once upon a time, when the us was really at war, there was more than patronizing pleas to go shopping, and give me everything l want…or else. alas, that seems to be beyond the mental capacities of the BushCo™ elves.
from ww l, and ww ll:
you thought bill-o was nauseating? HA! HA! HA!….or is that HO! HO! HO!
more below…
in moves that have to be considered prime examples of classlessness, in keeping with long standing RATpublican tradition, BushCo™ goes after the soldiers families with another petulant my way or the highway b*tches! attack.
Bush Administration Stokes Fear Of Massive Army Layoffs To Force Congress To Drop Redeployment
The Bush administration is threatening that it will issue furlough notices to up to 150,000 civilian workers at military bases in mid-December if Congress does not approve unrestricted Iraq funding immediately. As part of this campaign, the Pentagon is distributing a document warning that the Army may cease to function if it does not receive the funds now. (View the document here. jpg)
In this morning’s White House gaggle, spokeswoman Dana Perino admitted they’re making civilian employees fear for their jobs as a way to “remind Congress” to pass a bill, despite the fact the funding has passed the house and is being blocked by Republicans in the Senate:
QUESTION: Are you saying that these furloughs would begin before they come back from this vacation?
PERINO: The notices. I’m not sure of the date. I know that they have to notice because under the rules you have to give people, I think it is 60 to 90 days worth of notice that they could be furloughed. So that could happen.
QUESTION: So this is a way to remind Congress that you want them to pass this bill?
PERINO: That’s exactly what that was.
QUESTION: So you’re making them suffer –
PERINO: I’m making the Democrats suffer?
QUESTION: No, you’re making the civilians who work for the Defense –
PERINO: Oh, no, it is not us who are making any civilians suffer.
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At a press conference this morning, Reps. John Murtha (D-PA) and David Obey (D-WI) rebutted the administration’s scare-mongering by noting that, just last week, Bush signed a $471 billion defense spending bill. That bill “contains enough money to continue military operations through mid-February, because of a provision that lets the administration shift money to the war from other Pentagon accounts.”
dr. seuss it isn’t…even mr. grinch had more nobility in the end than the chimperor.
and if that doesn’t work, maybe they’ll find a few extra coins in the sofa cushions of the wounded vets who, because of injuries, can’t go back to iraq:
Wounded soldiers asked to return signing bonuses
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.
Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.
One of them is Jordan Fox, a young soldier from the South Hills.
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Fox was seriously injured when a roadside bomb blew up his vehicle. He was knocked unconscious. His back was injured and lost all vision in his right eye.A few months later Fox was sent home. His injuries prohibited him from fulfilling three months of his commitment. A few days ago, he received a letter from the military demanding nearly $3,000 of his signing bonus back.
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It’s a slap for Fox’s mother, Susan Wardezak, who met with President Bush in Pittsburgh last May. He thanked her for starting Operation Pittsburgh Pride which has sent approximately 4,000 care packages.
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h/t the carpetbagger
no conservative like a compassionate conservative; bringing honor back to the white house for seven years and counting on one more:
