Posted on 01/23/2007 4:45:40 PM PST by STARWISE
Edited on 01/23/2007 6:37:01 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
I;m sorry, I thought you were here to see if people would discuss the speech in a substantive way, not to just rant about how other people weren't.
I didn't mean to tire you by explaining why you were wrong.
The upside is that I will be dead, before it all really falls apart.
LOL! That's my upside too. Whew, what a relief. I'll be six feet under and pushing up daisies.
heh you said it
He kinda "lurched" out of his seat and then burped! Did you see that one?
Why is health insurance a "RIGHT"? Because YOU and others who don't remember or know recent history, say it is. And it's not "basic".....no, a lot of these gilt edged plans cover everything under the sun; including braces and eyeglass frames.
People who can get this kind of coverage for free, or very little, abuse it; so do doctors, who never think of the costs, because they assume that every has this kind of coverage, when they don't. What's next.........employer housing benefits?
Once upon a time, companies and the government used to allow people/companies to write off lunches. That was taken away and yes, people used to abuse expense accounts too. So where is all of the hollering about NO MORE FREE LUNCH?
People used to buy their own health insurance and nobody, NOBODY, in the 1950s were calling for socialized health care in America; except for the Commies here.
At some point, it becomes throwing good resources, human and otherwise, at a failed venture. Mid course corrections are the duty of an executive, with a careful analysis of the costs and the benefits, and the impact on the Fruited Plain. I certainly hope that Bush's one last throw of the dice, wins the pot. That would be grand, and beneficial to most all on this planet. The alternatives are all ugly. The odds are that we are faced with a series of alternatives, all of which are ugly. Sometimes things just go bad. It is part of the human condition.
They say confession is good for the soul. I need to repent. I have sinned!!!! I voted party line for the last 20 years. But I could not bring myself to vote for RINO Tom Kean in the last election. I voted Libertarian. (some douche with no chance, can't remember his name...Lin Elliot, Chris Eliot, who cares). I was just praying that we didn't lose the Senate by one vote because of that. Thankfully, the RINO lost by a kajillion votes here in the DPRNJ.
WOW! I do feel a lot better now. I've gotten it off my chest.
My jaw dropped open when I watched this (the 2nd time around. First time was reading FR and didn't see it occur).
But I am totally not surprised. We all understand the Dems stand for DEFEAT; Promote DEFEAT; Trumpet DEFEAT; and will not be successful until they CAUSE our DEFEAT!
Oh, it caught up with you? So sorry. I won't respond anymore now that I know you can't think clearly
Do you two have any idea how childish and petty you sound? It reminds me of GRADE school. If you're so intent on behaving like 6 year olds, can't you find someplace else to do it?
You aren't even making any sense anymore. Credibility is shot to h*ll after this evening.
Enjoy being miserable and bitter. It seems to suit you.
BRAVO!! POST OF THE DAY!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1163304/posts
As of 2004:
Homeland Security, Border Enforcement & Immigration
1. *See Government Reform above. Under President Bush's leadership, America has made an unprecedented commitment to homeland security.
2. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes. Has ordered national and theater ballistic missile defenses to be deployed by 2004.
3. Announced a 9.7% increase in government-wide homeland security funding in his FY 2005 budget, nearly tripling the FY 2001 levels (excluding the Department of Defense and Project BioShield).
4. Before DHS was created, there were inspectors from three different agencies of the Federal Government and Border Patrol officers protecting our borders. Through DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now consolidates all border activities into a single agency to create "one face at the border." This not only better secures the borders of the United States, but it also eliminates many of the inefficiencies that occurred under the old system. With over 18,000 CBP inspectors and 11,000 Border Patrol agents, CBP has 29,000 uniformed officers on our borders.
5. The Border Patrol is continuing installation of monitoring devices along the borders to detect illegal activity.
6. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance. Since 9/11, DHS has audited 3,640 businesses, examined 259,037 employee records, arrested 1,030 unauthorized workers, and participated in the criminal indictment of 774 individuals.
7. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones.
8. Announced the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), an internet-based system that is improving America's ability to track and monitor foreign students and exchange visitors. Over 870,000 students are registered in SEVIS. Of 285 completed field investigations, 71 aliens were arrested.
9. This week, the US-VISIT program began to digitally collect biometric identifiers to record the entry and exit of aliens who travel into the U.S on a visa. Together with the standard information, this new program will confirm compliance with visa and immigration policies.
10. Eliminated INS bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.
11. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization.
12. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens.
13. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications.
14. Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States. Higher risk shipments are physically inspected for terrorist weapons and contraband prior to being released from the port of entry. Advanced technologies are being deployed to identify warning signs of chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of first responders across America have been trained to recognize and respond to the effects of a WMD attack.
This deduction plan is another common sense health care move. Like MSA's, it will move health care in the direction of free markets, which is not an easy thing to do.
Exactly! IF President Bush is for it, the Dems are against it. And not only are they against it but they will portray his position in the media as destroying America with his position. The truth is THEIR position on all issues will truly destroy American in the long run if allowed unchecked. And their idea of bipartisanship is for the President and all the Republicans to simply do what they say.
"God . . ." He seems to be the truly missing factor in all the talk lately. As a country, the last election has sealed our fate -- a virtual/electoral call of surrender to Islam. .
Christians and conservatives are just as much to blame as the libs. We chose to look for the clever political solutions at the neglect of spiritual ones--neglecting consideration of the Word, intercession, etc., we thought the corrosion of our national will could be remedied with argument.
Thanks for posting the speech/thread!!!!!
Absolutely. I'm in. Anything to annoy some people and have fun.... ;^)
Teddy had a long night. Great work if you can get it though. Drink 10 martinis in a DC bar, stumble out of bed in the morning, spew some Socialist BS and get rich. I'm a Kennedy and I live in MA, you can't NOT vote for me.
When they wrote the Constitution, there was no mandate from the framers or Uncle Sam saying:
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