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Bush Borrowed More Than All Previous Presidents Combined, Group Says
CNS News ^ | 11/4/05 | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 11/09/2005 7:30:30 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

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Accurate? spin? Perspective? I don't know enough to refute or accept...just looking for input.
1 posted on 11/09/2005 7:30:31 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Who are the other members?


2 posted on 11/09/2005 7:33:22 AM PST by Mulch (tm)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Let's face it, the guy spends like a Kennedy at a hooker convention.


3 posted on 11/09/2005 7:35:19 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

He still hasn't returned my hedge clippers!


4 posted on 11/09/2005 7:36:22 AM PST by zook
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To: SoFloFreeper

Do these clowns support the $54 billion in currently proposed budget cuts?

If not, their protestations ring hollow.


5 posted on 11/09/2005 7:38:21 AM PST by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: dead

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives...


I always hated the idea of "The presidential budget"

He's not supposed to have word one about it unless the house does something.


6 posted on 11/09/2005 7:38:46 AM PST by djf (Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
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To: dead
Unfortunately one of the government checks on this sort of behavior, the GOP "controlled" congress, is letting him.
7 posted on 11/09/2005 7:38:58 AM PST by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: sinkspur


Of course they don't.


8 posted on 11/09/2005 7:39:21 AM PST by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Well, let's see...

Skull & Bones is supposedly the American incarnation of the Bavarian Illuminati, and the Illuminati are bent on world domination by replacing religion with humanism and establishing one world government. It's called the New World Order.

Since GWB is a member of the S&B secret society, it only makes sense that he would promote the New World Order through whatever means necessary, including motgaging our financial future to foreign interests.

/ Tin foil hat now removed

Seriously, what really cheeses me off about these articles is how quickly the authors dismiss common sense. Last time I checked the Constitution, Congress holds the purse strings, not the Prez.

9 posted on 11/09/2005 7:42:28 AM PST by liberty_lvr (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.)
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To: dead

A Clinton cigar has seen more action than Bush's veto pen.


10 posted on 11/09/2005 7:44:46 AM PST by BufordP (Excluding the WOT, I haven't trusted W since he coined the term "compassionate conservative")
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Last time I checked the Constitution, Congress holds the purse strings, not the Prez.

That's true, but the President holds the Pen Of Veto and the power to make recisions from budgets. As President, Bush has never used either.

11 posted on 11/09/2005 7:46:04 AM PST by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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Last time I checked the Constitution, Congress holds the purse strings, not the Prez.

And the last time I checked the Constitution, the President could veto bills sent to him by Congress.

I guess President Bush must have skipped over that portion.

12 posted on 11/09/2005 7:47:27 AM PST by dpwiener
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That's true, but the President holds the Pen Of Veto and the power to make recisions from budgets. As President, Bush has never used either.

XXX-42 stole the veto pen along with the silverware and the W keys from the White House keyboards on his way out. Cheney has the spare hidden in an undisclosed location.

13 posted on 11/09/2005 7:51:14 AM PST by KarlInOhio (We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"No American political leadership has ever willfully and deliberately mortgaged our country to foreign interests in the manner we have witnessed over the past four years," said Tanner. "If this recklessness is not stopped, I truly believe our economic freedom as American citizens is in great jeopardy."

There sure does seem to be a concerted effort to sell out America, lock, stock and barrel. This administration seems to be in a panic to make it happen as soon as possible. Wonder why?

14 posted on 11/09/2005 7:52:03 AM PST by eskimo
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Do these clowns support the $54 billion in currently proposed budget cuts?

These 'cuts' sure didn't originate in the Oval Office.
We can thank the Republican Study Committee for forcing the issue on a White House that was reticent to any budget, or to be accurate - budget increase - cuts.

15 posted on 11/09/2005 7:52:53 AM PST by jla
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To: SoFloFreeper

The true bush legacy?


16 posted on 11/09/2005 7:53:53 AM PST by WhiteGuy (Vote for gridlock)
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To: BufordP

> A Clinton cigar has seen more action than Bush's veto pen.

Heh! Thanks for the laugh. Things have been so depressing lately.

When, Lord, when will Republicans start acting like Republicans?


17 posted on 11/09/2005 8:03:35 AM PST by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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"If this recklessness is not stopped, I truly believe our economic freedom as American citizens is in great jeopardy."

Not only does it need to be stopped, it needs to be 'reversed'. Bush has a horrible record on spending, but so does Congress over a period of twenty years. There is plenty of blame to go around, but the fact is that it is a serious problem which has to be addressed with something more substantial than proposed spending cuts which will be instituted in future years.

18 posted on 11/09/2005 8:34:59 AM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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Did they account for inflation in those figures? $1 million 100 years ago is not the same as $1 million today


19 posted on 11/09/2005 8:38:36 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: VictoryGal
When, Lord, when will Republicans start acting like Republicans?

You mean, "When, Lord, when will Republicans start acting like economic conservatives?"

Problem is, the Republican Party is primarily a social conservative coalition party now. Nobody in DC likes economic conservatives, because economic conservative policies don't buy many votes.

20 posted on 11/09/2005 8:43:11 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (Speaking several languages is an asset; keeping your mouth shut in one is priceless.)
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