AS if you know a single fucking thing about Katrina except what the shitty media spewed about New Orleans. I lived through it...except I lived where the storm REALLY hit...in Mississippi.
We all went without power, food, water, supplies etc. Did you see any of us crying about "Where the govoment at..where the govoment at?"
We helped our neighbors, fought through it and now are in a prospering community once again. Woulda been REAL easy to ask for a handout and do absolutely nothing but blame George Bush...give me a damned break...
You and I both know that.
I'm noting the comedy of Mark/Joe defending Republican having insufficient muscle when they had 55 Senators and in the same thread telling us that Democrats with just 49 Senators somehow have the muscle to screw things up without anyone to stop them.
"barnman" has no idea what the fuck he's talking about.
He thinks winning a debate is putting words in other's people's mouths, and then shooting them down. Ohhhh...clever. :missingte
His intellectual dishonesty is flabbergasting.
The biggest reason why I don't debate him anymore is how shamelessly he LIES, along with his vicious distracting ad hominem attacks against other posters. 3/4 of the time he's posting high as a kite. No wonder half the forum has him on Ignore.
The good news is the :coke: will be out of here by Nov at the very latest.
1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.
4. Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.
6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).
8. Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks.
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
10. OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
11. Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation.
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance.
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands.
16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters.
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
24. Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure - to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
25. Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.
31. Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
32. Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive - to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
If I could add to this:
33. Lowered taxes for the wealthy while people are starving to the point of death in his streets.
34. Spent a current total of about $284,645,000,000 IN YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO COVER HIS LIES AND KILL YOUR CITIZENS in Iraq.
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.
4. Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.
6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).
8. Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks.
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
10. OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
11. Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation.
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance.
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands.
16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters.
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
24. Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure - to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
25. Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.
31. Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
32. Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive - to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
If I could add to this:
33. Lowered taxes for the wealthy while people are starving to the point of death in his streets.
34. Spent a current total of about $284,645,000,000 IN YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO COVER HIS LIES AND KILL YOUR CITIZENS in Iraq.
Your average blue collar worker really got hurt by the actions of this administration..At the same time they were making it more dangerous on the job for blue collar and factory workers, they were trying to get federal Workman's Compensation laws passed that would have made it more difficult for an work-related injured employee to get it, and for less recovery time allowed from workplace injuries. Along with limiting the dollar amount for compensation...I'm pretty sure they got these laws passed after I retired...I'm very grateful I no longer have to work a job like that with this kind of nonsense going on..The Republican Congress and the Bush Administration had total disregard for the hard working citizens of this country.9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
Since Democrats took over Congress in 2006...
Up:
* Gasoline up from $2.19 to $3.35 or 53%
* Unemployment up from 4.5% to 5% or 11.1%
* National dept per capita was $27,677 then and now $31,551 or 14% higher.
* Congressional pay increase.
Down:
* Consumer confidence at multiple year lows.
* Equity value of mutual funds down $2.3 trillion.
* Home equity values down $1.2 trillion
* Congress's approval rating at all time low.
No wonder the Democrat Congress has a 9% approval rating and Nancy Pelosi has only sold 2,070 copies of her new book.
Remember folks, 2006 was all about 'change' according to Democrats. And since the 2006 election, we've gotten plenty of 'change' alright -- none of it good.
Indeed, it is likely that a Democrat victory in 2008 will result in Americans having nothing but 'change' in their pockets and bank accounts by the time the next presidential election comes around because the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Democrats are promising to rob everyone blind.
Can America really afford any more of the "change" that the Democrats have given us?
:smoking:
Up:
* Gasoline up from $2.19 to $3.35 or 53%
* Unemployment up from 4.5% to 5% or 11.1%
* National dept per capita was $27,677 then and now $31,551 or 14% higher.
* Congressional pay increase.
Down:
* Consumer confidence at multiple year lows.
* Equity value of mutual funds down $2.3 trillion.
* Home equity values down $1.2 trillion
* Congress's approval rating at all time low.
No wonder the Democrat Congress has a 9% approval rating and Nancy Pelosi has only sold 2,070 copies of her new book.
Remember folks, 2006 was all about 'change' according to Democrats. And since the 2006 election, we've gotten plenty of 'change' alright -- none of it good.
Indeed, it is likely that a Democrat victory in 2008 will result in Americans having nothing but 'change' in their pockets and bank accounts by the time the next presidential election comes around because the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Democrats are promising to rob everyone blind.
Can America really afford any more of the "change" that the Democrats have given us?
:smoking:
"Lame" :lol:
Things can and do change is a fact of life, and political infighting is a fact of life in Washington. Important issues are not addressed because they would be political suicide. It's all about reelection survival to most politicians.
I wasn't defending them, and I wasn't trying to influence your vote, I was just talking about reality.
They've had debates and votes on offshore drilling before, but it wasn't front and center in the nation's consciousness as it is today. Most Americans didn't support offshore drilling until recently. The recent surge in prices has changed the dynamics of the debate, if you don't understand that, well that's pretty "lame".
They haven't passed any budgets to bring this about. I don't think very many bills were passed at all.
At least W got his veto pen out and tried to curtail spending for the first time in his presidency.
Yep....It musta been dem bad Democrats on that there Capital Hill that passed dose bad laws to raise da high gas prices, raise dat unemployment, and caused me and ma family to go further in debt. Yep, I believe that, cause I am a typical dumb blind American..And more importantly, Joe C. said so. :think2:
I don't see much difference between your words and the facts - that Democrats have limited supply through restraints on development of new drilling sites and a ban on expanding refinery capacity - all this while demand has continually gone up - for the past fifteen years, their answer for continued support of such limits has been that it would take decades to develop new sourtces.
The Republicans are guilty of allowing the Democrats to do this without any sound opposition until this last session of congress.
We can lay the blame for the energy crisis on the Democrats - while holding the Republicans guilty of stupidity.
