Republican Incompetence

“LMFAO!!!!!


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“A confession by a Democrat..

If you can't convince them, confuse them.
    Harry S. Truman”

“Long term Democratic game plan!

"The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property....
[Planks of the Manifesto:]
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport...
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State....
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools.
-- Karl Marx - "The Communist Manifesto" (1848)”

“The the real truth! Amen!

'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' Jesus to Satin, 4:4 Deut. 8:3

Good night.........”

“Any surprise that Republicans attack Afghanistan and Somalia? Because they are an embarrassment to Republicans.

Same philosophies:

Religious conviction.
Strong family values.
No big government.
No gun laws.
Everyone has a gun.

Republican utopias need to be destroyed, eh?”

“"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job."

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal."

"I would have made a good Pope."

"Solutions are not the answer."

-Richard M. Nixon”

“"My point is, my point is that anybody who wants to be an ambassador must at least give $250,000."

-Richard M. Nixon

Keep it up Tommy, I have TONS of Nixon left, and Regan has even more”

“Personally, I'm looking forward to living underground for the next 50 years!

Documents from the Energy Department, which oversees nuclear weapons, say Bush also plans to:

* Reassemble design teams at the nation's nuclear weapons labs, which disbanded the teams in 1992 after the first President Bush had agreed to a nuclear test moratorium.

* Shorten from years to months the lead time it would take to resume nuclear testing.

* Ramp up spending on manufacturing sites to build nuclear weapons and components.



http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020318/3948250s.htm”

“Well, come on all of you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help, again.”

“Just to show ya'll that I DO have sense of humor.

The Bush Girls ”

“Too bad all those millions of taxpayer dollars that Republicans hate to spend went to waste trying to pin the Whitewater scandal on the Clintons. I'll bet the Republicans are apologizing to the American people right now because of their wasteful government spending.”

“You gotta understand, Dunadan, that republicans are worthless hypocrites. They have no qualms about spending taxpayer money on themselves for sinister purposes.
Republicans = EVIL.”

“Nigal-
That's pretty cool!

Stick with Bush dude!

He's someone YOU can believe in!”

“Is Tommy Gun a Tea troll...neither can spell, neither make much sense.”

“Unreal #&%!$1n liberals! You all scare the $hit out of me, if people actually think like you this country is hurting more than I thought...

Once again...conservatives think with there minds...liberals think with there emotions...any questions?”

“OOoohhh. And what OUTSTANDING minds some of them are too!”

“oh shut up Itsonly... you sound like a posterboy! If you really believe that crap you need an education. The majority of the people in this country fall somewhere in the middle politically. Politicians are just trying to polarize people to their side to increase their powerbase! If you really look at what politicians do they basically all do the same things. They just put a little "left" or "right" spin on it, then blame the other side for what's wrong in the U.S. The gov doesn't really care about you, just your vote, politicians are just trying to stay in office.”

“March 23, 2002 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In another embarrassment for the Bush Administration, four Pakistani men were let into the United States last week by the INS office in Norfolk, Virginia, without proper procedures put into place after September 11, Justice Department officials said late Friday.

Although authorities have no information to indicate any of the four has ties to terrorism, state and federal agents are trying to find the men.”

“Hey donman, f off!

I don't want a damn thing from the government, and where do you get off saying I'd ever expect anything from the government? If you remember I started the posting survival of the fittest. No government would be a dream, then idiots like yourself would still be reading a book on how to trap/hunt/plant your next meal while I was chuckling over dinner, and how does having an different opinion equate a lesser education?

So it's easier to stay in the middle on issues? It's got to be, you never have to have a backbone you can always say "I'll listen" ...isn't that cute!”

“I thought it was good to collect evidence before making a decision... guess I was wrong! Dogma seems to work great for the taliban, Catholic Church, and "Conservatives". Being in the middle politically doesn't mean not taking a side, it means making a choice based on reason, not on political policy. Seems in this country currently that's what the media is making hay about. And it's stoopid. The U.S. is great because of different perspectives, and now it's becoming cliche. Oh yeah, it's easier to agree with dogma than it is to make your own decision and fight for your convictions.

if you want nothing from the government unplug from the internet now because DARPANET is the only reason the internet exists now. I am so sick of bandwagon Libertarians, I was a Libertarian until I realized that's one of the best ways to waste a vote.”

“Bush outlines some foreign policy views

WASHINGTON (Reuters 11/17/99)- Texas Governor George W. Bush, under pressure to show he is not a foreign policy lightweight, yesterday outlined some of the ideas he will deliver in an address on international affairs this week. Bush is scheduled to speak Friday at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, Calif. The governor gave a preview in an interview on NBC's ''Today Show'' yesterday, in which he said he would speak about how he intended to lead the nation and keep the peace should he be elected next year. ''I'm going to talk about making sure we strengthen the military, we strengthen our alliances, we strengthen the international economy through free trade,'' Bush said. ''I'm going to talk about China and Russia, our own neighborhood here that surrounds America,'' he said.”

“Senate Delayed by Debating Wrong Tax Bill

By MARY DALRYMPLE, AP Tax Writer

WASHINGTON - Senators began what was planned to have been a week of intense deliberations over President Bush's biggest domestic initiative, only to discover they were debating the wrong bill.

Democrats refused to give GOP leaders an easy way out of their mistake Monday, and the Senate's tax-writing committee will have to meet again and send new tax-cut legislation to the floor.

Under the Senate's original schedule, senators would have spent the early part of the week debating the legislation as President Bush toured New Mexico, Nebraska and Indiana to bring pressure on senators at home and drum up support for a bigger tax cut than the Senate bill would allow. Because of the gaffe, the president will be back at the White House when the Senate wades into the debate.

"Clearly, the bill before us is the wrong bill," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.

The mix-up mattered because the bill that landed in the Senate did not carry special protections that block filibusters — infinite debates — which require 60 votes to end. The special protections also prohibit senators from amending the bill with irrelevant items.

Republicans have struggled to muster the 51 votes they need to pass the tax cut, so they can't risk the 60-vote requirement the lack of no-filibuster language undoubtedly would bring.

The legislation they thought they were to debate cuts taxes $350 billion over the coming decade. The bill brought before them was introduced in February, long before Congress finished writing the budget that bestowed the special rules on tax legislation.

The Senate Finance Committee will meet again late Tuesday to send out another bill. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the top Democrat on the committee, promised to cooperate.

Republican aides lamented that the snag will make a long week even longer. They said lawmakers weren't going to get much done Tuesday, anyway, since many senators plan to take time to attend the funeral of former Sen. Russell B. Long, D-La., once chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Other Democrats said the confusion, though funny, unmasked the Republicans for taking advantage of Senate procedures to push through a large tax cut on a party-line vote the same week they plan to increase the nation's debt limit by $1 trillion.

The special bill procedures protecting the tax cut from delay were invented to prevent lawmakers from passing bills that increased the federal deficit.

"They are asking for the biggest increase in the debt in the history of our country," Conrad said.”

“Beautiful. Bring on the deficit spending! WOOOO!!!!”

“Caught in the act.”

“Hell yes! Give us anything, we will sign it!”

“Only the best and the brightest support George W!”

“Geeze, folks. Get lives. Quit #&%!$ing about the GOP and get out, get jobs and be responsible adults. Losers.”

“I was going to start a thread entitled "Finally an Honest Repulican" but figured this one fit better.



“We Republicans have never quite reached the level of competent oversight that the Democrats developed over their 40 years that they controlled Congress,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate Finance Committee chairman and one of the few Republicans to pepper the administration regularly with inquiries. “We tried to emphasize legislating, and we’ve delegated so much authority to the executive branch of government, and we ought to devote more time to oversight than we do.”

- Dems did oversight better, says Grassley Lawmakers lament lack of scrutiny”

“That's just the oxycontin talking.”

“WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sharply questioned President Bush's competence as a leader, suggesting his policy in Iraq is to blame for the loss of U.S. lives. That assessment drew a furious response by Republicans who called on the Democratic leader to apologize.

"The emperor has no clothes," Pelosi, D-California, told reporters on Thursday. "When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain back."

Pelosi first delivered her comments to a California newspaper. She repeated them during an exchange with reporters Thursday -- the same day Bush was on Capitol Hill meeting in private with GOP lawmakers in a sort of pep rally for the party faithful.

Republicans effused praise for the president as they left the meeting, but Democrats were having none of it.

"The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader," Pelosi said. "These policies are not working. But speaking specifically to Iraq, we have a situation where -- without adequate evidence -- we put our young people in harm's way."

Asked specifically if she was calling Bush incompetent, Pelosi replied:

"I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers."

Pelosi charged the Bush administration has proved itself wrong on a number of issues with Iraq, including its initial assertions that Iraqis would welcome U.S. troops and that Iraq itself could pay for much of the reconstruction effort.

"Rocket-propelled grenades, not rose petals, greeted them," Pelosi said of U.S. troops. "Instead ... of Iraq being a country that would readily pay for its own reconstruction ... we're up to over $200 billion in cost to the American people."”

“Based upon what I am hearing, there are a great number of Republicans who are going to demonstrate their competence this fall by holding their noses and voting “Anybody But Bush”.”

“(CBS) Accusing top Pentagon officials of "dereliction of duty," retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni says staying the course in Iraq isn't a reasonable option.

"The course is headed over Niagara Falls. I think it's time to change course a little bit or at least hold somebody responsible for putting you on this course," he tells CBS News Correspondent Steve Kroft in an interview to be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, May 23, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

The current situation in Iraq was destined to happen, says Zinni, because planning for the war and its aftermath has been flawed all along.

"There has been poor strategic thinking in this...poor operational planning and execution on the ground," says Zinni, who served as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Central Command from 1997 to 2000.

Zinni blames the poor planning on the civilian policymakers in the administration, known as neo-conservatives, who saw the invasion as a way to stabilize the region and support Israel. He believes these people, who include Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense, have hijacked U.S. foreign policy.

"They promoted it and pushed [the war]... even to the point of creating their own intelligence to match their needs. Then they should bear the responsibility," Zinni tells Kroft.

In his upcoming book, "Battle Ready," written with Tom Clancy, Zinni writes of the poor planning in harsh terms. "In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility; at worst, lying, incompetence and corruption," he writes.”

“Based upon what you are hearing, the sky is falling.”

“I agree with Mrs. Pelosi 100%”

“Violink...that's pretty funny.”

“In other developments:


Six Americans in their twenties and thirties with no foreign service experience who were hired to prepare a low-level report in Baghdad ended up managing Iraq’s $13 billion budget, the Washington Post reports. The six were selected from resumes they had posted at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

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“Today on CNN with Wolf Blitzer, Chuck Hagel (R) senator from Nebraska, and member of the Senate intelligence committee stated that he hasn't spoken to GWB in 2 years, and nor has other high ranking senate officials. He also stated that he thought it was a mistake that GWB only relied on 2 or 3 advisors during these trying times in America, and didn't get differing views on situations, including Iraq.

Ne-Cona are bring Doofy down, the walls are crumbling, moderate republicans are beginning to publicly admit they are seeing the light. It's about time.”

“Dang! UAS scooped me.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48543-2004May22.html”

“err... USA that is...”

“No wonder the right is so quiet these days.

They had been hired to perform a low-level task: collecting and organizing statistics, surveys and wish lists from the Iraqi ministries for a report that would be presented to potential donors at the end of the month. But as suicide bombs and rocket attacks became almost daily occurrences, more and more senior staffers defected. In short order, six of the new young hires found themselves managing the country's $13 billion budget, making decisions affecting millions of Iraqis.”

“That's called "fiscal responsibility", Phaed.”

“Hmmm, let's see.... $13B spent on lap dances, pizza and beer.”

“(CBS/AP) When Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the latest terror warning, the rest of the government -- including the Department of Homeland Security -- heard the details on television.



The information was not shared with state and local police forces, or even with the FBI's field offices. It wasn't supposed to be this way after 9/11, said one administration official, who noted "the whole warning process was usurped by the Attorney General."

Beyond that, senior counterterrorism officials question the legitimacy of the bulletin, saying there is no new, specific, credible evidence pointing to an imminent attack in the U.S.

Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge, who did not appear with Ashcroft at Wednesday's press conference, seemed to downplay the warning in a series of interviews.

"There's not a consensus within the administration that we need to raise the threat level," said Ridge.

It also prompted a question at the White House. An administration official told CBS News that at one point, President Bush asked Ashcroft and Ridge: 'Are you guys synched on this plan?'

There is a suspicion inside some agencies, reports Orr that the Attorney General may be "hyping" the threat in a turf battle over controlling domestic security. At a minimum, sources say the administration infighting has done nothing to better inform or reassure the American public.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/25/terror/main619569.shtml”

“I think his apology would've gone over better if his wife hadn't attacked the press for reporting the story. Somebody should remind her that if he hadn't been a crook, there would've been nothing to report!”

“LOS ANGELES -- State Education Secretary Richard Riordan jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant "stupid dirty girl," prompting widespread criticism and posing a quandary for the man who appointed him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The conversation, videotaped by KEYT-TV, took place July 1. The girl, 6-year-old Isis D'Luciano, asked Riordan if he knew her name meant "Egyptian goddess."

Riordan replied, "It means stupid dirty girl."



http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Girl%27s%20Name&searchdiff=1&searchpagefrom=2”

“Cheney Says Dirty Little Girl Had It Coming To Her

NewsHax Wire -- Speaking out in defense of California Education Secretary and former GOP nominee for governor Richard Riordan, Vice President Dick Cheney told reporters today that he felt better after hearing Riordan's comments, and said the "dirty little girl had it coming to her."

Cheney's remarks are in response to recent comments made by Riordan at a literacy fundraiser, where 6-year-old Isis D'Luciano asked Riordan if he knew her name meant ''Egyptian goddess.''

Riordan promptly corrected her by replying, ''It means stupid dirty girl.''

Cheney continued, "Was he out of line? F*ck no, I think that a lot of my colleagues felt that what Richard (Riordan) had said badly needed to be said, and that it was long overdue."

Riordan later apologized after being told by handlers that he said something wrong, claiming that "stupid dirty girl'' was just a joke.

Cheney hinted at a future role for Riordan in his administration by saying that Riordan is "Fu**ing cabinet material, big time."

- newshax.com”

“Good one.”

“Just before he sentenced GOP lobbyist Andrew Futey for his role in helping Gruttadauria direct $110,000 in political donations to Deters' campaign in exchange for an inside track at the treasury, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard McMonagle said the players had been arrogant.

"The haughtiness of it all, the ability to think that since you have been elected that everyone must genuflect in front of you, is well-documented here," McMonagle said. "These men need adult supervision. That's the bottom line, and I hope that they get it soon."
Story Here

The story centers around a stock broker that bilked millions and millions of doallrs from his clients. He happened to donate huge sums of money to Deter's campaign, so he could get "inside info." in the Ohio Treasurers Office. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

Is there some sort of republican handbook out there that shows, step-by-step, how to get political contributions from dudes who plan on bilking the masses?”