"Bush to seek $80 billion for combat zones"

"I just think we can do so much more. I mean, do you realize that there are parts of the world that haven't been ravaged by war yet? We need to get to these places, and I need $80 billion to do it."

We could sell some more Arms to Indonesia. East Timor must be ripe for the picking right now. We could probably just step up arms sales throughout the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Why not make a little cold hard cash? Where's the BBCI when you need them? Lets call it "Operation Black Eagle, part 2".

Where's Team America when you need them?

I think Bush should pass the hat around to all his oil buddys and give 80 billion to schools.

"Where's Team America when you need them?"

Dirka dirka Jihad.

"I think Bush should pass the hat around to all his oil buddys and give 80 billion to schools."

Be careful what you ask for. Can you imagine 80 billion pumbed into Bible schools of some new wacko, theocratic, wahhabi like form of Christianity?

That much stupidity could very well doom the human race.

I'm reminded (well it was only a few days ago) of the first thought that popped into my head on reading of your Pres's stated passion to rid the world of tyranny: "Gosh Georgie, great idea!...since you were cruelly robbed of the opportunity to put it all on the line in 'Nam, this might be your big to make a sacrifice for the good of your fellow human beings. Or as JC said 'What greater love has a man then to give up his life for a friend?'" (cue the theme song from MASH).

"That much stupidity could very well doom the human race."

Well, perhaps just the American portion of the human race...

;-)

Based on the Pope's comments last week, you should never be afraid to commit to anything with the intention of not doing it.

Or maybe I missed the point on pulling out at the last minute?

Let's see Bush, Arms trade, movies that push the ratings boundaries, school funding, attacks on Christianity and Catholic sexual innuendo...

Man Rory you sure can "accidentally" stir the pot!

So are there ANY Neopoleon.com readers that support and respect Bush, support the war in Iraq, like big business, think the schools have enough money and need to figure out for themselves how to better spend it and think religious people such as Christians and Catholic are not wackos?

Am I the only one?

Thought your post was funny Rory, but your commentors sure jump on the funniest things to comment about.

Yep, George your the only one. On the bright side that makes you unique.

No, I'm a conservative and still enjoy the blog. I just ignore the parts that annoy me <shrug>.

I'm a Catholic and it doesn't bother me at all (re. the priest jokes: the clergy have nobody but themselves to blame. As for everything else that might annoy me: everybody got so bitchy back when we used to burn people for disagreeing with us that it's just no fun doing that any more).

I agree with you Lance. I'm a conservative (and Christian) too, so I just try to ignore the stupid parts. Sometimes you just have to choose your battles, and Rory's blog doesn't seem like the place for mine.

"So are there ANY Neopoleon.com readers that support and respect Bush, support the war in Iraq, like big business, think the schools have enough money and need to figure out for themselves how to better spend it and think religious people such as Christians and Catholic are not wackos?"

I like the big business environment. I've always had bad experiences working for small businesses and usually good experiences working for big business. I think schools, for the most part, have enough money, and need to figure out how to do more with what they have. I think stipends actually may be a good idea. I even support the idea of partial privitazation of lower eduaction. I'm pretty fiscally conservative. I admire almost all of the core values of Christianity. I would simply challange you to read a few specific books and then re-evaluate your perspective. The books I suggest you read are:

Againts all Enemies - Richard Clarke
The Great Unraveling - Paul Krugman
The Age of Sacred Terrorism - two NSC big wigs, I can't remember their names.
House of Bush, House of Saud - Craig Unger

These are the best books I've read regarding the current US administration.

"So are there ANY Neopoleon.com readers that support and respect Bush, support the war in Iraq, like big business, think the schools have enough money and need to figure out for themselves how to better spend it and think religious people such as Christians and Catholic are not wackos?"


Yep, I agree with you for the most part. I think that most Catholic's are wackos though. I am Mormon afterall though, so I dont have a lot of room to talk....



P.S. Rory, can you change your webcame picture. That thing freaks me out...

Rick -

"P.S. Rory, can you change your webcame picture. That thing freaks me out..."

Typical Mormon!

Trying to tell people what to do with their webcams.

This is *so* SLC...

I am, of course, kidding.

I love you, Rick.

And all your kind :)

This could be a new section on Mondays, people get to send you headlines they have seen, and you make up the story behind them.

Hmmmm. I am Catholic, but I feel ashamed to admit it every time a new abuse story breaks...

Also, I have never understood the stance via contraception. It's wrong, I mean, look at the Aids epidemic in Africa, then look to the Pope's advice. I can respect his opinion, but his opinion carries alot of weight, and, in this instance, there are better reasons to use contraception than not to.

However, I'd never just ignore the bits I don't like; after all, there is always a lesson to be learned about what others perceive about me or my opinions, and then to either re-evaluate my stance or to try and convince others that what I belive has merit.

As for people commenting about lots of different things - that's one of the greatest things about this blog. Apart from the main posts by Rory, of course :-)

Anyone who feels that schools have enough money have either been out of school for to long or don't have kids.

When valuable programs need to be cut or done half assed, there is not enough of something. That is not to say that money is the only answer and should just be thrown at the problem, but it would help. And would certainly better spent than on war.

Tim -

"Anyone who feels that schools have enough money have either been out of school for to long or don't have kids."

I'm only 26 so I definitely haven't been out of school for too long AND I have 3 sons so that means I have kids too AND I feel that schools have enough money....

Weird huh?

Programs like MIT's OpenCourseWare will revolutionize the quality of education at very little cost.

Hopefully someday someone will build a free online k-12 education program to help out those home school kids who are usually getting a really poor education.

I'm 23 and have a young daughter as well. I also thought the school had too much money when I was in school.

"When valuable programs need to be cut or done half assed, there is not enough of something."

When programs are done half assed, you should quit spending money on them until someone is willing to do it right. And fire all of the freaking administrators, and we would have plenty of money.

"That is not to say that money is the only answer and should just be thrown at the problem, but it would help. "


umm, it hasnt been helping so far... What makes you think even more money will change anything. Typical uneducated liberal. (im assuming you are uneducated based on your ridiculous logic. (Rory, if you want to learn how to flame properly, give me a call))


"And would certainly better spent than on war."

War allows my children to actually go to a school that hasnt been bombed by a terrorist, so Im fine with that.

"Hopefully someday someone will build a free online k-12 education program to help out those home school kids who are usually getting a really poor education."


If you want a really poor education, perhaps you could not hold schools accountable for actually teaching your children?

Home schooled kids are among the brightest i've met. I feel that ive been let down going to a public school.

I agree with everything that Rick said, especially the part about that guy being an "uneducated liberal".

For proof, just take a look at the Beaverton, Oregon school district. When my daughter was in 3rd grade, we had more parent volunteers than kids (and there were 35 kids in the class). However, even with all this help, the Beaverton School District spent 3 weeks practicing the State Assessment Exam for 3rd grade (so they could get a good grade-giving them MORE MONEY). So, we practice for more money, and didn't learn anything for 3 weeks. Is this a good way to spend your tax dollars? If you think it is, then you probably also think that more government programs will help America get out of it’s debt (see the Democratic National Party for details).

Just wanted to share some facts.

The bulk of Terrorism is funded through Saudi Arabia. This is well known. Osama Bin Laden is from the family of Saudi Arabia's biggest construction company, the Saudi Bin Laden group. Saudi Arabia are the primary funders for schools of Wahhabi Islam. The primary source of terrorists.

There was no evidence that Iraq had been involved in funding terrorism since 1993. This is the opinion of Richard Clarke, the NSC, and George Tennet.

The Al Quida presence in Iraq was in northern Iraq, among the kurds, and opposed Saddam Huessain.

The "visa express" program allowing Saudi citizens easy access into the United States started three months before 9/11. Three of the 9/11 hijackers used this to gain entrance into the US. The "visa express" program was not immediately shut down after 9/11.

It was well known within the White House that Saudi Arabia was the primary source of terrorist funding long before 9/11, according to Richard Clarke.

Osama Bin Laden has so far elluded capture, even though he is 6 foot 4 inches tall, and is on dialasys.

Paul Wolfowitz was pushing the invasion of Iraq before 9/11 occured.

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I'm not saying were not bringing Democracy to Iraq. I sure hope we are. But mainstream media sources are such a farce it's difficult to really know.

One thing I'm certain of is that liberals and conservatives have bought into an identity that helps them think about complicated issues in a more simplified way.
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