It looks like congress is moving ahead with the wealthy welfare tax reduction act. Lucky for us that they have reduced it from the over $700 billion requested to a more sensible $550 billion. I feel a lot better about this now. But watch out…if you start hearing calls to remove the sunset clauses. Without them expect the total to be around $1.1 trillion over 10 years.
Jeane D’arc says
To me, the speech, while in many ways pessimistic, is inspiring in its honesty, intelligence, vision, genuine patriotism, and call “to stand up to the schoolyard bullies in Washington.”
Go over to her place and read the entire April 28 speech by John Brady Kiesling.
The Daily Howler discusses Bush’s military history in some detail here, here and here. Well worth the read. Especially how the subject was treated during the 2000 campaign.
Do you believe that the national elections are important, that the US President is elected by the voters? I do, but after some recent reading I am having some second thoughts and I am not happy about it. First, Craig Cheslog discusses an article in the Miami Herald. As Craig says
Our electoral system is ill-served by a process that allows fundraising to so limit the field before a single vote is cast. It wrongly leaves the determination of the party’s presidential nominees to a small number of fundraisers.
Rick Dement at The Rant picks up the thread
is there anyone out there who truly believes that democracy is not being negatively impacted by the influence of big money and the constant pressure to rise funds?
Read both posts, read the article.
The Lincoln speech is already 4 day old news and the final judge of its import will be history. To interpret and understand Bush you must read both between and behind the lines and then you must wait and see his actions. I just ran across the best interpretation of it hidden meanings that I have yet read. Go read Tim Dunlop’s fine interpretation.
UPDATE: David Corn writes a brief history of Bush’s National Guard Service. Link courtesy of Estimated Prophet who has more to say on the subject.