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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 03:51 PM
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Bush wants Congress to approve another $106.5 billion.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush, whose relationship with Congress is increasingly strained, urged lawmakers to approve dozens of billions of dollars to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In his weekly radio address, Bush called on members of Congress "to continue their support of our troops fighting in the global war on terror."

The president is asking the Senate to pass a 106.5-billion-dollar bill that contains 72.4 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan.



The upper chamber was expected to take up the measure next week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060422/pl_afp/usbushiraqpolitics_060422170532
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LuckyLib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 03:54 PM
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1. Continuing to pour money down a rat-hole while folks die in the
Edited on Sat Apr-22-06 03:54 PM by CLW
process. Yessiree. Making the world safe for democracy. That's our Georgie!
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:00 PM
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2. Once he's out of office, can we go after George and his estate
to recover some of that money he wasted?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:04 PM
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4. ..and that of Cheney, and Rumsfeld and all the others that have become
millionaires on the backs of our soldiers and the destroyed middle-class!!!
The CEOs of Exxon, Enron and Halliburton, etal should meet the same fate as Mussolini.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:05 PM
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5. Not only that, but seize all Carlyle and Haliburton assets and
Edited on Sat Apr-22-06 04:06 PM by HawkeyeX
and other no-bid contracts that Chimp gave away to assholes , nationalize everything (airlines, oil, trains, etc.) things are back squared away, then they can start over, but hopefully in the right track. Also, all churches with political ambitions immediately loses its tax-extempt status and must start paying back all taxes as early as 1980.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:01 PM
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3. Riiiight. And I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Edited on Sat Apr-22-06 04:02 PM by BrklynLiberal
Bush also urged Congress to adopt an energy program that would free the United States of its dependence on oil, and to reform immigration laws.
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:07 PM
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6. The bridge only cost $18 million
I know that people will be nagging about that being a century ago, however we can build a lot of Brooklyn Bridges. Sadly google changed the picture, but when they were starting out with their google maps you could see the reflection of that bridge in the water.

Oh yeah, only 27 people died during the construction of that bridge. Iraq is much more dangerous.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:09 PM
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9. I would follow the example of Halliburton and charge a helluva lot more.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:15 PM
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15. Adopt an energy program?
Why the hell doesn't he propose a coherent energy program? Drilling in ANWR is NOT the solution to the country's energy problems! :grr: I'm SOOOOOO sick of this piece of shit, I can't take it anymore. I'm going to have to stay away from DU, Newspapers, Cable News....EVERYTHING for a while. I'm tottering on the freaking edge because of these assholes! :mad:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:46 PM
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19. You need a good dose of Xultar's fantastic rant!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=982609
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William Seger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:07 PM
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7. And if he doesn't get it, he's going to withdraw, right?
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:08 PM
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8. I say sic Captain Spaulding on his ass!
It's time for Congress to "just say no". The people of the United States are suffering because of his bone-headed decision to invade Iraq. If he wants to fund his stupid war have the oil companies and his corporate benefactors supply the fucking money. They're the only ones benefiting from it. Have Halliburton, KBR, Exxon-Mobil, Blackwater and the rest of the war profiteers pony up the money.

WE'RE SICK TO DEATH OF IT! :grr:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:10 PM
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10. Absolutely!
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:12 PM
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14. Hell yeah!!!
Look who's profiting off this thing. These people are getting money for free.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:21 PM
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16. All valid points...but...
the following lines appeared in the same article (URL in my original post):

Chances for adoption of the funds for Iraq and Afghanistan appear better than those for immigration reform, which has divided the Republican majority in Congress.

The House of Representatives approved the Iraq-Afghanistan package in March, and opposition Democrats believe US soldiers should be well-equipped to fight the war.

But the Senate debate will offer to critics of the war another opportunity to make their views known.


It would be great if our "elected officials" chose this as the moment to put their foot down. If what we end up with is a majority vote to give him the money and a few worthless and rambling Joe Biden speeches about how we seem to be doing an intricate Kabuki dance, what's that mean? The time has come for these people to STOP "making their views known" and START acting on principle.

YES, our soldiers "should be well-equipped to fight the war." But when does it end? Are we really going to let Junior coast along until 2009 and then dump the problem on the doorstep of the next president?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:43 PM
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18. You are right. It has to stop NOW!!!!
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:10 PM
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11. So what would happen if Congress, very nicely said:
We've very sorry Mr. President, but you already spent it all!

It IS true, ya know.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:11 PM
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12. Unfortunately, Congress will most likely approve this.
Regardless of the relationship they have with the war criminal.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:12 PM
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13. Ask for a loan from exon mobil
and haliburton I've heard they're flush.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:23 PM
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17. He wants them to say NO....
So he can blame it on COngress for not funding his folly.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:46 PM
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20. He could get a good part of this from that Exxon fucker who just retired
Lesse ..... that guy got .... what? ...... $400M .... almost haffa billion.

That's a haffa percent of what fuckhead wants. Not a bad start.

For the rest, this oughtta be Congress' response:
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 04:54 PM
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21. these creeps will spend every last penny
and then a few trillion more, if we let them.

Fiscally conservative? Give me a break. :eyes:

:grr:
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 05:00 PM
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22. Sure, why not...just stoke up the printing presses
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