Rummy steps down

[mtp51]

too bad it's not W
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...?referrer=email (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801180.html?referrer=email)

[pezmanffx]

I agree with that. Rummy leaving is a good start.

[REDJIM]

Misters Fletcher & Baker write with a presumptuousness and smugness that is a key characteristic of the rag they work for. <_<

[Ned]

Of better news is with Democratic control of the Senate, "W" can no longer get Senate consent for his "activist" jurist appointments, who seek to take away our hard fought for freedoms, and reduce the bill of rights to mush, which our founding fathers and soldiers fought for so courageously over the last two plus centuries.

[REDJIM]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ned @ Nov 9 2006, 06:46 PM) 42433</div>
Of better news is with Democratic control of the Senate, "W" can no longer get Senate consent for his "activist" jurist appointments, who seek to take away our hard fought for freedoms, and reduce the bill of rights to mush, which our founding fathers and soldiers fought for so courageously over the last two plus centuries.
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...And we'll soar to the heavens on the brilliance that the new Congress brings us in 2007, Ned? B)

[Ned]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(REDJIM @ Nov 9 2006, 06:50 PM) 42434</div>
...And we'll soar to the heavens on the brilliance that the new Congress brings us in 2007, Ned? B)
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Well RJ, I don't think we can get much worse than the "mortgage and spend" Republican Congress we're getting rid of. I've said it before, but it bears stating again, these "conservatives" haven't a clue what conservatives are or do. Instead of less government, they've brought us big government. Instead of a balanced budget, they've brought us the largest deficit in the history of the country. Instead of keeping government out of the home they've been the worst "peeping toms" in the history of the country. Instead of strict adherence to the Constitutional principles on which the country was founded, they've been trying to remold the country in their distorted image. Instead of a transparent and open government, open to scrutiny they've sought to hide behind closed doors. Instead of family values they've engaged in criminal behavior, child abuse, family abuse and all manner of other corruption.

The new Congress may not soar, but it probably won't be mired in the mud or the sulfur pits of hell either, like the current Congress.

If you want me to be more definitive, and demonstrative, about the negative way I feel about the current Congress I will be happy to oblige. In the history of our great country, no Congress has been as distainful of the American citizenry or more corrupt. I paraphrase a quote from the movie, "The American President." "How does any Republican, or for that matter, any American, have patience for a Congress who claims they love America, but clearly can't stand Americans?

[pezmanffx]

Ned, I totally agree with you. You failed to mention the backing that they have by the religious right and how they use that platform to alienate anyone outside of their "approved" moral agenda. Too bad they forgot that one one the founding priniples of this country was freedom of religion/expression.

[REDJIM]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(REDJIM @ Nov 9 2006, 06:50 PM) 42434</div>
...And we'll soar to the heavens on the brilliance that the new Congress brings us in 2007, Ned? B)
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This comment was not meant as a jab at you or your beliefs, Ned.

I personally think the USA is tipped over, and the cause of the insularity inside the Beltway can be attributed to any and all Americans who are not diligent in demanding that their representatives in Washington be accountable to the electorate. Unfortunately, I have to count myself among the responsible for "Government Gone Wild".

[Ned]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(REDJIM @ Nov 10 2006, 04:49 PM) 42516</div>
This comment was not meant as a jab at you or your beliefs, Ned.[/b]

No sweat RJ

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(REDJIM @ Nov 10 2006, 04:49 PM) 42516</div>
I personally think the USA is tipped over, and the cause of the insularity inside the Beltway can be attributed to any and all Americans who are not diligent in demanding that their representatives in Washington be accountable to the electorate...
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I certainly can't disagree with that RJ.