Tell The NYT: Objection To Bush’s Budget Is Bipartisan
Tell The NYT: Objection To Bush’s Budget Is Bipartisan
The New York Times yesterday reported that President Bush’s budget “was immediately attacked on Capitol Hill by Democrats, who see an opportunity to turn many of the proposed cuts into campaign issues.”
But the Times should have interviewed a few Republicans. Democrats aren’t the only ones who have problems with Bush’s budget cuts:
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN):
While fiscal discipline must be our priority, there are some places where the president’s budget either cuts too deeply or fails to recognize the positive impact of a program, such as our agriculture program, Pell grants, Medicaid and Medicare and the Community Development Block Grants program.
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH):
The Congress doesn’t have to stick to these [White House] priorities. … There are some programs in there I have heartburn about.
Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO):
Overall, we’re concerned that some of these cuts are really beginning to bite. … [The White House budget office] sits in some isolated cocoon and comes forward with proposals that we don’t think make any sense.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA):
It is scandalous to provide insufficient funding for our nation’s two greatest capital investments, health and education.
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA):
These budget numbers are extremely disappointing in a number of ways.
The media is desperate to fit every story into a partisan narrative, even when the facts don’t back it up. E-mail the Times’s Public Editor and set the record straight.
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Memo to George:
We are up for election this year. Don’t become more of a liability than you already are.
Signed,
Norm, Judd, Kit, Saxby, Arlen
February 7th, 2006 at 10:40 amThe NY TIMES is like cheese, the best stories need to age. Paul Krugman comes out proclaims something profound and Donald Luskin pencil whips him back to useless. I have boycotted the Times since Judy Miller was released from her self inflicted incarceration. The Huff Po has it all., And of course right here.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:45 amDon’t worry, a ‘correction’ will appear in two weeks time on the eleventeenth page, in a 3-size font stating: “We reported that Democrats attacked Pres. Bush’s ‘07 budget. In actuality, we don’t report on bi-partisan attacks against Pres. Bush, so we didn’t include ‘Republican’ attacks in the report. We apologize for showing our partisan nature in support of Pres. Bush and the Republican party.”
February 7th, 2006 at 10:45 amand who has the power to ‘read’ thoes emails?…in case of ‘national security’ of course….hmmmmm.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:50 amThose who doubt that the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld team will attack Iran, while so conspicuously overextended in Iraq, are ignoring the subtleties of the administration’s Middle East strategy.
Bush has no intention of occupying Iran. Rather, the goal is to destroy major weapons-sites, destabilize the regime, and occupy a sliver of land on the Iraqi border that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth. Ultimately, Washington will aim to replace the Mullahs with American-friendly clients who can police their own people and fabricate the appearance of representative government. But, that will have to wait. For now, the administration must prevent the incipient Iran bourse (oil-exchange) from opening in March and precipitating a global sell-off of the debt-ridden dollar. There have many fine articles written about the proposed “euro-based†bourse and the devastating effects it will have on the greenback. The best of these are “Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar†by William R. Clark, and “The Proposed Oil Bourse†by Krassimir Petrov, Ph.D.
The bottom line on the bourse is this; the dollar is underwritten by a national debt that now exceeds $8 trillion dollars and trade deficits that surpass $600 billion per year. That means that the greenback is the greatest swindle in the history of mankind. It’s utterly worthless. The only thing that keeps the dollar afloat is that oil is traded exclusively in greenbacks rather than some other currency. If Iran is able to smash that monopoly by trading in petro-euros then the world’s central banks will dump the greenback overnight, sending markets crashing and the US economy into a downward spiral.
The Bush administration has no intention of allowing that to take place. In fact, as the tax-cuts and the budget deficits indicate, the Bush cabal fully intends to perpetuate the system that trades worthless dollars for valuable commodities, labor, and resources. As long as the oil market is married to the dollar, this system of global indentured servitude will continue.
Battle Plans
The Bush administration’s attention has shifted to a small province in southwestern Iran that is unknown to most Americans. Never the less, Khuzestan will become the next front in the war on terror and the lynchpin for prevailing in the global resource war. If the Bush administration can sweep into the region (under the pretext disarming Iran’s nuclear programs) and put Iran’s prodigious oil wealth under US control, the dream of monopolizing Middle East oil will have been achieved.
Not surprisingly, this was Saddam Hussein’s strategy in 1980 when he initiated hostilities against Iran in a war that would last for eight years. Saddam was an American client at the time, so it is likely that he got the green light for the invasion from the Reagan White House. Many of Reagan’s high-ranking officials currently serve in the Bush administration; notably Rumsfeld and Cheney.
Khuzestan represents 90% of Iran’s oil production. The control over these massive fields will force the oil-dependent nations of China, Japan and India to continue to stockpile greenbacks despite the currency’s dubious value. The annexing of Khuzestan will prevent Iran’s bourse from opening, thereby guaranteeing that the dollar will maintain its dominant position as the world’s reserve currency. As long as the dollar reigns supreme and western elites have their hands on the Middle East oil-spigot, the current system of exploitation through debt will continue into perpetuity. The administration can confidently prolong its colossal deficits without fear of a plummeting dollar. In fact, the American war-machine and all its various appendages, from Guantanamo to Abrams Tanks, are paid for by the myriad nations who willingly hold reserves of American currency.
This extortion-scheme is typically referred to as the global economic system. In reality, it has nothing to do with either free markets or capitalism. That is just philosophical mumbo-jumbo. It is the dollar-system; predicated entirely on the ongoing monopoly of the oil trade in dollars.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:55 am#1-Saxby isn’t up for reelection. Remeber the smear campaign against Max Cleland. That was in 2002. Saxby’s going down in 2008.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:58 amnot only are they attacking democrats, for partisan reasons (the neverending Rove smear campaign) they in their zeal by consistently covering for them, have turned a large portion of the Independents(party) and the Soverigns (no party).
Even in the office where I have Worked (TEXAS) the Bush cabal has lost alot of its Followers. The Conservative split continues to Widen. The Old Guard of fiscal Responsibility is seeing a Larger Government, more bearucracy, Backloaded Taxes, National Debt, Deficits Skyrocket. Corruption runs high due to Bushs lack of leadership, and his “Your in charge and Im going on vacation” style. Worse Bush has made siginings on many bills, effectively nulling the Bills, and the time cost and effort that went into passing those Bills. As far as I know, none of these ’signings’ have yet been Reinterpreted by the Courts.
Here I will ask the Senators, of all Parties, this;
“If the Court has to review bushes signings, that means the courts are interpreting, and in effect creating laws, instead of enforcing it?”
As I have stated before I am not a Lawyer.
And I expect to be corrected =)
Bush is as he said, quacking like a Duck
February 7th, 2006 at 10:59 amRove:
These republicans are clearly all traitors that would be democrats or terrorists if they thought they could get elected. Either they need to drink more koolaid or they need to be kicked out of the party…
February 7th, 2006 at 11:02 amDon’t fret smedley. The only thing that our military could possibly do at this point in time is bomb Iran or send missles. Neither of which would do anything more than inflame an already pissed world. We don’t have the manpower, Iran is mountainous, not flat, they have alot more money, military readiness & men in uniform than Iraq had.
They will rattle sabers though. So please, let’s try to discuss the NYT and their partisainship, shall we?
The Times…. What ever happened? My take is that the publisher is a 3rd generation idiot.
February 7th, 2006 at 11:06 amThe bottom line on the bourse is this; the dollar is underwritten by a national debt that now exceeds $8 trillion dollars and trade deficits that surpass $600 billion per year. That means that the greenback is the greatest swindle in the history of mankind. It’s utterly worthless. The only thing that keeps the dollar afloat is that oil is traded exclusively in greenbacks rather than some other currency. If Iran is able to smash that monopoly by trading in petro-euros then the world’s central banks will dump the greenback overnight, sending markets crashing and the US economy into a downward spiral.
Didnt that Ackssyn jaksyn guy say that a long time ago?
February 7th, 2006 at 11:08 amThe crystal ceiling of marxism? Dollar worth nada damn?
Murdoch Krystal Media
is any Ragg that repeats, without thought, the Propaganda of the Bush admin.
NYT is Fodder for the Cat Litter Box
February 7th, 2006 at 11:11 amhere kitty kitty, come crap on this,,,umm worthless paper
February 7th, 2006 at 11:12 amHas anyone emailed the Times yet? Any response?
We should definitely send the Editor lots of emails and and see if we hear back…
February 7th, 2006 at 11:39 am[...] Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA): It is scandalous to provide insufficient funding for our nation’s two greatest capital investments, health and education. [...]
February 7th, 2006 at 11:45 amDubya’s budget is all pork for the Military Industrial Complex and tax breaks for the filthy rich! He only cares about helping the OIL CARTELS and armament manufacturing CEOs! He has even ordered the building of new nuclear missiles as he threatens Iran to not even have ONE!
February 7th, 2006 at 12:23 pm“Yahoo” links to a report by the Associated Press titled:
Bush’s Budget Sparks Bipartisan Protest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget
February 7th, 2006 at 12:53 pmOn a related issue: According to Raw Story.com, the 2007 Bush Budget has removed the section which details the impact of the proposed budget.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:12 pmhttp://rawstory.com/news/2005/Bush_2007_budget_quietly_omits_impact_0207.html
not only are they attacking democrats, for partisan reasons (the neverending Rove smear campaign) they in their zeal by consistently covering for them, have turned a large portion of the Independents(party) and the Soverigns (no party).
sounds about right
February 8th, 2006 at 4:28 am