterens who are not getting what they deserve, but this dude is clogging the system and keeping the people who actually need help from getting it. His dumbass is living under a bridge by choice. This guy is making me sick. the more I think about the more pissed I get. I have several friends that are truely messed up from wounds and families that are now without a father. Bottom line,this guy is worthless trash.

I think some of you are missing the point. Even if for some reason Ryan was full of crap, and I do not believe he is, this kind of thing is happening to lots of people who serve in the military. Some people have trouble readjusting and from personal experience it can be very difficult transistioning from a military environment to the civilian world again. The government does not owe the soldiers help, but it should help them because it is the right thing to do. I could get very angry at all of the haters posting comment on here about easy life is for them, but instead all I would like to say to them is I am happy that you have it so easy or life is going well for you. Is it wrong for the rest of us vets to have it good too, and if not and you accept the government has some responsibility for our problems, is is wrong for it to make us right again?

First off, this guy is not an actor. Second, WebJocky...it's really hard for him to have PTSD when you never did anything. He's never been to war, hell I don't even think he went to sea. This guy is LAZY. Some people can't help being homeless, this guy is a douche. "Look at me, poor, poor me" For real Ryan, I know you. You worked for me. Take my advice and shut the hell up. Your really really sad.

No I was not discharged for any kind of drug use. After 4 yrs I was honorably discharged. I don't know why you continue to think the military owes you anything....I expect my GI bill, but that was writtin in a contract. No where do I remember, "If I'm worthless, the U.S. Military has to take care of me" Quit crying, and do something about it. Oh, and Bill O'Reilly is right on, the Navy didn't make you homeless.

"Ryan is just a kid...Ryan is just a kid" Ryan was old enough to enlist in the Navy. He was old enough to make that decision all on his own. Now, the government has to baby him because he was DISCHARGED. Get over it dude. No free hand outs. My husband serves in the US Army and when he decides to get out, I know it's all up to us. Sorry guy, that is just how it works out.

I never went UA for days at a time. I was at work everyday. The only times i was UA is when my car broke down and i made sure to call and let them know...but even still I found a way into work. I did not get n OTH I got a General under honorable....which is now a Honorable

I was in V1 w/ Sussman and can remember a sub par sailor. Was his sup at one point. Never clean shaven, never a pressed uniform. Can remember him getting OTH'ed. OTHER than honorable. He did not show up for days at a time. If Sussman would have followed the rules things might have worked out better.

Listen dude...i saw what you said about me....I was over in iraq and fought for you....and this is what i get in return from someone like you...I don't lie or expand the truth....i am not a dirtbag

O'Reilly is a dastardly, fascist. I don't know anyone who watches him and gives him any ratings.

I could care less what this veteran did to come out in 2.5 years. Some of those overpaid, wealthy, doped-up idiot's in Horrywood should donate some of their money to our veteran's. Perhaps when they land their dumb asses in jail the donation should come from their fines. After all, our military and veteran's afford them the freedom to distract us from the real issues which keeps morons like bill on our idiot boxes.

guys, he was a Navy Airman. we don't have any Navy AN's on the ground in Iraq, wherever he says he went. If he has PTSD or TBI, he didn't get it from the Navy.

And there is NO 2-year enlistment program in the Navy. if he got out at 2 years, and it wasn't medical (which he would have mentioned, for sympathy purposes, NTM the fact that the Vinson didn't have any AN's injured in that time frame), then it was drugs or disciplinary. All there is to it. I am active-duty, and the other guy in my office is as well, and was on the Vinson during that time frame. The only way he could have gotten out at 2 years, and it not be a negative discharge, is a program called NCS (National Call to Service), which doesn't make Airmen, and which would have put him in the drilling reserve at that time automatically.

and as far as the comment about getting recalled, that is 8 years from the beginning of active duty (Inactive Ready Reserve). the Navy hasn't called up any IRR that I am aware of, and wouldn't be calling back short-service airmen either way, unless we started losing carriers in job lots.
and I have never heard of anyone not going to TAP (Transition Assistance Program) class, who did not get out with an OTH/Bad Conduct Discharge/Dishonorable. In 8 years, everyone I have known who has gotten out has gone.

This guy is full of bs.

I cannot believe some of the postings here. All you can comment on his the fact that he's wearing a decent sweater and a NICE WATCH? Are you kidding me? Just because someone is or has been homeless doesn't mean they don't have anything. Don't you have a watch? What if you were homeless next week for some reason, wouldn't you still have the watch? Just because you lost your home doesn't mean you lose all your clothes and personal items. Not to mention how sad it is that this young man of 21 yrs of age has already been through hell. Who f*cking side are you on here? Obviously not the American Soldier's side. I guess you all know him well enough to make the comments your making. So easy to judge...

For him to be homeless, that is a nice watch he's wearing. Nice sweater as well.

I was a homeless vet, and granted I did not have "fancy" clothes, the VA has a clothing shop with hand-me-downs I was allowed to get some clothes even if it was guys clothes I could take up, and managed to stay clean in the VOA shelter that has rooms we can reside in and shower, and ironing board and iron to keep our clothes looking pressed, and washing machines and dryers...The idea that ALL homeless vets are raggedly and filthy is rather ignorant and insulting. Yes, there are those who really do live on the streets without any family to care for them and the shelters get filled and some just offer overnight stay. Where do they go during the day with no job? Right...the streets. Not knowing what the situation is when you have never been homeless is what causes people like O'Reilly and yourself to make such cruel ignorant comments....

This is not new. I was injured on active duty in 1994, and was outcast from the Navy. My security clearance was revoked, I was not allowed on the facility where I was stationed. I had to have an escort if I were to use the facilities services like barber shops. As soon as you can not longer meet your commitment, for whatever reason, they are done with you. I tell everyone that asks me about enlisting: "As long as you fulfill your obligation and stay healthy, you'll most likely be ok. Dev elope a health condition, you're on your own. don't think they look after their own, cause they don't."

Let's be realistic, most people that enlist had little choice to begin with but to enlist to give themselves a chance at a better life (there are exceptions), I for one am for a draft because I don't think not having money for college means you should go die for our country. Rich kids should be willing to die for this country as well. I have all the respect in the world for our vets and for anyone who serves. The reality is that many of these same people who have come from close to the poverty line or below it to begin with, return with new mental issues (war has got to be hell) and to a family that wasn't the greatest support group to begin with. Guys like this probably would have struggled regardless of his service and now with the help of websites like this has a platform to blame somebody for all his ills.

This is a problem that goes way beyond Fox News and the Republicans. Fox News and most of its commentators care about these people, they just have a different way of taking care of the problem. $37 billion dollars is a lot of money, of course not every single dollar goes into the hands of the vets but there needs to be accountability. Our government wastes money like no other and the Dems just keep asking for more. There is literally billions of dollars every year that goes unaccounted for...do your research before you call Republicans ignorant. Billions of dollars wasted by our government...not Republicans..not George Bush (whom I dislike) but government. I don't get that the Dems just want to keep handing government more of your hard earned money hoping someday we will have given them so much that the waste won't matter anymore. That to me is a bad plan, not the course of action for a successful country. This is 90% of the time what you will hear on Fox News but somehow this is evil??

"So, if he has a problem re-adjusting to society and cant cope with normal, civilian life, wouldnt that fall under a type of mental illness?"

yes, it would but, thanks to the coward of crawford in the white house, try getting treated for that at a V.A. hosptial. Perhaps a nice stay at Walter Reed would help? The mantra of modern waaaahhhhhpppublicans, "we support the troops as long as they're over there...fuck them once they return home".

So, if he has a problem re-adjusting to society and cant cope with normal, civilian life, wouldnt that fall under a type of mental illness? It sure seems like it would to me. Mental illness doesnt just mean completely lost touch with reality.

Bush has taken America from surplus to recession in seven years. Proficient incompetence speaks for itself. Bush has had life handed to him on a silver platter & never had to accomplish anything in. His spoiled brat mentality has cost thousands of people their lives & trillions of $.

The US government, our paid representatives have sold out the American people through campaign finance! Our representatives take money from corporate unAmerica & have promoted illegal immigration for years while Americans who used to do jobs Bush & co. suggest we won't do when they paid $12 an hour, thirty years ago. They have busted unions which were started because government never represented Us taxpayer in the first place. The state & federal dept of labor is paid through our tax $ so I suggest we put them to work or get rid of them.

Illegal immigration has destroyed our health care system & brought crime to America while putting Americans out of work, many of them veterans! our misrepresentative shave promoted illegal immigration for over fifty years with excuses like the border is too long & Americans won't do those jobs.

The subprime fiasco is a crime in itself. Investigations are just starting & nobody is yet asking how many billions of $ have been paid in over valued assessments resulting in property taxes paid on homes that couldn't sell at those assessed prices. How could the billions of $ been spent to drive the economy which is now in recession.

Our representatives have mismanaged America into war & recession while breaking the working class.

Terrorist can't lose against a country so poorly managed & ripped off by our own paid representatives. If I were a terorist I would rejoice & thank America for the best weapon they have. George Bush, Congress, the US Senate, & corporate unAmerica for their contributions which have destroyed democracy.

www.nextrevolution.net Put government back to work for US. Post & support ideas.

Tax campaign contributions given to politicians not yet elected or working for US.

Take campaign contributions given to politicians on our payroll.

Pass law taking two percent of credit card interest & give it to the state where it was spent. Our infrastructure is $1.6 trillion behind & our representatives can do nothing but raise taxes to pay for schools & roads.

Cut their pay, eliminate their provied health care & retirement which we lose more of everyday.

Make City, county, state, & fedeal employees work Saturdays & Sundays & take either Thursday/Friday or Monday/Tuesday off to relieve traffic, reduce pollution, allow people to do that business on weekends & not take off weekdays, & spread the people out using recreation areas by reducing overcrowding.

Eliminate paid government holidays given to city, county, state, & federal employees which private industry doesn't pay.

Just a few ideas to get Ameriica on track. They aren't all possible or may not be the answer but they are ideas. government doesn't get anything accomplished, force them to get to work. Americans need to take back their voice because our representation has been bought through campaign finance.

It would appear that the Fox Snooze intern tin foil hat troll brigade have finally learned to type and have come out from under their bridges to invade this site. Welcome and please continue to share your immense ignorance with us.

Cheers

ahhhhh yes, always refreshing to see how waahhhpublicans support vets, my favorite from the hit parade:
"This guys an actor. Why don't you spend the money you had on getting a job or renting an apartment instead of your clothes and haircut.
Douche."

"The guy looks like he just came from gap or some other retailer. Did you see that nice watch. Hmmm his hygiene looks pretty good too and a service term of 2 1/2 years"

Is it really true he served only 2 1/2 years? Isn't that an early discharge, as in "dishonorable discharge" or am i just unfamiliar with the navy...because if he was dishonorably discharged he probably WILL have a hard time finding a job anywhere.

You guys really are passing alot of judgement on a person whom you don't even know. I see nothing that indicated that he is lazy, and I see no reason to call him an actor. I can't say, because I've not stood in his shoes. Myself, after 30 years, I still cannot come to grip with some of what I've had to go through during my enlistment.

The 37 billion being spoken of is not earmarked for food and lodging for homeless vets, though Bill would just like to make it look that way to prop up his position. Granted, I've needed assistance from the V.A. for depression and anxiety, and currently having a 50% disability rating for it, but there have been times that some in the V.A. have gone out of their way to try to convince me either there was nothing really wrong (as if I'm faking it) or that they just weren't interested in my problems no matter the severity.

There have been times that I couldn't bring myself to even speak to people, living in the shame what I feel I was complicit with. I can understand how another might have their problems, too. For those of you who are lucky enough to be well adjusted, I'm happy for you, but you need some compassion, kids. You need to understand that not everyone is emotionally able to bear these burdens for the rest of their lives as you might be. For me, apparently the abuse and trauma given to me by a cruel drunken step-father as a child served me poorly when I really needed good coping skills. At least it leaves me with some sense of sympathy for another, so I don't have to be an intolerant prick, like Bill O'Reilly, or like other intolerant assholes that seem to abound.

Yessssss! Thank you! Well said USMC vet!!!!!

This guy is homeless because he is lazy. I got out of the Navy after serving for 10 years and I had lots of help transitioning to civilian life. The Navy has lots of classes from how to write a resume to how to get a job and it was mandatory for me to go through TAP (Transition Assistance Program). This guy is eligible for Unemployment and most Unemployment offices have a VA area just for Military that will help you find a job.
The one most valuable thing I came away from the Navy with is the knowledge that I can do anything, I might not do it perfect but I know I can do it. This lazy bum probably never learned that and what he needs is to get off his butt and start working for once in his life.

This guys an actor. Why don't you spend the money you had on getting a job or renting an apartment instead of your clothes and haircut. Douche.

"This guys an actor. Why don't you spend the money you had on getting a job or renting an apartment instead of your clothes and haircut. Douche."

And "shutup" is a troll.

Next.

Ok, I just stumbled across this garbage while going through digg... WTF has anyone else in this equation served? I have been active duty for 11 years. There are programs in place for people leaving the military on how to plan for civilian life. They cover things like bill paying to building resumes. If this guy decided to get out and didn't plan for himself then He's a fool. I'm sure he specialized in something during his 2 years, boat driving or whatever. So he has 2 years experience in some field (even infantry can translate easily to law enforcement or security guarding). Also what about his GI bill for tuition assistance? He probably didn't elect for it either. I feel sad for him being homeless ,but no one forced him to get out with out being prepared. Next time he might look before he leaps.

What a worthless piece of propaganda you have produced. Let's see $37billion dollars goes to the vet fund and we have 270k homeless people. That's Bill's fault, right? That's about 150k per homeless person that the government wastes on BS which Bill tries to point out, but you morons want to attack him and blame it on the rich. Idiots! Just idiots..why don't you open your eyes to the thievery that is the government system...But you Democrats just want to grow the government bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. $37 billion is enough to make a difference....make government workers actually work and be accountable...opps, sorry I forgot it's still the evil rich people and Fox News that puts people out.

Isn't this the guy that General Patton slapped on his way to Berlin?

http://justtellmewherethebridgeis.blogspot.com/...

Need any more evidence? Book yourself a ticket O'Reilly, looks like you're headed to N'awlins son. Bring you check book too you walking piece of excrement.