KRC

Word.

HB Coli!!

Our mind control experiments are almost complete.

You have potential.

Nickname linky thingy

According to BiB, Asian hating week does not start until the middle of April. Did I miss a memo?

Where are the Asians? What do you have against the Asians?

Good first step on the way to surplus budgets (real surpluses, not phoney ones) and even smaller bureaucracies.

So, donate more to the government. We gotta pay for this new "plan" from the Dems along with the uncontrolled spending from the Republicans.

Nice.

We have common ground in the fact that money needs to be spent wisely. The problem is the definition of “wisely” and that is where we are having the problem. Democrats seem to want to just toss money at a problem to make it go away. If the problem persists, it is because we are not spending enough money. The quality of a program is determined by how much money is spent, not how effectively it is spent. I see the same thing happening here. To show they care about the troops, toss money at them. If they do not feel loved, send more money. I have absolutely no faith whatsoever that the Dems can spend the money wisely. That is based on their history and they have shown me absolutely nothing that they are willing to change their ways. Where the hell are they going to get this money? They are already bitching about the massive debt, but yet they want to continue spending. Raise taxes? re·treat n. 1. a. The act or process of withdrawing, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant. Sounds like a retreat to me. You are leaving before things are finished. Why? Because it is unpleasant. Regardless of whether you are for or against the war (I think I know what side you are on ) we cannot just cut and run. That is exactly what this plan calls for, IMO. As far as Afghanistan, I imagine that the troops there are real pleased with the Dems saying that they are not doing a good enough job (oh, yeah, it is not their fault. It is Bush's fault since Bush is the one on the ground running the operations). "Yeah troops. You suck." I am tired of the mentality that things need to happen immediately, or things are not being done right. I see this with Afghanistan, I see it with Iraq and I see it with North Korea (all items on the Dem hit list). Long-term solutions take time to impliment. North Korea is a perfect example of what happens when you try to rush things because you are scared of things that are unpleasant. As far as some of the other points, Dems are calling for energy independence, but when items are proposed that work towards that goal, they try to block it. Hypocrisy. They continually talk about Bush Bad, but want to implement the same policies that Bush has been pushing. Hypocrisy.

You guys get all the cool toys.

Now is the time for the Republicans to step up and say, "Ummm...excuse me...but that stuff is already being done." I thought that, as well. Whatever crack they are smoking when they came up with it, they need to share it with the rest of us. ...or a combination of both.

One of the only positives I see with this. Things like successes with PSI rarely make it to the news reports. The international support we have received for PSI and all of the countries working together to make it a success is something that should be discussed. You rarely hear about it. Obviously, you cannot reveal details of successful interdictions for security reasons, but there is no reason not to say that you have been successful.

It will re-emerge in the run up to the 2008 primaries.

More like, "we can't do it better, but we can make sure it costs more." I guess they are hoping that nobody picks up on that. It takes too long to explain all of the things that the Bush administration is currently doing and how it matches this "plan." You can't boil it down into a soundbite, so it will go unnoticed. Anything that does arise has plenty of time to be forgotten by the mid-term elections. That could answer the question by a couple of posters as to "why now?" It gives the voting public plenty of time to forget that their "plan" is nothing more than doing what is currently being done the same way it is currently being done, but spending more money in the process. Wave a few flags, everyone feels all warm and fuzzy and will pull the blue lever for more of the same, just higher tax bills.

Sort of the same as above. I'll defer to KRC on the negotiating details. 646695[/snapback] The negotiators already have that power. Basically, a lot of this is the Democrats agreeing with the Bush Administration approach to doing things (and wanting to continue what Bush is doing), while at the same time saying Bush Bad.

It is a step in getting a dialog going and I have been bitching for years that they need to provide something. They provided something and I commented on each item listed in their "plan." I was looking for your response to my response to each item, which is how dialog happens. I am not expecting you to be a foreign policy expert. I am not one and do not expect you to be one. Lets go through the items again: Spend money. Complain about Republicans spending money and turn around and spend money. They are talking out of both sides of their mouth. These things are already being done. Spend money while complaining about Republicans spending money. 100% at point of origin? Since only American companies are allowed to do this work (forgetting that terrorists come from the U.S. as well, but we will ignore that little item because it is not "feel good."), how are you going to force foreign governments to only allow American workers to do the work? This is not even close to being realistic or attainable. Gotta love the RETREAT!!! attitude. How the hell is Congress going to do item one (or even item two), since they have no jurisdiction? Item three is just Bush Bad!! Achieve energy independence by 2020? Funny, when Republicans promote plans to do this (drill in ANWR, etc), the Dems are the first to kill these bills. Now, we are supposed to believe that they want to seriously eliminate reliance on foreign sources of energy? Didn't Kennedy try to stop windfarms in MA? Is this another one of those "do as I say, not as I do" type thingies? "We want to promote windfarms, as long as it is not in my state." Hypocrisy at its finest.

In order to get elected, you need to show people that you can fix the problems. Sitting on your arse and doing nothing shows that you are incapable or unwilling to fix the problems. Again, I bring up things like Social Security. Libs on this board just say, "well, they are not the majority party, so they can do nothing." bull sh--. They could do nothing because they provided no solution to actually debate. In order to fix a problem, you at least need to put forth a solution. It will get criticized (no plan is perfect). At that point, the opposition privides their "solution." You can then debate, compromise and come up with a plan that both sides can live with. Bush put forth a solution. People did not like his solution. Instead of proposing an alternative, they just said "No!" The problem still exists and the minority party refuses to do anything about it. As far as National Security, the Dem's "plan" is to spend money, retreat, spend money, con people into thinking that they can achieve the obviously impossible, spend money and spend money. All of this at the same time that they are saying that the Republicans are spending too much money. That, and wave the flag at staged photo-ops to show that they support the troops, while at the same time criticizing the Republicans for waving the flag at staged photo-ops.

I did read it. I specifically responded to each item in the link. Why no response from you? Dem "plan": spend more money, retreat, spend more money, con people into thinking that you will achieve the obviously impossible, spend more money, oh, and spend more money.

21st Century Military Solution: Spend more money War on Terror: Not in the jurisdiction of Congress. Again, not in the jurisdiction of Congress Already being done. Already being done. Already being done. Homeland Security Solution: Spend an un-Godly amount of money on goals that are impossible to attain. Iraq Solution: Retreat immediately, spend more money, and Bush Bad. Energy Independence Solution: Spend more money and

What do you have against farm equipment?

That seems to be the Democratic solution for everything. If there is a problem, it is because we are not spending enough money. Just keep spending until the problem goes away.

The problem here is that this is blatant electioneering for mid-terms, meaning that this is focused on Congressional races. Congress cannot deploy more special forces, pull troops out, etc. All they can do is provide "resources" (i.e. money). So, their plan is to just spend more money to fix the problems? Isn't that their main complaint right now with the Republicans, that too much money is being spent? Nice "plan" guys.

I regularly contact my representatives. They send a nice little form letter in response. For example, I sent Senator Santorum an e-mail detailing how pissed I was at the whole port fiasco and the people who opposed it. He sent a nice little form letter back stating that he agrees with me that the port deal should have been opposed.