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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9765)	6/28/2006 12:28:17 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I hate to pick one piece of the whole puzzle to talk about, but I will anyway. <G> News just announced a couple days ago that oil production had finally gotten back to the level of production it was at before the invasion. Why has it taken so long? There wasn't that much damage to the oil facilities, was there?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9765)	6/28/2006 3:31:18 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I'm well aware that Bush "informs" congress of some of his activities. And I anticipated that you would retort in this manner. But the reality is that "informing congress" as Bush calls it, is really political cover for his secret agendas, since "informing" is also "muzzling," not to mention the fact that one of the key members of congress complicit in that agenda and providing that political cover is Pat Roberts, who is conducting what has to be one of the most shamefully political perforomances of a committee chair ever. They are functioning better than they were under Saddam I don't know where you are getting your information, but even the most cursory investigation of the performance of US contractors in Iraq would indicate otherwise. I find it interesting, though not unexpected, that you cannot provide solid information about how I am better off because of anything Bush has done. Instead, you throw that lame-ass "blame it all on Clinton" rap at me. Let me give you a clue. Please indicate which of these areas have improved in the last 5 years: Budget deficit Trade deficit Environmental enforcement Food safety enforcement Manufacturing job creation Value of the dollar Air quality Dependency on foreign oil Wages Access to higher education Number of engineers graduating per year Integrity of national elections Health care costs Number of people with no health insurance need I go on? Tell ya what. Politics sucks. I'll take my answer off the air.