"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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Paul,
I agree. My point is there are many reasons Bush went to war against
Iraq.
You may not agree with his reasons, but the least likely reasons, is Bush
was trying to personally profit from the war and/or it meet a sexual
fantasy
of his.

But that is all the liebral have left as they head for the cliff like
lemmings......
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Even Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Kinsley, no fan of the Republicans,
has noticed. ``It's true that the Republicans are the party of ideas and the
Democrats are the party of reaction,'' he wrote earlier this month.
``Republicans set the agenda, and Democrats try to talk the country out of
it.''

Democrats continue to rely on a world view that crumbles under scrutiny.
Sifting through Democratic positions on numerous different policies, you
find two core beliefs that differentiate their view of the world from that
of Republicans.

First is the belief that redistributing income is the most important
objective of government. Second is the belief that high tax rates don't
hurt.

These beliefs create two problems for Democrats. The first is that if you
assume they're correct you would find the two beliefs lead logically to
highly unpopular policies. If equality is so wonderful, one should be
willing to increase marginal tax rates in the U.S. on anyone who has an
income higher than the median (about $43,000).

Tax increases are indeed recommended by left-wing intellectuals. New York
Times columnist Paul Krugman, for example, recently called for the U.S. to
raise taxes as a share of gross domestic product from the current 17 percent
to 28 percent -- a 65 percent increase. Good luck to the politician who
tries to convince voters of that.



http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news...ist_hassett&si
d=ay_2TYz2crhs

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"P. Fritz" wrote in message
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"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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Doug,
Your understanding of "pork barrel" is as convoluted as the rest of
your
theory. There are many other reasons that you are not able to
understand,
including your very unique "sexual fantasy" concept. For what it is
worth:
Pork barrel (or pork barrel politics) is a derogatory term used to
describe
government spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a
politician
in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign
contributions or votes. Typically it involves funding for government
programs whose economic or service benefits are concentrated but whose
costs
are spread among all taxpayers. Public works projects and agricultural
subsidies are the most commonly cited examples, but they do not exhaust
the
possibilities. Pork barrel spending is often allocated through
last-minute
additions to appropriations bills.

A classic example was fedral funding for the "Bonior Bike Paths" here in
Mich.......

The federal guvmint (i.e. the taxpayers) had absolutely no business
funding
such a localized project.




"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
When politicians make policies which have no clear, sane and
well-grounded
reasons, there is a limited set of conclusions you can come to. It
means
their decisions were based on bribery (politely called "pork barrel"
or
"conflicts of interest"), religion, or maladjusted personal
fantasies.
I'll leave you to choose which apply to Bush. I believe #3 and #2 are
the
motivations he's most conscious of (and I'm being polite by linking
the
concept of consciousness to Bush). #1 is most certainly the case as
well,
although that's more of a motivator for his family, who propped him
up
for
election, for reasons you MUST be aware of without explanation.

"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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Doug,
Nope, did very well in school, and stayed awake in class. I just
can't
imagine anyone receiving sexual gratification from the Iraqi War.
Do
you
get off thinking about it? I sure haven't read anything in the
news
about Bush and his fantasy life, have you? What is the deal with
you
and
Harry and bizarre sexual fantasies


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Juan Valdez" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in sole purpose
is
to
wage war for his own sexual thrills and financial gain.

Doug,
I must have missed the news about Bush's sexual thrills, do you
know
something we don't?

I assume you slept through college, eh?