Posted on 08/11/2005 7:07:55 AM PDT by flutters
For the past four years, Democrats have ceaselessly attacked Republicans for "exploiting" the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
When President Bush showed his support for rescue workers at Ground Zero, Democrats cried "exploitation!"
When the Bush administration launched a long-
overdue global war on terror, Democrats cried "exploitation!"
When Bush signed the Patriot Act, Democrats cried "exploitation!"
When Republicans held their national convention in New York City last year, Democrats cried "exploitation!"
And when Karl Rove gave a speech to New York conservatives pointing out the Democrats' passive counterterror strategy, Democrats cried "exploitation!"
But when an investigative reporter exposes Democrats raiding federal homeland security grants and turning Sept. 11 money into a party slush fund, where, oh where, are all the indignant liberal watchdogs to protest such clear and unconscionable political exploitation?
Can't find a single barking hound on the Left. Just chirping crickets.
This week, Newark Star-Ledger reporter Rick Hepp revealed that the office of acting Democratic New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey "played a key role in doling out millions of dollars in state homeland security grants this year to legislative districts controlled by his party," contrary to his public denials. The federal funds had been originally sent to the state for vital counterterrorism purchases - things such as first-responder equipment that small towns might not have been able to afford. Democrats control both houses of the New Jersey Legislature as well as the governor's office.
The Star-Ledger had earlier reported that 93 percent of the $23 million in federal homeland security money doled out in the Garden State since 2002 had gone to districts controlled by Democrats. More than $8 million was allocated for the program for fiscal year 2005, with 94 percent going to districts controlled by Democrats. "The last time I saw an election with a percentage like that is when Saddam Hussein ran for president," quipped state Sen. Bill Gormley, R-Atlantic.
Meanwhile, irony-challenged national Dems continue to pound President Bush for politicizing federal homeland security allocation decisions - and leading the way are New Jersey's Sen. Jon Corzine and Rep. Robert Menendez. Menendez railed about the Bush administration's alleged inadequate funding for rail and transit security. A Corzine news release last month touted Senate Democrats posturing as the responsible overseers of domestic-security purse strings:
"Democrats are concerned that American towns and cities remain unprotected and vulnerable to terrorist attack. Ports, railways and transit systems, chemical and nuclear power plants all require a higher level of security than is currently provided. The Democrats raised concern that President Bush failed to make homeland security a priority and cut funding to major programs in his budget this year. By cutting funding for transit and rail security grants by $50 million, slashing funding by more than $400 million for first responders, and further cutting of funding for airport screeners, the president has put Americans' security at home at risk."
No news releases yet from any Democrat on how the Garden State pigs fed at the Sept. 11 trough to the tune of some $20 million - and put Americans' security at home at risk.
Who'll cry "exploitation!" now?
Ping
Any surprise? NJ = NY. Same ilk.
I think the Administration finally got tired of being tarred by the Dems, and got this news out. This will keep things quiet for awhile, then when the Libs (predictably) start carpping again, an investigation will be launched.
Ahem. Most of Upstate is red :)
So True; So True.
I tell you this now: This Nation will never be safe, nor free from political corruption, until EVERY LAST LIBERAL is interned in prison camps or shot down like dogs.
They are the enemy, and we can no longer tolerate them.
Just more proof that the Democrats cannot be trusted with National Security.
Good information, but how do we get it out to the masses. Forget the MSM, no help there.
Just more proof that the Democrats cannot be trusted with National Security.
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At this juncture, we had better keep an eye on Washington as a whole -- case in point, look at the White House attitude toward the massive double-standard of breaking our immigration laws. As far as I am concerned, that is just as bad as the gross incompetence and criminality of the 9/11 commisssion.
When the Mayor of Baltimore,found out the distribution of funds would change, he went on TV and called President Bush a terrorist.
Baltimore, where a connected multi millionaire can come into town and have a zillion dollar hotel built with tax payers money.
Baltimore, where you pay over $10,000 in real estate taxes for a 2100 sq. foot apartment overlooking oil storage tanks.
Baltimore,Maryland, where if you buy a new msp $35,000 car less $9,000 in discounts and a trade in of $15,000 leaving a balance of $11,000, you must pay a 5% tax on the full $35,000.
Baltimore the murder capital of the U.S.
Baltimore,where the mayor takes no responsibility for the recent beheadings of two children but blames our President every time an atrocity is committed against our people.
Baltimore, the national headquarters of the NAACP and the Baltimore Sun, which publishes a daily list of Americans who have died serving their country.. right next to hate Bush cartoons.
The mother of all double standards would be the prosecution of Martha Stewart vs the silence on Jamie Gorelick. They both obstructed investigations. Martha went to jail, and Jamie was placed on a commission which enabled her to blame others for her mistakes. I bet Martha would liked to have been placed on a commission which would have allowed her to blame others too!
How sad. Your mayor is similiar to mine: Mayor "don't question my manhood" Coleman.
The mother of all double standards would be the prosecution of Martha Stewart vs the silence on Jamie Gorelick.
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Washington is a real problem for America -- they appear to be spending more time COVERING UP THIER CRIMES AND INCOMPETENCE, THAN THEY ARE WORKING FOR AMERICA....Gorelick should be hanging from a tree along with the scumbags she has been protecting -- and save a place on the branch for Sandy Burglar, the Clinton lackie who tried to cover it all up with his crime at the National Archieve. God these people stink and they are NOT IN JAIL -- NONE OF THEM.
Yeah, that's the ticket...
OVER MY DEAD BODY, BUB.
I don't know about you, but my mom considers herself a liberal. You want to try and put her in a prison camp or shoot her down like a dog? Better think again.
That kind of talk gets us nowhere. It's useless hyperbole. What are you going to do, run around the neighborhood rounding up liberals for the camps yourself and shoot them if they resist? You're whacked.
...it is ignoring matters of criminality, conspiracy, and treason of nation-threatening proportions. We have good reason to be angry and afraid.
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Of course, because it is all being engineered IN WASHINGTON!!! That is why they are ignoring it all -- THE ELITIST WASHINGTON DOUBLE STANDARD. You go to jail for your crimes, Washington goes free...ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.
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