Makes me want to SCREAM!
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Do You Want Pork with That?
Today, Nancy Pelosi and her Dummocrats gave President Bush a spinach salad with bacon dressing when he asked for money to fund our troops in Iraq. Imagine the look of surprise and anger on his face. Video, here, shows President Bush telling the Dummocrats what they can do with their spinach salad with bacon dressing.For those of you who don't know, President Bush asked Congress to pass an emergency supplemental appropriation's bill to fund the troops in Iraq. This seems like a perfectly simple and easily understood request. However, the Dummocrats obviously can't read or think about anything but pork and spinach! These armchair generals decided that President Bush really wanted them to tell him how to run the War on Terror and set about adding a timetable for troop pullouts to the emergency supplemental appropriation's bill.
The emergency supplemental appropriation's bill that passed the House of Representatives today with a vote of 218 to 212 (Roll Call here) included money for the troops, a timetable to withdraw our troops from Iraq by 2008 and the following "emergency" spending (Club for Growth
Corps of Engineers: Provides $1.3 billion to Corps of Engineers for continued repairs on the levee system in New Orleans.
FEMA: Provides $4.3 billion for disaster relief at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The bill would eliminate the state and local matching requirements for certain FEMA assistance (in connection with Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and Dennis) in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida, and provides that the federal portion of these costs will be 100%.
HUD Indian Housing: Provides $80 million in tenant-based rental assistance for public and Indian housing under HUD.
Crop Disaster Assistance: Provides roughly $3 billion in agriculture assistance to crop producers and livestock owners experiencing losses in 2005, 2006, or 2007 due to bad weather.
Spinach: Provides $25 million for payments to spinach producers that were unable to market spinach crops as a result of the FDA Public Health Advisory issued on September 14, 2006.
Comments
They put in all the pork to garner more votes for their "strategy". It's sad when our reps will only vote yes on a bill *if* there's something in it for them. Why can't a bill have NO pork? Why can't they actually vote on the issue at hand? Our Congress is a JOKE. And what was it the dems were running on...getting rid of earmarks immediately? Ugh. They are all crooked. Vote Ron Paul 2008!!!! ;)
Great article :-)
Arrgh! It is mind boggling that there are people in this country still STUPID enough to believe anything Bush says...keep right on voting against your best interests, and push America right on into corporate/christo fascism!
This is such a waste of time. Bush has said he will veto any bill with a timetable for leaving Iraq, so putting that in any bill is just guaranteeing that it won't pass and become law. Democrats are wasting their time on this.
More crap, or more truth? It depends on which side you are on. I could obviously say the same of many comments on this article. The article stands on its own. The Democrats should not have created such a bogus emergency appropriation's bill. They should have done the right thing instead of playing politics with our troops lives and wellbeing.
More crap from another right-winger. I refuse to give ANY amount of respect to an article when all it is meant to do is completely bash the left side. There is a way to be opinionated without being brash and disrespectful. When you want to write respectful work, I will comment accordingly on that, but until then - the first sentence is the most respect you will get from me.
Ramble on, my Great American friend. You're right on!
Kristina, if Bush lied, so did Clinton, the UN, the UK and everybody else who knew about the WMD's. Saddam killed his own people with them, or had you forgotten? Jeff, if the prez. o.k.'s the pork bill and withdrawl date, he won't be serving the best interests of the troops. He would be like a liberal, pandering to a bunch of moronic loudmouths who just want to lose this war for political reasons. You know, Jeff, people like you....
My brother's in Afghanistan. My husband's been told that he may be asked to volunteer for Iraq ground duty, even though he's Navy personnel. If the troops don't get funded, no one's coming home; instead, the Army and other services will tighten their belts. My brother will stay longer because there won't be relief troops. It will be far more likely that my husband will go to Iraq because Army personnel will not have the manpower to send instead. If, however, Bush were to sign the bill as is and we get a withdrawal timetable, Al Qaeda can turn the resources and manpower currently in Iraq to attacking America directly. It's an obvious strategy. Of the two, I'd rather Bush stick to his guns here, even though two people I love like my life will be at more risk longer.
Thank you Mister Patriot, Manda and Gipsy. I was pleasantly surprised by your positive comments. It's great to know there are others out there that share my opinions. I took a trip over to Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EAC8B0A0-CA11-4035-907F-5E12BCC58FA0.htm) and read their opinion on how weak they think our President is after this debacle. Ridiculous!
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