Bush signs $100 billion more for war.
By on May 25th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Bush signs $100 billion more for war.
President Bush has signed the controversial legislation that authorizes an additional $100 billion for military operations in Iraq. “Bush signed the bill into law at the Camp David presidential retreat, where he is spending part of the Memorial Day weekend.”
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Johnathan Alter on Countdown…
…brilliantly responded to Keith’s question…
…about why Bushiva signed the supplemental in private…
Alter said:
“Perhaps because he knew he was signing the death warrants of many of the troops.â€
…now WHY couldn’t the Democratic leadership…
…have FRAMED the funding debate that way?
…Do the Democrats REALLY want to win the WH?
…or is the ship taking on so much water…
…its sinking is unavoidable?
May 25th, 2007 at 8:26 pmhere we go again. more endless war for endless peace..
both parties authorized the invasion en masse, and they continue to join together to overwhelmingly approve billions more dollars to continue the killing.
The war needs to end now. Not one more dime to kill people. Sadly, though, the politicians don’t want to do that right thing.
Some additional reading:
“Wars, and Debts, and Taxes. Oh My!”
May 25th, 2007 at 8:26 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/wars_and_debts_and_taxes_oh_my
Of course he signed it. Chimpy will sign a blank check for his monstrous hobby any day of the week.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:26 pmLets see how many more soldiers die and how much war companies profits go up.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:28 pm“With the congress showing the good sense to send me this bill, I earned capital, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style.”
Don’t think bush and rove won’t spin it this way.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pmWhat is this now, something like $2,000 per American?
May 25th, 2007 at 8:39 pmAND I WILL GUARNTEE YOU THAT 1 BILLION DOLLARS WILL REALLY PROVIDE
DIVIDE THAT BY 100.
WHY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN TAKE $1 AND 2 WEEKS LATER IT’S WORTH
$100 OR $1000, IT AIN’T WASTE, IT GOES SOMEWHERE DUDE
I’M STANDING STRONG MCDONALDS PROVIDE A+ SERVICE AND FOR ALL THE
WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL DESPERATELY NEED = 25% OR DOUBLE F’S
WE DUDE GET THE GREASE PITS
ROUND UP ALL THE FRIGGIN HOODLUMS/LEECHES, PARASITES, CHIGGARDS,
ROACHES, TICKS, MAGGOTS, EVERY FRIGGIN BIT OF K STREET AND THROW
EVERY
May 25th, 2007 at 8:43 pmBIT
OF
THAT IN THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER DUDE
I am ashamed of the Democrats for not doing the right thing and standing up to Bush. All who voted for this bullshit bill have condemned thousands of Americans & Iraqis to death and dismemberment. May God reward them according to their merits.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pm#6. LETS SAY THERE ARE 100 MILLION WORKERS IN THE U.S. X10 =
1 BILLION OR $10 EACH X 100 = $1000
BUT WAIT….. X 5 THAT OR $5000 FOR ALL THE INTEREST AND THEN THE
1000% OR 10,000% COMISSIONS OF ALL THE SHISTERS WHERE YOU PAY
10 TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
MY GUESS IS $10,000 PER PERSON
AND I AM STANDING STRONG, ANY COMPULSIVE POLITICAL LIAR ROUND THEM ALL UP AND FRIGGIN STRAIGHT IN THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER, EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM DUDE
THE SYSTEM IS TOTALLY BOUGHT OUT AND TOTALLY CORRUPTED DUDE
May 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pmI’d wager at LEAST a quarter of that $100B is going to contractors like Haliburton. We have war profiteers in the WH…the real goal for Chimp and Shooter is the oil though.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:48 pmWhen this war in Iraq is over, there will be a wall somewhere with the names of those who have paid the ultimate price. With Bush’s signature….that wall just got longer.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pmHas George W. Bush appeared on the PRICE IS RIGHT–the game show? I bet he has.
No doubt one of the plinko chips hit him on the head.
Whatever this war is going to cost, THE PRICE IS N-O-T RIGHT.
This war is a WHEEL OF FORTUNE for Bush’s friends.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:05 pm“…the real goal for Chimp and Shooter is the oil though.
Comment by Patrick”
I think their real goal at this point is to run out the clock on their embarrassment of an administration so when iraq *really* shits the bed they can simply say: “See? Not on my watch…”
May 25th, 2007 at 9:06 pm“Bush signed the bill into law at the Camp David presidential retreat, where he is spending part of the Memorial Day weekend.â€
the irony just keeps on keepin’ on…
May 25th, 2007 at 9:10 pmHow nice for him that he didn’t have to delay his holiday weekend with the stressful signing of a piece of paper. I’m sure he won’t waste another moment of his time worrying about the troops. He got his money, his friends will get their oil, life is good in Bush world.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:10 pmI’M SAYING WE START AT THE HIGHEST HOUSE OF THE LAND AND ANY FAST SMOOTH TALKING SLICKSTER SELLING OUT THIS COUNTRY STRAIGHT TO
THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER, THEN THE SENATE, CONGRESS, K STREET AND NUMEROUS CRONY’S, ROUND THEM ALL UP AND THROW THEM IN THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER INCLUDING ANY POLITICIAN WHO MAKES CAMPAIGN PROMISES LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH AND CONTINUES ON WITH BLANK CHECKS AND CORRUPTION ALL TO THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER
THAT’S HOW WE START CLEANING THINGS UP TO MAKE OUR $1 WORTH $1 IN SERVICE (NOT $0.01)…. I STAND STRONG WE ALL GET FAR SUPERIOR SERVICE AT MCDONALD’S AND FROM ALL THOSE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE GET FROM THESE POLITICAL PARASITES WE GET THE GREASE BIN DUDE… WE GET FRIGGIN GREASE PITS DUDE HEADING TO THE FRIGGIN DUMPSTER DUDE
SO TO ANSWER WHAT WILL WE GET FOR 100 BILLION IN SERVICE TO US…
GREASE
PITS DUDE
UNLESS OF COURSE YOU KNOW “SOMEBODY” WHO HAS A PRIVATE ISLAND CONNECTION, LOBBYIST, SWINDLER, HOODLUM, OR CEO MAKING A POLITICAL CONTRO OF $1 AND GETTING $100 OR $1000 FROM THE ELF’S POT OR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
THE COUNTRY IS TOTALLY BOUGHT OUT, SOLD OUT AND SO FRIGGIN CORRUPT IT’S ENOUGH THAT I’M TAKING A CHILL PILL DUDE AS JIMBO
DUDE
ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH DUDE :)
May 25th, 2007 at 9:11 pmThe real goals are in the PNAC agenda. Wonder how much a war with Iran will cost:
May 25th, 2007 at 9:13 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiZrWIVR69s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sK-2LwMPU
Bush gets the credit for this one. He got his funding, with no strings whatsoever; just what he wanted. When push came to shove, the Democrats folded.
Everyone who enlists signs their own death warrant. This war is guaranteed now until after the 2008 elections. And it will expand. There is no stopping Bush now. Democrats lack the courage. And the Republicans? They’re going to ride this war into electoral victory in 2008. The ballots that count, have already been counted.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:16 pmNext step IRAN. This adminstration is bent on war and it’s not because of democracy, it’s profits, stupid.
Hell yes I’m pissed at the Dems!
May 25th, 2007 at 9:29 pmCorrect BnF, The die is cast and the fall out that is coming is huge..The dem’s will not win in 2008 unless they accomplish something realy big like impeachment, stoping the war, bla, bla, bla.. We all know that will not happen..We will be lucky to be able to post by the time the election come’s…Blessings
May 25th, 2007 at 9:46 pmProbably included a signing statement to block the increase in the minimum wage…
May 25th, 2007 at 9:56 pm“When this war in Iraq is over, there will be a wall somewhere with the names of those who have paid the ultimate price. With Bush’s signature…that wall just got longer.
I sure hope so!!!!!
Let’s don’t build this wall in Washington D. C. No! No!
Let’s build this wall in Houston, Texas.
Let’s build this wall in the MEMORIAL area of Houston as a MEMORIAL. The Memorial area of Houston is one of the areas where rich Republicans live. Many of these rich Republicans fully support George W. Bush. Many of these rich Republicans work for oil companies. Gosh, even a few of these rich Republicans have the surname: BUSH.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:57 pmSo Bush signed the bill at Camp David away from the press? He did not surround himself with traitor GOPer Senators like John McCain to sign it?
May 25th, 2007 at 10:48 pmMy question is…Why is all war funding emergency funding? Why is it not a part of the budget. By the way, it is kinda rhetorical. I know why.
May 26th, 2007 at 12:03 amWhere were the republicans to vote this bill down? Where were the republicans when democrats tried to override Mr. Bush’s veto on May 4th?
This bill was in all actuality a power play by the republicans to defeat the democrats. They knew democrats did not have enough votes for the time limits, so republicans staged this farce as way of gaining a little political ground that they lost last November.
This bill is nothing more than the return of the republican rubber stamp congress. Is legislating solely the task of the majority party? No, it isn’t. When Mr. Bush torpedoed the first bill on May first, in grandiose style I might add, where were the republicans to help override his veto?
I do not blame the democrats. I put the blame squarely on the republican party that wanted to embarrass the democrats by forcing them to sign off on a ‘no time limit’ legislation, and thus seemingly rescind their 2006 campaign promise to end this occupation.
Democrats must not take the bait. Solidarity is most important to bring this occupation to an end.
May 26th, 2007 at 1:41 amAnd guess what, none of that money is going to better equip our troops. This bill is dishonest. It is not a support the troops bill. It is a support Halliburton and support the Iraqi government’s rebuiliding of Iraq (and we all know where the Iraqi money goes).
May 26th, 2007 at 8:58 am“Democrats must not take the bait. Solidarity is most important to bring this occupation to an end.
Comment by davidual — May 26, 2007 @ 1:41 am”
As my inital blinding frustration turns to contemplation, I think you have a valid point here. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t rebuke the Democrats for folding, but we should have them share the spotlight with the Republican hand in this debacle. It isn’t theirs alone.
May 26th, 2007 at 9:00 amI wrote to my Senator and Congressman (both Democrats) and told them that there is no money in my bank account to help with their re-election campaigns. The Iraq war has bankrupted my savings so there is nothing left for their re-election campaign.
May 26th, 2007 at 9:04 amDemocrats who caved-in to Bush on this bill are not profiles in courage.
May 26th, 2007 at 9:29 amThank you Congress
May 26th, 2007 at 12:33 pmmay everyone sayed Yea to this burn in hellfire