It seems that this is exactly what the bush admin. and the republicans in congress would like to do.
Who do the bush admin. and republicans that love them want to screw more than anyone else on this earth? (Well, other than the people living in the lands with the oil neocons think they should own…)
Who else but the military that they send off to die in a war for oil.
Click on to see just how low they can go…
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush and Republicans in Congress have refused to consider rolling back the $336 billion in new tax cuts that the richest 1 percent are slated to get over the next five years. They say we need to pay for reconstruction not by asking the wealthiest to sacrifice just a little bit, but by massive cuts to spending. And now we see what that means: The Navy Times today reports that those cuts “include trimming military quality-of-life programs, including health care.” This, while troops are in battle.
The Republicans have put their cutting efforts in military terms, calling it “Operation Offset” – a further insult to the men and women in uniform they are now trying to screw over. The specifics are ugly. They are, for instance, asking troops to “accept reduced health care benefits for their families.” Additionally, “the stateside system of elementary and secondary schools for military family members could be closed.” In the past, this idea “has faced strong opposition from parents of children attending the schools because public schools [in and around bases] are seen as offering lower-quality education.”
How can an honest republican that has any sense of morality look what bush does everyday without gagging from what they see?
Don’t you know that the Republican Party is the party of support for the troops? They don’t know have to pay them a fair wage for risking their lives, pay to educate their children, make sure they have access to commissaries, or insure their health in times of war and peace. They don’t have to do any of that because they have all those flags! They have giant flag pins on their lapels and big yellow ribbon magnets on their cars. They yell the loudest at those support for the troops rallies. That’s all you gotta do. Don’t you know that?
Oh… I know it.
I was in the Infantry and I find the bumperstickers and flags an insult to those who serve. I also poke fun at them regularly to their face. I also realize that most of the low ranking soldiers qualify for WIC or foodstamps… Programs that the republicans will do away with given the chance.
Not to mention the 40% increase in soldiers needing medical from the VA (because of Iraq) but only an 8% increase in the budget.
And then they wonder why soldiers don’t want to re-enlist?
You’d have to be really careless with your life to put it under the control of the present federal government.
I know it. My husband is Marine Corps Officer. These poor enlisted guys take it in the shorts. A lot of them are on food stamps. They’re kids, a lot of them, and are just pray for every type of exploitation. If you ever needed evidence that we live in a classist society, just look to the military. Not that officers are paid fairly, either. The “support the troops thing” makes me so angry, I have to fight the impulse to key peoples’ cars. They don’t get it. They really don’t. The troops are an idea to these folks. They’re not people with lives, families, hopes, dreams, and needs. They’re just symbols to hide behind while they berate people like Cindy Sheehan for being unpatriotic.
but it’s usually just an excuse to pop another Bud…
All they really want is somebody to be mad at. Blame. Be a victim of. If a Dem isn’t available, a Bush will do. But remember, it’s really Clinton’s fault. As big an asshole, loser, coward, screwup Georgie is, it’s still Clinton’s fault.
Taken from the Randi Rhodes Show today:
Randi is running through the AA 12 step program for bush and how it relates to what he needs to do.
Even when Bush was “sober” he was a dry drunk and dry drunks have no resources for handling stress. Untreated alcoholics almost always relapse. It was only a matter of time.
is the “wraps” coming off. Maybe “undone” would be better. Perhaps the paid-for-press figures it’s now ok to talk about the stuff Karen Hughes and Danny Bartlett tried so hard to gloss over or hide all those years.
Gotta have a bad guy to get mad at and the Dems just aren’t providing. That just leaves Georgie and the wrecking crew.
And “drinking” is just the sort of moral outrage item that makes it accecptable to pass judgement with and offer as a good cover excuse. “Georgie is plain-spoken, down-to-earth, but the drink got the better of ’em…”
I seem to recall Stepford-Laura requiring Georgie to stop “the hard liquor” early in their ahem, career as a prerequisite. Of course the “I don’t drink (hard liquor)” excuse of alcoholics is legend. If Georgie continued to drink beer, he never stopped drinking.
All his behavior patterns point to him being an active alcoholic. Plus there are definite drug usage behaviors there…
We got a lot of closet stuff that’s gonna be brought out into the light it seems… Now, back to Jimmy Guckert and Georgie’s “I’ve made mistakes…” line, just what is going to see light of day next?
Have to see if there’s a drinking liberally group in good ‘ol Willi. /:-)
All his behavior patterns point to him being an active alcoholic. Plus there are definite drug usage behaviors there…
When I first started going out with my wife I asked how long her sister had been doing coke…
She gave me a puzzled look and said:”Huh? She used to use cocaine, but she doesn’t anymore.”
I told her that all I had to do was look at her face to tell she was still using coke.
A little bit in the eyes… But the “clenched jaw” (almost like they are grinding their teeth, but they aren’t?) was a dead give-away. Classic sign of a coke-head. I have known a lot of coke-heads (and, yes I have tried it) and you can tell when they are thinking: “I need a line!”
Later on my wife “caught” her sister with a bag and realized I was right.
The good news is that her sister no longer does drugs.
I see that same look on bush’s face sometimes. I know I have seen others post this kind of thing elsewhere as well, so I know it isn’t just me.
I don’t look at people that smoke pot as being a huge problem. Heck, if it were legal I would! lol It is no worse than having a few beers. I just hate to see people ruin every aspect of their lives for a buzz. It is even worse when they are, as the president is, capable of ruing an entire country’s worth of lives…
Take that you 60% worshipping the word REPUBLICAN in the military! If you want to act like a stupid slut they will treat you like a dirty whore! I didn’t type that……tell me I didn’t type that. I really need to get off this Army post and go hang out with some cultured folk.
There’s just no end in sight is there? I heard the Randi show today too. According to the National Enquirier(we all know their reputation for telling the truth) Laura got up and caught George red handed taking a shot of whatever the third day after Katrina hit.. She said you can’t have that and also said she would be traveling with him more to keep an eye on him. All this according to an anonymous source inside the WH. Sure.
Just a thought.
I wish that most Americans thought that way!
the National Enquirier(we all know their reputation for telling the truth)
It isn’t so much the Enquirer… Supposedly some SCLM are working on the story as well. We shall see…