Federal government spending hit a record all-time high (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191532,00.html) in the month of March. March of 2006 saw a 13.7% increase over March of 2005. Government revenues rose by 1.6%. Thus far there hasn't been one single veto of one single spending bill by Bush. Yeah ... just can't wait to put these people in charge again.

Http://boortz.com (http://boortz.com/)

Shhhhhhhhhh!
Don't you know that it's the Dems who spend $$$$ not the Repubs.

But Bill Clinton and Adolf Hitler!!

OMG the Clinton Whitewater thing and lewinsky was so much worse and did so much more damage to this country than anything Bush has ever done :devil

Im distracted by all the bemusement.

Im loving going to freerepublic.com the last few days to watch them call the 7 retired US Generals who were in Iraq traitors.
Almost as much as Im enjoying watching the complete destruction of a failed ideology.
180 days to midterm elections!

Im loving going to freerepublic.com the last few days to watch them call the 7 retired US Generals who were in Iraq traitors.Why do our generals hate our troops? :(

It's a good thing we have the 101st Fighting Keyboarders to tell us these things.

Why do our generals hate our troops? :(

It's a good thing we have the 101st Fighting Keyboarders to tell us these things.

Yeah, but they will tell you that just because they never fought for our country, doesn't mean they don't have the freedom of speech. They will exercise it no matter what the fallout.

Remember, "Loose Lips Sink Ships."

Unless you are talking about the 1st Amendment, then the ships will magically stay afloat...

If you say you enjoy watching the failure of an ideology, doesn't it bother you that most Americans subscribe to this way of thinking, and are in power?

Or do you take the "I'm smarter than everyone else" attitude, and try to not seem too superior?

Sixee of one and half dozen of nothing should be your new sig Six.

You're babbling like yon mountain brook cascading over a very chaotic set of stones Six.

Please to consolidate what it is you're trying to pretend to say just to challenge us to think thEeeEnnnNnnN clue us in on where you stand.

Fandros

Don't you know that it's the Dems who spend $$$$ not the Repubs.


Gawd, how I wish a special prosecutor could be appointed by the Dems to investigate Cheney and Halliburton for their role in Iran's nuclear program, and spend 100+ million dollars. I bet there would be more uncovered than a simple case of infidelity.

I will never be a Democrat, but I would cheer this effort on from the rooftop.

Ahem!! *adjusts the tinfoil hat*

Don't you all realize these are not real generals, but rather super secret liberal scum planted by the democrats (who hate the troops so much the anti-american assholes) to foil and thwart president Cheney's noble efforts to free all the worlds people! i'll bet these pseudo generals snuck into Iraq ahead of the combat troops and secreted away all of Saddams nucyaler missles that were aimed at the U.S.

Seriously, the statements bieng made these men as they retire speak greater volumes than all the bush bashing done in the media and internet combined

Soon to come...the swiftboating of the retired generals.

Dateline April 2006,

It is reported today that the retired generals who have spoken out against our great administration are not actually combat veterans or combat command veterans.

Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr, the supposed former ground commander of the 82nd airborne division in Iraq in 2004 was actually a fry cook employed by the great patriotic firm of Haliburton. It is shown that his actual command of troops was to order the extinguishing of a grease fire in the main Haliburton kitchen located in Ankara Turkey.

Presidential advisor and great American patriot Karl Rove stated that although the administration was possibly aware that there was a group of traitors and lechorous Al Qaeda loving terrorist sympathizers claiming to be generals that had served in the military there was not an investigation as the resources of the administration have been mostly occupied with the occupation of Iraq.

Rove was quoted as saying "This is the best case yet for the need to strengthen the patriot act and give the president full powers in this time of war, I mean could you imagine what would have become of the Soviet Union in World War II if Stalin had to deal with military people telling the truth?"

Pat Robertson has stated "This is only the beginning round of the war on christianity that the liberal west point elite is going to use as they attack the very foundations of our theocratic government. These people don't realize that the president was told to attack Iraq by God himself and to speak out against him or any action of this administration is the same as spitting in Gods face"

Robertson continued "You will see soon there will be a hurricane at west point and they better not ask God for help because he will ignore them"

It is reported today that the retired generals who have spoken out against our great administration are not actually combat veterans or combat command veterans.


this made me chuckle :)

This does not surprise me in the least. What DOES surprise me is that there is still 37% of the nation (give or take a few percent, right) that actually thinks he's still doing a good job. It boggles the mind. I know tons of staffers for Republicans and Democrats and all seem to share similiar stories of how they're fighting to distance themselves from the Bush administration any way they can.

It just reminds me of the Daily Mirror's front page after election day.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/X/_/bush_dailymirror_dumb_people.jpg

Oh Sixee,

You just dont get it do you? There is no conservative "movement" or ideology that people are voting for.
Republicans have won a couple election cycles because they abandoned core principles and instead ran on "Targeted Populism". That is, they identify a demographic and corner it with, many times, pandering to that specific sub-set to produce the highest voter yield. In essence, they became the very worst of the Democratic party.
Throw in the popular mantras of fighting against the "elites" wether it be "Hollywood" elites or Media elites, someone the targeted demographic can point at and identify as an enemy. Traditional boogiemen used since the days of George Wallace to foster a siege mentality and set themselves as the alternative to some false or trumped up threat.
The average voter in most states, either in "heartland" red states or in large cities (and I believe that both voter archtypes are remarkably similar in this regard) does not pay close attention to the news, nor makes much effort to expand their knowledge base or examine personal beliefs. They go with what they already know, and instead of elevating the debate, politicans are guilty of dumbing it down, of making in neat, pre-packaged styrofoam boxes, ready to be mass consumed by a mentallty stagnant constituancy whose intellectual laziness many have built their political careers around.

So you express wonderment that your favored elected officials dont follow the political ideology they associate with? I laugh because you dont realize those werent the issues they were elected on. The laughable premise that you get a man to run on false prentenses then once they get in office they will act like they "really" are is a testament to the stupidity of the species rutilus civitas americanus

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now the party on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

This does not surprise me in the least. What DOES surprise me is that there is still 37% of the nation (give or take a few percent, right) that actually thinks he's still doing a good job. It boggles the mind. I know tons of staffers for Republicans and Democrats and all seem to share similiar stories of how they're fighting to distance themselves from the Bush administration any way they can.

It just reminds me of the Daily Mirror's front page after election day.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/X/_/bush_dailymirror_dumb_people.jpg

/raiseshand I do.

So you express wonderment that your favored elected officials dont follow the political ideology they associate with? I laugh because you dont realize those werent the issues they were elected on. The laughable premise that you get a man to run on false prentenses then once they get in office they will act like they "really" are is a testament to the stupidity of the species rutilus civitas americanus

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now the party on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

I agree, both parties are corrupt. They play everyone for the sake of votes, not for actual issues. Democrats as well as Republicans are guilty of this.
I'm a firm believer in voting on the issue, not the party line. The only problem is, getting the politicians to actually do something about the issues once they have been elected.
I've often thought that elected officials should be treated like so:
First when they are elected, they must give up any holdings in any companies they have. Second, they get a credit card that their salaries are put on. If they are found with more $$$ than is allowed by thier salaries, they go to jail for 50 years. They get a government issued car, and lodging for themselves and their family. Any voting that is found to be inconsistant with the wishes of the people they represent is investigated. If corruption is found to be evident, then they go to jail for 50 Years. Once they are elected, their assets are watched to see if kickbacks occur later down the line for the rest of thier lives. If any kickbacks occur, the family is stripped of thier assets, and the person, if still alive goes to jail for 50 years.
Seem a little harsh? So does the corruption that is goin on now. What we would get are people that actually want to be in government to do the job they were elected to do. not try and get rich.

I think the 37% that think he is doing a good job were oil tycoons polled on their way out of a Bush luncheon rolling in their oil profits, the other 63% were the workers at the luncheon crying about gas prices.

Osg, i got to ask, why when even his own party is starting to go "WTF", are you still behind Bush 100%?

Osg, i got to ask, why when even his own party is starting to go "WTF", are you still behind Bush 100%? Since it'll be next week before he bothers to troll here again, I'll answer your question: Because the only alternative is worse.

Because the only alternative is worse.

The only alternative? Have you skipped the whole learn about Democracy thing in school? There are countless alternatives. John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, Mitt Romney, George Allen, George Pataki, Chuck Hagel, and Tom Tancred are all viable Republican candidates who probably would do a far better job than Bush if you're so blind you can't look at politics outside of your own party (that should probably read since you're so blind instead of if, hrm?). All of said 37% simply makes the rest of the country realize the bulk of the Republican Party are greedy and only look out for themselves instead of the rest of the nation and WILL lead to a Republican slaughter in November. If all the Republicans stood up against idiocy, they'd probably get to keep their jobs.

Osg has answered the question in the past, more or less: "I support all of Bush's policies except immigration." Your better off asking something more specific, such as, "What is the reasoning behind your support of multi-trillion dollar deficits?" In that case, I imagine he'd ape akipt's reply.

LOL! In the last 1/2 page I have apperantly asked questions, made statments, and had rebuttles posted and about said statments and questions!! HAHAHA.. I troll even when not on-line! I R L33tz!!!!!!

yet you provided nothing useful to the conversaton when you were here......gg

Some would say, as usual. :D

...but I should talk.

Yeah, nothing like having words put in your mouth...

on a related Issue:


You always hear about some outrageous spending item a politician sneaks into a large spending bill. It's usually a couple million bucks to study the mating habits of the lady bug. Or a few hundred grand to name a tunnel in West Virginia after Robert Byrd. But today's example taxes the cake...and it comes to us courtesy of a couple of Republicans.

Mississippi Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran want to spend $700 million to move a CSX railroad freight line (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041701551.html). Why move the railroad? Why to save it from a possible hurricane and protect residents from railroad accidents, whatever that means. Almost a billion bucks....to move a private company's railroad. A little outrageous, don't you think? Well, it gets better.

It turns out this very railroad was just rebuilt...after Hurricane Katrina. Cost: $250 million dollars. It's been fixed...it works fine right now. But Republicans Trent Lott and Thad Cochran don't think so. They want more of your money to move it again! This makes the bridge to nowhere in Alaska seem like a drop in the bucket.

And what do these Senators have to say for themselves? Lott's office issued a statement: "Senator Lott makes no apologies for trying to develop one of the poorest states in the country." If this is what we get with a Republican-controlled Congress, imagine what the Democratic version would look like.
Looks like this one needs more investigation.


Http://boortz.com (http://boortz.com/)

So now you go from windy two faced posts meant to challenge us to unabashedly copying from Neal Bortz's blogs?


Fandros

I have to say that Lott has been one of those I watch closely since he was the majority leader, or whatever, and made the Navy accept a contract for a ship they did not want or need, at 20% over what they said it would cost, just to give the shipyards in his state more work, and get those workers' votes.

If you want to improve the lot of your constituents, that is fine; but, do not expect me to be happy at having my pocket picked for you to do it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of Sen. Lott... but we're spending billions rebuilding a city that will most definitely have to be rebuilt again within the next century... why can't we spend one billion to make sure the main railway into that part of the country doesn't have to be as well?

But this is all Lott's fault... as Byl pointed out, he loves his pork.