Joke making the rounds among veterans' advocates sick of the Bush administration's incompetence and outright hostility towards veterans.

Ray & Bubba 
 
Mechanical engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole,  looking up. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing. 
 
"'We're supposed to find the height of  the flagpole," said Bubba,  "but we don't have a tall enough ladder."

The woman took a wrench from her purse,  loosened a few bolts, and laid the pole down. Then she took a tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement, and announced: "Eighteen-feet, six-inches," and walked  away. 
 
Ray shook his head and laughed. "Ain't that just like a woman!" 
 
"We ask for the height and she gives us the length!" 
 
Bubba and Ray are currently working for the VA in benefits adjudication.