Which 5,940 Deaths Over The Next 9 Months Is Acceptable?

Where do I even begin? There have been so many things that have crossed my mind to write about in the last few days, but I have been far too busy to even relax much LESS do any writing.  Ya know, you never really quite know what goes into a thing, until you're the one putting in the time.  There is more behind establishing a non-profit than one would ever think.  I swear I didn't go through THIS much hassle to sell drugs.  There are more hoops the government has in place for me to jump through to do something good in the community.

We are now standing at the crux of StopLoss22  getting off the ground.  Everything is starting to move into place, and there is even a senator's office showing interest. However, it's bizarre to me that people who claim to have such a passion for this cause, seem to take their own sweet time about getting things in place to move forward.  Let me point out a fact.....to establish a 501c3, the filing with the IRS is 28 pages long AND with all the addendum, can go as long as 50 pages. After that, you can wait up to 9 months before you're even THINKING about getting an answer.  270 days.  At an average loss off 22 veterans to suicide per day, that is 5,940 vets LOST, just so you can jump through government hoops and bureaucratic bullshit.

5,940 dead warriors

Dear lawmakers,
 YOU choose which 5,940 of our combat verans' lives aren't worth saving, so that you can make sure that all the lines are filled in properly.....

In the meantime, if any of you know of a non-profit that is already established, that is willing to act as fiscal sponsors to save lives, please, send me an email, or respond here.  Thanks.

Meanwhile, HUG a veteran. Let them know that you're there, that you care, that they're appreciated and loved. It might just save their life.

p.s. "Thank you for your service" is fine, "Welcome home" is more appropriate....but that's it. Don't ask stupid and insensitive questions. We don't want to answer them and wont....but more importantly, we shouldn't be being put in a position to HAVE to.

"I refuse to justify myself or my actions to people who sleep under the blanket of freedom that I provide"