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Congress Wants More Giveaways to Big Oil

September 27, 2005September 27, 2005 John alternative fuels, big oil, Congress, conservation, Corruption, giveaways, hurricane, hydrogen, idiocy, idiot, Katrina, oil, oil shortage, stupid

Bush’s allies in Congress are using high gas prices as another excuse for massive giveaways to the oil industry. The Los Angeles Times reports that conservative “leaders in Congress announced plans to introduce new legislation or amend existing measures to bestow more tax breaks on the industry and provide other incentives left out of the big energy bill Bush signed into law in August.”

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Bush’s Appeal for Private Contributions to Iraq

September 26, 2005September 26, 2005 John Bush, freepers, Iraq, money, Politics, private contributions, stupid, War, white house

You will be happy to know that the President’s appeal for private contributions to help Iraq has been met with a grand total of about $600.

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Katrina: Republican Excuse to Continue Regressive Agenda

September 22, 2005September 23, 2005 John arrogant, christian, Congress, conservation, cronies, environmental protection, humanities, immoral, jesus, medicaid, medicare, moral, national endowment for the humanities, national public radio, NPR, oil, oil companies, progressive, protections, regressive, republicans, stupid, tax cuts, thoughtless, wealthy

With great fanfare, and recalling the “Gingrich Revolution” of the 1990s, House conservatives yesterday proposed a broad set of spending cuts they said would help offset the costs of the Katrina reconstruction effort. Their plan reduces the budget by $500 billion over 10 years, and does so in large part by dismantling programs that invest in middle- and working-class Americans.

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$1 Billion Stolen From Iraq’s Defense Ministry

September 21, 2005September 21, 2005 John billion, Bush, defense, dollars, Iraq, president, stupid, theft, War

The Iraq Defense Ministry is the victim of one of the largest thefts in history. One billion dollars meant to buy arms from Pakistan and Poland was siphoned off, resulting in overpayment for inferior equipment such as “armoured cars…so poorly made that even a bullet from an elderly AK-47 machine-gun could penetrate their armour.”