Posted on 06/06/2002 5:17:43 PM PDT by UnBlinkingEye
I am watching President Bush giving a speech on CNN telling us he is expanding federal government more than any Democrat since Truman.
Unfortunately I know Washington all to well. Besides I am retired so my so-called crushy job title is not endangered. Finally while some people have nothing better to do than post messages, other have been on the frontlines who know the difference between victory and defeat. As Ambrose Pierce one said ' People sleep well at night because brave men are ready to do violence on their behalf".
You need to remember this fore it is happening now to protect you.
I didn't say no cost, my friend, I said God given right, which we should all fight to the death to maintain from tyrants foreign or domestic.
Bono gives and O'Neill taketh away.
Are you?
:-}Just kiddin.
Eihter you don't get it, or your dense. Either way I am truly sorry for you.
I oppose any growth of government and hope for a return to the principles outlined in the Constitution. Surely the most powerful armed forces in the history of man can defend our shores.
I appreciate your support of our president.
I know he is not perfect-all the perfect people are in heaven.
Certainly, I have disagreed with him a few times, but I can separate general governing issues from those of national security. Most people know the difference.
It is so funny to see enemies of President Bush come out of the woodwork with this political spin. They aren't even good liars.
I can't wait to vote again for President Bush!
I get it. God didn't do it.
Well you should be a happy guy. There is no growth in government called for nor will American soldiers be patrolling the streets of America. I don't get it, Bush is being consistent with the COnstitution here. The only thing that would make me happier is if he changed the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War and send the assholes a message.
Yet to be determined.
The War Department was really the Army Department. We had the Departments of War and Navy, which added up to the whole thing before we had a separate US Air Force. Just a guess: maybe naming the whole thing the Department of War would have seemed to the Navy and Air Force like the Army was taking over. This was serious business. I think the change was 1948. It was a tough political problem. James Forrestal was the first SecDef and an apparent suicide.
But, Laurie Dhue is one fine sum-bit.
OK Laz, what new powers were requested in tonight's speech?
It kills you to give President Bush any credit, doesn't it?
Afghanistan is about to have elections. You must have missed that?
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