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

To: trouthead who wrote (712464)	11/12/2005 2:26:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I am a moderate democrat, but I think the federal government should be cut in half each of the next three years. The power of the money is breeding corruption. Business and the politicians that control those purse strings are tighter than a GI home on leave riding a hooker in vegas. You couldn't pry them apart with a grenade. It is time we blew up the federal govt. It is out of control. I think you may be throwing out the baby with the wash. What's I think is the source of the problem is the GOP. Because they control all three branches of the gov't, they think they have a mandate to do whatever they want. Consequently, they have been spending like your GI friend up above is on a two week leave and will ship out to Iraq at the end of that leave. What happened with FEMA in the Gulf States is a travesty. It is directly linked to the placement of incompetent/indifferent Bush chronies in positions of power within that organization. In fact, there are numerous dedicated employees in FEMA who were begging Brownie to get off is fat butt and do something.......to no avail. Read over the emails between Brownie and the FEMA regulars in the field. Its disgusting to read Brown's responses to their pleas for help. Brownie was more concerned about his blue shirt for a tv interview than the people who had been displaced by Katrina. And I assure you.......Brownie is not the only incompetent more interested in his six figure salary that was placed by Bush. In fact, there is a tradition of incompetence developing under Bush.............look no further than the Iraqi war for confirmation. So before you throw out the gov't, I think a first step should be to cut out the current cancer. When they are gone, if there are still problems, then I can agree with you that the gov't itself is screwed up and needs to be trimmed.

To: trouthead who wrote (712464)	11/12/2005 4:23:05 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 769670

Here's just one of many examples supporting what I posted to you earlier. The GOP is out of control. "Alaska, which has a $30 billion oil-wealth savings account, is in better financial shape than most U.S. states. But the jet purchase has been cited as one reason for the former banker's low approval ratings. Polls show him to be the nation's second-most-unpopular governor, topped only by Ohio Republican Gov. Robert Taft. "Bald Ego" was the winner in a name-the-jet contest held by an Anchorage radio station. Runners-up included "Murky's Turkey" and, in a reference to the governor's complaints about the lack of a bathroom on the turboprop, "Incontinental Airlines." Elected governor in 2002, Murkowski, a Republican, served as U.S. senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2003." **************************************************** Alaska's Governor Gets Sleek Jet** Critics Say $2.6 Million Aircraft Is Unusable on Many Airstrips ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Nov. 11) - Critics have dubbed it "Bald Ego," "Murky's Turkey" and "Incontinental Airlines," but Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski finally has the sleek executive jet he says he and other state officials need. The $2.6 million Westwind aircraft, equipped with a leather sofa, burgundy carpeting and a flush toilet, arrived this week in Anchorage and will replace a no-frills turboprop used by previous Alaska governors for official business. Critics say Murkowski's jet is unusable in much of rural Alaska, where runways are too short and made of gravel or nonexistent. Murkowski press secretary Becky Hultberg defended the purchase, saying the Republican governor believes that "this is an aircraft that Alaska needs as one of the most aviation-dependent states in the nation." Alaska, which has a $30 billion oil-wealth savings account, is in better financial shape than most U.S. states. But the jet purchase has been cited as one reason for the former banker's low approval ratings. Polls show him to be the nation's second-most-unpopular governor, topped only by Ohio Republican Gov. Robert Taft. "Bald Ego" was the winner in a name-the-jet contest held by an Anchorage radio station. Runners-up included "Murky's Turkey" and, in a reference to the governor's complaints about the lack of a bathroom on the turboprop, "Incontinental Airlines." Elected governor in 2002, Murkowski, a Republican, served as U.S. senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2003. 11/11/05 18:41 ET Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 11/11/05 18:41 ET Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.