Politics *sigh*

Hey.. you freepers.. you read any of the news? Oxen, you still out there?

First - more record deficits

The White House announced on Tuesday that the federal budget deficit was expected to rise this year to $427 billion, a figure that includes a new request from President Bush to help pay for the war in Iraq.

The White House's announcement makes it the fourth straight year in which the budget deficit was expected to grow; as recently as last July the administration had predicted that the deficit, which was $412 billion last year, would fall this year to $331 billion.

Don't kid yourself that the Republican party are the fiscal conservatives. Remember - budget surpluses, and fiscal restraint under Clinton. Expansion of federal spending (more that 14% unrelated to war) under Bush. Add in the cost of the war, and you have a President spending your money like a drunken sailor.

The Congressional Budget Office noted that if Mr. Bush wins Congressional approval to make his tax cuts permanent, a top priority for the administration, the deficit would grow by $2 trillion over the next 10 years. If war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan taper off gradually, the agency estimated that price tag over the next 10 years could total nearly $600 billion.

Deficits have to be paid for at some point. Who's going to pay for it?

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. military transport helicopter crashed in bad weather in Iraq 's western desert Wednesday, killing 31 people, all believed to be Marines, while insurgents killed five other American troops in the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the Iraq war began.

In response to that horrific news, Bush says:

"The enemy would like nothing more than the United States to precipitously pull out and withdraw before the Iraqis are prepared to defend themselves."

And who are the Iraqis defending themselves from? Iraqis! God damn moron..

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, rejecting concerns about his role in formulating administration policies blamed for contributing to the torture of suspected terrorists.

This man, as described by Kos:

In January 2002, Gonzales advised the President that the United States Constitution does not apply to his actions as Commander in Chief, and thus the President could declare the Geneva Conventions inoperative. Gonzales's endorsement of the August 2002 Bybee/Yoo Memorandum approved a definition of torture so vague and evasive as to declare it nonexistent. Most shockingly, he has embraced the unacceptable view that the President has the power to ignore the Constitution, laws duly enacted by Congress and International treaties duly ratified by the United States. He has called the Geneva Conventions "quaint."

is soon to be the Attorney General of the United States. How is it possible that Bill Clinton got impeached for a blow job, and nobody seems to give a shit about any of this?

On a party-line vote of 10-8, the Republican-led panel sent President Bush's nomination of Gonzales to become the nation's highest ranking lawman to the full Senate for anticipated confirmation, possibly as early as next week.

I'm quite proud all 8 democrats voted no. Democrats believe the Constitution of the United States applies to the President. Democrats believe that torturing and killing prisoners in custody is wrong.

It's really very simple. Which side are you on?