The November election seems like it was only yesterday. I remember getting up on that Tuesday morning gitty with anticipation. At last! The greed, self-service and incompetence of the Bush administration are coming to an end! At last, I can turn on my television set without having to watch the names of dead 20 year olds scroll down my screen. Finally, America can begin to heal, and families can stop being forever destroyed by the lost of that loving child who brought so much joy into their lives. Never again will families have to mourn the useless slaughter of that precious little boy with the infectious smile who was so afraid of the dark; who use to peep out at the world from behind his loving and protective older sister, and who would climb into their bed every Sunday morning with his Teddy Bear in hand. Never again will families have to look down on the now lifeless face of that young man who grew to be so popular and smart in school, that everyone loved and respected, and who looked so proud and handsome in his Marine Corps Blues. No more greeting the morning Sun in agony over the horror of never seeing his smiling face again. And finally, no more self-serving buffoons strutting around lecturing us on “staying the course,” and the need for a sacrifice and responsibility that they themselves desperately avoided.
But now, six months later, it’s beginning to look like the rumors of Bush’s pending demise have been greatly exaggerated. It’s beginning to look like the last election was simply an exercise in replacing Tweedle Dee with Tweedle Dum. It’s becoming increasingly clear of late that, except for a small handful of diehard idealists, our so-called two party system has morphed into just another special interest group, with interests more convergent with one another than with their respective constituents. It’s becoming clear that neither the Republican nor Democratic Parties have any interest whatsoever in representing the people back home. The citizens of this country are now looked upon by our “representatives” as nothing more than distracting nuisances that must be appeased in order to attend to the true public good--their own individual re-elections. Read More »
Thank you Mister Prez!
The Democrats will now spend the next two weeks bitterly arguing and fighting one another, while our great man in The White House will do the next RIGHT thing!
Attack! Destroy! Kill!
Whether he orders an attack on Iran or North Korea or Togo for that matter, he will be doing so for the good of the nation! We need to teach the world a lesson! Don't mess with America!
War is always a good way to keep the country united against our enemies, internal and external! Sure, a few good men will have to be sacrificed for freedom, for the Holy American Neo-Con way of life. But every generation must pay the price of freedom!
I expect this game to end with a 8 - 0, Bush - Demo victory!
Let's face it. We had to go and invade Iraq in order to be certain that Saddam Hussein would no longer be able to get away with forcing hotel guests to step on an image of George W. Bush's father's face (for those of you in the dark: at the entrance to central Baghdad's finest hotel, The Hotel Palestine, there was a Mosaic tiled floor piece that had the deliberate likeness of George Herbert Walker Bush, Dubya's beloved papa), and since it was properly assumed that this would also be an opportunity to get our hands on billions of barrels of cheap, almost free, crude oil, we had no other logical option but to invade!
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The Associated press reported today that President Bush warned Congress Friday that he will continue vetoing war spending bills as long as they contain a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
The President made clear that if Democrats insist on including timetables again, he will not hesitate to bring out his veto pen. Bush said "If they want to try again that which I've said is unacceptable, of course I won't accept it."
So then, if I understand the President correctly, he is saying that no matter how many more Americans and Iraqis are killed, tortured, maimed or otherwise effected, he will stay the course and continue using his Veto pen? Read More »
Yesterday the U.S. House passed the long awaited Iraq Emergency Supplemental Bill. Its passage puts the bill on the road to the Presidents desk in just a few days.
Now that the democrats have control of the House of representatives, the first binding congressional challenge to Bush's handling of the conflict, now in its fifth year, is about to arrive on his desk.
"Our troops are mired in a civil war with no clear enemy and no clear strategy for success," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, as only one of the many justifications for challenging the Presidents failed leadership and dim vision. Republicans are very unhappy. Read More »
Can't remember that phone number?
Can't find that email address?
Never fear, the National Security Agency has "backed it up" for you Mr. President...
If the White House can't get the "missing" emails back, I suggest they ask the NSA since the President ordered them to illegally monitor everybody's phone calls and email - perhaps THEY can "recover" the missing emails after all...
Hoisted by their own petards!!!!!
Doug De Clue
Orlando, FL
standings. His image handler made a visit to the Bishop and said, "We've been getting a lot of bad publicity because of the president's position on stem cell research, the Iraq war, hurricane Katrina, and the Veterans Administration. We'll make a $100,000 contribution to your church if during your sermon you will say that the President is a saint. The Bishop thought it over for a few moments and finally said, "The Church is desperate for funding - I'll do it."
Bush showed up for the sermon and the Bishop began: "I'd like to speak to you all this morning about our President. George Bush is a liar, a cheat, and a low-intelligence weasel. He took the tragedy of September 11 and used it to frighten and manipulate the American people.
"He lied about weapons of mass destruction and invaded Iraq for oil and money, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and making the United States the most hated country on earth.
"He appointed cronies to positions of power and influence, leading to widespread death and destruction during Hurricane Katrina. He awarded
contracts and tax cuts to his rich friends so that we now have more poverty in this country and a greater gap between rich and poor than we've had since the Depression. He has headed the most corrupt, bribe-inducing political party since Teapot Dome.
"The national surplus has turned into a staggering national debt of 7.6 trillion Dollars, gas prices are up 85%, which the people of America cannot afford, and vital research into global warming and stem cells is stopped cold because he's afraid to lose votes from religious kooks. He is the worst example of a true Christian I've ever known.
"But compared to Dick Cheney, George W. Bush is a saint."
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Right now Americans are coming together with one voice to demand George W. Bush follow the will of the people and not veto the Democratic plan for change in Iraq.
I've spent my entire professional career standing up for our men and women in uniform. I have carefully reviewed and considered the Democrats' plan for change in Iraq. More than any bill passed by the previous Republican Rubber Stamp Congress, it ensures our troops have the training and equipment they need - and our veterans get the services they deserve.
People in Iraq are protesting against USA,
Not all people...
But why not take away the US troops??
Because president Bush wants his victory.
If I will write about four years I can do it in two ways.
1.The democratic way,
A war that just are wasting away lives,
both Iraqi , American and British.
2.The republican way,
A necessary war , we are doing it good
and we wants a victory.
But this victory will not come now ,
not tomorrow or any day as the USA are in Iraq :
It will come when the soldiers are home and the Iraqi people have been given the freedom as they wants!
The decade of the1990's was a time that marked the beginning of the end of a period of a conservative wave in American politics. The general "I've got mine, screw everyone else" attitude of the Reagan/Bush years was still very much alive, "today's bottom line" corporate hacks like Jack Welch were lionized in the media, the inevitability of a world economy was almost universally accepted, and the idea that the private sector always did things more efficiently than government was widely accepted as common sense (obviously these were the pre-Halliburton days). Read More »
El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América accused the Democrats on March 31, during a radio address, that they "would raise taxes by a total of nearly $400 billion over the next five years." But Bush has already spent more that same amount of money on his War in Iraq.
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I would walk in to the most powerful house in the world,
to the most powerful office which belongs to the most powerful man in the world....
George W. Bush, president of the United States and even commander in chief in the same country...
Then I would tell him to stop waste with peoples lives like he is doing and have done for four years in Iraq,
And then just ask him what an Iraqi live is worth to him,
nothing or something??
Sure the soldiers are doing this voluntarily ,'but how long can he let their families live in fear without to know what are happening with their sons and daughters??
Sure they are some information about if they are alive or not , but why are the soldiers in Iraq??
And not at ho me with their families??
Let me just as that.
Honorable Citizen, Soldiers and Veterans President Bush and member of the cabinet of the United States of America I want to let everyone know in this great country that our constitution has been COMPROMISED…! Yes COMPROMISED…! by our own administration that will not stand for the rights of the people and especially for those we went to fight the war in Iraq and Afghanistan for the sake of FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY. President Bush and Member of the Congress with all the respect you all deserve you need to remember that the people of the United States elect you to work as a public servant for the constituents of this great country. This position that you all held were appointed by the PEOPLE…! Yes by the PEOPLE..! it is not for you MEMBERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION to become rich and maintain it for your own ideology or interest. Our constitution first paragraph read like this: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. • Where is the “Justice” that our Constitution said…! When our wounded returning soldiers and veterans it’s been underrated and rip off of their retirement benefits by our own administration with treacherous ruses in order to safe the budget because they think Military retirement it is a drain on the economy and it is less expensive to pay lump sum severance pay than pay for a life time. • Where is the “Promote the General Welfare” that the constitution said…! When our administration is not doing enough to ensure that our soldiers and veteran receive the care they were promised because the bush administration is trying to balance the budget or more like save money at the expense of our soldiers and veterans the appointees of this administration it is responding to the pressure of the President and lowering their health budget request by faking efficiencies that didn’t exist. Secretary of Veteran Affairs Nicholson need to leave his post he is a shame and disgrace for our soldiers and veteran he is not a “LEADER” that need to be trust because he was denying access to hundred of thousand of veterans to health care by “COOKING the BOOKS” like “ENRON” did with theirs. Look for the repot of the GAO audit showing that the VA bowed to political pressure from the President to lower their budget request for the fiscal years 2003 to 2006. • Where is the “Insure domestic Tranquility” that the constitution said…! When more soldiers and veterans are loosing everything they work for and becoming homeless because our bureaucratic administration it is letting this happen by denying and by far sacrifice we obtained it without at least analyzing that this deserved benefit can be as it is a very poor sample of the meaningless attitude of the government of the United States towards the men and women who has served in our armed forces. • Hopefully someday the military retiree’s pension and the social medical treatments are measured by the glory and honor that is deserved and not by the calculation of the economic impact that we represent. • Hopefully someday the calculation of increase the shield of our motorized equipment it is based on save the life of the soldier and not based on the economic impact that it is going to cost to increase the shield of those vehicles that it is deployed with our soldiers to the war zone. As you can see it is my anguish and sadness to see what is happening to our citizens that elect our members of our government. For that reason I want to ask President Bush and the members of the cabinet if they think that this is right…! And allow this to continue while we promoting democracy around the world and sending our finest troops to harm ways to defend and protect the interest and security of our country. Yes…! To defend and protect our interest and security of our country this misleading situation from our representative has to end don’t lie to the people that elect you. Honorable citizens I urge you to write our administration and let them know that we are aware of their misleading and rhetorical shameful attitude toward us that this has to stop they want the vote of the people for this coming election they need first to promise to the people that this unfair practice it is going to change that something has to be done and they has to admit that this administration has Failed its own people betraying us like we are third class citizen and not only betrayed its citizen but democracy too. It is up to us to let them to continue with this fallacy remember we are the “MAYORITY” they have to work for the constituents not the constituents for them for a FREE DEMOCRACY without corruption. GOD BLESS ALL. For more Info:
March 16, 2005 Are You Really a Veteran? Rep. Steve Buyer is redefining your status Opinion by Larry Scott Are you really a veteran? Better check it fast. I did. I’ve got my DD-214 that says “honorable discharge.” I’ve got the red-white-and-blue VA identification card complete with lousy picture and the “service-connected” rating. So, I must be a veteran. Right? Not if Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has his way. Buyer is trying to rewrite the definition of “veteran” in a cold and calculated manner that could cost millions of veterans their benefits. Buyer recently won a political tug-of-war and replaced Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) as chairman of HVAC. Smith was known as a true friend of veterans and often broke ranks with his party to forward legislation favorable to the veteran community. Not so with Buyer. In a recent interview with journalist Tom Philpott, Buyer stated, "While some veterans' organizations like to create a theme, that `A veteran is a veteran [and] there is no difference,' I disagree.” Shortly after winning the chair at HVAC Buyer said, “Some of the veterans service organizations, they are having this belief that everyone should have open access to the VA system, when in fact I believe that the VA system should follow its core constituency and the intent of Congress when we laid out our priorities, and that was in fact to take care of our disabled and indigent veterans first.” (This subject was covered in my Military.com article on “Welfarizing the VA.”) So, what is happening here? Buyer is trying to redefine “veteran” and in so-doing reshape benefit programs to meet his new definition. In short, this means fewer benefits for fewer veterans. The two keys here are Buyer’s references to “intent of Congress” and “core constituency.” By rejecting the “intent of Congress” when they passed legislation defining benefits and eligibility Buyer is telling us Congress was wrong and he is going to change it. By referring to the VA’s “core constituency” as “disabled and indigent veterans” he is eliminating veterans who do not fall into those categories. This is just plain absurd! And it is wrong! As Buyer continues to redefine who is really a veteran here is some of what’s at stake. The bipartisan Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission will hold its first meeting soon. The Commission will review whether Congress went too far by allowing concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability payments. Also on the table is a change in the way disability ratings are determined and a restructuring of the definition of "service-connected." Buyer says he cannot guarantee veterans who currently have disability ratings that they will be exempt from Commission findings. Buyer also wants the Commission to consider offering lump-sum payments to veterans with current disability ratings of 20 percent or less. These “cash now” settlements would deny veterans the right to pursue any compensation claims in the future. A veteran with a progressive condition, one that causes degenerative disability with age, would have no right to further compensation. What’s really on the table when it comes to redefining a veteran and available benefits? Buyer says, "I think everything should be on the table.” Everything! Buyer is even suggesting that service-connected disabilities be combat-related only. This would eliminate treatment and compensation for injuries received while on active duty but not directly related to combat. Buyer also took aim at the veterans’ service organizations saying their view that all veterans should have access to VA healthcare abandons values like duty and sacrifice. He chided the service organizations for using inflammatory rhetoric. "I asked them to be very careful with the words they select because…they have an impact all over the country. It is upsetting to me when someone refers to veterans as whiney,” Buyer stated. Well, there you have it in his own words. The chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee calling our service organizations “whiney” and accusing them of abandoning values like duty and sacrifice. It would be easy to dismiss Buyer as part of some lunatic fringe on Capital Hill trying to stick it to veterans. But that is not the case. Buyer speaks for the majority in Congress who speak for the current administration. And, Buyer is the one guilty of inflammatory rhetoric. Demeaning our service organizations and their attempts to preserve veterans’ benefits is a slap in the face to ALL veterans. Our service organizations have, in the past, often done too little too late. Sometimes we wondered where they were as the VA budget took hit after hit. Now they find themselves in the position of doing what they were meant to do and being castigated for it. Fellow veterans, if this is not a call to action, I don’t know what is. We cannot allow Congress to redefine who is a veteran. We cannot allow Congress to restructure veterans’ benefits and reshape the definitions of disability. We have worked too hard for too long to receive proper recognition for our service to our country. It’s time to put severe pressure on Congress. Recently 400 disabled veterans did just that when they jammed Committee hearings, booing and jeering Buyer and others who want to cut benefits. This new level of activism must increase if we are to preserve our benefits and guarantee a properly funded VA for the veterans of the future. In 1789 President George Washington said, "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars and how they were treated and appreciated by this country." If we do nothing now we will only be able to say that we did nothing.
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