White House seeks to loan U.N. funds for renovations

Washington Times ^ | 2/04/04 | Betsy Pisik and David R. Sands

[kattracks]

The Bush administration's new budget includes a $1.2 billion, 30-year loan to renovate the aging United Nations headquarters and build a new annex, although U.N. officials expressed disappointment that Washington will charge interest on the loan.

The loan was part of a $31.5 billion foreign-operations budget request released Monday that also includes major new funding for the fight against AIDS and a revamped U.S. foreign-aid program targeting poor countries that implement political and social reforms.

[B4Ranch]

You do have a way with words.LOL

[LTCJ]

Whaddaya mean they'll default on the loan? That's a kitten stomping lie!

Given that it would be otherwise paid with my tax dollars, that's a net savings to me, right?
Right?

Oh sure, where's Karl when you need him?

[Lazamataz]

Uh-oh. The kittens aren't working. Hostility is rising. Call in the puppies!

Good move! With this sort of wonderful logic, how can Bush possibly lose in 2004?

[TigersEye]

Also, it seems a lot of people here think that Bush writes the budget and it becomes law without ever having to go through Congress.

Normally a President uses his bully pulpit to promote things he wants to have happen. You'll just have to give us knee-jerkers a little more time to adjust to the new strategery of rubber stamping every Demoncrat/socialist wet dream as a way to advance conservatism.

[Dead Corpse]

Naw... Bush would never do anything that wasn't in conservatisms best interests.

You need some more Kitten therapy...

[B4Ranch]

"Hey now! Bush is funding them to do it, so it must be the "conservative" thing to do. "

Not by my definition.

[Dan from Michigan]

The fringe huh. I know a lot of people out on the "fringe" that are mightily pissed off at the spending.

And I know at least 10 Bush voters(those that stuffed envelopes and went door to door) from the last election that already are going third party.

[Dan from Michigan]

Mark my words, when Congress passes ITS budget, it will look very different than what the President submitted. Instead of b*tching @ Bush for overspending, ya'll can blame Congress for piling on the Pork.

It's a team effort. Bush AND Congress deserve blame.

[Dead Corpse]

That does it. Puppies aren't working. Kittens aren't working.

How about Puppies AND Kittens?

After all. The New posting guidelines for FR say NOTHING about advancing the cause of "conservatism", it is all about just getting Bush re-elected. No matter how much liberal lefty crap he signs off on. It's strategery don't you know...

[Dead Corpse]

Mention of Thrid Party Alternatives are now a banning offense.

[Dan from Michigan]

You aren't thinking happy thoughts. It's important to think happy thoughts.

That's right. I'm happy. I'm so f'n happy that they are wasting MY MONEY on a bunch of jackass unelected bureaucrats that hate our guts.

Damn I'm happy!...that better?

[LTCJ]

Hostility is rising. Call in the puppies!

Big tent alarm! Big tent alarm!

My lord, man! Careful or you'll have log cabins tumbling right and left!

[B4Ranch]

"Given that it would be otherwise paid with my tax dollars, that's a net savings to me, right?
Right?"

Did you and Treasury Secretary John Snow go to the same business college?

President Bush's request for $2.4 trillion in federal spending next year will help the recovering U.S. economy grow even faster, Treasury Secretary John Snow told lawmakers Tuesday.

[TigersEye]

Given that it would be otherwise paid with my tax dollars, that's a net savings to me, right? Right?

I knew that wiser minds than mine would cut through the fog and find the silver lining. The more we loan them the likelier they will default. The more they default on the more we save. Let's loan them more!

Beans beans the magical fruit,
the more you eat the more you toot.
The more you toot the better you feel,
so let's have beans for every meal!

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm waiting up for the AW ban.

And I mentioned that(Immigration and spending were the two reasons) as fair warning to any Bush and RNC staffers lurking here who read the net to get their pulse on the bases.

[OWK]

[B4Ranch]

President Bush the elder said, "It is the sacred principles enshrined in the UN Charter to which we will henceforth pledge our allegiance."

President Bush the current, says, "We do not need a permission slip to protect the United States."

But he wants to keep the one worst enemy of United States in power.

Back and forth, back and forth we go. Where will it stop?

[LTCJ]

Did you and Treasury Secretary John Snow go to the same business college?

The answer is "Yes. Look! What's that?" if there's an appointment slot in it for me.

[AngryJawa]

The fringe huh. I know a lot of people out on the "fringe" that are mightily pissed off at the spending.

Funny...I've never felt like I was a right-wing kook until now. I guess that's the difference between "conservative" and "compassionate conservative".

This UN scheme and all this other nonsense is too clever by half. GWB is trying to buy favor with people who will NEVER, EVER support him or any other Republican.

Good Lord, what is it in the water in DC that sucks the common sense out of men?

[Dead Corpse]

Now you did it...

The Bunny is pi$$ed now...