Editorial: Bush-speak - To all the faithful, joyful and triumphant

[Kadie]

Editorial: Bush-speak
To all the faithful, joyful and triumphant

Published 2:15 am PST Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Visions of sugar plums must dance through his head. President Bush was masterful in presenting a glittery world of fantasy at his Monday press conference.

He said he will "provide every tool and resource for our military." Yet troops are scrounging scrap metal in landfills for armor. The Iraq effort remains plagued by insufficient troops for the post-invasion period. The military is even calling up 70-year-olds to keep the ranks filled. He seems to believe Iraqi resistance will one day miraculously disappear or that existing U.S. forces can carry on indefinitely without relief.

Bush said he will "maintain strict discipline in the spending of tax dollars." Yet under Bush, the United States has had the highest deficits in American history. He's also racking up record-high national debt. The higher the debt, the higher the interest payments. In 2004, interest payments on the debt were the third largest item in the federal budget. His borrow-and-spend profligacy is crowding out other national priorities.

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http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/11831984p-12719890c.html

[leftchick]

1. Thanks for posting this Kadie...

I had spotted it earlier today on google and meant to get to it. Then Mosul happened. :(

[Chipper Chat]

2. Sing this to the tune of "O Come All Ye Faithful"

O Come all Ye Fun-dies
Joyful and triumphant
O Come Ye O Come Ye to Jee- ee-zus land!
Fear not increasing debt,
Liberate Iraq - no sweat!
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore HIM,
O come let us adore Hih-imm!
Bu-ush Our Lord.

[indepat]

3. The only national priorities are what one man says are national

priorities.