Sunday, September 19, 2004
USAToday: Harsh words from republican senators
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee had harsh words for the Bush administration today.
A major problem, said leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was incompetence by the administration in reconstructing the country's shattered infrastructure.
"This is the incompetence in the administration" - Senator Richard Lugar, Indiana
"Exactly right. This has been incompetence so far." - Senator Joseph Biden
"We made serious mistakes right after the initial successes by not having enough troops on the ground, by allowing the looting, by not securing the borders" - Senator John McCain, Arizona
"The fact is a crisp, sharp analysis of our policies is required. We didn't do that in Vietnam, and we saw 11 years of casualties mount to the point where we finally lost" - Senator Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
McCain said Bush was not being "as straight as we would want him to be" about the situation. "The longer we delay with these sanctuaries, the more difficult the challenge is going to be and the more casualties we will incur and the Iraqi people will suffer because they will be able to operate out of these sanctuaries obviously now with somewhat of impunity," McCain said.
All four of these senators are Republicans. Those damned liberals.
A major problem, said leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was incompetence by the administration in reconstructing the country's shattered infrastructure.
"This is the incompetence in the administration" - Senator Richard Lugar, Indiana
"Exactly right. This has been incompetence so far." - Senator Joseph Biden
"We made serious mistakes right after the initial successes by not having enough troops on the ground, by allowing the looting, by not securing the borders" - Senator John McCain, Arizona
"The fact is a crisp, sharp analysis of our policies is required. We didn't do that in Vietnam, and we saw 11 years of casualties mount to the point where we finally lost" - Senator Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
McCain said Bush was not being "as straight as we would want him to be" about the situation. "The longer we delay with these sanctuaries, the more difficult the challenge is going to be and the more casualties we will incur and the Iraqi people will suffer because they will be able to operate out of these sanctuaries obviously now with somewhat of impunity," McCain said.
All four of these senators are Republicans. Those damned liberals.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Christian Fundamentalist Assaults Veterans in Parade
Man Attacks Participants In Windsor Parade
POSTED: 9:32 am MDT September 7, 2004
UPDATED: 3:23 pm MDT September 7, 2004
A member of a Christian group has been fired after allegedly punching several veterans marching for presidential candidate John Kerry in Monday's Harvest Festival parade in Windsor, Colo.
Russell Laughlin, 40, of Nunn, was a member of the northern Colorado FamilyLife Marriage Conference and was walking ahead of 175 members of Veterans for Kerry.
According to police, Laughlin was handing out pamphlets for his group while making loud insults about Kerry to the crowd gathered to watch the parade.
After about a mile, the veterans group asked Laughlin to go back to his own group, but he refused and instead stood in front of the Kerry group, refusing to move, according to a Chris Humphries, an Army veteran and Kerry campaign employee.
That's when a fistfight erupted and Laughlin grabbed a veteran by his shirt and started swinging, according to Gary Fedel, a Lakewood, Colo. member of Veterans for Kerry. Humphries said Laughlin then turned around punched her in the mouth.
Police arrested Laughlin on charges of misdemeanor assault.
The FamilyLife Marriage Conference said it dismissed the volunteer, as a result of the melee.
POSTED: 9:32 am MDT September 7, 2004
UPDATED: 3:23 pm MDT September 7, 2004
A member of a Christian group has been fired after allegedly punching several veterans marching for presidential candidate John Kerry in Monday's Harvest Festival parade in Windsor, Colo.
Russell Laughlin, 40, of Nunn, was a member of the northern Colorado FamilyLife Marriage Conference and was walking ahead of 175 members of Veterans for Kerry.
According to police, Laughlin was handing out pamphlets for his group while making loud insults about Kerry to the crowd gathered to watch the parade.
After about a mile, the veterans group asked Laughlin to go back to his own group, but he refused and instead stood in front of the Kerry group, refusing to move, according to a Chris Humphries, an Army veteran and Kerry campaign employee.
That's when a fistfight erupted and Laughlin grabbed a veteran by his shirt and started swinging, according to Gary Fedel, a Lakewood, Colo. member of Veterans for Kerry. Humphries said Laughlin then turned around punched her in the mouth.
Police arrested Laughlin on charges of misdemeanor assault.
The FamilyLife Marriage Conference said it dismissed the volunteer, as a result of the melee.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
America is Safer
If the GOP can imprison everyone who thinks a thought contrary to their own then America will be safer...
Of course it will also be empty since even Dick Cheney supports gay marraige and George W. Bush once thought that a war on terror meant actually attacking terrorists and their allies.
All articles in this archive are used under "fair use" as they are important to the national discussion of whether or not the people of this country are being deceived by their government. These articles are used as evidence in that discussion.
