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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:55 PM
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OMG. I agree with Bush on one thing.
He said he would issue an Executive Order preventing the spending of pork barrel projects that were not voted on by Congress.
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:56 PM
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1. Yes, but you don't know his definition of "pork barrel" ... therein lies the rub.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:02 PM
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5. I think Obama agrees. n/t
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:04 PM
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7. It doesn't matter what his
definition of pork is. If it's not approved by a vote in Congress, it needs to be stopped.
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:05 PM
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8. He also does not have the right to issue Executive orders to that effect.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:27 PM
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10. How so? n/t
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:33 PM
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13. Because it is an abuse of the EO; effectively using it as a line item veto.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:54 PM
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15. I wish we had a line item veto. n/t
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:55 PM
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16. I am glad that we don't. And it is definitely unconstitutional.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:56 PM
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2. Problem is...
DUH-byas definition of pork barrel is "Anything that helps the poor or middle class. Spending that makes the upper 1% more wealthy is NOT pork spending."
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:00 PM
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4. Actually, the REAL problem is that he's using an executive order to change
a legislative process (although that's debatable).
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:40 PM
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17. If the spending
is not voted on by Congress, the money shouldn't be spent. What's so friggin' hard to understand about that?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:45 PM
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18. congress appropriates money not the president
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:44 PM
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19. But it should be voted on
and not slid into a bill. Good Grief.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:00 PM
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3. Umm, last I checked Bushmaster considers the SCHIP bill for children's health care pork n/t
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 11:01 PM by NNN0LHI
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:29 PM
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12. Bingo, why he vetoed it
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:03 PM
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6. Bush can go to hell. he is illegitimate and should immediately
stop issuing any executive orders. He is a criminal, a liar and a traitor that does ot deserve to exercise any Presidential duties of any kind. :dem:
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:07 PM
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9. Now there's an intelligent response.
You must be so proud of your intellect.:smoke:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:28 PM
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11. You realize pork barrel HAS TO BE APPROVED by Congress?
he just showed us (and the world) that he does not understand the Constitution
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libodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:33 PM
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14. I don't agree with him on anything
I hate him.
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