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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (153501)	6/14/2001 10:09:08 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush now antagonizing both sides of the aisle............WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top Republicans in Congress called for hearings Thursday on the White House decision to suspend bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. One GOP aide put it bluntly Thursday: "Congress is mad as hell." House Armed Services Committee Bob Stump, R-Arizona, called the Navy live-fire training facility "irreplaceable." "We were a little surprised today on the suddenness of the announcement, and consequently announced that we would have hearings," Stump said. Virginia Sen. John Warner, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has asked the panel's new chairman, Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, to hold hearings as well. Warner said the administration needs to submit legislation to halt training on the island because current law requires that issue to be decided by a November referendum. President Bush said Thursday the U.S. military will end bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques when its arrangement runs out in 2003. The training range has been the subject of protests since a civilian guard was killed by a stray bomb in 1999. "There's been some harm done to people in the past. These are our friends and neighbors, and they don't want us there," Bush said. His decision prompted protests on both sides of the congressional aisles: Republicans argued that Vieques was essential to military readiness and Democrats complained the decision does not call for an immediate halt to exercises on the island. "I can tell you that I have talked to the people on the island of Puerto Rico, and they are going to reject any proposal that does not call for the immediate and permanent cessation of all bombing on the island of Vieques," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois. Puerto Rico's governor, Sila Calderon, called it a step in the right direction but repeated her demand that live-fire training end immediately.................DOES DUBYA HAVE ANY FRIENDS LEFT?

To: greenspirit who wrote (153501)	6/14/2001 10:23:08 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

re: "That's pretty sick to compare someone on this board with a mass murderer like Tim McVeigh. " War talk is pretty serious business and Cyberken has been using the phraseology for the last couple of days.....Tim McVeigh thought he was at war with the government ..... When you say it once it can be considered hyperbole, continue saying it and maybe you will be taken seriously..... re: "Is there no limits to Democrat hatred? " Sorry, but I couldn't pass this one up......."Is our children learning?" LOL!