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floppy ears writes "Pseudonymous blogger Atrios has been threatened with a subpoena and lawsuit for defamation. Apparently Atrios used a headline 'Diary of a Stalker' in reference to Donald Luskin. In response to the posting, several anonymous commentators made some allegedly libelous statements about Luskin, and now Luskin has hired an attorney and started making threats and demands. The funniest thing is that Luskin has previously referred to himself as a stalker in his own headline: 'We Stalked. He Balked.'."
Excellent points.
Indeed, that's exactly what the supply siders and starve the beasts want - no govt programs for the <= rich.
I have nothing against being rich, in fact, I hope to be financially secure one day. However, until that happens and everyone has a job or some sort of income, then there will be need for safety nets - for the good of society.
It is even more evident that the corporate crowd has blantently pitched its tent on the Whitehouse lawn and has no plans of leaving as long as this administration holds control. For the common person, these are dark times ahead. Next year will be our biggest chance to head off certain financial disaster. Make sure you vote!
From here: President Bush's 2002 budget request calls for increased spending for the U.S. Department of Education -- but how much of an increase is a matter of some debate. The White House says the increase is 11.5 percent, while Democrats contend the actual increase is 5.7 percent. Bush's spending plan would bring the department's budget to $44.5 billion.
From here: Senators Boost Special Education Spending
From here: President Bush sat at a school desk Tuesday and signed the most far-reaching federal education bill in nearly four decades, a $26 billion plan to broaden academic testing, triple spending for literacy programs and help children escape America's worst public schools.
Bush has worked extensively with Kennedy (who then turns around and backstabs) to improve education. He's actually taken the liberal approach, I personally would have liked to have seen vouchers.
As far as the $87B goes, I look at it as an investment in our economic future. It sounds like a lot of money (and it is), but what effect will $0.05 cents/gallon cheaper gasoline have on our economy over the course of the next decade? And who does that benefit? EVERYBODY, even if you don't own a car, nothing happens without transportation. I agree that at least part of it could be a long term loan, but I also don't think this is one thing you can pick out and call an entitlement to the rich. How many rich people are benefitting from this? If 10% of the wealthiest people are paying 90% of the taxes, what portion of that 10% is benefiting from this? Tell me one government spending program that benefits the rich!
The way to prevent forest fires from devestating entire cities is to clear cut and clean out underbrush, two things that environmentalists have always opposed. If you don't think that logging will help prevent and slow forest fires, then you've got a problem. If you're insuating that forest fires are preferable to logging (when loggers plant new trees for every one they cut down anyway), I'd have to disagree - if the trees are going to be destroyed, we might as well get some benefit. Before you go on your environmentalist crusade, people like ELF have probably done more to HARM the environment then help it.
There's a story about a fire several years ago in California. In one area, the only house that survived only survived because the homeowner cleared the underbrush away from the house. He was subsequently fined by the government for destroying the habitat of the Kangaroo Mouse. Is that what you really want?
I don't give a flying fuck what Europeans think of Bush, as I wouldn't want to live in one of their socialist countries and don't value their opinions when it comes to how MY country is run. I'm sure they don't give a flying fuck about my opinion on Schroeder, either, but then he's doing worse domestically in opinion polls than Bush is doing internationally, so that's a moot point.
When Bush was governmer of Texas he did tons of non-partisan work with the democratic senate and was able to achieve a lot. I'll say it again, it's only since he was elected president that the partisans creeped out from under their rock, and instead of trying to work with him and improve things, they merely attack-attack-attack. Even Ted Kennedy, who Bush specifically worked with on education, who Bush actually called "a good guy" in casual conversation, turned around and made those ridiculous accusations.
I stand by what I said.
Stupid sexy Flanders.