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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:31 PM
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OMG!! Have a look at these GOP pics from 1999 about SS/Budget
Edited on Sat Jan-08-05 04:33 PM by kuozzman
Some quality stuff here folks! Make sure to read the captions.
Alternative captions welcome too!

http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2950/preserver/tmp/PLS/129.237/223.157-413740019/ukwl/apukwl_CONGRESS_SPEND_0069M.jpg
Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., at microphone, along with fellow Republican House members, meets reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday Oct. 28, 1999 after the House pushed the last and biggest spending bill of the year. Front row, from left are, Rep. Tillie Fowler, R-Fla., House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill., House Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas, Watts, and Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla. (AP Photo/Kamenko Pajic)

http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2950/preserver/tmp/PLS/129.237/223.157-413740019/ukwl/apukwl_BUDGET_SURPLUS_004T3.jpg
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., right, holds a poster which reads "Republicans Have Ended the Raid on Social Security" during a press conference outlining the leaders' plans for dealing with the U.S. budget surplus on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999. From left are House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Khue Bui)

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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., plays with a safe Wednesday March 10,1999 in Washington. The GOP announced a plan to lock away all of the Social Security Trust Fund surplus for seniors. In background are Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. The safe was a prop used for a photo opportunity by the group. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000. Gore stated in his speech that he wants to pay down the national debt in 12 years to eliminate interest payments that form the government's third largest program behind Social Security and defense. Gore said "proserity itself will be on the ballot" on election day. (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

Al was dead frickin serious!

http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2950/preserver/tmp/PLS/129.237/223.157-413740019/ukwl/apukwl_GOP_BUDGET_PRO_0004X.jpg
Rep. Gil Gutknecht R-Minn. talks on the GOP Budget Proposal during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday March 15, 2000, after an opening comment by Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Ok., left. The Republican proposal divides the surplus in essentially three ways: one-third to secure Social Security and Medicare, one-third to pay down debt and one-third back to taxpayers. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan ponders a question while testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday March 3, 1999 before a House Commerce subcommittee hearing on Social Security. Greenspan expressed concerns about a Clinton administration proposal to invest a significant portion of the Social Security Trust Fund in equities. (AP Photo/Khue Bui)

http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2950/preserver/tmp/PLS/129.237/223.157-413740019/ukwl/apukwl_COHEN_BUDGET_P_003Z0.jpg
Sweet pie dude! lol

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc., takes a piece of his "Budget Pie" during a Capitol Hill news conference where he brought the 11-foot pie to discuss spending priorities. On Monday, the President sent Congress a $1.77 trillion spending plan, beginning a new century with record budget surpluses that he would use to shore up Social Security and showers billions in new spending on initiatives from child care to the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Tyler Mallory)

http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2950/preserver/tmp/PLS/129.237/223.157-413740019/ukwl/apukwl_BUSH_CABINET_0063W.jpg
Take a good look America! The United States will never be the same. We're going to destroy it!
President Bush is seen with his cabinet in the Oval Office in Washington in this April 9, 2001 photo. First row, from left, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Top row from left, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman, Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels, and Chief of Staff Andrew Card. (AP Photo/White House, Paul Morse)

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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:33 PM
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1. Great quotes ....
but the pics arent displaying ....
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:34 PM
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2. I get red Xs
But the captions are enough
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:35 PM
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3. God Dammit! How do I get pics to work. They worked the first time
I clicked on the thread??
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:36 PM
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5. You need to come up with your own photo posting site.
Edited on Sat Jan-08-05 04:36 PM by RC
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:37 PM
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7. they worked for you because your browser cached them
the rest of us are out in the breeze until you can upload them to an image server somewhere...someone here will know of one...i think there is one called photobucket...

theProdigal
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:42 PM
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10. photodump.com is a site I was sent to. nt
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:35 PM
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4. Apparently KU doesn't want their pictures linked to.
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:36 PM
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6. Keep those handy.
They'll be very useful.

(Pictures have not displayed for me, either.)
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:37 PM
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8. Yes, the quotes are great, but you've got to see the charts/props
the Rethugs have on display in these pics. They're hilarious!
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:40 PM
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9. Kansas University encrypted page.
When I right clicked the first picture box, it led me to your sign in page.
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kuozzman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:50 PM
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11. I'll put them on my website and post the link
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mhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 04:53 PM
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12. Great Quotes Would Like To See The Photos
These need to be sent to Kucinich and others as the fight for SS begins.
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