Posted on 03/17/2004 10:38:56 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
FReegards...MUD
Secret service guys start to launch a boat, but President Bush waves them off, saying, "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. Don't worry." Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks out to the Holy Father's little hat, bends over and picks it up, then walks back to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid stunned silence.
The next morning the headlines in the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Denver Post, Albuquerque Journal, Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle proclaim: "Bush Can't Swim."
LOL...one of my DemocRAT Uncles sent this to me...perfect!!
FReegards...MUD
I won't be here for 488, so please post some pithy in my honor. Thanks!
Please join US in standing up against the anti-American Leftist DemonRATS!!
FReegards...MUD
"In the days before September 11, the wall specifically impeded the investigation into Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi. After the FBI arrested Moussaoui, agents became suspicious of his interest in commercial aircraft and sought approval for a criminal warrant to search his computer. The warrant was rejected because FBI officials feared breaching the wall. "When the CIA finally told the FBI that al-Midhar and al-Hazmi were in the country in late August, agents in New York searched for the suspects. But because of the wall, FBI headquarters refused to allow criminal investigators who knew the most about the most recent al Qaeda attack to join the hunt for the suspected terrorists. "At that time, a frustrated FBI investigator wrote headquarters, quote, 'Whatever has happened to this someday someone will die and wall or not the public will not understand why we were not more effective and throwing every resource we had at certain 'problems.' "
Gorelick SUCKS...MUD
"The federal government is projected to spend $21,671 per household in 2004 the most since World War II and $3,500 more than in 2001. Tax revenues will reach $16,981 per household through a combination of the income tax, payroll tax, gas tax, estate tax, and assorted business taxes typically passed on through higher prices and smaller investment returns. The remaining $4,690 represents the deficit per household.
Here is a breakdown of where that $21,671 goes:
Social Security and Medicare: $7,165. The 15.3 percent payroll tax, split evenly between employer and employee, covers most of these costs. Contrary to popular belief, an individuals contributions are not set aside for his own retirement, but used to fund the benefits of current retirees. Although there were once 15 workers per retiree, the retirement of the baby boomers will leave only 2 workers to fund the benefits of each retiree. By 2030, the added costs of that burden are projected to reach what, in todays economy, would be $5,200 per household. In 2050, that additional tax would climb to $13,500 per household. The unpredictable costs of the new Medicare drug benefit could add thousands more to each households tax bill.
Defense: $4,240. The defense budget covers everything from military salaries, to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the research, development, and acquisition of new technologies. Lawmakers drastically cut defense spending throughout the 1990s. The 9/11 attacks reversed this trend. The $1,300 per household increase since 2001 has returned defense spending to its historical levels.
Low-income programs: $3,479. Nearly half of this spending subsidizes state Medicaid programs that provide health services to poor families. In line with economy-wide health care trends, Medicaid costs are rising 10 percent per year. Other low-income spending includes: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamps, housing subsidies, child-care subsidies, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and low-income tax credits.
Interest on the federal debt: $1,460. Washington is $7 trillion in debt. It owes $4 trillion to the public that owns its bonds and the rest to other federal agencies. Record-low interest rates have reduced the interest payments by $1,000 per household over the last six years. As interest rates climb back to normal levels, so will these costs to taxpayers.
Federal employee retirement benefits: $835. This funds the retirement and disability benefits of federal employees, including the military. Interest from federal trust funds covers part of this spending.
Health research and regulation: $619. Health-research spending has doubled since 1998, and nearly all of that spending growth has been concentrated in the National Institute of Health. This category also includes the Food and Drug Administration and dozens of grant programs for health providers.
Education: $583. Primarily a state and local function, 8 percent of education spending comes from Washington. Federal education spending has surged 76 percent since the 2001 enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act. Most federal dollars go to low-income school districts, special education, and college student financial aid.
Veterans benefits: $565. The federal government provides income and health benefits to veterans. Spending is up 34 percent since 2001.
Unemployment benefits: $451. Unemployment costs fluctuate based on the number of unemployed Americans. Recent costs have ranged between $220 per household in 2000 (when unemployment was low) and $526 per household in 2003 (when unemployment was higher). This year, unemployment costs are decreasing as job growth continues.
Highways and mass transit: $400. Most highway and mass-transit spending is financed by the 18.4 cent per-gallon federal gas tax. Per-household costs have increased from $254 in 1998 to $400 this year, and the current highway reauthorization bill in Congress would boost them substantially.
Justice administration: $389. Justice spending includes federal attorneys and prisons, as well as law-enforcement grant programs. New homeland security costs have added $100 per household to justice spending.
International affairs: $320. This includes foreign economic and military assistance, operation of American embassies abroad, and contributions to organizations such as the United Nations. International spending has doubled since 9/11.
The programs listed above cover $20,506 per household. The remaining $1,165 is allocated to all other federal programs, including farm subsidies, environmental programs, space exploration, air transportation, and community development.
Taxpayers themselves will have to answer a final question: Are they getting their moneys worth?"
I AIN'T...MUD
We are fightin' fer our children...
Left's conspirin' to save Klintoon!!
Right shall give it all we have to expose Truth!!
'Cuz the Righteous Way's Upon US...
We can see Dem Lib'rals comin'...
And Left's demons don't like RightWing folks like you!!
Folks, Right's just gettin' fired up...next, we'll fight the righteous fight...
Fightin' to Nail Clinton fer TREASON!!
When I see Big Guv'ment growin' I...
Look fer more than tax cuts, guys!!
We are FReepin' fer the day when Truth trumps SCUM!!
Folks, good FReepers are unbending...
There's an ancient rift we're mending.
Life's an endless War of Ideas...
Our Constitution's Great!!
We'll FReep with our companions...
Won't git lost with Lib'ral Minions!!
We'll recall Ron Reagan's brilliance...
Liberty's Our Fate!!
C'mon FRiends, I know you've had enough...
Join our Righteous Stand 'gainst Fools!!
Head on out to where good patriots make a stand.
Gotta one-way ticket to the land of truth...
Yes, Ol' Mudboy's gotta band...
We can't lose, my friends, you shall soon understand.
Left's a sordid predilection...
RATS're poisoned by deception...
More Big Guv'ment isn't needed...
My paycheck is MINE!!
RATS're lost in conflagrations...
They're just 60's-style mutations...
With Left's grotesque representations...
RATS're failing...failing.
Reject Left's Whore'd and leave RATS bare...
Left's just deadweight, you see!!
Journey down the road without RATS' load.
Right, show some spine...fight, the Librals are blind...
We'll be FReepin' Washington, DeeCee...
Shall be a great stand...counter-protest episode!!
Where the vulture glides descending
On an asphalt highway bending
Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars
Down the windy halls of friendship
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions
Waits with heated pool and bar.
But me I'm not stopping there,
Got my own row left to hoe
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrasher comes, I'll be stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come
Mid...MUD
"(Washington) The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic, an independent grassroots organization today issued a statement supporting the calls of House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner and the Landmark Legal Foundation for the resignation or removal of Jamie Gorelick from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States, also known as the 9-11 Commission.
This week it has become apparent to all except Democrats and those with the insiders club mentality of Washington that Ms. Gorelick is hopelessly conflicted as a commissioner. Her position as Deputy Attorney General from 1994 to 1997 in the Clinton administration should compel her to be testifying in front of the commission instead of being a member of it.
Chairman Kean, who has allowed the public hearings of the commission to descend into a circus, needs to remember who he works for. His comments yesterday demanding that the American people and their elected representatives stay out of our business is reprehensible and arrogant beyond belief. The attacks of September 11 happened to all Americans. Chairman Kean and the other commissioners are accountable to all of us, not just the vocal partisan 9-11 families who cheer and clap as if the hearings were a sporting event.
The contemptuous we know best attitude of Chairman Kean and Commissioner Gorelick is exactly the attitude that made our nation so vulnerable. Ms. Gorelick needs to go, and Mr. Kean needs to remember he is nothing more than a servant of the American people, stated Kristinn Taylor, Co-leader of the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic."
On the web: www.dcchapter.com and www.FreeRepublic.com
DeeCee FReepers ROCK...MUD
We are fightin' fer our children...
Left's conspirin' to save Klintoon!!
Right shall give it all we have to expose Truth!!
'Cuz the Righteous Way's Upon US...
We can see DemLib'rals comin'...
And Left's demons don't like RightWing folks like you!!
Folks, Right's just gettin' fired up...next, we'll fight the righteous fight...
Fightin' to Nail Clinton fer TREASON!!
When I see Big Guv'ment growin' I...
Look fer more than tax cuts, guys!!
We are FReepin' fer the day when Truth trumps SCUM!!
Folks, good FReepers are unbending...
Mideast's an ancient rift we're mending.
Life's an endless War of Ideas...
Our Constitution's Great!!
We'll FReep with our companions...
Won't git lost with Lib'ral Minions!!
We'll recall Dutch Reagan's brilliance...
Liberty's Our Fate!!
C'mon FRiends, I know you've had enough...
Join our Righteous Stand 'gainst Fools!!
Head on out to where good patriots make their stand.
Gotta one-way ticket to the Land of Truth...
Yes, Ol' Mudboy's gotta band...
We can't lose, my friends, you soon shall understand.
Left's a sordid predilection...
RATS're poisoned by deception...
More Big Guv'ment isn't needed...
My paycheck is MINE!!
RATS're lost in conflagrations...
They're just 60's-style mutations...
With Left's grotesque misrepresentations...
RATS're failing...failing.
Reject Left's Whore'd and strip RATS bare...
Left's just deadweight, you see!!
Journey down the road without RATS' load.
Right, show some spine...fight, the Librals are blind...
We'll be FReepin' Washington, DeeCee...
Shall be TheGreatStand...counter-protest episode!!
'Cuz Left culture's vile but ending...
With Big Guv'ments' wasteful spending!!
The Right demands our FReedom...Socialists, Beware!!
Weild the mighty Sword of Justice...
RATS are powerless to stop US!!
Leftists' Hell is loss of Power...
'Cuz we're patriots who care!!
But me I'm not stopping there,
Must Imprison Slick the Ho'!!
Fer so many crimes, Slick must do his time!!
When we thrash'im, folks, we'll have Left on the run...
RATS're dinosaurs of mind...
Folks, you know the time has come to Do What's Right!!
(Mudboy on haunting harmonica solo to fade.....)
FReegards...MUD
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free dixie,sw
Hanoi John, I'm opposed to yer Power!! Ohahhohh...
Ashamed of you...an yer goddamned LIES!! Ohahhohh...
I loathe the way you flop, I loathe Left's sissy-talk!!
I loathe the way RATS wriggle...Left snickers and it mocks!!
Hanoi John...ohahhohh...I think you are a Coward!!
Yeah, yer scum... damn yer VietNam LIES!! Ooahhohh...
(Little guitar jammin')
Ohhahhhhohhhhh!!
Hanoi John, what makes yer heart sooo purple?! Ohahhohh...
Yer "injuries"...were just gutless LIES!!
I loathe the way Left mocks...and all their sissy-talk!!
I want the righteous Truth...RAT-fools, you are losing...LOSING!!
Hanoi John, I'm opposed to yer Power!! Ohahhohh...ohahhohh..
We object...to yer campaign LIES!!.
(More guitar jammin')
Hanoi John...Cowards don't win elections!!
Ohahhohh...ohahhohh...ohahhohh...
(You) don't deserve...yer three Purple Hearts!!
FReegards...MUD
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