Posted on 05/30/2002 8:23:31 AM PDT by Pokey78
I am what I am. If people think criticizing
the democratic package Bush has enacted,
and criticizing him for doing so is somehow
'bashing', then so be that. What I have learned
from all this is the difference between conservatives
and Republicans. It is not pretty.
Yes, thing's aren't perfect. Bush could be better. I happen to think that he will before this is all over. But you'd make things a whole lot worse. That's when we go from "criticizing" to "bashing".
And the difference would be...?
As to the difference between conservatives
(limited government interference in the economy,
free market, anti-special interests) and Republicans
(big government, deficit spending, anything to
stay in office), I see the contrast between
ideals and grasping for power. More and
more of those who voted for Bush are
coming to the same conclusion.
"'Crap", IMO, is like "sheeple," a braying
jingoism by the blinkered.
(the department the Republicans were going to eliminate when they swept into power in '94)
U.S. Dept of Education Budget in 2002 (GW Bush) $54 billion
(the budget of this department is target by legislation to double within the next six years)
Growth in Social and Welfare Spending First Two Years of GW Bush = $96 billion
Growth in Social and Welfare Spending First Six years of Clinton = $51 billion
U.S. Dept of Education Budget in 1993 (Clinton) $32 billion
(the department the Republicans were going to eliminate when they swept into power in '94)
U.S. Dept of Education Budget in 2002 (GW Bush) $54 billion
(the budget of this department is target by legislation to double within the next six years)
Growth in Social and Welfare Spending First Two Years of GW Bush = $96 billion
Growth in Social and Welfare Spending First Six years of Clinton = $51 billion
____________Posted by NoControllingLegalAuthority
Thanks, man. This is stunning.
This guy is great!
I can hear Lefty's hearts' breaking.
No one would publish it -- the Asian-American lobby would front Lee a lawyer for a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit, the moment word leaked out about the project, which would scare off any publisher.
An un-PC change in the military re. women in combat:
Good news for the good guys.
Could truth be making a comeback? That would spell the end for the DNC. I love being able to say to an AP reporter, "I found the story right here on this legitimate government webpage. We all know. Why don't you?" (^:
My husband and I are seniors and when we flew from Philadelphia this week-end they chose our luggage to x-ray before they took it to the plane. Then later the screeners pulled me out of line to wand me and then they patted down my pants legs. We often get pulled out to have carry ons opened and checked and to get wanded. I don't really mind, but I really don't fit the mold. If they were looking for someone who might be carrying grits they would be right on.
Yep !!
I hadn't and you wouldn't believe the amount of things I read by Steyn (and elsewhere on FreeRepublic) that simply don't get reported in Britain and Ireland (I'm from Ireland). Here are a few:
1) INS gives visas to 2 of the (dead) 9/11 terrorists 6 months after the attack. I gave my Dad Steyn's article on this and he thought that Steyn had made it up.
2) Clinton saying "I'm a loser and you made me one" to Arafat after he wouldn't agree to the peace deal he had brokered.
3) Finally, there must have been about 50 different profile pieces written on John Walker discussing his family background and how he ended up in the Taliban. Not one of them mentioned that his dad had left his mother for another man.
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