Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 3 June 2007

Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces ^ | 3 June 2007 | Various Big Media Television Networks

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Democratic strategists Bob Shrum and James Carville; Republican strategists Mary Matalin and Mike Murphy.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.; Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Iraqi President Jalal Talabani; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.; NASCAR driver Kyle Petty.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala.; Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards; Tagg Romney, son of presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

[txradioguy]

Meanwhile the Socialist Democrats keep slipping them right by us:

Democrats Hide Pet Projects From Voters

By ANDREW TAYLOR

WASHINGTON (AP) - After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress’ pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year.
Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their first day in power in January to clearly identify “earmarks” - lawmakers’ requests for specific projects and contracts for their states.

Rather than including specific pet projects, grants and contracts in legislation as it is being written, Democrats are following an order by the House

Appropriations Committee chairman to keep the bills free of such earmarks until it is too late for critics to effectively challenge them.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., says those requests for dams, community grants and research contracts for favored universities or hospitals will be added to spending measures in the fall. That is when House and Senate negotiators assemble final bills.

Such requests total billions of dollars.

As a result, most lawmakers will not get a chance to oppose specific projects as wasteful or questionable when the spending bills for various agencies get their first votes in the full House in June.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070603/D8PHA8LG0.html

You know...I wonder how well that Democrat “mandate” would have fared back in November had the people that voted Democrat known about all of this?

[snugs]

Therefore they will take their business to the areas that it is cheapest in which results in job loss in western world.

I find that deplorable but I am realistic to know this is going to happen.

[kabar]

What Mexican interests is being put above American interests?? Isn’t identifying and tracking these Mexicans an American interest?

By allowing Mexico to export its poor and undeducated to the US. Once here, they send back more than $20 billion a year to Mexico exceeding the country's earnings from oil. Instead of identifying and tracking these Mexicans, we would be better served by not allowing them to come in period.

[mathluv]

I can’t even get the dittocam anymore. I upgraded my Mac to 10.4 and nothing works like it used to. :( It does not help that I am not very computer literate. Sometimes Macs make things too easy.

[Cedric]

Yes, I was.

[Arrowhead1952]

I read that donations are down to the RNC. That might get their attention.

I have sent several e-mails to my congress critters (since I live in TX, they are all pubbies), and to the WH.

Same here. I am also sending this to the RNC in the mail tomorrow.

I got on the KBH website and sent links to FR threads and told her staff to check the attitude of the posters here. The last email from her sounded like she was voting against the amnesty bill.

[snugs]

I can believe this judging by my interaction with Cedric
today

[Bahbah]

To Sam Donaldson...it’s Darfur, not Dofar.

[eeevil conservative]

Well- why would President Bush want Mexican workers to be eligable for Social Security with only 18 months of working here in the US, while Americans need to have worked 10 years to be eligable?

“Section 413 promises U.S. help in getting financial services to Mexico’s poor and under-served populations, expanding effort to reduce the transaction costs of remittance flows, helping the Mexican government to strengthen education and job training, and increasing health care access for the poor in Mexico.” (Christine Romans on Lou Dobbs, CNN, April 22, 2007) “...we have truly entered a bizarre place, where the president of the United States, President George W. Bush, is representing the interests of Mexican citizens in this country, and Congress, our Senate, is attempting to impose a law that is appropriately the purview of the Mexican legislature.” Lou Dobbs, CNN, April 22, 2007)

“Section 413 asks the U.S. Congress to ramp up the six-year-old bilateral Partnership for Prosperity and highlights the broader North American Security and Prosperity Partnership.” (Christine Romans on Lou Dobbs, CNN, April 22, 2007)

http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/info/us_senate_amnesty_compromise_2007may.html

[rodguy911]

Due to our lack of border enforcement those that rule Mexico(IMHO a small group of billionaires) have successfully exported their worst problems (an angry,poor populace) to us to deal with.

[snugs]

Very intelligent I am sure the RNC will take that seriously.

[eeevil conservative]

????

okay...if you say so...

I am just emotional...no facts...

;-)

geeshk- I like a little humor- it helps ease the sting.....

[snugs]

LOL

[Chuck54]

Though it's pretty damn close to it with the Z visa plan

I suggest we instigate a Z Retirement Test Plan with these interlopers/illegals/criminals/guests (pick one).

Here's the details:
1-Issue each of these "guests" a unique ID card beginning with, yep you guessed it, Z.
2-Tax them (at the social security rate), collect money, put it into a fund untouchable by anyone, especially politicians.
3-Let this fund accrue interest at whatever the current rate may be.
4- In 10 years compare the Z Fund with the Social Security Fund for a like number of workers.
5- In 10 years ship all of 'em home with their Z Fund stash (Most will be glad to go.)

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Eliminate the "Born here, automatic citizenship" program and if these guests do get sick, deduct cost of healthcare from "their" Z Fund. I'll bet they'll be healthier than you can imagine.

This might need some tweaking, but it's a heck of a lot better plan than the Amnesty Plan.

:)

[SE Mom]

Oh GOOD! What did Will (and the panel) say about Fred?

[Cedric]

The only “job loss” is, by definition, of the low wage, semi-to-un-skilled variety.

[eeevil conservative]

thought so....

[anita]

Imagine Wolf Blitzer questioning a dem. in their debate like this:

Knowing what you know now, would you have opted to end Terry Shiavo's life?

[bray]

Everyone was willing to pay more for gas until they started forking out $3/gal. Easy to say until it hits them and then we start hearing how evil the oil companies are. Notice how the enviromentalists are not taking credit for these high prices, cowards.

Now conservatives are willing to pay more for food, housing and clothing until they have to fork out the money. Economic Depressions are “cathartic” until your in one.

President Bush doesn’t have that rhetorical luxury.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Mo1]

However I still say that the majority of people will not want to and it will reflect on whatever party is in power at the time if they have to pay more when re-election comes up.

You're right again .. majority of voters tend to vote with their wallets

Same with businesses .. most will pay $10-15 for a pair of jeans at Walmart/Kmart instead of $250 for a pair of jeans on Rodeo Drive that thier kids will grow out of in 6 months