FReeper Canteen ~ The Left Vs The Right Which one is looking out for America? ~ July 19 2004

MoJo2001, Fawnn, Kathy in Alaska and FRiends of the Canteen

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~ The Left Vs The Right ~
Which one is looking out for America?

Recently, one of the Sailors the Canteen corresponds with asked a very simple, but powerful question: What's the difference between the Left and the Right?

 

The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.

 

 

Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. After the Republicans lost the White House to the Democrats in 1877, Nast drew a cartoon of an elephant walking into a trap set by a donkey. He chose the elephant to represent the Republicans because elephants are intelligent but easily controlled.
Click here for the information provided.

 ~ The Issues ~
(Look below)

 ~ The Issues ~
(Look below)
 

The Democratic Party Highlights

Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party in 1792.

Thomas Jefferson is also the first Democrat President to have owned slaves.

First elected Catholic President (John F. Kennedy)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Bill Clinton were the last two Democrats to be re-elected. They also share the distinction of having no military experience.

Under Woodrow Wilson, these amendments were added to the Bill Of Rights:

16th Amendment - Income Taxes
17th Amendment - Election Of Senators
18th Amendment - Prohibition
19th Amendment - Women's Right To Vote

Under John F. Kennedy, these amendments were added:

23rd Amendment - Presidential Vote for the District of Columbia

Under Lyndon B. Johnson, these amendments were added to the Bill Of Rights:


24th Amendment - Poll Tax (abolishing)

Also, with the help of Republicans the Civil Rights Act was signed into law under Johnson's Presidency.


Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving President in American history. Serving from 1933-45.

Held both houses of Congress for 40 years until Republicans won in 1994.

Information collected from the DNC, White House website, and various other sources online that are public.
 

The Republican Party Highlights

The party was founded by a coalition of slavery opponents, who elected their first president, Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
*Many consider Abraham Lincoln to be the "Father of the Republican Party".

Under Lincoln, these Amendments were added:

9th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery

Under Ulysses S. Grant, these Amendments were added:

15th Amendment - Rights To Not Be Denied On Account Of Race

Under Dwight Eisenhower, these amendments were added:

22nd Amendment - Two Term Presidential Limits

Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to sign a Civil Rights Act in 1957. Ironically, it was stopped from full implementation due to the Senate leader at the time--Lyndon B. Johnson.

In 1972, Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law. It prohibits sex discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funds and grants.

President Ronald Reagan is credited with ending the Cold War.

There have been 18 Republican Presidents.

After Herbert Hoover, every single Republican President has served in the military.

President George W. Bush, with the help of our brave heroes, helped liberate Iraq and Afghanistan.

From RNC, GOP websites, and various other online sources
 

~ The Issues ~
Below you will find a brief view of what each party stands for or supports.

KEY
N - Not Supporting
Y - Does Support
 

ISSUES	Democrats	Republicans
Abortion	Y - Pro-Choice	N - Pro-Life
Gun Control	Y	N
Defense Spending	N (Some do support)	Y
Iraq War	Divided Issue	Y
Intelligence	Many Voted To Limit Intelligence Gathering	Y
Death Penalty	N	Y
Socialized Health	Y	N (Some do support this)
United Nations	N	Y
NATO	N (Some do support our alliance in NATO)	Y
School Vouchers	N	Y
Privatizing Social Security	N	Y
Tort Reform (Keeping lawsuits and lawyers in check)	N	Y
Tax Cuts	N	Y
Illegal Immigration	Y	N (Some do support open borders.)

*Please keep in mind that not all Republicans or Democrats support everything in their Party's platform.
 

 

 

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If you are a servicemember stationed in CONUS or overseas, you can register to vote absentee.

The UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act)
requires that the states and territories allow certain U.S. citizens, as defined below,
to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal office.
These groups include:

Members of the Uniformed Services (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard)

Merchant Marines

Eligible family members of the above

Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service,
and Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. citizens employed by the Federal Government residing outside the U.S.,
and All other private U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S.

If you are eligible to register under UOCAVA, CLICK HERE and follow the instructions.

For state-by-state voting deadlines and calendar CLICK HERE

General Election Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2004

IMPORTANT DATA
Military Voting for 2004
YOUR VOTE will count!

Military Voter Registration Info

Just Click on a flag to Visit that Branch of Service Voting Info

Army	Navy	Air Force	Marines	Coast Guard

Originally posted by MoJo2001 and The Sailor

*IMPORTANT MILITARY VOTE INFORMATION*

 

Having gone through the process of ensuring that The Sailor can vote, I found out that there is another easy way to ensure that our military can receive their ballots. If you are stressing out trying to figure out how to get an application, you can click on the Sample to find out how to do it.

You will need to open up the ballot with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't know how to open up .pdf files, don't worry. You can easily visit their site to get a free installation of Adobe's Acrobat reader.


Click the above link to get Adobe Reader


We must all work together to ensure that our Troops have the right to vote. This is the least we can do for them. If you know anyone overseas or stationed away from their "home of records", please send them this link. It is important.

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From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[Lady Jag]

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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!
Sept 11th - The National March Against Terror!
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[Lady Jag]

Radiant of smile...

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . Wakey Wakey Cubevillians . . . it's Monday.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

KERRY LIED . . . while good men died
A gathering of Vietnam veterans from across America

Where: The West Front of the U.S. Capitol Building
Washington, DC

When: Sunday, Sept 12, 2004 2:00-4:00 PM (EDT)
Why: To tell the truth about Vietnam veterans.

To counter the lies told about Vietnam veterans by John Kerry
All Vietnam veterans and their families and supporters are asked to attend.
Other veterans are invited as honored guests.

Printable flyer Click Here
(pdf file)

[Soaring Feather]

Lovely picture. Thanks.

[Soaring Feather]

Moving to the right!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Photograph of Hanoi Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Photo is displayed in the War Remnants Museum
(formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon.

CLICK ON PHOTO for proof that Hanoi Kerry is a traitor!

[Delta 21]

Keep up the good work!

[Interesting Times]

A KerryLied bump...

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

June '04 US Budget surplus $19 billion higher than $16 billion Wall Street expected

http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/27358.htm

By LAWRENCE KUDLOW

July 18, 2004 -- IF it's not bad enough that rapid economic recovery has neutered Sen. John Kerry's principal domestic criticism of President Bush, now comes even worse news for the Democratic campaign: The budget deficit is starting to substantially shrink.
The latest budget numbers show a $19.1 billion surplus for June, $3 billion higher than the $16 billion Wall Street expectation. It seems that a flood of new tax collections, spurred by fatter employment payrolls and corporate profits, is rapidly reducing the federal budget gap. Tax receipts from businesses rose an astonishing 38 percent over the past 12 months, and personal income-tax collections increased almost 9 percent.

What's happening? Could it be that stronger economic growth from lower tax rates is producing more tax receipts? I believe it's called . . . supply-side economics.

Just as the 1.5 million new jobs created since last August has terminated talk of a jobless recovery, the chatter over widening budget deficits will end. The fiscal-year 2004 budget deficit now looks to come in around $435 billion, less than 4 percent of GDP. This would be almost $100 billion below estimates early in the year from the Office of Management and Budget and about $50 billion less than Congressional Budget Office forecasts.

The administration is also getting its arms around federal spending. Fiscal year to date, growth in spending on domestic discretionary programs has slowed to 2.7 percent from 6.8 percent a year ago.

As the tax-cut-led recovery continues, deficits will rapidly wane over the coming years.

Former Clinton economic officials Robert Rubin, Gene Sperling and Bowman Cutter — all now advising Kerry — continue to obsess over the alleged economic consequences of budget deficits. But there is virtually no evidence that the budget gap (two-thirds of which emanated from the Clinton recession) has had any negative effect on U.S. recovery prospects. In fact, even with the fastest economic growth in 20 years, long-term Treasury rates remain at 4.5 percent, the cheapest money in over 40 years.


All this is why Kerry's proposal to raise tax rates on upper-income individuals, small businesses and key investment categories like capital gains and dividends is so completely out of touch. The Kerry tax hikes will blunt the good news on growth and deficits, exactly the reverse of what the pessimistic Kerryites are predicting.

Like the modern Democratic Party, the Kerryites neither understand nor acknowledge the tax-incentive model of economic growth that simply restates an old truism: Individuals produce and invest more if it is more profitable after-tax to do so.

Ironically, by placing his $900 billion government-funded health-care plan at the center of his economic policy, Kerry has dropped any pretense of deficit reduction. He may take great pains to position himself as a Clinton-type moderate Democrat, but his policies are pure tax-and-spend liberal.

Oddly, the Kerryites talk about a middle-class "squeeze." This is counter-factual. Over the first five months of this election year, after-tax incomes (adjusted for inflation) have jumped 4.3 percent compared with the same period a year ago. That's why retail spending over the first six months of 2004 has increased 7.7 percent compared with the year-ago period.

The middle class wouldn't be spending quite so rapidly if it was squeezed in the way the Kerry complainers allege.

In other words, the Kerry campaign's dark picture of American economic life is simply untrue. And in the areas where improvements are necessary — including the Social Security system — a big-spending, overarching government-regulatory scheme is not the answer. What is? Greater individual responsibility and personal choice in the context of our free-enterprise market system. It's what will make this thriving nation even more prosperous.

[redrock]

John Kerry is a worthless piece of slime.

redrock

[SevenofNine]

Well Kathy you might get that news story everybody waiting Hareetz wire reporting that witnesses are claim they seeing part of Arafat Ramallah HQ under siege at this hour

And gun fire has broken out small fire just got put out near HQ

Also report off AP wire French is not amused of course not they run smack chat over Ariel Sharon suggestion that French Jews should come to Israel

Maybe that good idea since French cops wont' do anything on solving wave of Anti Semtric crimes

[HiJinx]

Does anyone remember which FReeper was looking for a Babushka?

[Mo1]

Evening Tonk .. I'm sitting here watching a show on the Discovery Channel about Alaska Crab Fishing and the Coast Guard rescuing a crew when their ship started to roll over

All I can say is WOW!!!