Did you read the Spike Lee interview in the Observer about Condi? Pretty Funny! http://www.observer.com/20060320/20060320_sara_vilkomerson_pageone_coverstory1.asp
nice, he acknowledges he can't be a spokesman for 45M black people, but in the same breath says "we can't vote for her.." i used to think he was talented, and actually enjoyed "she's gotta have it", and some bits of "do the right thing". not now...
okay, but i have a question. the majority of people i know and meet on the town loathe the bushies. are things different on the UWS or are you a maverick?
depends on where you live, uws is pretty firmly anti-bush, but there are a few pockets of sanity. in any case, other than them both being republicans and wanting to neutralize the hostiles, W and R have fairly little in common. but i will point out, that expecting dissatisfaction with Bush to translate into a groundswell of support for democrats is pretty simplistic. absent some sort of compelling reason to actually vote for a democrat, i don't foresee much change.
actually, i should amend the above to say the UWS is probably the most democratic neighborhood east of Berkeley. lower percentage of female body hair here tho, which helps on a hot summer day...
don't know why as it's been a mildish winter but i'm really looking forward to summer. we need to, you mark and i, and the appendages, hit a cyclones game this year, no? oh, and no politics, just beer and baseball.
Poll: Americans slightly favor plan to censure Published: Thursday March 16, 2006 A new poll finds that a pluraplity [sic] of Americans favor plans to censure President George W. Bush, while a surprising 42% favor moves to actually impeach the President. A poll taken March 15, 2006 by American Research Group found that among all adults, 46% favor Senator Russ Feingold's (D-WI) plan to censure President George W. Bush, while just 44% are opposed. Approval of the plan grows slightly when the sample is narrowed to voters, up to 46% in favor of the Senate censuring the sitting president. Even more shocking is that just 57% of Republicans are opposed to the move, with 14% still undecided and 29% actually in favor. Fully 70% of Democrats want to see Bush censured. More surprising still: The poll found fully 43% of voters in favor of actually impeaching the President, with just 50% of voters opposed. While only 18% of Republicans surveyed wanted to see Bush impeached, 61% of Democrats and 47% of Independents reported they wanted to see the House move ahead with the Conyers (D-MI) resolution. The poll, taken March 13-15, had a 3% margin of error. http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/
More Republican madness. Senate Approves Budget, Breaking Spending Limits By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON, March 16 — The Senate narrowly approved a $2.8 trillion election-year budget Thursday that broke spending limits only hours after it increased federal borrowing power to avert a government default. The budget decision at the end of a marathon day of voting followed a separate 52-to-48 Senate vote to increase the federal debt limit by $781 billion, bringing the debt ceiling to nearly $9 trillion. The move left Democrats attacking President Bush and Congressional Republicans for piling up record debt in their years in power. Despite calls by Republican deficit hawks to hold the line, Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to approve more than $16 billion in added spending for social, military, job safety and home-heating programs, exceeding a ceiling established by President Bush. In separate action, the House advanced $92 billion in war spending and hurricane recovery money. Even with the added money, the Senate approved the $2.8 trillion budget by only 51 to 49 with five Republicans defecting. Senator Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana was the sole Democrat to back the budget after winning agreement for a new $10 billion effort for levee rebuilding and coastal protection to be paid for out of oil royalties and other sources. Her vote saved Vice President Dick Cheney from having to break a tie. The White House and Senate Republican leaders sought to put the best face on the budget outcome, with Joshua B. Bolten, director of the Office of Management and Budget, crediting Republicans for "navigating difficult waters" in winning approval. Mr. Bolten said the administration would work to eliminate the added spending and restore the benefit cuts sought by the White House. The successful push for additional spending alarmed and frustrated conservative Republicans who have been trying to steer the party back to a course of more fiscal restraint. ............ The administration told Congress that the increase in the statutory debt limit to nearly $9 trillion was needed to avoid a default and keep the government operating. The increase in the debt limit brought the total increase during the Bush administration to $3 trillion. Democrats said the rising debt was the consequence of what they described as a reckless Republican fiscal policy centered on tax cuts for the affluent. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said Thursday that given Mr. Bush's record, "I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had." Few Republicans took the floor to defend the debt limit request, and three — Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Conrad Burns of Montana and John Ensign of Nevada — joined all Democrats in opposing the increase. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/p...&en=c77e916f9818f6cb&ei=5094&partner=homepage And Bush is still pushing to make his tax cuts permanent... the ones that aren't already. The man is certifiably mad. Keep D&D Civil.
Democrats: Tax and Spend Republicans: Tax those who can least afford it and Spend your grandchildren's money Where is the sanity?
