tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post8289043913395284728..comments2023-09-25T06:48:48.316-06:00Comments on Magic Valley Mormon: Thanks Speaker For The Waste, Fraud and AbuseCameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-6918326220982151352007-04-03T17:34:00.000-06:002007-04-03T17:34:00.000-06:00Cameron - I've linked this in the hopes that more ...Cameron - I've linked this in the hopes that more will see the hyprocisy you've exposed. Good work yet again.C-Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740271850552402238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-13400074197505341692007-03-30T10:31:00.000-07:002007-03-30T10:31:00.000-07:00DL, most polls 4 years ago showed great support fo...DL, most polls 4 years ago showed great support for the war in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Polls change. As will the support for investigations.<BR/><BR/>People want Congress to do something. They want progress, not politics.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-56533192152826402992007-03-29T15:32:00.000-07:002007-03-29T15:32:00.000-07:00The evidence is otherwise, Cameron. A Pew poll re...The evidence is otherwise, Cameron. A Pew poll released this week indicates that 35% feel Congress is doing too little investigation and 25% think the current level is fine. Only 31% feel there is too much investigating. <BR/><BR/>The more dirt is uncovered, the more air time they media will devote to the story, and the more angry and disappointed voters will get in the Bush administration. Since there is a veritable mountain of dirt to uncover, I say grab the shovels and dig!Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-32059115765203337292007-03-29T10:39:00.000-07:002007-03-29T10:39:00.000-07:00I disagree DL. The public will tire quickly of th...I disagree DL. The public will tire quickly of the constant hearings and partisan sniping. It will do nothing to help the Democrats in the long run.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-63173848049451383592007-03-29T10:12:00.000-07:002007-03-29T10:12:00.000-07:00Cameron, let's try to set rational objectives for ...Cameron, let's try to set rational objectives for Speaker Pelosi. <BR/><BR/>The Dems have a razor-thin majority in the Senate and some of those Dems are pretty conservative guys and vote with the Republicans now and then. They are certainly not in a position to swiftly pass the legislation passed up from the House, and if they did, it would be vetoed by Bush and they have no chance whatever of overturning a veto.<BR/><BR/>The most productive thing the Democratic House can do for the nation is investigate every thing the Bush administration has done for the last 6 years and bring all their unqualified political appointments in to testify under oath in public about what's been going on. The more the public knows about this administration, the more likely they are to throw the bums out along with the Senators and Congressmen that supported them.Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-29431558157265013312007-03-29T08:29:00.000-07:002007-03-29T08:29:00.000-07:00Welcome Rob!I think Speaker Pelosi can be and at t...Welcome Rob!<BR/><BR/>I think Speaker Pelosi can be and at times is a great Speaker. But I think it's a big mistake to spend so much time focusing on scandal and scoring political points. I <I>really</I> dislike the bribery in the Iraq spending bill. She, and the Congress as a whole, need to spend more effort on talking up the good they are doing rather than the bad everyone else is doing. She needs to work to make sure that the bills they passed in the 100 hours strategy are passed by the Senate and actually become law.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-56898939022054965752007-03-29T08:11:00.000-07:002007-03-29T08:11:00.000-07:00I'm impressed with her.I'm impressed with her.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-6215191180649357332007-03-27T14:31:00.000-07:002007-03-27T14:31:00.000-07:00Perhaps you're right. I'm certainly not that impr...Perhaps you're right. I'm certainly not that impressed with Pelosi. Of course, compared to the Republicans who were in leadership before, she's great, but that's not much of a challenge.<BR/><BR/>I think you proposed the idea of worth so you are stuck with the one-time cost of $20 billion versus the annual cost of $200 billion and the total cost of over $2 trillion for a war we never needed to fight.Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-26566095303806543492007-03-27T13:06:00.000-07:002007-03-27T13:06:00.000-07:00So the end justifies the means, huh?Oh, and it app...So the end justifies the means, huh?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it appears that nobody was "demanding" the pork. It was freely offered and freely given. Perhaps it is the leadership that should be defeated at the polls next time.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016275707476655364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27549167.post-85842743421799734732007-03-27T11:42:00.000-07:002007-03-27T11:42:00.000-07:00Since the Iraq War is costing $200 Billion per yea...Since the Iraq War is costing $200 Billion per year, $20 Billion to stop it sounds like a smart investment.<BR/><BR/>Of course, any Democratic lawmaker who was crass enough demand pork for his district in order to vote to bring the troops home should be defeated at the polls next time.Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.com