Posted by
Sgtusmc on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:14:14 AM
Letter from the heart 8-20-08
To Dr Dan Potenza
Peter Macdonald 465 Packersfalls rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217
I talked to Dr Dan yesterday. He called to inform me that he received a call from a VA Patient Advocate in Wisconsin. I have no idea which letter it was because I send a letter every day to over 1000 addresses. Because of my service head injury, my memory is limited, so after I write something there is a small chance I will know what I wrote about. I now hide or camouflage my thoughts when talking in a hospital or on the phone to VA personal. If I, reveal any suicidal thoughts or other facts that allows my freedom to be taken, the VA will do it. Plus I forget which pain or problems effect me at the time. It sounds unreal “which pain” try living in my shoes. I was dropped off into the U.S. after 31 months over seas with no memory of ever being here before. I have three serious permanent life changing disabilities from my tour in the Marine Corps. I wondered around my first couple of years back, trying to understand where I was. I did not know my family, friends or social skills. From that day forward I have not lived with out pain. I can be sitting in a doctor’s office in pain and forget to tell the Dr about it. I function every day in serious pain and the people around me do not even know. I am trying to fit into a society that I do not belong. It sounds un-real, factious you should try seeing it from my side with out any understanding of reality. I am not paranoid, just someone in a place that I do not belong. Dr Dan shows me hope because I believe he is really trying to make what is happening to all Veteran’s coming across his path better.
I am talking about the letters that I write every day of criminal acts committed by government (VA included) Personal and police to harm Veteran’s. NH Congress woman Shea-Porter files a false police report on me (about writing threaten letters) and the Commander Past and present of the Manchester Legion yells out at a Veteran’s picnic harmful words to me. I am physically removed. I did nothing wrong. The newspapers refuse to inform the public of the false police report. The news refuses to inform the public Shea-Porter used my military disabilities to attempt to put me away. She had a VA, Dr Biswas file involuntary commitment orders. The VA is now sticking me with the $10,000.00 dollar bill. The VA, to stop my writing letters to the editor stopped my VA medical. These are crimes of the highest magnitude. A lot of government and VA personal say that they want to help me. Every one is afraid of the power of the system to risk their own well being. Look what they are doing to this 100% disabled veteran openly and the news censors the truth to protect criminal government wrongs.
I, with all the wrongs and pain am running for District 21 NH state senate. I am running to make the U.S. better for all Veterans and the public. The news is so biased that they refuse to inform “YOU” the public. The news is so biased that the Boston Globe (in writing) tells me to commit suicide. I live with the reoccurring memory of what I did. You try living with the face of the child that you killed with a bayonet deep in the bush to get your M-16 back and escape. I do have memory. I just do not know what it will be or when it will come. I remember living like a pig and the actions (you call inhuman) that was my daily life as a U.S. Marine.
If a disabled Veteran or any U.S. citizen can write a letter of such devastating criminal acts by government officials and no one does anything about it, if the news media censors such revealing criminal activity, if an election even in the small state of NH can be fixed with the public’s knowledge, where has the United States of American gone? If VA and other people including news media across the U.S. can be made aware of such criminal acts to harm a Veteran and any effort is limited to only doing what will not jeopardize the individual’s position where has the United States of America gone? Dr Dan all hope seems to have expired. What I did during the Vietnam Conflict was hope to live long enough to see the country everyone around me talked about. Today I hope not to see another second of the Country Veteran’s are giving their lives for “even today”.
Doctor Dan I do not believe you talking to me will do any good. Talk to others and tell them what is happening to Veterans is wrong. From Wisconsin, Palo Alto Calif to all the other VA personal that call me I say that if any veteran can expose just one wrong every action possible at any risk must be taken for the Veteran’s benefit. Why do we have a Constitution if Judge Fauver and the NH supreme court can openly violate it at their discretion and the news refuses to inform the public? I can tell you that what I have learned since I returned is that I should have died over there when I had the chance. At the age of 17 maybe the child’s life that I took would have better served to make the world a better place for all. I do not want your’s or anyone’s pity. What I have done in my life is for the better of all United States of American citizens equally. Thank You Dr Dan I honestly believe that you care.
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi