Posted on 07/21/2007 7:57:46 AM PDT by txradioguy
If Majority Leader Harry Reid can’t start pulling troops out of Iraq, he doesn’t want to start paying them any more either.
After an amendment to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days failed to receive the 60 votes needed to proceed, Reid set the entire defense authorization bill aside. By doing so, he shelved a 3.5 percent pay raise for all uniformed service personnel, $4 billion in equipment upgrades and a new program to treat traumatic brain injuries.
To increase pressure on Republicans to support the measure, sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D.-Mich.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D.-R.I.), Reid threw the Senate into an all night session on Tuesday evening that lasted through Wednesday morning. Levin-Reid fell eight votes short, 52-47.
“There are two things that I want to accomplish,” Reid told reporters immediately after the amendment vote. “One is to pass a defense authorization bill, but with a deadline dealing with Iraq. Once we put that together, we'll move forward on it.”
Just like jihad, silence is complicity.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“Reid, They name be God.”
Where does it give one person, even Reid, the power to solely decide which bills will or will not be voted on?
That makes him a dictator: My way or none.
I’m confused - aside from being furious.
Time to crash their sites again= Email/FAX/phone.
It won’t make a Rats rump to the King Rats Rump, but others, looking to be reelected, will get nervous (they already got a 5 to 1 AGAINST calls/emails ad FAXes re the hate crimes bill they tried to railroad through with the DOD bill...
Time to make a big noise again....
Reid, Dems, refuse to give troops equipment upgrades and medical treatments...holding our troops political hostage
Apt quote. I might use part of it as a tagline.
I hope voters don't forget this. What is wrong with the people of Nevada? They are letting a traitor represent them. Shame on the people of Nevada.
Good grief. I believe I despise this guy as much as I do the terrorists.
So much for the ruse that the left supports the troops while objecting to the war.
Not that any Vietnam veteran with any memory at all believed them in the first place.
Dingy Harry is definitely a greater threat to the American people than terrorists.
Short of a Second American Revolution, wherein the majority of these traitors are hung by the neck or stood up against a wall, we will not be rid of them.
5.56mm
Reid perfectly represents the commies and fascist he adores.
If this were another time, I believe it would already be dun.
“[Reid] shelved a 3.5 percent pay raise for all uniformed service personnel, $4 billion in equipment upgrades and a new program to treat traumatic brain injuries. “
“We support the troops.”
“Don’t question our patriotism.”
Didn’t the democRats pitch a hissy fit because some soldiers had no body armor? Now they’re going to deny money for equipment.
Congress just voted themselves a $4,400 “cost of living” pay increase within the past couple of weeks.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/27/congress.raise.ap/index.html
Way to support the troops you lying, worthless, TRAITOR!
DANG STRAIGHT!!!
Where is the RNC? Where is the WH?
Maybe nobody wants to say anything publicly because they don't want to be blamed if something 'happens' to Scarry Reid?
I don't know, but someone needs to stuff his words back down his throat. It might be easy to start from his rear end because that is where Reid's head is!
Sounds like baby reid needs his soiled diapher changed again.
I know.
Lets call Reid out on this BS
I've heard that directly from our troops in the field - it's demoralizing and disheartening to them - and they are wondering why they aren't hearing a bigger noise from US
Time to start making that big noise -
call/email/FAX all media outlets. They have a formula: after X amount of emails/calls and FAXes - they WILL cover a story ...knowing that with that much interest, it will get covered by others
SO??
are we going to make a big noise? If we're not part of the solution, we're part of the problem
If we let the dictators get away with this, we are complicit with them - sins of omission.
Or are we 'too busy" today....???
Who's got the list of the media??? and send the same to everyone listed in the senate.
Ready.
Set
GO!
One does hope “W” is not going to continue protecting Reid and his running dog lackeys.
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