Posted on 05/25/2002 7:52:59 AM PDT by olliemb
Inside Report: Byrd's Ridge promotion
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd, insistent that Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge testify to Congress, has inserted in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill a provision promoting Ridge to Cabinet status against President Bush's wishes. Bush has refused to let Ridge testify on the grounds that he is a confidential presidential adviser, but all Cabinet members must appear before a congressional committee when summoned. Byrd is expected to insist that the Ridge provision be included in the final version of the emergency money bill.
A footnote: As Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, Byrd also slipped a provision into the bill urging nationwide federal action against "puppy breeding establishments" who have caged dogs "in extremely inhumane conditions." Byrd has been mourning the death of his 15-year-old dog, Billy Byrd.
Scratch all of the Ridge function, let's not obfuscate responsibilities. Rumsfeld is the Defense Department not the War Department.
It's not money these commies want ... it's the greatest, free-est piece of real estate on the planet!
Every 'rule', 'law', and 'ammendment' further adds to the annulling of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
And they freepin' know it.
Gentlemen and ladies ... we are at war within our own borders. A war of words and concepts that translate into action.
Those of us with the ability to speak, must speak.
Those with the will to kill, must (eventually, ultimately) kill.
I'm sure those farmers on Lexington Green wanted nothing more than to till their land and sow their crops, but Nooooooo ... some freepin' invaders, intent on destroying the developing and blossoming freedom of this country decided they were going to put a stop to that.
The rest is history.
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