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

To: JDN who wrote (505269)	12/7/2003 7:59:42 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Another example: Bush says one thing and does the opposite. From the Washington Post: "The Social Security and Medicare shortfalls compel change," Mr. Bush said in his 2004 budget. "They must not be left hanging over the heads of our children and grandchildren. The longer the delay in enacting reforms, the greater the danger, and the more drastic the remedies will have to be." All true; yet Mr. Bush's actions have only dug the hole deeper. He's saddled the country with unaffordable tax cuts, pressed to make those cuts permanent, allowed federal spending to soar and added a huge new entitlement program, prescription drug coverage for Medicare, that does little to constrain rising Medicare costs as part of the bargain. And so the budget has swung from a $237 billion surplus in fiscal year 2000 to a $374 billion deficit in 2003 -- the most precipitous fall in 50 years. Worse, no end to the record deficits is in sight: The 2004 shortfall is apt to be above $500 billion, and the 10-year deficit $5.5 trillion or more. The selfishness and irresponsibility are breathtaking. So here's one more Big Idea: level with the American people about what it will take to get the fiscal house back in order, and begin the process of doing so.

To: JDN who wrote (505269)	12/7/2003 10:58:56 AM
From: Joel Karlinsky	Respond to of 769667

The gas masks were used to avoid the smell of the armored SCUDs (Saddams Camel Ultimate Delivery system) which stink almost as much as George Bush's rationale for getting into this conflict. I won't honor it by calling it a war, since the Iraqis had no real way of responding to our pre-emptive attacks. No Air Force, no missiles, NADA, except a few thousand camel jockeys. Now North Korea is another story. I'd like to see us try them on for size. George can lead the way, after all, he does know how to 'fly'. What a joke.