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

To: JDN who wrote (743944)	6/27/2006 7:10:23 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

a sad day for history of the republic and a sad day for human civilization history

To: JDN who wrote (743944)	6/28/2006 4:41:52 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Why don't they START OUT by protecting the COUNTRY and it's CITIZENS from their OWN depredations first???????? Pass a Constitutional amendment requiring a Balanced Budget out of Washington. Pass a Constitution amendment establishing a basic privacy right for citizens.... THEN we can talk about trifles like this bogus election year pandering.

To: JDN who wrote (743944)	6/28/2006 5:19:13 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Did you notice that BEFORE the Senate had it's vote on the proposed Constitutional amendment, they FIRST voted down --- and by a BIG MARGIN --- a bill to criminalize flag burning????????? That tells me that these 'honorable gentlepersons' PREFER to keep this issue around for the POLITICAL BENEFITS... to FIRE UP their bases and their FUND-RAISING drives. They are trying to play the public like a two-bit fiddle. :-) "...Prior to the vote on the amendment itself, the Senate voted 64 to 36 against a proposed bill that would have criminalized flag desecration." nytimes.com Of course... there's always hope folks will tire of this demogogery: "...Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, is in line to become the Republican leader in the next Congress, and he opposes the initiative on free speech grounds."