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

To: tejek who wrote (498349)	11/25/2003 12:04:31 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769667

shoot, that is just a takeoff of the real Democreed. To be a Democrat, you have to believe that 1. The AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding. 2. Trial lawyers are selfless heroes and that doctors are overpaid. 3. Global temperatures are affected more by a suburban soccer mom driving an SUV than by documented, cyclical variations in the brightness and intensity of the sun. 4. Guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in the hands of Saddam Hussein. 5. Businesses create oppression and government creates prosperity. 6. Self-esteem is more important than doing anything to earn it. 7. There was no art before federal funding. 8. The NRA is a bad organization because it stands up for certain parts of the Constitution, but the ACLU is a good organization because it stands up for certain parts of the Constitution. 9. Taxes are too low but ATM fees are too high. 10. Standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas are not. 11. ANY change in the weather is proof of global warming. 12. National wealth is determined by what we consume, not by what we produce. 13. The only wars in which America should become involved are those in which our national security is not at risk. 14. Perjury and obstruction of justice are impeachable if a Republican president commits them but a harmless, private matter if a Democrat president commits them. 15. America can have a strong military without spending money on it. 16. The way to improve public schools is to give more money and power to the very people who have misused that power and money to destroy the public schools. 17. Hunters and fishermen do not care about the environment but pasty-faced activists that rarely venture out-of-doors do. 18. A bureaucrat living in Washington, D.C. can make better decisions about how to spend the money that you earn than you can. 19. Being a movie or television star qualifies you to speak out on public policy. 20. Hillary Clinton is a wonderful example for young women of feminine independence even though she has never accomplished anything worthwhile without riding on the coattails of her husband. 21. A handful of religious whackos living in rural Texas are more of a threat to public safety than Islamic terrorists who wish to plant bombs in major American cities. 22. Passing new laws are a much better way to curb crime than enforcing the existing ones. 23. Tax cuts are for people who don¹t actually pay income taxes.

To: tejek who wrote (498349)	11/25/2003 12:17:07 PM
From: AuBug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

“Standing Tall for America” means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. Excellent summary of the Republican party perspective.

To: tejek who wrote (498349)	11/25/2003 12:25:54 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Is that so? o The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans’ benefits and combat pay. Earlier Monday, Bush signed a $401.3 billion defense authorization bill that includes a 4.15 percent raise for troops as the Iraq occupation puts increasing strain on soldiers and their families. • Raises salaries for soldiers by an average of 4.15 percent, and extends increases in combat and family separation pay. • Partially overturns rules preventing disabled veterans from receiving some retirement pay as well as disability compensation. Besides raising military wages, the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2004 continues $225 per month in imminent danger pay and $250 in a monthly family separation allowance for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, including tens of thousands of reserve and National Guard troops.