tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post5087049340985243622..comments2024-01-01T18:48:00.179-07:00Comments on DADA'S DALLY: If I were....Dadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-30925410053265695212007-03-11T01:03:00.000-07:002007-03-11T01:03:00.000-07:00Well, in the zany world of "W", the administration...Well, in the zany world of "W", the administration has already scrubbed that request for *just* $1 billion. Because bad is not good enough- a new request has already been made:<BR/> Bush Seeks $3.2B for Extra Iraq Forces<BR/><BR/>Mar 10, 7:38 PM (ET)<BR/><BR/>By DEB RIECHMANN<BR/><BR/>(AP) U.S. President George W. Bush listens to a<BR/>question during a joint press conference with the...<BR/><BR/>MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - President Bush asked<BR/>Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for at<BR/>least 4,000 extra combat support troops and military<BR/>police forces that commanders told the president they<BR/>need in Iraq.<BR/>The extra troops are in addition to the 21,500-troop<BR/>buildup Bush announced in January. The budget<BR/>revisions come as many lawmakers opposed to the<BR/>buildup are debating funding for the war.<BR/>Bush is proposing to cancel $3.2 billion in<BR/>low-priority defense items within his fiscal 2007<BR/>supplemental budget request to offset the need for<BR/>these extra forces.<BR/>Cutting the programs, he said, would not require<BR/>increasing the overall $93.4 billion in additional<BR/>defense money he's already requested to finance this<BR/>year's war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.<BR/>"This revised request would better align resources<BR/>based on the assessment of military commanders to<BR/>achieve the goal of establishing Iraq and Afghanistan<BR/>as democratic and secure nations that are free of<BR/>terrorism," Bush wrote in a letter to House Speaker<BR/>Nancy Pelosi.<BR/><BR/> $1 billion, $4.2 billion, just put it on the $8.7 trillion dollar debt tab. He he.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-20397844350142663282007-03-11T00:08:00.000-07:002007-03-11T00:08:00.000-07:00aaah, your mention of "Pickles" reminds me of Mike...aaah, your mention of "Pickles" reminds me of Mike Malloy who was the first person I heard calling her that. I miss him! <BR/><BR/>But then you mention "huggermuggery" which I don't think I've EVER heard before. Sounds kinda dickensenian. ~~ D.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-20675240953723197612007-03-10T05:13:00.000-07:002007-03-10T05:13:00.000-07:00Deke: In reading this morning's news of the Bush's...Deke: In reading this morning's news of the Bush's tour, of his "meeting" with the prez of Uruguay, I'm wondering if that isn't the REAL reason behind this whole L.A. Tour - he and Pickles are securing their retirement "villa" (or compound) and to avoid being too obvious about it, they threw in four other nations on the tour to skirt suspicions. <BR/><BR/>Nothing like US taxpayers footing the costs of his huggermuggery, just as we've paid and paid for his administration enriching themselves atop the backs of dead american soldiers and Iraqis at the bargain price of freedoms lost and future generations hocked into destitution.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and this headline this morning that the Justice Department admits the FBI broke the law? (Wow, it must be really blatant. Isn't the FBI part of the lawbreaking Justice Department? Wow!)<BR/><BR/>And Deke, thanks for the nice feedback on the blog's new look.Dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-35097271669188460932007-03-09T20:36:00.000-07:002007-03-09T20:36:00.000-07:00If I were a poor Guarani Indian in Paraguay, I'd h...If I were a poor Guarani Indian in Paraguay, I'd hold onto my ass as Bush helicopters overhead slobbering over his 100K acres while fritzing toward Uruguay.<BR/><BR/>If I were a Mayan, I'd be hoping a modern "purification" wouldn't have to involve any still-beating human hearts bleeding down the pyramid steps. But short of that, I would realize that removing Bush's contamination is a worthy goal & do whatever I could to assist.<BR/><BR/>If I were a South American, I would not appreciate the subtlety of the Bush PR Team referring to his appearance as "engaging with Latin America". I would wonder at the use of that particular word which has so many military & marital connotations.<BR/><BR/>Great Post, Dada!!! And your new look is sure easy on the old eyes. ~~ D.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com