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  Senate Defeats Bush on Iraq War Spending         


Author: Ottodachat
Date: May 22, 2008 22:56

More good news that the public and Congress is getting the message,

ENOUGH of your bull shit GWB!!!!!

In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush's diminished
standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens
of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war
spending bill.

A majority of Republicans broke ranks with Bush on a veto-proof 75-22
vote while adding more than $10 billion for various other domestic
programs, including heating subsidies for the poor, wildfire fighting,
road and bridge repair, and health research.

Democrats crowed about their victory. But the developments meant more
confusion about when the must-pass measure might actually become law and
what the final version will contain.

Senators voted 70-26 to approve $165 billion to fulfill Bush's request
for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, when
Bush's successor will set war policy. Overall, the measure contains $212
billion over the coming two years — $28 billion more than the
administration sought — plus about $50 billion more through 2017 for
veterans' education benefits.
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  Abortion information you can use...         


Author: J
Date: May 22, 2008 21:12

a.. http://www.abortionfacts.com/abortion/q_facts.asp
b..
c..
d..
e..
f..
g..
h..
i.. When does the unborn baby's heart begin to beat?

The heartbeat begins on the 21st day after conception.

When does the brain begin to function?

a.. Electrical brain waves have been recorded as early as forty days.

b..

c.. How early can a baby survive outside the mother's womb?

d.. Currently, twenty weeks is considered the accepted minimum. However,
this time will be reduced as medical technology continues to improve.

e..

f.. What about cases of rape and incest?

Pregnancy from rape is extremely rare. As reasons for legalizing abortion
rape and incest are nothing more than emotional screens used by those
profiting from abortion. But we must approach the victim...
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  Panama John McCain's Spirtual Advisor Says That Hitler Was Right And Nazis Are Fine!!         


Author: WellDone
Date: May 22, 2008 17:20

McCain is no more an American than Fidel Castro. He wasn't even born in the
USA.

HITLER Hagee Unapologetic Over Hitler Statement
Pastor John Hagee said on Thursday that his controversial sermon, in which
he said Hitler was fulfilling God's will for a state of Israel, had been
"intentionally mischaracterized" and constituted a "gross example of bias."
In a statement to The Huffington Post, he did not apologize for or distance
himself from the sermon, saying simply that he had long grappled with how
God "who controls what happens here on earth" could allow the Holocaust.

"To assert that I in any way condone the Holocaust or that monster Adolf
Hitler is the biggest and ugliest of lies," Hagee wrote. "I have always
condemned the horrors of the Holocaust in the strongest of terms. But even
more importantly, my abhorrence of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism has never
stopped with mere words."
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  McCain Has The Balls To Oppose Same Sex Marriage         


Author: SMITH29
Date: May 22, 2008 12:09

On Ellen's show no less.
Now here's a man who stands on his convictions.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/mccain_degeneres/2008/05/22/98153.html?s=al&promo_code...

I notice we didn't see Nobanga at the NRA convention.
His anti-gun record would precede him.
http://www.nraila.org//Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=274
But we did see McCain :-)

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  Obama keeps referring to Kennedy-Khrushchev talks         


Author: lein
Date: May 22, 2008 11:49

Does Obama really believe that these talks were a success (i.e. the
USA was better off after they took place)?
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  They had no right to take the children         


Author: lein
Date: May 22, 2008 11:38

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90QRO280&show_article=1

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - A state appellate court has ruled that child
welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living
at a polygamist sect's ranch.

The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for
removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under
Texas law.
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  Eighth Grade Education, 1895         


Author: Bob Tiernan
Date: May 22, 2008 10:53

Lein wrote:
> Actually not, the claim that this is a Kansas 8th grade test from that
> era just doesn't pass the smell test. If you read critically you
> should notice several red flags. The most flagrant is probably

"7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide
and 16 ft. Long at $20 per metre?"
> Notice anything odd about that question? In the first place, there is
> not enough information since board thickness is not given. Nor is the
> $20 per metre defined in terms of what kind of metres, is that a square
> metre of a certain thickness? A cubic metre?

Had the questioners wanted to know the cost per board feet or
other three dimenional measurement, that would have been asked.
Looks to me like this is more of a feet-to-meters conversion
question.
> And this is allegedly Kansas in the late 1800s. Would they be
> measuring lumber in the metric system?

I was asked many such questions in school even though
we don't use the system.

And then resident Jew-hater cor added:
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  Luggage Fee         


Author: Bob Tiernan
Date: May 22, 2008 10:45

Homuth wrote:
> Bob Tiernan wrote:
>> Well, it's not really unpleasant at all.
>> That's just crybaby stuff.
> No -- it really Is unpleasant any more. Spending time in airports is a
> huge drag. Taking off shoes and going through the TSA is another one.
> Being stuffed into crowded seats with no knee room is another.
>
> And the likelihood of being on an on-time flight any more is equally
> problematic.

Crybaby stuff. Whining.
>>> This just makes it more expensive.
>> A little -- for coach passengers who've purchased
>> discount tickets and only for their checked bags
>> (if any).
> Au contraire, bT.

Oh, you mean that's not true? But wait, you then admit
that it is. What a jerk.
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  Truth In Politics: Illinois Gas Prices And Taxes         


Author: Scratch
Date: May 22, 2008 10:26

Truth In Politics: Illinois Gas Prices And Taxes

Mike Flannery CHICAGO (CBS) ? Tired of seeing the price at the pump jump
every time you need to buy gasoline? Well, the record-high price of
gasoline in the Chicago area is linked to a record-high rate of taxation:
nearly 20 percent of the Chicago price.

As CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, tax refugees wait in
long lines on Indianapolis Boulevard in Northwest Indiana. They jockey
for position at a pump, lured by prices that are 20 cents a gallon or
more cheaper than just a few blocks away back in Illinois.

"It was $4.20. I can come over here and get it for $3.93," said Tikvah
Wadley, one of the many fleeing Illinois taxes.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin complained to oil company bosses at a hearing
on Capitol Hill about Chicago having the highest gasoline prices in the
United States. Largely ignored was the role taxes are playing -- an
astounding 10 levels of taxation.

"Does it trouble any of you when you see what you're doing to us?"
Durbin asked..
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  NPR: Returning vets expose American atrocities in Iraq. Time to convene the war crimes tribunals?         


Author: thylacoleocarnifex
Date: May 22, 2008 08:08

Troops ordered to "shoot to kill" civilians then cover it up. Vast
amounts of ammo wasted on nonexistent targets. Pentagon running scared
of world exposure as troops are expected to testify before congress.
Tip of the iceberg?
Will Johnny come marching home to face a hangman's noose?
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