In Bill's Fine Print, Millions To Celebrate Victory

[GiveUsHope]

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In Bill’s Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory
By THOM SHANKER
Published: October 4, 2006
A spending bill for this past year included $20 million "for commemoration of success" in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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This is sick.

[Mr_Spock]

1. It is totally sick. They care more about the politics than the humanity

lost.

These people are the sickest, most immoral bunch of mindless thugs that we have seen in many generations.

[GiveUsHope]

2. I agree

They are completely without any empathy with the average citizen.

[Mr_Spock]

6. The part that pisses me off is that I pay their salary!

They spend all their time proving that government cannot succeed in doing anything, so why don't they fire themselves?

I am SICK AND TIRED of paying these people's salaries. I pay them to govern, not poke a stick in my eye.

[LynnTheDem]

7. As Paul Krugman put it...

"There's something very wrong with these people."

That would be why RONALD REAGAN called them "THE CRAZIES".

[GiveUsHope]

9. Very blunt, very true

is all I can say.

[Peace Patriot]

3. I'd sure like to know where that money is REALLY going.

But, with the Bush Junta doling it out, we may never know.

[Starlight]

4. Is Halliburton catering?

[GiveUsHope]

5. Diamond carat rings for the wives of every contractor..

I wouldn't be surprised.

[pinto]

8. Ugh. Smoke and mirrors. n/t

[OhioChick]

10. $20 Mil

"for commemoration of success" in Iraq and Afghanistan??

WTF are they smoking?

[theanarch]

11. i am given to understand...

...that in the same bill to blow $20M. on a GOP psychotic fantasy party, funding for Iraq vet head/brain trauma research was cut by 50%--from $14M to $7M...it's soooooo reassuring to know that our congress-critters have THEIR priorities straight...BTW: if this is the same $70B. emergency appropriation that passed the senate 100-0, it's another reason to be proud of our Dem's...

[Nihil]

16. Kick for the truth to become visible.

:mad:

[entanglement]

12. 20 million for a party? I guess strippers, hookers and porta-pottys

are more expensive to hire these days (Inflation???)

[saigon68]

14. Maybe Monika and Foley will come out ----to SERVICE the Crowd

Will they serve free 40s to the masses

[Blue_Tires]

13. wow

i could have used a few of those bucks

[patrick t. cakes]

15. how much

does lee greenwood get??

amazing.

[Moderator]

17. Not Latest breaking news

Story first posted Oct 3rd here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2543620