Posted on 09/07/2005 1:58:44 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark.
Pity it won't work politically. Shifting money away from those who actually live there? The Dems would welcome the fight. Not gonna happen.
Nonetheless, strong oversight and strict ethics enforcement (with mandatory federal prison time) tied to the money might work.
Bump
Thanks for explaining. Do they live in a border state and all the problems it presents? Might change their minds.
What exactly is your problem with this letter? Unless you both live under a rock, you know LA has been corrupt for eons. Where exactly does Tancredo, in this particular letter, bash the Bush administration? NO and LA government has nothing to do with Bush. We need good presidential material for the 2008 run. Bush cannot run again. The field is open, gentlemen.
Are you paying attention to the excellent job Bush is doing, or do you both just search keywords in order to post snarky comments?
They already demanded (yesterday) that the money all run through the black caucus or ACLU.
I used to live in CO years ago ... Trancredo was good then ... and he's good now. He nailed it.
Huh? One doesn't have to hate Bush to agree with Tancredo's views.
Even if his letter was a fundraiser, that doesn't invalidate the fact that it's a huge mistake to send multi-billions of $$$ into the most corrupt area of the country without oversight.
Can the foxes assure the safety of the chickens?
bump
Absolute correct call. All federal taxpayer aid needs to be more diligently accounted for in these times, particularly this type of money.
If he did he would have to change his whole message. Instead, look forward to '06 and '08. Bush won't be there; who will be there? Is corruption an issue that can win in '08? How can corruption possibly win when the vast majority are already heep dip in it? Where should the line be drawn? There aren't ten people in the whole country over age 12 who aren't corrupted already somehow.
TeeHee! Good to see a pol with the guts to tell the truth.
No. They are corrupt, maybe even more corrupt.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1476911/posts?page=16
As far as I can tell they were still operating off the Emergency Plan published in 2000. Witt's company was contracted in June 2004 to develop a new plan, and no one in the media has inquired about it's completion and implementation date.
Wes Clark works for this company too.
I also wonder if Witt's most recent contract was awarded through whatever competitive bidding processes LA law requires. heh..heh..
That's hysterical! LOL!!! I agree fully.
Any foe of DeLay's is a foe of mine. Period.
Tancredo knows this has ZERO chance of even being considered, so it's nothing more than grandstanding.
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