Senate Republicans block another Katrina bill

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  1. USMTiger

    USMTiger Founding Member

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    I love how they quoted Michael Brown as the source. Let's see... the entire world thinks he is an incompetent, bumbling idiot, for good reason.

    Except when he bashes Bush. Then all of a sudden he knows what he is talking about. No reason for him to blame-shift either.

    Like I said, laughable. I need to be a political pundit. Apparently you just tell people what they want to hear with no evidence, logic, or fact and they treat it as gospel. Must be a killer ego-boost.

    Oh, if you google the authors of that piece, you will see that they both work for a "Progressive" think-tank. Anyone want to start citing Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter while we are at it LOL
     
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  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    It's a matter of record, Mississippi got more money.

    Louisiana has always been run by idiots. That wasn't my objection. I was pointing out that Mississippi isn't a shining beacon of success. At least to someone who thinks beyond the spectrum of a political affiliation.

    I am not a democrat and I did not vote for Blanco. You assume facts not in evidence.
     
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  3. TigerWins

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    $30 billion < $9 billion?
     
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  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Those numbers include Hurricane Rita money for Louisiana and also include $5 billion+ that went to the Corps of Engineers, not Louisiana, and is still mostly unspent. It also includes money for small business loans and flood insurance payments that did not go to the state of Louisiana.

     
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  5. USMTiger

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    No, Mississippi is not a shining beacon of success. It's the second worst state in the Union. But they are doing wayyyyyyyyyyy better than Louisiana in terms of recovery. That is embarassing.

    I've never read any issue discussed here where you weren't towing the Democrat party line. Sorry for the assumption if it isn't true, but you come off as a pretty loyal Democrat.

    Not voting for Blanco is a no-brainer: I never called you dumb :grin:
     
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  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You can be so far to the right that moderates look just like liberals to you. I'm a non-partisan registered independent and I've voted for both parties many times. I don't give a rat's ass about any party. I look for candiates that are smart, perceptive, prudent, honest and reliable. I prefer them to lean towards the political middle. I look for candidates who put the people above party, self, and cronies.

    Don't mistake my contempt for the Bush administration as something it isn't. I was a Bush 41 and a Reagan guy. I was a Clinton guy, too. All were moderate presidents. Reagan campaigned as an extreme conservative, but he presided as a moderate. Clinton was a democrat, but presided closer to his republicans predecessors than to the politics of Teddy Kennedy and the liberal extremists.

    My only use for the democrats right now is to get firm majorities away from the repuplicans, who have been just awful lately. Scandals, failed policies, cronyism, and more. We need some democratic scandalous crony failures for a while, just for balance. :grin:

    Moderates love balance.
     
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  7. TigerWins

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    You're linking a story written by two people who work for a liberal organization with an agenda against Bush and the republicans. Look them up.

    Look at their numbers in the article. They are talking about a few hundred million dollars versus billions of federal dollars spent. Why don't they account for the other billions of dollars? Why not tell the entire story?

    The answer is easy ... they can't because it doesn't fit their agenda. Louisiana applicants received more money per person than Mississippi residents. It's all in the numbers I provided.
     
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  8. USMTiger

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    I can buy that. And no problem with Bush hating no mo, with his ridiculous immigration bill he's already shown he doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks. I just can't say we would have been better off with any of the other people running against him.
     
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    And that's the truly sad part of the story, the best of what the two parties have to offer still sucks big time. A ton of voters end up voting against one candidate instead of for another.
     
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