KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Not to mention DC doesn't have self government - Congress must approve the budget, among other wonderful controls. Oh the humanity!!! Quote
Dru Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 bush salutes satan photo, stupid jpeg wont load as image Quote
cj001f Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Not to mention DC doesn't have self government - Congress must approve the budget, among other wonderful controls. Oh the humanity!!! Taxation without representation (no voting members of congress) is fine as long as it's not you? Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Taxation without representation (no voting members of congress) is fine as long as it's not you? DC is an anachronism. Separated from Virginina/Maryland for a reason... consult a history textbook. Quote
cj001f Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Taxation without representation (no voting members of congress) is fine as long as it's not you? DC is an anachronism. Separated from Virginina/Maryland for a reason... consult a history textbook. I was born there. DC is a city of 572,000 people who have no representation in government. They have even less self government now after Newt & Barr stripped them of budgetary power. Quote
RuMR Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 yeah but they've had a confirmed crook/drugdealer as a mayor though...if they'd elect that guy, i don't think they'd ought to get a voice... but then again we as a country put that chimp back into office, so maybe i oughta reserve comment... Quote
willstrickland Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 If you enjoyed the speech, give credit where it is due....to his speechwriter. The account I heard was Bush told him to make this one the "freedom" speech. Funny thing, freedom. For example, my friend Charles, a career Army guy, served 22 years. Yet he was not free to retire due to stop loss policy. He's on tour number 2 since they would not let him retire. But his wife is free to raise their 3 children alone back in Georgia. Iraqi oil was going to pay for this quagmire and we had to do it or risk a mushroom cloud in Peoria, right Condi? Oh, no WMDs you say? We are paying the bill, not the oil revenue? Oh well, "freedom is not free!" Freedom does mean, however, that we are free to ignore the Geneva convention when it suits our needs, because our soon to be new Atty Gen deemed it quaint. And in this land of the free, you are free to royally fuck up at your job ala Rummy, Wolfowitz, Rice, Feith, and Hadley and still get promoted! Free to escape accountability for your performance. Nice. You are certainly free to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness...as long as being gay, protesting the govt, or smoking a joint doesn't make you happy. Freedom includes creating an ownership society. For example, you are free to own stock in great companies like Enron, World Com, and the like and when the CEOs cook the books or run ponzi schemes, and the company execs are free to escape punishment and retire on your money. I love America, but I could do without about 51% of the assholes who live here. Quote
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