His plan for Iraq:
- A weakened central government that won’t be powerful enough to be turned on any faction. But, is only empowered through the interests of the 3 states within Federal Iraq.
- A 3-state solution, not like Israel and Palestine, more like Massachusetts and Texas. (‘cept with more guns and bombs.)
- Cut in the Sunnis for 20% of the cash.
- Keep 20,000 troops in the region to stop the war from going regional. (this would help dissuade the Saudi’s and Iran from screwing around with military forces as well.)
- Get the neighbors involved in support of the new government.
- Get the other oil-rich countries to chip in on construction. (In exchange for us remaining with a small force to keep their countries from getting rolled by chaos. We can pull the last 20,000 out when the region stabilizes.)
Sounds sensible to me. And worth trying on our way out. Once our forces stop policing Iraq I see a potential genocide. A genocide that will be our fault.
It’s worth a shot to try and stop that.
He has an actual plan for Iraq. I like it. Oh but that’s not all for Ol’Joe.
2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the Secular Coalition for America 90 percent in 2006.
What? No jesus?
2006 In 2006, The Genocide Intervention Network--Darfur Scores assigned Senator Biden a grade of A+ based on voting records, bill sponsorship and other activities related to ending the genocide in Darfur.
Clearly the actions of a racist.
2005-2006 Senator Biden supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 92 percent in 2005-2006.
Fox news is not pleased.
2005 Senator Biden supported the interests of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100 percent in 2005.
Does...not..compute...
In 2006 Citizens for Global Solutions gave Senator Biden a rating of A+. (Bunch of hippies that want world peace and crap.)
Disgusting.
The following Senators voted yes on the Bankruptcy Bill.
Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Bingaman (D-NM), Byrd (D-WV), Carper (D-DE), Conrad (D-ND), Inouye (D-HI), Johnson (D-SD), Kohl (D-WI), Landrieu (D-LA), Lincoln (D-AR), Nelson (D-FL), Nelson (D-NE), Pryor (D-AR), Reid (D-NV), Salazar (D-CO), Stabenow (D-MI)
Biden has 10,000 constituents who work for credit card banks. And, Delaware is a small ass place. Show me some "profiles in courage" from your Senator. Show me how they went against the major industry of your state and bravely got re-elected.
The Bankruptcy Bill is garbage, But no Delaware rep will be the one to fix it. Just like Harry Reid will not go after gambling. If Harry decides to go after the oh so sweet gaming industry, I’ll rethink my postion.
A lot of people work for those banks here; that’s Biden’s excuse. What the fuck is the excuse for all these other "Dems"?
Is Biden my choice for Pres? No. I’m liking JRE, Obamarama, "Hollywood" Al Gore (if he steps up and does what the nation demands that he does).
But the Vitriol against Joe is Ridiculous. He is the MOST liberal representative that I have. My other Senator is Carper, and he is a rightwing DLC nightmare.
Fun Fact: Delaware has the most per capita millionaires of any state. And they are fucking republicans. The pubs here are just waiting for a shot at Joe’s Job. I’ve got Crazy fundies in the south and massive corporate interests in the north. (I can’t find the story about the crazed Christians in DE that went after that jewish family out here, if someone can link it please, it was posted here.)
Delaware gets 25% of its state budget from the sheltering of corporations. (read anything nader every wrote for source)
Delaware is the birthplace of the American Chemical industry. (Dupont) We were the nations first arms dealer.
Factory Farms, Big Pharma, Every goddamned corporation, oil companies, Banking, all here in a state that is only 93 miles long from top to bottom. Delaware is a liberal nightmare. But, Joe is still one of the most consistently Liberal senators we have.
His mouth runs. He says dumb crap. But he is still a damned good Rep.
He’s the best rep I have. So quit beating on him.
Hat tip Calebsdad for this.
Biden on Race (9+ / 0-)
For the last couple years, I’ve been working (with a friend) on a book of essays on desegregation in Delaware. Biden contributed to it. Here’s a little bit of his contribution (it’s a bit dated; mostly transcribed from a speech he gave at the 2004 symposium that launched the project).
The fact of the matter is that at this moment, as we commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, I feel a great deal of pride in my State, for all that Delaware did to confront the wrong of segregation, and to advance the cause of equality. But I feel a great deal of frustration too, and even a little bit of shame.
Our state has a shameful history. That is not an easy thing to write. But it is the truth; ours is a shameful past.
We fought on the side of the north in the Civil War. But we were one of the border states; we were a slave state. And we held on to slavery until the bitter end, long after the northern slaves had abolished it, long after it filled any economic need. We clung to slavery even when there hardly any slaves, even when most black Delawareans were already free. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation, even after the Civil War–we would not give it up. It took the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery in Delaware, and Delaware, the First State, where most black citizens had already been free for a generation, refused to ratify that Amendment. Delaware, a border state, a slave state that fought on the side of the north. And that schizophrenia persisted for a long time in this state, and there are vestiges of it still.
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But it’s a hard path. Our sins have been many, and their roots run deep. Real equality–our full redemption–remains elusive. It was a lot easier to get Rosa Parks a seat on the front of the bus, than it has been to get Rosa Parks’ children a genuine opportunity to own the bus company. It gets more complicated. It gets more difficult. And in some respects, it gets more difficult every day.
I cannot help but worry that we are seeing today the gradual ascendancy of a new generation of legal thinkers–a new generation, with some very old ideas. . . . They are serious about "states’ rights." They are serious about "economic liberty." They think that we have gone too far in promoting "social equality." They want to honor "private choices"–of those who have the means to choose; they want to vindicate "merit"–for those who have been trained in "merit’s" ways. They are conservative in their nostalgia for some of the old ways, but they are downright radical in their willingness to change the law–and transform society–to fit their vision. They are bright people. They are honorable. And they are wrong.
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There's a lot more -- stuff that I think says just what you are looking for. And
they’re just words, but I think he has backed them up – pretty consistently.
In any event, I thought it might be of some interest.
Peace, if possible. Justice at any rate.
by calebsdad on Sat Feb 03, 2007 at 09:32:14 PM EST