Comments on: John McCain And The Politics Of Pork

Senator A Vocal Critic Of Earmarks; Some Say He Doesn't Differentiate Between Good And Bad

[abbe91]

"The logical answer is the line-item veto. When the President signs a new bill that has additional spending - not related to the intent of the bill - or simply frivolous - veto the line - not the entire bill.
Posted by oleander8 at 11:51 AM : Feb 02, 2008"

Like voting for money for Iraq but line-item vetoing the timetable ... the line-item veto, perfect for a dictator would-be like Bush.

[jerr11]

Who cares about pork when we''re spending 2.5 BILLION A WEEK in Iraq.

It''s Bush''s war, a war based on 935 LIES.

At least with pork, we see something tangible. I''ll take Ted Stevens'' bridge to nowhere anytime!

The only people who''re benefiting from the Bush WAR OF PORK is Halluburton and ******** Cheney.

Impeach the LYING CROOK.

935 LIES.

4000 DEAD AMERICANS.

[lightbeamer7]

We have moved beyond duality. The two hemispheres of the brain are incapable of acting in wisdom without the unifying guidance of the heart. The old polarity consciousness has ended. The ideas of us vs them, in any context, or of me vs you have been replaced, dissolved, into the cosmic unity of love. The heart reemerges with the power of love to balance the human mind. Within this sacred triangle the center of peace is ignited. The relationship of unity, of all beings, is formed and begins it''s rotation in beauty and power.

"The love you take is equal to the love you make."

[apinchofsalt]

Romney should have dropped out a long time ago. He''s dropping in the polls and lost all momentum. Romney is wasting his money.

Huckabee is surging in the polls and the best man out there. Vote Huckabee!

[rushlimpdrug]

Japan was attacked by USA. I don''''t hate American people but too ignorant to think of other side.
Posted by vivaviva80

You funny girl with round face and slanted eyes.
You go home now.
Lose war.
No great japaneeze empire.
Study kung fu mo.
Come back with black belt.
Someon will bring gun.
You lose again.
Bye.

[bdribus]

I refuse to vote for a media-annointed candidate. My vote goes to Huckabee.

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by erichsh at 12:11 PM

Shutup your stupid.

[taotxzen]

Crime of the Century: Time for Congress to Act

Dave Lindorff
Who''s minding the store in Washington?

While President George W. Bush was standing before the members of Congress on January 28 laying out his plans, such as they are, for the final year of his second term in the White House, he was also seriously and perhaps fatally undermining the authority of Congress with a new signing statement, attached to the latest National Defense Authorization Act, in which he declared that he would simply violate or fail to comply with four provisions.

Let me say that again. The president states in writing that he is not going to obey and will not be bound by four parts of a law duly passed by the Congress.

Just so you know that we''re not talking about the naming of a bridge or a new ship, the four provisions of the act which the president is going to ignore are:

* the establishment of a commission to investigate contractor fraud in Afghanistan and Iraq

* the protection for whistleblowers who report contractor fraud from harassment or official retribution

* a requirement that U.S. intelligence agencies respond to Congressional requests for documents

* a ban on funding for any permanent military bases in Iraq, and on any actions that would seek to give the U.S. control over Iraq''s oil resources or oil money.


Still think we are in Iraq to get the ''terist?''

[erichsh]

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don''t. Had McCain been more like, say, Byrd or Lautenberg, the article would have railed that he''s a pork-barrel, free-spending Republican. Instead, it grouses that he''s a cheap-skate cold-hearted Republican. You just can''t win.

[spinster2]

Much has been made of race on the democratic side and the media has relentlessly searched every thing the Clinton''s have said for any hint of race, much like you would expect of a racist while Obama has gotten a free pass.


OBAMA''S RACIST PASTOR DISSES NATALEE HOLLOWAY

http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2008/01/post_25.html



BARRACK OBAMA''S CHURCH HONERS RACIST NATION OF ISLAM LEADER,
LOUIS FARRAKHAN WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/farrakhan_support/2008/01/17/65177.html


All we really know about him is he is a very good speaker and further left than anyone in congress. Oh, there is one other little thing, he''s been a member of one of the most racially inclusive churches in the country who often say and do ungodly things. Here are a couple of examples. Just copy and paste the urls in your address bar to see for yourself.

[apinchofsalt]

Romney is dropping in the polls! Huckabee is surging in the polls! Go Huckabee!!!

[oleander8]

The logical answer is the line-item veto. When the President signs a new bill that has additional spending - not related to the intent of the bill - or simply frivolous - veto the line - not the entire bill.

[kissamaarse]

McCain. He wants to stay in Iraq 100 years. That is $265 Million per day X 365 days X 100 years. Do the math. It is America''s wealth, not "Bush" McCain''s.

[joyous88]

idiots, they want you to talk about WWII, keep your eye on the ball,

McCain is just one more borrow and spend republican, keep the war going to make money conservative,

buy votes from the christians evangelical,

use the ''faith based BRIBE'' republican liar,

he is Bush junior

[hypnotoad72]

Even Japanese government took away money and everything after the war, because government did not have money.

Posted by Klingon69
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Good thing the US has Fort Knox and corporate lobbyists who give the government money all the time to rely on, if things ever get to a disastrous point...

[hypnotoad72]

Japan was attacked by USA. I don''t hate American people but too ignorant to think of other side.
Posted by vivaviva80
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And what was Pearl Harbor, then? An invitation to a picnic at "make-out point"?!

Japan attacked the US first. Even if they hadn''t, there were legitimate reasons to show them to stop. War is not a game.

Of course, nobody could have done anything; let them all kamakazi to death... the US would have gotten blamed for that too, no doubt.

[klingon69]

I hate to say it, but probably the best thing to do is vote a straight Democratic ticket in ''''08, and then in 2010, ''''12 and so on, work at weeding out those Democrats who are incurably corporate tools.

Rather like cleaning a toilet; flush it first to get the big chunks out of the way, and then work on the details.
Posted by ibsteve2u at 10:42 AM : Feb 02, 2008
The best analogy I have ever seen regarding this election.

[colonieny]

MEMO to CBS:

Looking for scandal ? How about the Kennedy Family Trust in Tahiti ? While hard working Americans pay estate taxes, big time, the really rich, like Teddy''s family, don''t.
Teddy is in favor of us paying even more of our "fair share" . Remember the fight over the death tax ?
......why is this story ignored by the press ?


The examples used in this story is a ploy, making it sound not too bad. Don''t buy it. This story is actually an ANTI REPUBLICAN, ANTI BUSH set up.

[klingon69]

As for the Daniel Perls, and the others who were victims of mad people with saws and knives, why is that no one ever asks what they were doing in a known hostile area? They were obviously not welcome there, and, as cold as it sounds, had they not been there, they wouldn''''t have become victims.
Posted by brianbwb at 04:34 AM : Feb 02, 2008
If the woman hadn''t been in that area, if she hadn''t been dressed so provacatively...etc, she wouldn''t have been raped.
Your argumnets are old hat.

[missingamerica]

I hate to say it, but probably the best thing to do is vote a straight Democratic ticket in ''08, and then in 2010, ''12 and so on, work at weeding out those Democrats who are incurably corporate tools.

Rather like cleaning a toilet; flush it first to get the big chunks out of the way, and then work on the details.