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

[mistered9]

McCain might be a military man, but he is no politician.
He like GW Bush feel he is surperior to all of us. Oh he is soooo wrong.
If you want another Bush vote for McCain.

[missingamerica]

*from service life

[klingon69]

Japan was attacked by USA. I don''''t hate American people but too ignorant to think of other side.
Posted by vivaviva80 at 09:28 PM : Feb 01, 2008
Hmmmm, Japan attacked by USA???
***???
Remember the *** Zeros crashing into the ships in port, on Sunday morning. Honestly I believe we were lenient. Personally, I would''ve bomb your whole D A M N island back into the stoneage.

[missingamerica]

Those golf courses are valuable assets, Nancy. They help prepare our military personnel for their transition to service life - and the times when promotions hinge upon whether or not you can keep your mouth shut when you see the c-level execs cheating.

[abdoul_pasha]

Good afternoon

[fibonacci_]

The first to attack carries the most blame.

[klingon69]

Anyway, Sorry about Perl Harbor but in Japan 600,000 people were killed and my grand parents house was also one of attacked by USA air planes.
You can not imagine the Chaos and dead people everywhere, no foods no houses and no help to live after the war. Even Japanese government took away money and everything after the war, because government did not have money.
Posted by vivaviva80 at 09:26 PM : Feb 01, 2008
WAR IS HELL! Whoever said that spoke volumes. To win a war, you must inflict so much pain and suffering upon the enemy that they either surrender, or sue for peace.

[missingamerica]

Money naturally trickles up due to the nature of capitalism and its central theme of "profit", but the greed and self-interest almost all humans are endowed with dooms the idea of "trickle down" before it ever gets out of the gate.

What is the constant harping upon "tax cuts" but another way of saying "I demand to be allowed to keep all of the money that I can get my hands on to myself."?

What is the 400 and more worker-to-CEO pay ratio other than a proclamation that economic rape is a suitable means of getting your hands upon money?

What is the constant offshoring of America''s manufacturing and service base but a declaration that absolutely nothing - not even patriotism and a concern for the future America''s children will have - is to be allowed to impede the Republicans in their pursuit of wealth?

The worst thing about today''s Republicans is that they have become so very shortsighted in their greed; they are no longer capable of recognizing that what strengthens the People of America eventually strengthens the wealthy and corporations of America.

They are like the farmer who, in his gluttony, eats his seed corn - and then when the cold winds of winter loom on the horizon, blames the hired hands for being unable to harvest what they could not plant.

[klingon69]

All 6 of the examples of earmarks they list are all excellent causes and should be funded. It''''s the idiotic ones like the bridge to nowhere in Alaska that pis*s people off.
Posted by SgtRDS at 07:55 PM : Feb 01, 2008
Yes, those would be noble causes, however that was only 6 out of how many?
The news, SOMETIMES SUBTLELY, tries to influence people. Here is an example. By showing the good earmarks they imply that most earmarks are for good and noble causes. How good and noble was the woodstock museum, the bridge to nowhere...and many many more?

[klingon69]

How big is a Navy squadron? 10? 100? 1,000? I don%u2019t know the size of the "Navy%u2019s largest squadron,%u201D but I suspect it is pretty small. Not the kind of %u201CD-Day%u201D command McCain is trying to place in the minds of the voters
Posted by kandereck at 07:06 PM : Feb 01, 2008
In the mid to late 70s, the Navy had more aircraft than the Air Force.

[rushlimpdrug]

PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES!
All "we, the people, really get from our priests and politicians are promises, a failing economy, and wars without end!
McCain is again making "Promises" that he could not keep if he did manage to get elected....
Posted by sidkeith7 at 09:43 AM

That''s not true, the priest said I''m going to heaven,
and the politician told me he is on my side.

[fibonacci_]

Huckabee: "My faith doesn''t influence my decisions, it drives them."

-What does this mean?

[taotxzen]

n California, $438,000 to Monterey County for gang prevention and intervention."

Ever been to Salinas? Serious gang problem.

Wikipedia info on Salinas:

Gang activity is responsible for a substantial portion of the violent crime in Salinas. The majority of street gang territory in Salinas comes under the Norteqo and Sureqo gangs. In 1998, local police estimated 71% of the city''s homicides -- were gang related.

[cfin5]

Liar math = Spin,.....Sentences are just like a math equation. Adding them up you come to the sum of their meaning. The clearer the words, the quiker the sum is set. The cloudier the words, the slower the sum is set. Sounds like "politicianeese" to me :)

[taotxzen]

"In California, $438,000 to Monterey County for gang prevention and intervention."

Ever been to Salinas? Serious gang problem.

[taotxzen]

"In California, $438,000 to Monterey County for gang prevention and intervention."

Ever been to Salinas? Serious gang problem.

[taotxzen]

Wars Dwarf Warming in US Budget

by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Despite growing recognition in the Pentagon and the intelligence community that global warming poses serious national security threats to the United States, Washington is spending 88 dollars on the military for every dollar it spends this year on climate-related programmes, according to a new study released here Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).The study, entitled %u201CMilitary vs. Climate Security%u201D, found that the government has budgeted 647.5 billion dollars for the defence budget in 2008 %u2014 more than the defence budgets of the rest of the world%u2019s nations combined %u2014 compared to 7.37 billion dollars for climate-related programes.

Of the latter total, moreover, only 212 million dollars is devoted to helping poor countries obtain clean, renewable energy sources that do not contribute to global warming %u2014 less than what U.S. military forces in Iraq spend each day on operations there.

%u201CWhile we spare no expense to wage war, we seem to have no money to spare on averting climate disaster,%u201D said Miriam Pemberton, the report%u2019s author. %u201CThe increasingly dire warnings from climate scientists make clear that changing these federal spending priorities can%u2019t wait.%u201D

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[taotxzen]

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Indeed, the report comes amid unprecedented global concern that climate change could have devastating consequences for much of the earth. Hardest hit will be the world%u2019s poor countries, which have fewer resources to cope with the threats posed by global warming, including more extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, and sea-level rise, which most scientists believe are inevitable if the world fails to quickly stabilise and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

hat concern was underlined last month when the Nobel Committee awarded its annual peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the network of thousands of scientists whose warnings about the reality and impact of global warming have becoming increasingly urgent over the past 15 years, and former Vice President Al Gore, whose 2006 documentary film, %u201CAn Inconvenient Truth%u201D, significantly boosted popular consciousness of the threat, especially in the U.S.

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[cfin5]

Posted by ibsteve2u at 09:38 AM : Feb 02, 2008------"Liar math",.....Thank you for that saying. I like it!

[taotxzen]

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In his acceptance speech in Oslo, Gore called on the nations of the world to mobilise to avert climate disaster %u201Cwith a sense of urgency and shared resolve that has previously been seen only when nations have mobilised for war.%u201D

The martial analogy has been taken up by the Pentagon and the intelligence community, which have produced several reports about the national security consequences of changes in the world%u2019s climate.

Last May, a group of retired generals and admirals issued their own report, %u201CNational Security and the Threat of Climate Change%u201D, which found, among other things, that the consequences of warming were likely to promote inter-state conflict over vital resources, such as fresh water; political turmoil and extremism within nations; food shortages and mass migrations.

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