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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (498098)	7/24/2009 6:56:11 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577883

>> Rice was NSA when we were attacked on 9-11. Cop-out. 9/11 was DIRECTLY attributable to incompetence within the prior administration. Clinton passed up MULTIPLE opportunities to prevent it, and refused to do it. Rice's accomplishments, first as NSA, and later as Sec/State, are certainly unmatched since James Baker and probably further back than that. I would have to say that the accomplishment that overshadows everything else she did has to do with her persuasiveness with Iraqi leadership regarding the surge. The same surge that allowed Bush to hand Obama a stable Iraq instead of the violent mess we were watching back in '06.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (498098)	7/24/2009 6:57:03 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577883

lol blue dogs dems tell waxman and obama to go fukk themselves and walk out of meeting. lolololol

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (498098)	7/24/2009 7:12:46 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

House healthcare talks break down in anger By Jared Allen, Mike Soraghan and Lauren Burke Posted: 07/24/09 03:27 PM [ET] thehill.com House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders. The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill. “I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations. “Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said. Although those Blue Dogs were supposed to be headed back into another meeting of the Energy and Commerce Democrats, their anger was visible. If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the only hope for passage of the bill in the House will be to go straight to the floor, an option leaders shied away from endorsing but said was an option. But the Blue Dogs issued dire warnings to leaders contemplating that approach. "Waxman simply does not have votes in committee and process should not be bypassed to bring the bill straight to floor,” Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead Blue Dog negotiator, said on Friday. “We are trying to save this bill and trying to save this party.” Melancon said there would be 40-45 “solid no” votes from the 52-strong Blue Dogs, among other problems throughout the caucus. And Melancon said there are more Democrats who will vote against the bill. “If they try to bring it to the floor, I think they’ll find out they have more problems than the Blue Dogs.” A leadership aide said no decisions have been made on how to proceed.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (498098)	7/24/2009 7:55:15 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

Hey Genius. I thought Medicare was supposed to be "solvent" for years into the future? What happened? You people are so f*cking uninformed it is pathetic. ================== Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin says the trustees who oversee Medicare have predicted the trust fund will be insolvent by 2017, which is 2 years faster than was projected just last year and she says America can’t afford to not reform the healthcare system…. kotaradio.com ==================

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (498098)	7/25/2009 7:25:40 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

The 911 plot was in place when Bush took office. Did the previous NSA chief have something in place to prevent flying hijacked planes into buildings? Can you imagine the outrage liberals would be venting if the Bush administration had been able to prevent the 911 attacks from happening by say arresting the hijackers in advance. The plot would be condemned as a ludriciuous myth and the arrested men would be martyrs to the fascist Bush administration.