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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (2717)	6/4/2006 11:29:40 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224707

The rightwing needs to get back in touch with reality. It's becoming increasingly clear that even hard, glaring facts are being totally ignored by the rightwing. Maybe because they're addicted to and brainwashed by the Newsmax and Hannity/Limbaughs of the world, or even Fox News. Let me give you a few glaring truths: - The Iraq War was totally unnecessary and had little if anything to do with a "war on terror" - Bushies intentionally lied about why we had to rush into Iraq. - We rushed into Iraq without proper planning. - Bushies have handed over trillions of our public wealth to corporate special interests, have rewarded the already-rich and punished the poor and middleclass. - Bushies do not care about quality US jobs. - Bushies are in the pockets of energy gougers and polluters. - Bushies seem to invite terrorism, and have done little to kill actual terrorists. - Bushies don't like dealing with the rest of the world. - Energy and health care costs doubling under Bush is no accident. - The corrupt new spirit in DC is because of the Bushie rightwing. - They cheated to get into power all three of the last elections. - Their smear campaigns are 100% lies, and the smearvets did work indirectly for Rove and Bush. Closer to Delay actually. delay's #1 money man bankrolled the smearvets.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (2717)	6/4/2006 10:45:52 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224707

Look at this:Web users to 'patrol' US border BBC News--June 2, 2006 A US state is to enlist web users in its fight against illegal immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet. The plan will allow web users worldwide to watch Texas' border with Mexico and phone the authorities if they spot any apparently illegal crossings. Texas Governor Rick Perry said the cameras would focus on "hot-spots and common routes" used to enter the US. US lawmakers have been debating a divisive new illegal immigration bill. The Senate has approved a law that grants millions of illegal immigrants US citizenship and calls for the creation of a guest-worker programme, while beefing up border security. But in order to come into effect, the plan must be reconciled with tougher anti-immigration measures backed by the House of Representatives. Free number The Texas governor announced his plans for streaming the border surveillance camera footage over the internet at a meeting of police officials on Thursday. "A stronger border is what Americans want and it's what our security demands and that is what Texas is going to deliver," Mr Perry said. The cameras will cost $5m (£2.7m) to install and will be trained on sections of the 1,000-mile (1,600km) border known to be favoured by illegal immigrants. Web users who spot an apparently illegal crossing will be able to alert the authorities by telephoning a number free of charge. Mr Perry, a Republican, is running for re-election in November. Deployment dispute Meanwhile, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent National Guard soldiers to his state's border with Mexico, ending a weeks-old dispute with US President George W Bush. President Bush announced plans on 14 May for thousands of soldiers from the Guard to be sent to bolster security along the Mexican border. Mr Schwarzenegger had opposed the plan, describing it as a "Band-Aid solution" - or a temporary fix. He said he did not want to place his state's National Guard soldiers - many of whom would have already served in Iraq - under additional strain. On Thursday, the governor said he would send the soldiers to the border and the cost of the deployment would be shouldered by the federal government. Meanwhile, a group of US civilian volunteers that has been patrolling the Mexican border began last week building a fence along a section of the frontier. The Minutemen group started erecting the fence on privately-owned land in Arizona on Saturday, saying it is "doing the job the federal government will not do". The Minutemen are allowed to report illegal crossings to border police but have no right to arrest suspects.