John Kerry for President!!!!!

“I wonder if Accenture will move back to the United States.”

“Did Baldwin move?

I don't keep up with the National Tattler.”

“Earthnsky, I'm waiting for the letter by those diplomats and military commanders. USAToday says:
"Prominent members include retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East during the administration of Bush's father; retired Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., ambassador to Britain under President Clinton and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Reagan; and Jack F. Matlock Jr., a member of the National Security Council under Reagan and ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-06-13-bush-diplomats_x.htm”

“Ped - You can visit website of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change and view the press conference.

The statement itself is pretty straightforward.”

“Bush has about six months left in office horrah horrah. Then Kerry comes marching into the Whitehouse horrah horrah. And we can all sleep comfortably in our beds because Bush will be back at Crawford with a legacy in shreds. And Kerry will lead us on. Horrah.”

“Let the character assassinations begin!”

“... of the members of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, that is...”

“Wow Viol man, many are Nixon, Reagan and Bush Sr. appointees.”

“Bush is to extreme for Republicans. Many of my republican friends have lost confidence is Bush.”

“Dang ped, they already savaged Bush 43 appointees that dared speak out. What makes you think they'll be any more decent to these patriots?”

“Many of my Democratic friends despise Kerry. Even Al Franken wants to tackle him.”

“Trust me Buck - you have no Democratic friends.”

“Trust Violin???

Just don't click on any of his links.”

“I have no problems clinking on Violin's links --- RIGHT clicking...”

“What!?!?!


John Kerry is running for President?


Well shut my mouth!”

“democrats = laker fans.”

“I'll trust you, Violin, but not on this issue. I don't let politics or religion get in the way of friendships. Friends are more important than views. I work by day in a government agency that assists with paying for childcare for mom's who can't afford it as they try and get off welfare, read "lots of liberal Democrat coworkers and activist bosses". I love these people. By evening I work at REI, read "lots of liberal environmentalists". I take trips with them all the time. Many of my goodest friends are very liberal and we explore the wildest places together. We can tease each other about our political/religious differences, it's no biggie, and we actually turn our differences into fun positives. Unlike what it appears with you (I could be wrong, I'm not sure), I don't surround myself with like-minded ideologists nor do I scour 400 ideological websites each day looking for angry bits of information to spam on internet forums. My philosophy is to hike, paddle, fish, eat burritos and enjoy all that God has created for us, and love everyone the same regardless of differences, and try and help others in need when I can. And let stinks now and then in the process. Then we die and it gets even better, even if there won't be a harem of virgins waiting for me. Yes, I like you too, ah lawk ya alawt. Let's do lunch. You buy, just think of it as another tax. Spank you.”

“Proof CNN and NPR is liberally biased

:^D”

“What's a laker?”

“I'm not very pond of the Lakers.”

“I was teasing you Buck.

Any response over 100 words is bonus points for me.”

“You were not, you little muthuh-@#$%@#! son-of-a-@#$&*! liberal-a$$ed @#%$@#! piece of #$%@#*!”

“Hey Buck, Can I be your friend while I firmly believe in my heart that you're going to rot in hell for eternity? Because if I can, then there's no reason we can't hang.”

“No, Phaed, we can't be friends if you think I'll rot in hell. Roast in hell, sure, no prob, but not rot in hell. I really don't want to rot.”

“I'm pretty sure hell is rotten.

Anyway, this is my religion we're talking about, so I can think you're going to rot if you think I'm going to roast. It's only fair.”

“all the laker fans talked and talked and talked about how the pistons were done before the series even started. much of the kerry crowd around here reminds me of that.”

“Yeah. Okey doke.”

“"democrats = laker fans....."


Whelp, if there was any doubt that I was a Dem.....”

“"He has led this country with moral clarity about the stakes involved and with firm resolve to achieve unconditional victory," McCain told the assembled soldiers. "There have been ups and downs, as there are in any war. But like you, he has not wavered in his determination to protect this country and to make the world a better, safer, freer place. You will not yield, nor will he."

That should put the final nail in the coffin as far as consideration of McCain for Kerry's veep.”

“I think we'll be in deep Sh*t if Kerry gets the presidency!”

“Wholy Crap!

A women pasted on a Poli Thread!!!



Somebody write this date down!!

LOL!”

“I already made a mental note. Are we sure mtnmom2 is a woman? You never know around here.”

“no kidding? I'm the first?

yeh, well, it is a first for me too. I don't like to talk poli. You men can have it.”

“go kerry”

“Kerry is a puke! He doesn't stand a chance.”

“We're already in deep sh*t and it's only getting deeper with Dubya asleep at the wheel.”

“Personally, I don't think "Dubya" is asleep at the wheel; have you spent a day in the office of the presidency? Do you really know the magnitude of what he has to do?”

“Taint has never worked a day in his life.”

“mom that is why need someone competent. Bush is not that. His job as president has been a disgrace. I will not accept his less than half ass at best job. He's not getting my vote promise.”

“How has he been a desgrace? Because he not getting his daily BJs at office.”

“MTNMOM, what do you agree with that he's done?”

“He's a fraud.”

“Will see who the public votes in. Wake up!”

“Why do I get the feeling that no matter who gets voted in, there is going to be a lot of angry people?”

“because he has taken our service men into combat and death's way for invalid ilegal reasons that have no justification. He lied in the face of American people. He is ruining the environement. The economy is only having a mediocre recovery, crime is up, gas prices are too high, city and state governments are going bankrupt. What has he done to help this country. Nothing.”

“from last Summer ---


Nothing But Lip Service

Army Times

In recent months, President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have missed no opportunity to heap richly deserved praise on the military. But talk is cheap -- and getting cheaper by the day, judging from the nickel-and-dime treatment the troops are getting lately.

For example, the White House griped that various pay-and-benefits incentives added to the 2004 defense budget by Congress are wasteful and unnecessary -- including a modest proposal to double the $6,000 gratuity paid to families of troops who die on active duty. This comes at a time when Americans continue to die in Iraq at a rate of about one a day.

Similarly, the administration announced that on October 1 it wants to roll back recent modest increases in monthly imminent-danger pay (from $225 to $150) and family-separation allowance (from $250 to $100) for troops getting shot at in combat zones.

Then there's military tax relief -- or the lack thereof. As Bush and Republican leaders in Congress preach the mantra of tax cuts, they can't seem to find time to make progress on minor tax provisions that would be a boon to military homeowners, reservists who travel long distances for training and parents deployed to combat zones, among others.

Incredibly, one of those tax provisions -- easing residency rules for service members to qualify for capital-gains exemptions when selling a home -- has been a homeless orphan in the corridors of power for more than five years now.

The chintz even extends to basic pay. While Bush's proposed 2004 defense budget would continue higher targeted raises for some ranks, he also proposed capping raises for E-1s, E-2s and O-1s at 2 percent, well below the average raise of 4.1 percent.

The Senate version of the defense bill rejects that idea, and would provide minimum 3.7 percent raises for all and higher targeted hikes for some. But the House version of the bill goes along with Bush, making this an issue still to be hashed out in upcoming negotiations.

All of which brings us to the latest indignity -- Bush's $9.2 billion military construction request for 2004, which was set a full $1.5 billion below this year's budget on the expectation that Congress, as has become tradition in recent years, would add funding as it drafted the construction appropriations bill.

But Bush's tax cuts have left little elbow room in the 2004 federal budget that is taking shape, and the squeeze is on across the board.

The result: Not only has the House Appropriations military construction panel accepted Bush's proposed $1.5 billion cut, it voted to reduce construction spending by an additional $41 million next year.

Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, took a stab at restoring $1 billion of the $1.5 billion cut in Bush's construction budget. He proposed to cover that cost by trimming recent tax cuts for the roughly 200,000 Americans who earn more than $1 million a year. Instead of a tax break of $88,300, they would receive $83,500.

The Republican majority on the construction appropriations panel quickly shot Obey down. And so the outlook for making progress next year in tackling the huge backlog of work that needs to be done on crumbling military housing and other facilities is bleak at best.

Taken piecemeal, all these corner-cutting moves might be viewed as mere flesh wounds. But even flesh wounds are fatal if you suffer enough of them. It adds up to a troubling pattern that eventually will hurt morale -- especially if the current breakneck operations tempo also rolls on unchecked and the tense situations in Iraq and Afghanistan do not ease.

Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas), who notes that the House passed a resolution in March pledging "unequivocal support" to service members and their families, puts it this way: "American military men and women don't deserve to be saluted with our words and insulted by our actions."


Like I said... FRAUD.”

“Invalid Reasons? Illegal? Please...This whole mess could have been avoided if Bill would have stepped up and did something. Do you think we can just sit here and pay no attention to the world? Get a clue!”

“Cut and paste boy.”

“Iraq had nothing to do with Al Qaeda. Iraq was not a threat to us. Iraq did not cause 911. Clinton did everything he was supposed to with Iraq and contained them. I applaude Clinton on that. Bush is a war monger.”

“Paste that into your Brain and see what happens.

LOL”