- Cool Papa Bell - Thursday, Dec 17, 20 @ 4:08 pm: =take a good, hard look in the mirror and realize the harm they are doing to the people who look to them for leadership. You can’t have it both ways= This, all day long. === What we need here is a thorough reckoning, starting with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. No matter what was going on outside that veterans’ home, the IDVA is responsible for what happens inside it. We as a state have the deaths of 33 residents on our hands. More needs to be done to prepare for the future and to atone for the dead. Much more.===