Dems cave again..give Bush another $70b for war.

Christ, I swear to Buddha, the Dem’s are closet Rethugs. From the Reuters:

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping legislation to keep the government operating through September 2008 and handed President George W. Bush a victory by including additional Iraq war funds without conditions for ending the combat.

By a vote of 76-17, the Senate approved the $556 billion fiscal 2008 spending bill.

Only 17 elected reps’s voted against this bullshit. Simply fucking amazing. They represent who? It sure as hell isn’t the average American voter. The House could approve this bullshit as early as Wednesday. Probably so they can take an early Christmas recess.

This money could keep Bush’s war humming merrily along until the summer. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said “we’re comfortable” with the $70 billion, as long as the rest is provided later.

I bet you are bitch..this just really chafes my butt. Keep voting for those Democrats..they really support the voice of the people.

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The true cost of BushCo’s Wars..

It is with great regret I announce to you what might possibly be the true cost of George W. Bush’s two wars my dear reader. It probably won’t surprise you, but it will jack your jaw just a tad I think. According to the Democrats and The Washington Post..the total cost for both wars, at this point, is somewhere around..

$1.5 Trillion

So, did it freak you out? How this figure was arrived at might be a question you are pondering..I know I did. Well, according to the report, this ungodly number was arrived at by adding in higher oil prices,the costs of treating the wounded and disabled, lost productivity from those injured, potential future expansions in the size of the military made necessary by the war, the costs of repair and refit for military equipment, increases in recruitment and retention costs for the military, and economic disruptions created by the deployment of the Reserves and last but certainly not least.. interest payments on the money borrowed to pay for the wars.

I have always been angry about the fact that we must borrow money to pay for Bush’s wars, I have never been quiet about that. To me its a huge travesty, if not an outright crime to finance these gigantic boondoggles in this way. To actually quote from the Executive Summary of the report:

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