Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Rants

Fire them all - 2


Looks like it'll be business as usual on the RepubliCrat front:

President Bush is unlikely to defy Congress on spending billions of dollars earmarked for pet projects...
Wimp! Glenn Reynolds: “I could carve a better backbone out of a banana.”
...but he will probably insist that lawmakers provide more justification for such earmarks in the future...
...on the day the sun rises in the west!
...administration officials said Monday.

Fiscal conservatives in Congress and budget watchdogs have been urging Mr. Bush to issue an executive order instructing agencies to disregard the many earmarks listed just in committee reports, not in the text of legislation.

Lawmakers, including the House Republican whip,
whip.R.I.N.O. Fixed it for you!
Roy Blunt of Missouri, have cautioned the White House that a furor over earmarks could upend Mr. Bush’s hopes for cooperation with Congress on other issues...
Mike Hendrix: “Oh no. Oh, god no. Not that. Because they’ve all worked together so civilly and well up till now.”
...including efforts to revive the economy.
...which the government is so good at.
Moreover, Republicans shudder at the possibility that a Democratic president might reject all their earmarks.
Poor babies! Bill Quick: “And there you have it. If the GOP protests Dem earmarks, a Dem President might not okay the GOP earmark raids on the public purse.”

(Story from New York Times)

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