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Bipartisan wars and more wars
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by Mr Chuckles, Unknown News
March 17, 2006
By a lopsided vote the House has approved more money
for Bush to wage wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
348-71.
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House approves $92-billion in extra spending
Excerpt: The U.S. House tonight approved almost $92 billion in extra spending for fiscal 2006 ... $72 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and almost $20 billion for hurricane relief.
The chamber passed the Bush administration's emergency spending request by a vote of 348-71...
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There are 202 Democrats in the House, which means that the Democrats are solidly in favor
of continuing the wars.
The reason I say that is that you cannot trust
what politicians say. You watch what they do:
where does the money go, who do they drop bombs
on, what they vote for, etc.
On the same day, the Senate voted to increase
the federal debt limit to nearly $9 trillion.
Senator Bill Frist appeared |
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And the Democrats abide.
With cushy retirement packages and gold-plated healthcare.
Full ride all the way rock-solid gerrymandered seats.
Would you speak up if that might mean losing your job?
They don't.
And won't.
That would mean finding honest work...
Because what is politics except the calculus of dishonesty?
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There's much more than this at Unknown News.
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on TV and talked about
not having done enough to cut entitlements, which according to him are the main
problem
in the budget. What he doesn't say though is
that Bush's wars are treated as "off budget".
And not a word about stopping the red ink by
increasing tax revenues.
And the Democrats abide. With cushy retirement
packages and gold-plated
healthcare. Full ride all the way rock-solid gerrymandered seats.
Would you speak up if that might mean losing your
job? They don't. And won't. That would mean
finding honest work...
Because what is politics except the calculus
of dishonesty?
Anyone who is paying attention has heard about Bush's speech vowing
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Bush reaffirms policy of US "pre-emptive strikes"
Excerpt: The Bush administration today reaffirmed its readiness to use pre-emptive military action despite the corrosive events that have swept through Iraq since the American invasion three years ago. ... |
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to continue starting wars "preemptively." Is he lying? Wait and find out. See who he kills next.
I guess this all means that the budget is going to
hell along with America
because there is no one who
can stop Bush. He may be a front man, a sock puppet,
but the Establishment solidly supports his main
policies: wars for oil, tax cuts for the rich,
and favors for corporate donors.
Remember the PNAC, Project for A New American Century?
That is starting to seem like the project to make it
the final American century.
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US launches biggest air assault on Iraq since 2003
Excerpt: The US military said yesterday it had launched the biggest air assault on Iraq since its invasion in 2003, with American and Iraqi troops targeting insurgents near Samara, the city that has come to symbolize the threat of civil war.
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