100,000 DOLLARS PER MINUTE!! That's what the war in Iraq is costing you & I, and every American tax-payer!! It is sometimes difficult to fathom the TRILLIONS of dollars that George-the Lesser has borrowed to pay for his illegal war; but most Americans can grasp the figure of $100,000.... PER MINUTE!!!! I remind readers that Bush could NOT sucessfully manage two oil-related companies DURING A "BOOM" PERIOD!! Today "Dubyuh" released his budget for the next fiscal year. Included in it are cuts to student loan-funding, as well as cuts to Medicare & Medicaid. It also "cuts" the benefits paid to American veterans; many who have been wounded in Iraq. Does that sound like "Supporting our troops"??? He managed to budget INCREASES in military-spending, however. Where does he think that all this money COMES FROM?? He campaigned on a platform of "fiscal-responsibility"... HOW MUCH LONGER DOES HE THINK WE CAN BE FOOLED?? To quote his own words: "We won't be fooled again". Alberto Gonzales appeared before a Senate comittee today; trying to justify the illegal wire-taps authorized by Bush, he stated that the declarations of war have authorized unlimited surveillance. He then went on to state that "Washington", "Lincoln" & Roosevelt" had all used "wire-taps" in times of war??? Is this man a MORON?? Just exactly WHAT type of "electronic surveillance" EXISITED DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AND THE CIVIL WAR??? It seems that he "mis-spoke" one of his carefully-prepared "talking-points", while repeating the same tired excuses for warrantless wire-taps. He repeated the idea, that "if we had this surveillance program BEFORE "9-11", we might have caught the terrorists" He seems to have forgotten the 52 memos sent to the White House WARNING of Al Queda's intent to use "airplanes as weapons", and the F.B.I. reports of "known Al Queda-operatives taking flight-lessons"!! ALL OF WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE THE 9-11 ATTACKS!! How can we "trust" an administration which has consistantly LIED, distorted, and covered-up such things as the "Energy-Policy meetings", the treasonous disclosures of the "Plame incident", and the connections of White House officials to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff??How do we know if such surveillane was ever used for political advantage? "Being-illegal" certainly didn't stop Richard Nixon's "Watergate", or Ronald Reagan's "Iran-Contra" operations. ... Gonzales was NEVER asked to be "sworn-in"... making his testimony virtually WORTHLESS, AND WITHOUT CREDIBILITY!! EVEN "PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL-PLAYERS" HAD TO BE "SWORN-IN" when testifying before Congress about steroids!!! I guess that matters of "National-security" and Constitutional law are somehow LESS serious than "Roid-rage" and the kind of "message that steroids sends our children"!!How about the "message" being sent to our children, that our "elected-officials" are corrupt and incompetant LIARS!! ... The message that "government" exists solely to enrich the rich, and the rest of America will pay the bill!! Meanwhile, Bush quietly promotes his tax-cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans!!I heard again today the oft-heard quote of Ben Franklin: "He who would sacrifice freedom for security, deserves neither".............Dave
- posted by Dave @ 11:37 PM