Bottom Line On Spending Bills
“However, President Bush has announced his opposition to any bill that contains veterans’ benefits and unemployment insurance in addition to the war funds.”
“House and Senate negotiators yesterday reached final agreement on a new farm bill that will spend close to $300 billion on nutrition, conservation, energy and farm subsidy programs over the next five years, but administration officials immediately announced that President Bush will veto it.”
What perplexes me is not that the C+ Augustus in the White House hates anything rational or that helps anyone on a personal level — like tuition in exchange for years spent in a combat zone or increasing nutritional programs for poor kids, or funding alternative fuel programs so someday we won’t have to send our emaciated children to fight for oil.
No, what perplexes me is that our so-called representatives would go along with someone 71% of the nation can no longer stand and not laugh at his puny veto threats — even those dastardly “Blue-Dogs” are still doing Bush’s his bidding.
Ugh!
[You can read more of Mark Adams’ work at his blog, Dispassionate Liberal]
May 9th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Bugger! I was just working on a post about this… and I’m going to publish it anyways!
Damn you, George Steinbrenner!