Sofia wrote:PDid-- HEY!
It is interesting to see who is here now, and get a handle on their mojo.
I'm not your average conservative, and have been weighing the possibility of a switch to anarchy...so I don't know if they'll consider themselves my friends... but the more the merrier.
<smile>
dys enlightened me to the fact that I am an anarchist, never knew it ...it was shocking.
I think we're possibly all one phone bill away from anarchy.
Make that a cell phone bill, and you are correct. Goodtaseeya again Sofia.
Hiya, Professor.
We will target telecommunications first.
Damn them.
<evil eye>
Sofia wrote: Hiya, Professor.
We will target telecommunications first.
Damn them.
<evil eye>
Hell yeh!
The revolution has come / time to pick up the gun ... count me in for the Million Mobilephoneuser March to Orange, Vodaphone (etc) HQ - burn, burn, burn ' em down!
Iwas thinking of Sprint, myself....they of the "You didn't pyschically know what the bill was going to be, so we are slapping you with a late fee for not paying before you got the bill."
MCI!!
Kill, kill.
All the Bells! Even the babies!
Burn in hell!!!
(Million Mobilephoneuser March....I snorted with glee!)
Reality vs Propaganda
Bush's Broken Promises
"You can't say one thing and do another." ?- George W. Bush, 10/31/00
During the presidential campaign and his first year in office, George W. Bush made a number of promises affecting American families, but he has failed to keep them. From breaching the Social Security lockbox to making it harder for middle class families to pay for college and leaving out millions of seniors from his prescription drug proposal, Bush has made a habit out of saying one thing and doing another. Here is a catalogue of Bush's broken promises revealed in his FY 2003 budget and in other key policy areas. In contrast to Bush's failures, Democrats have a strong record of progress on these issues.
Summary of Bush's Broken PromisesDeficit
Bush said his tax cut would not cause deficits, even in a bad economy.
Bush's FY 2003 budget posts $106 billion deficit, the first deficit since 1997. The budget will return to balance in 2005, at the earliest.
Social Security
Bush said Social Security Trust Fund would remain in a lockbox.
Bush breached the Social Security Trust Fund and is on schedule to spend $1.65 trillion of it over the next ten years.
National Debt
Bush promised to pay down a record amount of the national debt.
Bush not only failed to pay down the national debt, he has been forced to request a $750 billion increase in the debt limit.
Education Reform
As part of the bipartisan education reform, Bush promised to spend more money on education.
Bush budget cut funding from his own "No Child Left Behind" law and provided the smallest education funding increase in seven years.
Pell Grants
Bush promised to increase the maximum Pell Grant award, thereby increasing access to higher education.
Bush froze Pell Grant limit below his promised level.
LIHEAP
Bush promised to "fully fund" LIHEAP (the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program).
Bush's budget cut LIHEAP by $300 million.
Medicare
Bush pledged to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for all seniors.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that Bush's plan would cover only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries.
Yucca Mountain
Bush promised to listen to sound science and local officials before deciding to bury the nation's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
Bush designated Yucca Mountain the site before all the science is in, flouting local officials.
Student Loans
Bush promised to make higher education more accessible by helping students with high costs.
Bush proposed pulling $1.3 billion from a program that allows students to consolidate education loans at federally subsidized interest rates.
Little David was in his 5th grade class in a school when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living.
All the typical answers came up -- Fireman, policeman, salesman, etc...
David was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about his father. "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes, if the offer's really good, he'll make love for money."
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set other children to work on some class work, and took Little David aside to ask "Is that really true about your father?"
"No," said David, "He works for the Kerry campaign, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids"
That's funny, but this is funnier...and more accurate
I give up.
I'm voting for Kerry.
I mean, he has promised some pretty great things.
TEN MILLION NEW JOBS--pay hikes for all--higher taxes--unlimited fried chicken--better weather...
How can Bush beat that?
Don't forget that he will re-green all the forests, close up the ozone hole, purify the air, provide water for the desert too. The only problem is that I've heard he'll ration beer.
He is so craggy and all-powerful!
Just that beer thing....
Does Bush have any beer rationing plans?
Okay, a chicken in every pot, and free beer.
roger wrote:A chicken in every pot?
He promised. But, hey, it should be a cinch after the ten million jobs...
<hiya, hot stuff>
You think Kerry will look better wearing that triangular hat? (I heard it lengthens the face...)
