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Dems Kill War With Sweet Cash

TUESDAY APRIL 29 2008 6:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: Iraq War, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi

Looking at all the money Democrats are about to throw at Iraq, you’d think the country was having a bar mitzvah. House Democrats are putting together the latest spending bill – and it’s a fucking bonanza. The bill will fund the war through Bush’s presidency and six months into the next president’s term. It will be the largest spending bill to date. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


Democrats are in fact planning on not only providing the $108 billion to fund the war through the Sept. 30, the end of the 2008 budget year, but they're likely to add another $70 billion for next year so they don't have to vote on war funding again in the fall election season.


Remember all those Democrats who ran on the promise to stop the war in ’06? Turns out they were full of shit. Hard to believe politicians are full of shit, isn’t it? Looks like they are going to bet the farm on a Democrat winning the presidency in November -- but if that doesn’t happen, we can expect these spineless fucks to continue the war for an eternity. And they know it’s going to piss people off.


“It’s going to be a tough sell to convince people in my district that funding the war for six months into the new president’s term is the way to end the war,” said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, a leader of the Out of Iraq Caucus who plans to oppose the funding. “It sounds like we are paying for something we don’t want.”


You know why it sounds like that, Lynn? Because we are paying for something we don’t want. Crazy, huh? A solid majority of Americans are done with the war. Most of them were wrong when they supported the invasion, which makes them fucking idiots, but that’s an argument that we are never going to have.

The bill is going to throw $178 billion at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. How awesome is that? Especially when you factor in the total lack of oversight on the billions of private contractors who seem to not be doing shit. Oh, and the occupation is a complete waste of our time and energy. We may as well throw the money into an outhouse and light it on fire.

Democrats are, of course, rolling over like twunts because they don’t want to appear weak on national security. Apparently, the best way to show you have a spine is to cave on what you believe in. Dems think halting funding for the war will cost them the majority of both branches of Congress. Which is obvious, because polls show the majority of Americans want to pull out of Iraq. See, in Democrats victim thought process, if the majority of people want to pull out, then the majority of people would be mad if they pulled out. Get it?

Nancy Pelosi is using a strategy called “guns and butter.” That means she will try to get Bush to agree to domestic spending in exchange for murder money. Good luck with that, Nance. Bush has already said he would veto any spending over his $108 billion request. He knows you are a fucking coward and will roll over in a second. The reason he knows this is because you always roll over like a coward. It’s not hard to figure out.

Bush will also easily win the domestic spending battle, because Democrats won’t want to be painted as “tax and spend” liberals. So, they'll cave since the best politicians don't stand up for what they believe in because they might be called names.


“We’re going to insist that this is about funding the troops and nothing else,” House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.


I have no doubt about that, because you basically run the place, John. You certainly get what you want.

Democrats will probably try the same thing they did in May, when they split up the bill and had two votes; one for domestic spending and the other for the war. That way, a bunch of Democrats could say they voted against war spending, while a bunch of others Democrats voted for it. It’s spineless by association and nobody gives a shit how you don’t do it. All that matters is you didn’t do anything to change the course of the occupation.

The Democrats have a great reason for not doing anything about the war, though.


“No,” Pelosi acknowledged. “It didn’t happen because we had hoped that the president would listen to the will of the people and at least be willing to compromise on … how the war is conducted and some timetable for redeployment of our troops.”


Uh, you control the funding for the war. If you don’t write up a budget for the war, there is no war. You’re just a bunch of pussies because you don’t want Republicans to say you’re putting US troops at risk by shutting off funds. You know, the thing that will happen anyway, at some point, maybe in 20 years, when you decided to stop the war. Oh, and your logic is a bit flawed. You, "hoped Bush would listen to the will of the people?" Seriously? Americans voted to give Democrats a majority because they thought you'd do something about the war, not do nothing in order to use Iraq as a campaign fundraising tool and meat for stump speeches. Our government wasn't constructed as a hint machine. When people vote for you, it is because they want you to act. They don't vote people into Congress, hoping the president will get the hint. America could have just left Republicans in charge and each sent George Bush a personal letter. What a fucking ridiculous woman.

When McCain gets elected, we will get to watch this nonsense for four more years. Because, if you haven't noticed, Democrats have no plan for that possibility.

 

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Korrupt338201

Korrupt338201

I'm lost
July 2007

APR 30, 2008 02:12 AM

Now, i don't really follow politics all that well, but i know i don't agree with pretty much anything republicans believe in (or claim they do). But idk if democrats are any better anymore. Every four years, all i hear is "well, you have to pick the lesser of the two evils..." and all i can think is... Why??? I realize that the electoral college is pretty much bullshit, but every four years, i hear, "Vote motherfucker!!!! It's important!!!!!" I'm like, look... I'm stuck living in Arkansas for the moment, and I know the electoral college is going to vote for the most bible thumping, anti-abortion, hardcore, jesus loving motherfucker that's running for president. and my vote will do nothing to change that. Now, I wonder... If everyone stopped voting... what would happen? would we start getting some decent, honest people running for office, rather than having to pick the lesser of two evils? Or would we end up with a "burn the heretics at the stake" type dictator? I really don't know. I'm confused and pretty scared of the way the country has been going and seems to be going in the future. anyone have have any advice? should i cheer up and think things are going to get better, or should i start packing to move to a less fucked up country like Ireland?

Nolan_Void

Nolan_Void

Salisbury, NC
July 2004

APR 30, 2008 10:16 AM

Korrupt338201 said:
Now, i don't really follow politics all that well, but i know i don't agree with pretty much anything republicans believe in (or claim they do). But idk if democrats are any better anymore. Every four years, all i hear is "well, you have to pick the lesser of the two evils..." and all i can think is... Why??? I realize that the electoral college is pretty much bullshit, but every four years, i hear, "Vote motherfucker!!!! It's important!!!!!" I'm like, look... I'm stuck living in Arkansas for the moment, and I know the electoral college is going to vote for the most bible thumping, anti-abortion, hardcore, jesus loving motherfucker that's running for president. and my vote will do nothing to change that. Now, I wonder... If everyone stopped voting... what would happen? would we start getting some decent, honest people running for office, rather than having to pick the lesser of two evils? Or would we end up with a "burn the heretics at the stake" type dictator? I really don't know. I'm confused and pretty scared of the way the country has been going and seems to be going in the future. anyone have have any advice? should i cheer up and think things are going to get better, or should i start packing to move to a less fucked up country like Ireland?



I feel the same way about the whole electoral college thing. Living in NC, it doesn't much matter who the fuck I vote for, because the states votes are going towards a Republican. Maybe this year, I'll be proved wrong, but I'm still going to vote for who I believe in or against who I don't believe in, like last election.

Less people voting wouldn't change anything. There would just be less idiots outnumbering an even lesser number of semi-cognizant humans

Take this example from Transmetropolitan


You want to know about voting. I'm here to tell you about voting. Imagine you're locked in a huge underground nightclub filled with sinners, whores, freaks and unnameable things that rape pit bulls for fun. And you ain't allowed out until you all vote on what you're going to do tonight. You like to put your feet up and watch 'Republican Party Reservation'. They like to have sex with normal people using knives, guns and brand-new sexual organs that you did not know existed. So you vote for television, and everyone else, as far as the eye can see, votes to fuck you with switchblades. That's voting. You're welcome.

Jace

Jace

Reno, NV
February 2004

APR 30, 2008 01:33 PM

The precise problem with this country is that it's too large and disconnected to achieve any kind of unity, like the "what if everyone stops voting" scenario. You're never going to get 300+ million people to agree to anything. There's never going to be a "rise up and revolt" kind of scenario that actually plays out in this country, because it's just too big and diverse to get people together in the numbers necessary to realize that kind of movement.

The popular vote for the 2000 presidential election was about 105 million people. That's about a third of the population. So even something like voting for president, which commands about as much voluntary public participation in this country as anything else I can think of, only gets about a third of the people out of their houses.

Until we can get more people together under a common goal, nothing is going to get accomplished by "we the people." Shit will go down like the government, media, and special interest groups want it to go down.

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

APR 30, 2008 03:57 PM

Korrupt338201 said:
If everyone stopped voting... what would happen? would we start getting some decent, honest people running for office, rather than having to pick the lesser of two evils? Or would we end up with a "burn the heretics at the stake" type dictator?



You'll definitely get an extremist. That's how democracy works: people have to be motivated to go out and vote. The more extreme they are, the more likely they are to vote. It's called the "silent majority" for a reason.

Holden_Caulfield

Holden_Caulfield

Ann Arbor, MI
April 2004

APR 30, 2008 10:55 PM

The Democrats will sweep Congress and Obama will win the White House--and the war will come to an end. People are fed up with Bush, the Republicans and their bullshit war.

The war will come to an end within the first two years of Obama's presidency, if not sooner. There will be significant troop withdrawals every month after Obama is inaugurated and Congress is sworn in.

The reason that Democrats aren't stopping funding is because it is really bad publicity for the party. Stopping funding means that the troops will not be protected properly and not get paid. This means that their families back home will worry and not get paid, either. It's a horrible scenario with a bad political backlash--just before a pivotal election.

I don't like the fact that nothing can be done about the war right now either, but we must bide our time until Election Day and remember to vote Democratic when that day comes.

LSlice

LSlice

Montclair, NJ
December 2007

MAY 01, 2008 12:24 AM

See, it's their long term strategy to end the war. By bankrupting America, it will force the the empire to fall, whether we like it or not. I hear they've got Bernacke working on this too.


smile

LSlice

LSlice

Montclair, NJ
December 2007

MAY 01, 2008 12:25 AM

oh, and fear the reaper, they need a 2/3 majority to override a presidential veto.

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