The subject of This Blog is that we made an error in attacking Iraq which did not pose any danger to the US. Sorry I did not change the subject Really? Looks to me like the subject was bad intelligence. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" alig
It is time for President Bush to admit that the United States made an error CG, your credibility and objectivity has just about hit bottom, you have such a hardon for GW it's pathetic. The intelligence agencies were wrong... yippee doo. Eight years of Clin
Now, for all the statements in this forum regarding all sorts of "experts" (referred to but not named or quoted) it does seem that any expert opinion that I can find agrees with Terri's doctors findings that her brain was indeed nearly completely dead and beyond recovery Here are some links for affidavi
Thanks for completely ignoring my post. Husbands and wives DO NOT have the first, last, or middle word on medical care. Again, I have taken and treated patients AGAINST THE WISHES OF A SPOUSE!! Why? Because it would be illegal for me to follow verbal wishes. Without a written, and legally authorized Living Will, the law sa
A Zogby poll also shows if the election were held again today, BUSH STILL BEATS KERRY. Enough said.
That's why North Korea is free A perverse view of what freedom is Lucy.
This, by the way is what I sent Mr Bush. It is not the original words of the petition, but my own words Wonderfully written. With regard to the original post question, I think it's high time we get NATO and the international community to pony up troops on this one (Sudan).
$330 Billion in interest go to www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdint.htm Your bias really detracts from any credibility. Per this site, the interest on the debt was over $360 B in '98 and '00 (Clinton budgets), and over $350 B in '99 and '97. The interest has gone DOWN over 10% (not including the time
the deficit is not an end by 2008 and a and if you don't believe it just the Office of Management and Budget and web site which clearly shows will be a continuing deficit is for out as the eye can see Whoosh. That's the sound of the posts going right over your head apparently. Your response is barely i
The Bush individual accounts do not solve the funding problem for Social Security No, but it solves some others. One of which you (Col) were bitching about on another post. The way the surplus/deficit is stated, by including the SS funds (or off budget items) in the total budget numbers (which has bee
Well after we have cut expendatures, stimulated GDP growth, closed the loop holes and returned the tax rates on the top 5% to pre 2001 rates and we are still not balanced, we would need to increase t
They are entitled to it given the fact they paid Social Security taxes to pay for the retirement of past workers First of all, SS was NEVER intended to be paid, it was just another tax. The age at which people became eligible (when it was instituted) for SS was AFTER their life expectancy was up. The
Incorrect. Using the yardstick you like (% of GDP), GWB's tax cuts put most of the hole in the deficit. Per TB's source (Link), Clinton's budget receipts typically ran 19 - 20% of GDP. under GWB overall receipts dropped from 19.8 of GDP in 2001 to 16.3 percent in 2004. Six-sevenths (or ~85%) of that drop came from a drop
The fact is that at the time Bush attacked Iraq, about half of the Americans did not support the war. Huh? What world do you live in? Various polls had the support for removing Saddam by military force at or around 70% prior to the invasion (I'm not bothering to link them because if you'd wanted actual
Is there someway to insert a graphic into the post? (instead of linking to it?)
TB, you are mixing up the yearly federal deficit & the cumulative national debt. I don't believe I am. Not sure where you're getting your deficit vs GDP numbers, but I su
I'd support Barbara Boxer You'd support the BIGGEST offender in the House Banking Scandal? Are you from California? Boxer bounced over $40,000 in bad checks in the House Banking debacle (so the Californians promoted her to the Senate).
They used the Unified Budget and removed Social Security and Medicare revenue and expenses to isolate the federal budget Revenue and expenses. That shows the actual federal deficit This article is spin. Compare actual numbers, remove the SS and Medicare, the deficit is still in line with 1990 thru 199
I also know it is not being streight with the taxpayers! If George Bush had to certrify the Federal Budget results each year the way corporate CEO's are required to do under a law he had supported, he would be in violation of that law. Problem is the President is not covered by that law. I wonder WHY? T
How about the Healthy Forests Initiative? Just another mechanism to hand industries the rights to cut down timber on federal lands, under the guise of reducing fire threats. Nonsense. Do you live out West? Last fire season, we lost thousands of acres of timber to forest fires, numerous homes and busin
Please: No laundry lists of complaints, no unsourced quotes or references, and no factual statements without supporting evidence. Guess you didn't get much to hang a hat on. Though I supported GW in the election, I'm certainly not entirely enamored with him (nor do I hate him). My big
The fiscal crisis being created by continually spending more than we tax could result is very large tax increases on the wealthy when it becomes clear we have gone ntoo far into debt Too far into debt? Fiscal crisis? This is NONSENSE. In 2004 the deficit as a percentage of the GDP was 3.5%, in 1943 i
Fifty-five million people voted for a litany of complaints, eh? Actually 16.5 million voted for the litany of complaints, the other 38.5 million voted for NOT Bush.
Second of all, a statement like "Kerry had an extremely poor record on supporting defense spending" is misleading without qualifications Let's put it his way then, Kerry was in the super minority a majority of the time on defense spending votes, prior to the late 90's. This (his earlier voting record) r
I'm just one liberal, and this is just one opinion, but I found it disheartening having to watch Kerry continually reiterate his desire to "hunt down and kill" the terrorists. The popular label says he's a liberal, and liberals are apparently anti-defense Kerry had an extremely poor record on supporting