BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS

The Drudge Report ^ | 01-28-2004 | Matt Drudge

[Captain Peter Blood]

BUSH TO SEEK BIG BUDGET INCREASE FOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS... Laura Bush plans to announce the request -- for the largest increase in two decades -- on Thursday... Developing...

[Cinnamon Girl]

Michael Medved said that the Republican Party was never a third party.

[xm177e2]

Bush is going to buy the Democrats' votes. They are foaming at the mouth just waiting for an excuse to vote for him, and now he will get the landslide he wanted. </sarcasm>

[onyx]

Write to MeekOneGOP -- you'll master it in no time at all. You can also ask Howlin.

[nopardons]

But you " trust " Dems to ? :-)

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Go back to Liberty Post and campaign there. The pols are closed here at FRee Republic.

[Heartbreak of Psoriasis]

Is bush a closet socialist?

There's nothing closeted about Bush II's socialism.

The GOP and currently the federal government under Bush II are controlled by a small set of "former" Trotskyite Communists called the "neo-cons."

Of course, like all communists the neo-cons, like Radosh, Horowitz, Kristol et al., are liars, and they're lying about having seen the light after Vietnam and have become "conservatives", even though curiously enough they still support socialist state programs and the homosexualist agenda.

It's ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that the neo-cons were tasked to infiltrate the GOP and to kill it from the inside. They've succeeded.

The DemonRat Party is their natural home, but they're posing as "conservatives." Their success depends upon the gullibility of the rank and file conservatives who so far bought the story these contemptible grifters offer hook, line, and sinker.

It's hard for me to have much compassion for suckers, just by nature. Anybody that's stupid enough to believe that a guy like Horowitz is a conservative and not a Trotskyite infiltrator deserves what they get.

But I don't deserve it. I never bought their story for a second. I love my freedom, unlike most here who absolutely adore Big Brother.

That's life in a "democracy" I guess, where every fool can vote their fingers into my wallet. I want my Republic back. Damn this herd democracy.

[KantianBurke]

Just want to make absolutely certain about what you wrote for the record, you actually believe what ALec Baldwin is selling? Can I interest you in some Nigerian banking transactions?

[Texasforever]

I just don't get what's going on here, and no one is explaining it.

The answer is simple if you look at what the voters claim as their major issues going into the election. Healthcare, education, social security/Medicare and jobs. All issues that prove this country is not in the least interested in spending less money. In every one of those issues democrats hold an edge because they have promised to spend more. Why in the world anyone thinks that a red-meat conservative agenda stands a chance is beyond all logical explanation.

[nopardons]

Hey...I still don't know how to do some simple things on the laptop, like making the sound lower. Let me get a handle on this contraqption, before taking on HTML! LOL

[Southack]

"When will my fellow conservatives understand that the GOP hasn't been our party at least since Reagan? What will it take to convince you? What's your personal line in the sand? How many more betrayals will you have to endure before you realize that Bush II, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rove and the rest of the lot have no feelings for us but the sneering contempt grifters have for their marks? Please tell me. What will it take before you and other conservatives like you will LEAVE THE GOP?"

"Conservatives" aren't leaving this Party. No one else has delivered on signing a Partial Birth Abortion ban, two income tax cuts, a dividend tax cut, or even a repeal of the death tax, much less killed the Kyoto Global Warming nonsense, deep-sixed the U.S. - CCCP ABM treaty that was preventing the deployment of our anti-missile nuclear defenses, et al. See below.

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 36 months

 

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses

Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

 

Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

 

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right

Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what.

Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

 

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.

Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.

[onyx]

I'm not sure I trust Republicans to appoint them.

You wouldn't. Cite the names of the conservative or even centrist SC Justices appointed by a democrat president.

I'll not wait for your reply.

[Texasforever]

I could have bet her, she was hated.

Oh baloney, she was at the convention in the election of GHWB and she was elected governor shortly after by 60%. Don't tell a Texan about Ma Richards.

[nopardons]

Go build a time machine, but I guarantee you, you won't be happy, pleased, or beatified in any other era either.

[My2Cents]

Your questions are valid. And please don't take personally some of the shots we're taking at the naysayers. To ask honest questions is not their thing. I happen to have huge doubts about Bush's immigration proposal. Let's not even debate the NEA -- I think it should be eliminated. But I know I will vote for Pres. Bush in November, and despite my disagreements with him, I will be proud to do so because there are so many other issues more important than the NEA, or a guest worker program. That's what I mean by "perspective." It's being able to look a complex situation, perhaps not an ideal situation, and then make a sound, intelligent decision based on the most good. That's called "maturity."

[onyx]

Go back to Liberty Post and campaign there. The pols are closed here at FRee Republic.

LMAO! out damned spot gets around.

[jpsb]

Contract with America, read it, it is in this thread somewhere and it is what brought the GOP into power.

[My2Cents]

When will my fellow conservatives understand that the GOP hasn't been our party at least since Reagan?

Folks of your ilk supported Phil Crane in the 1984 GOP primaries because Reagan "wasn't conservative enough."

[nopardons]

Sure does. LOL

[Texasforever]

Contract with America, read it, it is in this thread somewhere and it is what brought the GOP into power.

And then lost it 2 years later. Give up, you can't win with that one.

[Fledermaus]

Anyone that doesn't believe or understand the road from far left to the right Horowitz has been on (well documented) is the one that deserves what they get.

You are too tainted in your thinking to see real sentiment and reality. All you have to do is read the man. He's doing more than anyone today to promote conservatives and take the left wing liberals to task. Especially on campuses around the country.