Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Book Review: Into Helmand with the Walking Dead" video.

Do you seriously expect politicians of all stripes to really do what is needed to reform the VA? Thankfully I never had to go in (I was about a month from getting my draft notice when they stopped sending them out). Those that did serve and were scarred mentally or physically deserve better. But unfortunately it seems most politicians only care about one thing. The next election. And if they see something that seems better for their district in terms of possibly securing votes they will invariably it seems vote in favor of those programs instead of properly funding the VA and its programs. That's how we get bridges to nowhere. Thats how we get programs that just give money to local and state governments with no requirement that the money spent on those problems will change anything. Federal dollars shoveled into education that produce no results comes to mind. Would more dollars in the VAs budget cure everything? Probably not. Any issues that are administrative cannot be solved with money. That takes policy changes and the will of the VA chiefs officials to enforce them. The VA is not a jobs program after all. I will now get off my soapbox
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That depends on if the publisher sees a potential trial market for an audio version. There is software that will render text into speech but an actual narrator is far superior. Some of the best non fiction I have listened to was narrated by the author themselves. Any of Simon Winchester's audio books narrated by him are out standing. As are Rick Atkinson's works on WWII.
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@ZGryphon When arguing with flat Earthers I have referenced Winchester's Krakatoa. Specifically the section on the aftermath of the eruption when the shock waves circled the multiple times and were recorded on recording barometers. And the only way it works out is if the Earth is a globe.
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