quote:eb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush sent Congress a record $2.9 trillion spending blueprint for the coming year that seeks billions in savings from Medicare and Medicaid, boosts defense spending 12 percent and projects a surplus in five years.
Bush's budget, his first to a Congress controlled by Democrats, reflects the priorities of his presidency: the war in Iraq and homeland security. It also lays out a menu of politically perilous cuts affecting the poor, the elderly and the disabled.
The budget for the year beginning Oct. 1 boils down to an opening offer to Congress in the haggling over how much money will be available for hundreds of programs. Democrats already are greeting the package skeptically. They likely will challenge Bush on several fronts, criticize omissions such as long-term costs for Iraq and rewrite the plan to suit their own priorities in a year leading into presidential elections.
``I doubt that Democrats will support this budget, and frankly, I will be surprised if Republicans rally around it either,'' Representative John Spratt, a South Carolina Democrat and chairman of the House Budget Committee, said in a statement.
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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Da_bang80
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So the American government can impeach a president for not being able to keep his dick out of the interns, but not when a president throws away thousands of lives and billions of dollars on a war that will inevitably fail...
Oh well, at least they're starting to learn that giving Bush more money is like giving a two year old a pack of matches.
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Let me say this very slowly: Clinton. Was impeached. For perjury. Saying otherwise is lying. Perjury is a very serious crime, of the "lock you up for decades" variety, regardless of what you happen to be lying about. Yes, Bush should be impeached. Clinton should have been as well. It's the correct response to your president committing serious crimes.
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quote: Perjury is a very serious crime, of the "lock you up for decades" variety, regardless of what you happen to be lying about.
Bullshit. I have two words for you. Jeffery Archer.
As for Bush, what's the point of impeaching him? It would acheive nothing, and might even have the effect of vindicating the terrorists (I'm assuming these will be the sheep like follower / cannon fodder / suicide bomber types). The only solution is to make sure that an arse liek him does not get into the White House next time, and to ensure that Blair's sucessor has some sort of backbone, and an ability to tell a m,odicum of truth.
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quote:Originally posted by Da_bang80: So the American government can impeach a president for not being able to keep his dick out of the interns, but not when a president throws away thousands of lives and billions of dollars on a war that will inevitably fail...
Oh well, at least they're starting to learn that giving Bush more money is like giving a two year old a pack of matches.
remember we're at war now ya traitor
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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Da_bang80
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Ha, I'm Canadian remember? I owe no allegiance to the American nation or its leader.
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The main problem with impeaching Bush is that, even if he's convicted, Cheney will still be president.
Also, perjury may have been the legal charge against Clinton, but it was still the sex that got them all upset. That was the real reason for the impeachment. It's just that it isn't illegal, so they had to use the perjury. If they could have charged him with "first degree blowjob reception" or "misusing a cigar with malicious intent" or something, they would have.
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Da_bang80
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: "misusing a cigar with malicious intent"
I don't even want to know...
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I think most plans involve impeaching Cheney simultaneously...
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I'm no expert on the matter, but just to clarify, impeachment does *not* equate to getting kicked out of office. Clinton was impeached, after all.
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listen to ththis is analysis of the budget from kcrw I found it very interesting
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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quote:Originally posted by Da_bang80: Ha, I'm Canadian remember? I owe no allegiance to the American nation or its leader.
Neither do I. *moons America* Kiss my Chinese Canadian, 75% commie bastard ASS!!!!
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Just make sure you don't point it at Texas, or they'll start worshiping it or something. Not that I'm implying that they could see it from there
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: "misusing a cigar with malicious intent"
I don't even want to know...
I don't think the intent was malicious
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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