Well, the biggest change was that the death toll of American soldiers in Iraq reached 3,400 yesterday. Didn't even see a blip about it on Keith Olbermann, never mind anywhere else.
A while back I asked for a new period to be put in place which was to cover the casualties since Congress changed to a Democratic Party Majority. Well, my request was not answered in quite the way I expected, but it is close. There is now a 'Period 6' which is defined as 'From the Surge or Troop Escalation to Today'. Since the troop escalation began after the Dems took power in Congress, for my purposes, 'Period 6' will do.
So by my generous measure, 314 American troops have died in Iraq while the political mastodons thrash about in the tar pits of DC. Is it worth the life of one more American kid to make sure that BlueBalls, er, Bush-enabling Democrats can get re-elected? Evidently, a bunch of hyenas in Washington,DC think so.
I don't. I have been pounding the drums for the "Iraq Plan With a Spine®" for a while now, but here I go again.
I've heard something weaker called the 'short-leash', but whatever... (jump now)
My plan has one big benefit for the 'Blueballs' Bush-enabling Dems... They do NOT have to vote for anything that can generate a good attack ad.
For your reading enjoyment... The "Iraq Plan with a Spine!®"
- Pass a 'no-strings' continuing resolution to fund Iraq at current levels for 60 days. Congress is a deliberative body, right? 'No strings' means no reason to veto without making the president look like a total ass even to his own folks.
- Split Afghanistan Funding from Iraq Funding. Pass a generous Afghanistan bill, splitting Afghanistan from Iraq. The contention is about Iraq, not Afghanistan, so fund Afghanistan generously. Nothing to veto there.
- Pass a bill fully funding withdrawal "whenever the president decides to do it". The troops will be withdrawn 'someday' right? The president can not deny that he will need the money to withdraw the troops 'someday', so he looks like an ass if he vetoes that.
- Announce publicly, that the Dem leadership will bring up more 60 day continuing resolutions 30 days before the expiration date of the proceeding resolution. Announce each time that the Dem leadership will give three hours of debate time to the PRO side to each single hour given to the AGAINST side. Announce that the Dem leadership will NOT whip the roll call vote. No favors given for a YES or a NO vote, nothing to hide behind. If the YEAs have the votes it will pass, if the NAYes have it, it will not pass. Each House member or Senator must justify his vote to his home district, EACH AND EVERY TIME, EVERY TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE ELECTION.
That's it... full accountability... no strings, no pork, NO DC BULLSHIT. No tarpit get on with the rest of America's business, and did I say NO FUCKING DC BULLSHIT!?!
Meteor Blades, want a way out? Push This!
--Lefty!!!