The Dem Pork machine abandons our troops

President Bush warns Dems to stop making political statements with the emergency military spending bill and to support the troops.
"...too much pork, too many conditions, and an arbitrary timetable for withdrawal."



"If congress fails to support our troops on the front lines, the American people will know who to hold accountable."
GWB 3/28/07

Clinton criticizes GWB regularly

Over at a BlogDecatur post about the Fox News interview with WJClinton, a commenter seems incredulous regarding my statement about one of WJC's blatant lies during the interview. He seems to think that Clinton didn't begin criticizing this administration until this interview. He asked for proof. Here is a small portion of a simple Google search that lists just a few of the times that WJC has criticized GWB and the current administration:

January 24, 2003
Clinton Criticizes Bush Tax Cut

April 16, 2003
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton stoked rumors that he is looking for a nomination to head the United Nations again this week with comments bashing President George bush's 'isolationist' foreign policy.

April 29, 2005
Clinton Criticizes Bush Energy Bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former President Clinton lashed out at the Bush administration's energy policies Friday, criticizing them as "dumb economics" during a wide-ranging speech to a friendly crowd at Brown University.

September 2005
Breaking with tradition under which US presidents mute criticisms of their successors, Clinton said the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq "virtually alone and before UN inspections were completed, with no real urgency, no evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction."

September 19, 2005
Clinton blasts disaster planning
HE SAYS EFFORT FAILED TO ACCOUNT FOR POOR

Are GWB's Critics Right?

Let's look into the crystal ball and see what might be.

Are Bush's critics right?
By Tony Blankley
August 23, 2006
We are all aware of the dangerous Middle East conditions the United States faces today after five and a half years of President Bush's leadership. So let's consider what the world might well look like if, in his remaining two and a half years, he were to follow the recommendations of his critics...
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The Real Dem Agenda

The Real Dem Agenda - GOP.com

As Rush Limbaugh has said, Dems are invested in defeat.

Moonbats are intensely worried about something, anything, going right for the country because, utilizing their somewhat limited reasoning aptitude, that would benefit President Bush. And thus, by the Liberal's general definition, it is bad for America.

Music Video "Bush Was Right"

This music video by the Right Brothers should irritate the Libs.
ENJOY!


Bush Was Right!

Check The Right Brothers out at: TheRightBrothers.com

Bad news for Dems

But good news for the U.S. economy...
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since early 2004, even with the double bogey of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and gas prices around $3.00 a gallon.

As usual, good news for the U.S. is usually bad news for the Liberals who would have you believe that the economy is tanking, our civil liberties are disappearing, and that everything President Bush does is evil.

Vision for Space Exploration

"...Building on the best of Apollo and shuttle technology, NASA's creating a 21st century exploration system that will be affordable, reliable, versatile, and safe.

The centerpiece of this system is a new spacecraft designed to carry four astronauts to and from the moon, support up to six crewmembers on future missions to Mars, and deliver crew and supplies to the International Space Station.

As President Bush said when he announced the Vision for Space Exploration, "Humans are headed into the cosmos." Now we know how we'll get there."
More information about the new exploration system can be found at the NASA website.

Alito is the real one

When GWB nominated Meirs, I first suspected that he wasn't spoiling for a fight. However, this is totally out of character for our President. I think what was really going on was that he was sending a signal to the GOP Senators and other conservatives. Several, including the "maverick" closet democrat, McCain, were conspiring to be an impediment to a strong conservative choice. Several others weren't inspired to be as supportive because they wanted cover for upcoming elections.Meirs was not really the nominee that GWB expected to be confirmed, but was the spark that would unify the moderates and conservatives to more enthusiasticly support the well known conservative nominee that would follow her. Sounds like a good Karl Rove political strategy.
Whether that was the plan or not, it does seem to be having that effect.
The Democrats are wailing. That alone makes me think that Alito is probably supremely qualified.

D-B Act is a handout to unions, slap to minorities

Reposted after accidental deletion...

Bush administration suspends Davis-Bacon Act for hurricane stricken areas of Gulf Coast.This is the headline that has gotten Matt Jackson's shorts in a bunch. His support for an obviously racist originated law contradicts his alledged support for the downtrodden victims of the hurricane. If he would like to pay higher taxes to support his allies, the labor unions, more power to him. Pay as much as you like, Matt. As a taxpayer myself, I prefer to get more for my tax dollars than a handout to the AFL-CIO and other union organizations.
Workers are hurt several ways by Davis-Bacon.For example, the Davis-Bacon Act prohibits the use of `helpers' on federally funded projects.`Helpers' are widely used on private sector projects, and gain well-paying jobs and precious experience and skills. As the Association of Builders and Contractors points out: `It provides a career path with no limits where they can progress from field worker, to supervisor, to front office, and ultimately even company ownership.' Davis-Bacon also slows down and raises costs of projects by not allowing for employees to `multi-skill.' That is, if an individual is a carpenter and electrician, he or she can only perform one of those jobs on a project, as noted by the builders and contractors group. This is grossly inefficient, and an obvious sop to labor unions.http://www.sbecouncil.org/FactOfWeek.asp?FormMode=Call&LinkType=Text&ID=361

...Minority contractors will find it easier to get federal contracts without divisive quotas, black workers will find it easier to get construction jobs, and the federal government will be able to accomplish more with a smaller burden on the taxpayer...http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-017.html

Walter Williams wrote in 2003...If the Davis-Bacon Act requires that any worker handling a hammer and a nail, for example, be paid $25 an hour, no contractor in his right mind is going to hire a worker with $10 an hour skills and pay him $25. Any minimum wage law tends to discriminate against the employment of low-skilled works; the Davis-Bacon Act is simply a super-minimum wage.
Summary of Walter Williams' article: The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law that mandates that a prevailing wage be paid on all federally financed or assisted construction projects. The secretary of labor illegally sets the "prevailing wage" at the union wage or higher, regardless of what the average wage is in the affected locality. The effect of the Davis-Bacon Act is that of discriminating against contractor employment of non-union and lower skilled workers.http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3357
As I pointed out in a response to MJ on BlogDecatur, the haves are the ones who benefit from Davis-Bacon. The have-nots get locked out. President Bush was absolutely correct in his action. Minorities will benefit from employment they might not have otherwise had, and taxpayers will get more construction and rebuilding for the money.

Senator "Double Standard" Schumer

Double standard is standard procedure for Charlie Schumer, (D) NY.

One of Sen. Schumer's beefs with the Roberts nomination is the "false deadline" for completing the process. Isn't he one of the libs screaming for a timeline for withdrawal of forces from Iraq? His arguments that a deadline is unreasonable or unknowable seem to reek of hypocrisy.

Also, when he "...hopes and prays they will change..." speaking about the White House refusal of his demands for documentation he isn't entitled to, do you think that he is really telling the truth? I don't picture this slick political cartoon character praying for anything except self promotion. Yet, would he not take a comment stated exactly the same way from President Bush, turn it around and then accuse GWB of wrongly mixing religion into matters of state?
Quotes by Schumer are from National Press Club meeting on 7/27/05

Perceptions and Reality

This Chicago SunTimes article points out the discrepancy between
perceptions and reality.

June 8, 2005
BOSTON -- Sen. John F. Kerry's grade average at Yale University was virtually identical to President Bush's record there, despite repeated portrayals of Kerry as the more intellectual candidate during the 2004 presidential campaign.
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