They are all traitors, and Anti-American on fundamentally deep levels.
Of course, people are so narcotized by TV (and the drugs that are
advertised so heavily on TV these days) that they don't understand
this.
Being at my folks place, I have been able to follow Mike Mitchell's
advice and watch more TV. What a vast wasteland of idiocy and lies.
On the news they talked about some local fellow who died in Iraq. He
wanted so much to help the people of Iraq that he went back for a 2nd
tour. It is indeed possible that his death at the hands of the Iraqi
people who so desperately want the US military and US industry out of
their country will eventually help them. Because if enough people
like him die, the citizens of this country may eventually act on their
belief that the war is wrong, not worth it, all so dick Cheney's
colleagues at Halliburton can make a buck, etc. It's quite clear that
the administration has no intention of doing what the American public
want, and it's discouraging, but in no way surprising, that the
legislature, rapidly collapsing into a fraud and a farce just as in
Rome during the collapse of their republic.
They must be forced to act like Americans. not like fraudulent
Americans like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan, but real Americans like
Andrew Jackson and Mark Hatfield. If they are incapable of this, they
should be turned out of office, every one of them.
I know that was sort of the culmination of the rhetorical arc I had
established, but I can't resist adding - what kind of idiots will sign
up because they will get more money if they are killed? well, it will
probably work, since people are getting twice as stupid every 18
months, but I don't want to hear any more shit about how crazy Muslims
are for expecting a reward in the afterlife for an act of terror today
- American terrorists think they'll be able to spend money after they
die!
On 5/11/05, tim_tt2 <tim_tt2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> rs, 1 minute ago
>
> WASHINGTON - Congress is giving President Bush billions of
> dollars more for the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, a
> higher death benefit for soldiers killed in combat and a new embassy
> in Baghdad.
>
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> The spending package also requires states to issue more uniform
> driver's licenses and to verify the citizenship or legal status of
> license applicants, a provision that has prompted some states to
> threaten to sue.
>
> Bush, who gained most of what he had sought in the $82 billion
> measure, said he would sign the bill into law and praised Congress
> for showing bipartisan support for the troops and anti-terrorism
> efforts.
>
> The 100-member Senate passed the measure unanimously on Tuesday, and
> the House approved it overwhelmingly last week.
>
> "New democracies are taking root in Iraq and Afghanistan, and America
> is proud to stand with them," Bush said in a written statement. "This
> legislation will help America continue to promote freedom and
> democracy."
>
> The bill is the fifth emergency spending package Congress has taken
> up since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It raises the cost of
> the global effort to fight terrorism to more than $300 billion since
> 2001.
>
> Most of the money — $75.9 billion — is planned for military
> operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, while $4.2 billion goes to
> foreign aid and other international relations programs.
>
> The bill pays for war costs through September, the end of the current
> fiscal year. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) of
> Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations
> Committee's defense subcommittee, said the Army already is discussing
> needing another spending bill as early as August.
>
> The president sent Congress the spending proposal in February. Both
> Republican-controlled chambers had promised to fund only items and
> programs lawmakers deemed urgent. The final legislation matches
> Bush's proposed price tag.
>
> Lawmakers packed the bill with a number of provisions, including one
> drafted by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that prohibits money in the bill
> from being used "to subject any person in the custody or under the
> physical control of the United States to torture or cruel, inhuman or
> degrading treatment or punishment" prohibited by U.S. laws and
> treaties.
>
> Durbin said the measure was in response to the prisoner abuses
> scandals in Iraq and elsewhere.
>
> Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss.,
> called the final bill "a genuine compromise between the two bodies on
> legislation that is of utmost importance to our troops who are
> deployed in the war on terror and for our allies around the world."
>
> Democrats used the bill to criticize the Bush administration for its
> Iraq policies and for failing to go through the normal budget process
> to pay for the wars. Many also assailed Republicans for tacking on
> immigration provisions.
>
> The legislation provides money for combat costs, including
> ammunition, armor for vehicles, weapons systems and other equipment.
> It also boosts the one-time benefit for survivors of troops killed in
> combat zones from $12,000 to $100,000. The increase would apply
> retroactively to families of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
> beginning Oct. 7, 2001.
>
> On the foreign affairs side, the measure provides $592 million for a
> secure diplomatic compound in Baghdad, $230 million for U.S. allies
> in the war on terror, and $200 million in economic and infrastructure
> assistance to the Palestinian Authority. The bill includes $907
> million for expenses and aid related to the December tsunami in
> Southeast Asia.
>
> Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., joined Democrats and state
> officials Tuesday in criticizing the driver's license rules, which he
> said would create national identification cards and stick state
> governments with the bill.
>
> "It's possible that some governor may look at this and say, 'Wait a
> minute. Who are these people in Washington telling us what to do with
> our driver's licenses and making us pay for them too?'" Alexander
> said.
>
> The bill toughens asylum laws, authorizes the completion of a fence
> across the California-Mexican border and provides money to hire more
> border security agents. The House had included most of the provisions
> in its version of the bill. The Senate did not but agreed during
> negotiations to go along with the House.
>
> Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the bill comes up
> short in at least two areas.
>
> "We should have received much greater attention in this bill about
> our ability to succeed in Iraq," Reid said. And, immigration reform
> should have been dealt with later, he said.
>
> Overall, the measure reflects a desire by lawmakers to give the
> Pentagon what it needs while holding the line on State Department
> spending. Lawmakers provided roughly $1 billion more than Bush sought
> for defense and about $1.5 billion less than he wanted for
> international relations programs
>
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