Budget Deficit Seen Soaring Above $400 Billion
"The best way to ensure that we, as well as our children and our
grandchildren, are overtaxed for the rest of our lives is to keep borrowing
money to cover our deficits," said Texas Democratic Rep. Charlie Stenholm.
"Our children will pay higher taxes simply to cover increasing interest
payments."
Message 19024245
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--Bush's Next War?----
Road to Damascus next for Bush?
Is Syria next? Or will it be Iran?
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Ease Up on Syria Threats
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North Korea?
"North Korea appeared to abandon diplomatic negotiation
as a means of settling its nuclear dispute with the US yesterday, with a warning that only "tremendous military deterrence" could prevent Pyongyang suffering the same fate as Baghdad."
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Richard Perle conference call to Goldman Sachs, "in which he advised participants on possible investment opportunities arising from the war. The conference's title was
"Implications of an Imminent War: Iraq Now. North Korea Next?"
Message 18735446
---Other articles about Perle---
Message 18785595
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***** WAR ON IRAQ******
IRAQ's Museum and Libraries Looted and Burned while USA military watches
"We can't conquer and then shirk further responsibility by allowing anarchy in the cities
and allowing Iraq's ancient heritage to be pillaged."
Message 18838389
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--- Bush Pals Get Rich Off Iraq---
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----Spoils of War---- BOB HERBERT NYTIMES
"Think of the divergence of interests, for example, between the
grunts who are actually fighting this war, who have been eating
sand and spilling their blood in the desert, and the power brokers who fought like
crazy to make the war happen and are profiting from it every step of the way.
There aren't a lot of rich kids in that desert. The U.S. military
is largely working-class. The power brokers homing in on $100 billion worth of postwar
reconstruction contracts are not.
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---Ultimate Insiders--- BOB HERBERT NYTIMES
"In December 1983"." The primary goal of Mr. Rumsfeld's visit to Baghdad
was to improve relations with Iraq.
But another matter was also quietly discussed. The powerful
Bechtel Group in San Francisco...
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--- Postwar Profiteers---
"A select group of U.S. construction firms now bidding on a lucrative government contract to rebuild a postwar Iraq contributed a combined $2.8 million -- 68 percent to Republicans -- over the past two election cycles."
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--- Corporate America Divvies Up The Post-Saddam Spoils---
"So bombs away! The more destruction the better -- at least for the lucky few in the rebuilding business. www.ariannaonline.com
Message 18735746
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---Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War Cheney's Former Company Profits
from Supporting Troops
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--Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his
cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even
before he took power in January 2001.
See: Message 18014270
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---- From Old Europe: The FRENCH LESSON ----
"In 1965, one of its old champions, de Gaulle, loyally warned his American friends
that their B-52's would not be able to do anything against Vietnamese nationalism - and that to devastate a country is not the same as winning hearts and minds. Europe no longer takes its civilization for civilization itself, no doubt because it is better acquainted with foreign cultures, notably Islam. Our suburbs, after all, pray to Allah."
Europe has learned modesty -- RIGIS DeBRAY, NYTimes nytimes.com, Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
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"Everywhere you turn, support programs for the poor, the ill, the disabled and the
elderly are under attack. Children's services are being battered. As Mr. Bush smiles
and talks about compassion, funding for programs large and small is being squeezed,
cut back, eliminated." BOB HERBERT, New York Times
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2. **** George W. Bush's Economic and Social WAR on AMERICANS ***
---The WAR ON SCHOOLS----
Message 18667939
Example: Oregon
Message 18667901
--Health care, education for Iraq, not us
"the president's ambitious postwar plan earmarks $100 million to ensure that Iraq's 25,000 schools have all the supplies and support necessary to "function at a standard level of quality" -- including books and supplies for 4.1 million Iraqi schoolchildren.
I'm sure those schools in Oregon that are being forced to shut down a month early due to inadequate funding, or the low-income students in California who are suing the state in a desperate effort to obtain adequate textbooks and qualified teachers of their own, would love to see the same kind of "tangible evidence" of President Bush's support.
Message 18735746
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--Bush will not protect the homeland
Message 18785681
"In a remarkable recent article titled "The 9/10 President," Jonathan Chait of The New
Republic documents how the Bush administration has systematically neglected homeland security since 9/11.
In its effort to keep spending down, the administration has repeatedly blocked proposals
to enhance security at potential domestic targets like ports
and nuclear plants." --- By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times
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---The War on Medicare and Mediaid ----
Medi "Don't" Care; Medi "Can't Get Paid"
"The administration is justifying tax cuts by slicing federal services across the board and placing the burden upon the states."
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And what of Medicare, that hard-to-control monster? A new study by two Urban Institute
researchers shows that over three decades, the government ogre has done as well - even better - than the supposedly lean-and-limber insurers at controlling spending. cocco@newsday.com
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Study Raises Estimate of the Nation's Uninsured" ----
" nearly a third of the American population younger than 65 were without health insurance at some time during the last two years
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--- The War on Children, Students and other people who aren't rich!----
We can thank our children for tax cut
Message 18486434
When you can't afford to eat-Molly Ivins
Message 18379606
Still No Equal Justice for Poor
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---The War on Veterans:
"As the war began, members of the House of Representatives
gave speech after speech praising our soldiers, and passed
a resolution declaring their support for the troops. Then
they voted to slash veterans' benefits." PAUL KRUGMAN NYTIMES
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Bush fee proposals raise eyebrows
" Some military veterans expressed frustration that the
president has proposed a new $250 fee for some of
them to enroll in government health-care plans."
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---- Bush's War on the Environment----
"Almost weekly, the Bush administration issues another deregulatory regulation.
Recently, energy companies were given a stronger hand in deciding how to clean
up the air pollution they produce...Last week, the administration handed the chemical and pesticide industries a
similar victory -- proposing to weaken the way in which toxic substances are
screened for their cancer risk. Feel better yet? On Monday, the administration
reportedly will publish regulations exempting the oil and gas industry from having to
obtain pollution discharge permits at construction sites." LA TIMES - John Balzar:
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Environmentalists say the Republicans' leadership choices will aid business and end the party's tradition of conservation
"Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-Tracy) and Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) walk the corridors of the U.S. Capitol in cowboy boots. Both also rail against environmental regulations they consider scientifically dubious
and overly burdensome to business.
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**********JOHN ASHCROFT: A PROBLEM*********************************
WHY IS U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft acting
like an armed criminal's best friend? BA gun policy to help crooks
Message 18653383
--- Justice Dept. Bars Use of Gun Checks in Terror Inquiry,
See: Message 16757949
opinion:http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=16842000
Justice Dept. Withholds Papers Access: Ashcroft's gun sales proposal is the latest battleground between Congress and the administration. The Los Angeles Times See: Message 17344827
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3..**** George W. Bush's Compassion is not directed to the poor and Middle Class***
Only the rich need apply--Mephisto
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---[W] Shooting the Messenger: Report on Layoffs Killed
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**** Bush Spends the Surplus. BUSH Drives us into DEBT!****
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--- Wallowing in Deficit
--- U.S. 2002 Deficit Hit Record $435.2B
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--- W: The Big Spender
[Bush's $674 Economic Stimulus Plan ]
Message 18417587
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4..*******. War on Afghanistan***********
(THE SMOKING GUN)
---US released al-Qaeda terrorists to Pakistan
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5.........................................THE PATRIOT ACT ..........................
Village Voice Discusses the Patriot Act See:
Message 16859019
house.gov
Acrobat viewer needed.
eff.org HTML the Act
eff.org
EFF Analysis (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
EFF Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act
That Relate To Online Activities (Oct 31, 2001)
(SI excerpt see:http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=16806023)
On October 26, 2001, President BUSH signed the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) into law".
The bill is 342 pages long and makes changes, some large and some small, to over 15 different
statutes.The civil liberties of ordinary Americans have taken a tremendous blow with this law, especially
the right to privacy in our online communications and activities. Yet there is no evidence that our
previous civil liberties posed a barrier to the effective tracking or prosecution of terrorists."
(See EFF SIite for a continuation of the analysis. You may be surprised to learn that the Bush Administration may spy on your Google or other internet searches)
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Patriot Act sequel/sp/worse than original
Message 18612784
--- "The highlights of Ashcroft's new methods to spy on you," by Molly Ivins
(see: Message 16781455 )
6.. BACKGROUND READING ON THE BUSHIES AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIONS .
--- Made in Texas : George W. Bush and the Southern
Takeover of American Politics by Michael Lind. Published by Basic Books. (Hardcover)
Copyright 2003 by Michael Lind.
---The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder by Mark Crispin Miller ( paperback edition)
Copyright: 2002, 2001 by Mark Crispin Miller, Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
(many excerpts from W or W, in his own words--Mephisto)
--- Stupid White Men by Michael Moore, copyright 2001 by Roger Moore, Reagan Books
(Don't miss Chapter 2, the letter to George W--Mephisto)
--- Dubya's Dream Message 16981618
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7. Political Forums
democrats.org
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Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said:
"We now know why the Bush Social Security Commission met in secret: because it
plans to cut Social Security benefits and raise the retirement age. (12/11/2001)
democrats.org
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