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White House seeks to loan U.N. funds for renovations
Washington Times ^
| 2/04/04
| Betsy Pisik and David R. Sands
Posted on 02/03/2004 10:36:36 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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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.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; gop; nyc; un; unhq; unitednations
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To: Lazamataz
You do have a way with words.LOL
161
posted on
02/04/2004 8:40:45 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: TigersEye
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?
162
posted on
02/04/2004 8:40:59 AM PST
by
LTCJ
(Gridlock '05 - the Lesser of Three Evils.)
To: secret garden
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?
163
posted on
02/04/2004 8:41:01 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(I know exactly what opinion I am permitted to have, and I am zealous -- nay, vociferous -- in it!!!)
To: COEXERJ145
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.
164
posted on
02/04/2004 8:41:38 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(No one sharpens the cheese knife.)
To: B4Ranch
Naw... Bush would never do anything that wasn't in conservatisms best interests.
You need some more Kitten therapy...
165
posted on
02/04/2004 8:42:26 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: Dead Corpse
"Hey now! Bush is funding them to do it, so it must be the "conservative" thing to do. "
Not by my definition.
166
posted on
02/04/2004 8:42:27 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: Dane
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.
167
posted on
02/04/2004 8:43:46 AM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("I don’t want to get caught up in any of that Funky s**t goin’ down in the city" - Steve Miller)
To: COEXERJ145
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.
168
posted on
02/04/2004 8:45:51 AM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("I don’t want to get caught up in any of that Funky s**t goin’ down in the city" - Steve Miller)
To: B4Ranch
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...
169
posted on
02/04/2004 8:47:19 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: Dan from Michigan
Mention of Thrid Party Alternatives are now a banning offense.
170
posted on
02/04/2004 8:48:10 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: Lazamataz
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?
171
posted on
02/04/2004 8:48:18 AM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("I don’t want to get caught up in any of that Funky s**t goin’ down in the city" - Steve Miller)
To: secret garden
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!
172
posted on
02/04/2004 8:49:42 AM PST
by
LTCJ
(Gridlock '05 - the Lesser of Three Evils.)
To: LTCJ
173
posted on
02/04/2004 8:50:03 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: LTCJ
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!
174
posted on
02/04/2004 8:50:43 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(No one sharpens the cheese knife.)
To: Dead Corpse
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.
175
posted on
02/04/2004 8:51:25 AM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("I don’t want to get caught up in any of that Funky s**t goin’ down in the city" - Steve Miller)
To: Dead Corpse
176
posted on
02/04/2004 8:54:37 AM PST
by
OWK
To: Dan from Michigan
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?
177
posted on
02/04/2004 9:02:25 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)
To: B4Ranch
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.
178
posted on
02/04/2004 9:05:00 AM PST
by
LTCJ
(Gridlock '05 - the Lesser of Three Evils.)
To: Dan from Michigan
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?
179
posted on
02/04/2004 9:09:43 AM PST
by
AngryJawa
(It Is Not One World...)
To: OWK
Now you did it...
The Bunny is pi$$ed now...
180
posted on
02/04/2004 9:09:57 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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