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To: Arthur Radley who wrote (69668)	2/20/2009 4:11:49 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Respond to of 90947

Let me try to understand your logic! Former Senator Stevens placed in a bill to spend millions of dollars for a 'bridge to no where', therefore the fact he placed this in a federal spending bill makes you happy. I doubt that Brumar supported the "Bridge to Nowhere" (which BTW is a bit of an exaggeration, it wasn't a useless idea for a bridge, just an idea that wasn't useful enough to make all that federal spending justified). Even if I am wrong, and he did actually support it, that isn't very relevant to the point he made. Its a slam not an argument. Even if its an accurate slam, its still ad-hominem. Am I upset that no money from this specific bill was set aside specifically to deal with the remaining rebuilding after Katrina? No, I'm not. Not sure if Brumar is or not, but his point that the money was not put aside in this bill for that reason is an accurate one, the only question is whether its an important one. I don't think its all that important directly as an issue itself, but arguably its important as an issue in terms of the press having a double standard for bills pushed through by Bush, and bills pushed through by Obama.

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (69668)	2/20/2009 4:44:01 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Why do you think the bridge to nowhere would make me happy? if a given state uses any funding from this bill to repair a bridge destroyed by Katrina then that will not count in your mind as responding to Katrina recovery? Yes, it would. But none of the stimulus bill is designated for that according to AP. My whole point is that we've been hearing about katrina so much for years and how the response has been and remains inadequate ... and then comes along a new administration with a big spending bill with nothing for katrina in it per AP and that is hunky dory with everyone. ...OUR college kids can't afford their education, but off the federal books we spend $15 billion a month in Iraq ...so do you have a clue what Article 27 and 32 provides 'all' Iraqi .... denying our citizens the same rights? .... direct me to some of your posts where you assailed President Bush for borrowing billions of dollars to give his $600 stimulus package .... bail out Wall Street and the banks ... What the heck are you babbling about? And how come you didn't mention the rising sea levels in that disconnected rant? And the dying forests? Don't you give a damn about the environment? LOL But its a good thing you've started reading this thread, you might learn some things.