How The Right Spells Sacrifice: T-A-X C-U-T-S
How The Right Spells Sacrifice: T-A-X C-U-T-S
9/11: Tax cuts over national sacrifice
Pete Peterson, former Secretary of Commerce under Nixon: “After 9/11, [the Bush administration] faced a choice between tax cuts and getting serious about the extensive measures needed to protect this nation against further terrorist attacks. They chose tax cuts.”
Iraq: Tax cuts over national sacrifice
Tom DeLay, one week before U.S. forces were launched into war in Iraq: “Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.”
Hurricane Katrina: Tax cuts over national sacrifice
Former White House political director Ken Mehlman, urging supporters today to contact their senators about a vote to permanently repeal the estate tax — a massive sop to the ultra-wealthy that will cost the United States $1 trillion over ten years: “When they return from their August recess, Senators will consider a key issue: elimination of the death tax. … Make your voice heard on this important issue. … Express your support for tax relief and economic opportunity.”
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And Clinton is on CNN right now with Bush SR covering for the boy.
CLinton lies and says it was because the levee flooded that electricity was cut off -
how much has he been paid to carry Bush water
THen Bush Sr says he thinks the response was timely - he forgot to mention that he has no concept of time anymore, he’s demented and has been so for 40 years or more
the frat boys are lying and covering up now to protect the boy
September 1st, 2005 at 4:13 pmcall the white house
call your representatives
and demand that they fill air force one with sandwiches and water and fly it right now to new orleans -
forget bush flying over
they’re calling the congress back from vacation today - i asked my representatives - senator and congress - why did they wait til today - well duh we don’t know
pull those mofos off the golf courses - and get the helicopters up in the air NOW
what does it take to get these sonsofbitches to do something.
This is the face of terrorism people.
your own government is paralyzed unable to do anything except head up task forces, write position papaers, and cover their primadonna backsides
September 1st, 2005 at 4:17 pmI sure hope that American tax dollars were well spent in the renovations of the White House.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:20 pmThese f**king pigs. Condi shopping for $1,000.00 shoes. Now more tax cuts for the rich. Once again, we are wittnessing the re-alignment in American politics this week. These pigs are going down. “Drowning the baby in the bathtub” is what they wanted and now the bodies in the gulf are their wittnesses to this policy. So why not try for more tax cuts so all Americans can be their victims the next time disaster strike our country.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:22 pmIn the next few elections, vote the incumbent out — I don’t care what party they are — fresh blood and new energy are needed.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:23 pmthe aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is going to leave Alexandria VA. today - it will take 5 days to get there -
and when it pulls up to wherever, there will be 1000s dead in teh streets - it will be too freakin late
why didn’t they send the carrier 5 days ago or even 3 days ago?
yesterday they said 1400 troops would arrive today in n.o. No troops have arrived. They are still on the way, they say. On the way? Where are they coming from?
This is beyond negligent. I’m almost to the point of believing this is intentional.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:24 pmWHAT THE F**K!!
YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS, FEMA IS DIRECTING PEOPLE TO DONATE TO PAT ROBERTSON’S CHARITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.sploid.com/ news/ 2005/ 09/ 01/ fema-directing-donations-to-rev-pat-robertson-123509.php
September 1st, 2005 at 4:27 pmYou can put them all in a paper bag and shake them out — they all come out the same. Tax cuts are their answer for whatever ails. They have no shame. This is the direct result of slashed funding for necessary projects.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:29 pmHERE IS FEMA’S SITE, FOR GOD’S SAKE WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? THERE ARE A HUNDRED MORE QUALIFIED CHARITIES!
http://www.fema.gov/ press/ 2005/ resources_katrina.shtm#canhelp
September 1st, 2005 at 4:32 pmI might be wrong here, but I’m getting suspicious that the Death tax and tax breaks for wealthiest multi-million estates are the really one and the same.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:37 pmLook back at Bush an the crisis gathered: He sits on his ranch. Over and over, his government issues dire warnings of the hurricane that is coming. The mayor of New Orleans starts the evacuation. Bush sits there, still on vacation. The storm strikes. Still he sits there. Then he acts. What does he do? He extends a helping hand to the oil industry, releasing some oil from the reserves and cutting pollution control. But the price of gas to even higher levels. The industry need more profits. Only in America can an industrial giant get away with saying there’s a shortage when they’re swimming in surplus. And Bush? For him, it’s one more payoff to his campaign contributors.
And the people of New Orleans? They sit on the baking rooftops and sidewalks. No water. No food. No help.
Then Bush acts again. He is decisive. On Wednesday, he gets in his plane and flies—flies real low, okay?—over the devastation. And then he goes to Washington and, as the papers say, “mobilizes†the rescue effort. He says: “It is so devastating that it is hard to describe it. Nine-eleven was a manmade attack. This was a natural disaster.
“New Orleans is more devastated than New York— and just physically devastated as is the coast of Mississippi, so we’ve got a lot of work to do and we’ll get it done.”
How would he know? Bush was sitting in a bunker under a cornfield on 9-11 while New York organized its own rescue.
He would not go to New York on that day. And now the best he can do is look out the window of his plane at the hurricane. His government says he’d like to visit—maybe even tomorrow—but the White House wants to make sure the president doesn’t impede the rescue effort.
So he sits in the White House while the people he governs, the people of the South, die in the heat because they can’t get a glass of water in the wealthiest country of the world. No wonder there are looters.
The president mocks us all.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:41 pm#9 Citizen 80203 — Don’t forget to remind people what Robertson’s “charity” is called — Ooeration Blessing. That’s the one you DON’T want to give to.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:42 pmMondo — This is an example of PWB
September 1st, 2005 at 4:43 pmPoor While Black.
Bush and his cronies don’t give a flyin’ f**k.
Was Clinton not disgusting again? Lying and covering for Bush’s imcompetence. Ever since Clinton buckled under to the NWO after Lewinsky, he’s ruined the Democratic Party.
Besides that, I can’t believe anyone with half a brain would actually give money to anything associated to George ‘the butcher’ Bush Sr. Not one thin dime to him. Be careful who you donate to people. I suggest going to wwltv.com and listening for the local New Orleans charities.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:45 pmI wouldn’t give a penny to Lightbulb Head’s charity or anything else he is connected with.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:45 pmI Won’t Contribute to Katrina
Let Bush open his wallet. I’m sure he’s still got a few nickels rolling around his pockets from flipping the Texas Rangers like a Miami condo.
You want disaster relief? Impeach George W. Bush.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:46 pmMarie
I missed posting the name, I’m just so outraged at the unfolding events of the last few days. There is no shame for these pigs.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:46 pmMarie, I know. Remember when someone from the press asked Bush sr. ‘how much a loaf of bread cost’? He had no idea. Well his son is waaaaaay worse.
No matter how they try to spin it, Bush was PLAYING GUITAR and GOLF in CALIFORNIA while the levee broke. Absolutely worthless fool. He had to call daddy and his new best buddy Bill to hold his hand.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:47 pm#12, #9 My Bad the name of the dishonorable charity is OPERATION BLESSING.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:49 pm#13 - Marie - maybe if Louisiana Democrats cared about the people that elected them to office, we wouldn’t have these problems. Liberals use black voters on election day and then do absolutely nothing to help them live independent lives.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:49 pmFish ZED, go crawl under a rock you piece of s**t. We hate your stench of decay here.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:51 pmi just called the 800# for “operation blessing”…on hold for a short time…when the nice lady answered i asked her if she was with the actual pat robertson organization or a telemarketer operator…she said “yes, we are the 700 club, the-” i cut her of with “no, you are actually operation murder, operation assassination, operation scam the -” she cut me off with “goodbye”….
September 1st, 2005 at 4:52 pmam i mean?
ne dementia
you are a complete asshole. go back under the rock you occasionally crawl out from. Stick to the topic of the thread twit.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:55 pmYou want to talk about “Louisiana Democrats”. Sucker pulease. Get your facts straight. It was Sen. Landrieu who’s been screaming about this levee for 3 years! Idiot. Here, let me help you out…
Despite continuous warnings from Sen. Landrieu that a catastrophic hurricane could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years have repeatedly denied full funding for hurricane preparation and flood control.
That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans’ neighborhoods.
For instance, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million for this fiscal year to pay for hurricane-protection projects around Lake Pontchartrain. The Bush administration countered with $3.9 million, and Congress eventually provided $5.7 million, according to figures provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).
Because of the shortfalls, which were caused in part by the rising costs of the war in Iraq, the corps delayed seven contracts that included enlarging the levees, according to corps documents.
Similarly, the Army Corps requested $78 million for this fiscal year for projects that would improve draining and prevent flooding in New Orleans. The Bush administration’s budget provided $30 million for the projects, and Congress ultimately approved $36.5 million, according to Landrieu’s office.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:55 pmwow talk about deja-vu. nice work citizen. You beat me to the post.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:56 pmDid I just spank the shit out of Northeast Dimwit or what?
September 1st, 2005 at 4:57 pmIt is just unbelievable that FEMA would link to Pat Robertson after last week. But FEMA was gutted and filled with political cockroach appointments, so it is probably right in line with the new management.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:57 pmYou don’t have to spank Northeast to get shit out of him, you just have to let him talk.
September 1st, 2005 at 5:22 pmMondo - nicely done. Typical freakish wingnut talking points don’t hold up well to basic scrutiny at times like this. Poor NED.
September 1st, 2005 at 5:28 pmThou shall not kill Pat Robertson….but could I just choke him a little?
September 1st, 2005 at 5:31 pmIn the guitar picture, the country star has a look on his face like he’s thinking, “Why are you here playing guitar?”
Or maybe he’s trying not to point out that Bush is trying to play a C chord a whole step out of key.
September 1st, 2005 at 5:50 pmYes mondo - you spanked him with facts - facts are indeed inconvenient to these support Bush NO matter what fascist like our esteemed NED.
September 1st, 2005 at 6:09 pmIf your computer can play little web-movies, go to http://ecolanguage.net/ and scroll down to “The Bush Tax Cuts.” It’s a 14-minute flow chart animation, showing the distribution of income and wealth BEFORE and AFTER the Bush tax cuts 2001 - 2003. Very educational.
September 1st, 2005 at 7:49 pm#24 Mondo Nice post to NED the freakin’ Bushloving nutcase.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:22 pmLet me review — Chertoff of Homeland Security is friendly with Michael Brown of FEMA. Chertoff is a former staffer who worked on Clinton’s impeachment, so the Republicans owe him. Brown is a golfing buddy of Bush (and probably knows his true handicap) so Bushie owes him. Can I refer to Bush and truth in the same sentence? I think it’s an oxymoron.
September 1st, 2005 at 10:30 pm#16, whoo hoo and amen!
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:38 am#18, and you remember in the 1980’s when a MOTHER OF A FALLEN SOLDIER of Vietnam wanted to KNOW WHAT NOBLE CAUSE HER CHILD DIED FOR…. and DUMBYA THE SMARTER RESPONDED:
Shut up, JUST SHUT UP!!!, YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK!!!!
remember????? huh????? SAME SONG, SAME DANCE!!!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:41 amTHESE PEOPLE START WARS!!!
THEY DON’T FIGHT THEM!!!!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 4:41 am#1, funny how they ALWAYS TURN TO CLINTON when they NEED HELP WITH ISSUES!
I can’t believe PRESIDENT Clinton would associate with these nazi-funding corporate thiefs!
We are talking about a former PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE, on TV with a former president OF THE CORPORATIONS.
I suppose he is trying to help the victims, but to do so in such company does make me wonder.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:08 pm[…] As they did after 9/11 and during the lead-up to the Iraq war, conservatives have chosen tax cuts for the most wealthy and well-off, rather than the spirit of shared national sacrifice. What a stark contrast to the outpouring of generosity being shown by the American people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:31 pmI
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December 4th, 2005 at 1:06 pm