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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Payments Stopped

(Fox News) - Twenty-two year old former Army soldier Lisa Kohlhagen has a bad knee from a training accident but other than that she's healthy. Yet when Kohlhagen contacted the Veteran's Administration to find out why her disability checks had stopped coming, they had an alarming explanation. She tells an Atlanta TV station, "They said, 'You're dead,' and I said, 'No, I'm not dead.' And they kept trying to tell me I was dead but I'm not."

Kohlhagen says that after a few days the V.A. finally realized she was in fact alive. But her $115-a-month disability checks still have not resumed.

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