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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 3:04:36 PM
From: longnshort	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

We know ten times more about Santorium than the guy from Kenya

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 3:09:55 PM
From: locogringo	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Who is this guy Santorum? Where did he come from? Nobody knows him. He has no grades from high school or any college. He was raised by cult members in an obscure Asian city from childhood. He had no college friends or girlfriends. He cannot write coherently,and he can only speak if he reads a teleprompter. He never goes to church. Nobody knows who paid for his schooling, and his early political years have almost no record of accomplishments or voting. He probably is gay. OOPS................sorry............ I though you asked me about somebody else.........................

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 3:15:03 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

Obama proposes $800 million in aid for "Arab Spring" Copies of President Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget are seen stacked on the floor of the House Budget Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON \| Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:39pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced plans on Monday to help "Arab Spring" countries swept by revolutions with more than $800 million in economic aid, while maintaining U.S. military aid to Egypt. In his annual budget message to Congress, President Barack Obama asked that military aid to Egypt be kept at the level of recent years -- $1.3 billion -- despite a crisis triggered by an Egyptian probe targeting American democracy activists. The proposals are part of Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2013, which begins October 1. His requests need the approval of Congress, where some lawmakers want to cut overseas spending to address U.S. budget shortfalls and are particularly angry at Egypt. Obama proposed $51.6 billion in funding for the U.S. State Department and foreign aid overall, when $8.2 billion in assistance to war zones is included. The "core budget" for the category would increase by 1.6 percent, officials said. Most of the economic aid for the Arab Spring countries -- $770 million -- would go to establish a new "Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund," the president said in his budget plan. Analysts said it was difficult to tell how much of the proposal was actually new money. "As presented it's very difficult to determine if the Arab spring fund is new wine in new bottles or old wine in new bottles," said John Norris, a former U.S. foreign aid worker now at the Center for American Progress. The Middle East and North Africa Incentive fund "will provide incentives for long-term economic, political, and trade reforms to countries in transition -- and to countries prepared to make reforms proactively," the White House budget document said. The proposal said this approach "expands our bilateral economic support in countries such as Tunisia and Yemen, where transitions are already underway." It would also build on other programs for the area, including up to $2 billion in regional Overseas Private Investment Corporation financing, up to $1 billion in debt swaps for Egypt, and approximately $500 million in existing funds re-allocated to respond to the region last year, the budget document said. It did not say how the Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund would be divided between countries, or give any other details of the plan. Egypt has long been among the top recipients of U.S. aid, getting about $1.6 billion annually, mostly in military assistance. In fiscal 2012, $250 million of aid approved for Egypt was economic; $1.3 billion was military and there was a $60 million "enterprise fund" approved by Congress. No U.S. assistance is moving to Egypt at the moment, U.S. lawmakers and their aides said last week. Some legislators favor cutting off aid to Egypt entirely if it does not drop accusations against American democracy activists and lift a travel ban on them. Obama continued the practice of putting proposed foreign assistance for war zones in a separate account. This account, known as the "Overseas Contingency Operations," includes $8.2 billion for the State Department and foreign aid. It includes $3.3 billion for Afghanistan, $1 billion for Pakistan, and $4 billion for Iraq, where U.S. troops have left the country but the State Department has picked up some of their functions such as police training. (Editing by Christopher Wilson)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 4:33:32 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Has the dailykos asked for any of that stuff or are you just freelancing for a change? As best as I can tell, Santorum loves his country without any of those nagging 'buts' thrown in.....Rick or Mitt, either way is fine by me.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 6:38:43 PM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

kenny..."Who is this guy Santorum? Where did he come from? Have we seen his birth certificate?".... I for one hope that the birth certificate thing does become part of the next election...Santorum can prove where he was born...hussein wont prove where he was born. I'll bet Santorum's social security Number is legal. I'll bet hussein obama's is not. Maybe that should be brought up as well and anyway husein's father was not a US citizen and his mother was under age so it does not matter where he was born he is not an natural born citizen of the USA. Yep it would be great if all that stuff comes up. Right kenny?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 6:51:28 PM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

kenny..Will the real obama please stand up..look at his little boney fists all clenched in rage..and you love and believe him right ken? is this what a President of the USA should look like?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 6:55:52 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

ken...Maybe I should cut him some slack, could be he forgot his nicotine patch or he could be upset because his favorite body guard is no longer available ?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123985)	2/13/2012 10:49:30 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

His parents or grdparents were legal immigrants - Dems are not interested in those Americans because they're usually too intelligent to be Liberals. The primary reason Obama refuses to enforce US immigration laws is because those entering illegally will someday be clueless Dems. In fact, Democrat voter fraud groups - such as the former Acorn - try to enable the illegals to vote without citizenship. I reiterate - Dems can't win an election without some sort of manipulation of the system.