You know for someone that's supposed to be so intelligent you should learn how to spell. The word is "phony" not foney. No what "is" important is exactly what was in my reply. NO ONE cares if "you think" GW is a "phony" or whether or not you think his service was a joke. OR what "you" perceive to be the truth.

ehh, i agree somewhat, i mean i personally have other things to deal with than what bush did years ago, taxes,etc...

ehh, ..... personally have other things to deal with than what bush did years ago, taxes,etc...

I do believe that dubya is truly a phony and a lying pile of crap. But, I agree with this statement, too. Our bigger problem is the other stuff we have to deal with today. Iraq, environment, clean air and water, health care, federal budget deficit, and those horrificly self-serving tax cuts. Tax cuts during wartime. What a scam. And, let's not forget that the billions we're spending on this Iraq fiasco, which those dummies promised the American people would be paid for with Iraq oil revenues, is now being borrowed from our children. And, our childrens' children.

Yeah, our bigger problem is today, now, and the immediate future. I cannot understand how you bushie lovers cannot see this. Taking Saddam out is costing thousands of lives, tens of thousands of maimed people, destruction of entire cities, and billions of dollars yet to be printed. I just don't get you guys. You all must have your collective heads up your collective ........ yeah that. Democracy was never the intent when they invaded Iraq. But, finding no other reasons, they are selling it to you like an old car. Lies and bullshit. And, you guys are buying it. Unbelievable.

His day in court will come. Of that, I am sure.

Zincadoodle, go back and read the 2003 State of the Union address sometime. You will see that, while WMD was a part of it, so was freeing Iraq, Hussein's support for terrorism, and the broken ceasefire agreement.

Personally, I wish Prs. Bush had have made the ceasefire agreement the centerpiece and didn't make Hussein or Bin Laden poster children to rally against...

But that's just me. ;~D

I agree that the issues of today are far more important. That is why I researched the Bush policies and their impact on the issues that face America in 2005. That is where Bush shows that his solution to almost every major issue is not working. The fiscal policy and our growing debt. The lack of border security and his immigration policy. Funding Social Security and Medicare. Paying for Medicade and the Bush prescription drug bebefit (there is not one cent to begin paying for that plan that starts in 6 months). Our security and the rift between America and so many other countries in the world. The political atmosphere that has gotten worse over the past 4 plus years. The secrecy of this administration. The lack of funding for the Bush, "No Child Left Behind Act". He underfunded that by over 25 Billion dollars since it became law. The impact on our military and its ability to attract enough new members. There is almost no major issue that the Bush policy has found answers that solve or improve problems that face us today.

Yet, our economy is doing so well that it is actually absorbing $60 a barrel oil. Consumer confidence is so high that (even with the gas prices) there are more people travelling over this holiday than Thanksgiving or Christmas (a first!).

I'll agree with you that No Child Left Behind is not a good idea (although to me it's a jurisdiction issue more than a fiscal one), and the borders issue does need to be handled better.

However, if we could judge Kerry by his senate record there was no way I was voting for him. The very fact that he refused to run on it speaks volumes. It was simple, he had to go back to Vietname because that was ALL he had.

It was fun hearing the left finally saying that Vietnam was service to the US though. ;~D

Yet, our economy is doing so well that it is actually absorbing $60 a barrel oil.

Wow! Talk about spinning the oil price issue...............

51 by zinkadoodle Monday, July 04, 2005 Yet, our economy is doing so well that it is actually absorbing $60 a barrel oil. Wow! Talk about spinning the oil price issue...............

#49 by COL Gene Monday, July 04, 2005 I agree that the issues of today are far more important. That is why I researched the Bush policies and their impact on the issues that face America in 2005. That is where Bush shows that his solution to almost every major issue is not working. The fiscal policy and our growing debt.

Well spin this

From The Washington Post, headline is linked. More bad news for the folks that wish that the economy in the U.S. was tanking.... Buried in the Business section of the paper, rather than front page news, but still at least reported. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link>Economic Growth, Tax Receipts Combine to Reduce Deficit By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 2, 2005; Page D01 An unanticipated surge of tax payments may push the 2005 federal budget deficit as much as $100 billion below official forecasts, leaving Republicans to claim vindication in their theory that lowering tax rates actually boosts tax receipts. In addition, this week the Commerce Department reported a solid economic growth rate of 3.8 percent for the first three months of 2005, an improvement on the earlier 3.5 percent estimate and more ammunition for Republican boasts that their tax cuts are the cause of this performance. "Sustained, strong . . . growth confirms that our policies continue to boost the economy and tax revenues," said Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa), chairman of the House Budget Committee. But senior budget analysts, including the Republican who heads the Congressional Budget Office, cautioned this week that higher tax revenues may be a one-time phenomenon that in no way addresses the nation's grave deficit challenge. Much of the increase could stem from temporary factors, said CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Bush White House economist. The major corporate tax cut of 2004 provided a one-year "tax holiday" for multinational corporations to bring home overseas profits at a reduced tax rate, and companies may be responding aggressively. Also, a large tax break for business investment ended Dec. 31, effectively raising some corporate tax rates this year, Holtz-Eakin said. Finally, strong stock market gains last year, coupled with lingering jitters from the market swoon of 2000, may have produced strong executive bonuses and a rush to cash in stocks and stock options, other economists said. "I find it difficult to get as excited about this as some people" are, Holtz-Eakin said. For longtime champions of supply-side economic theory, the excitement is palpable. Since the political rise of Ronald Reagan, such conservative economists have contended that cuts in income tax rates and in taxes on investment income would generate economic growth that would in turn produce more revenue, possibly enough to pay for the tax cuts. The theory was popularized by economist Arthur Laffer and his Laffer curve. The government's take this tax season validates that theory, conservatives say. On a single day, June 15, the Treasury took in a record $61 billion. Through June 30, three-quarters of the way through the fiscal year, receipts indicate the Treasury will reap $80 billion to $100 billion more in taxes than the CBO predicted in January. Individual tax payments have risen 21 percent beyond their level at this time last year. Corporate tax receipts are 48 percent ahead. Despite slightly higher-than-expected spending, the federal deficit could come in at $325 billion to $350 billion, significantly better than the White House's $427 billion projection or the CBO's $400 billion forecast. Some Wall Street economists say the deficit could be as low as $300 billion. "The numbers are an eye-popping vindication of the Laffer curve and the Bush tax cut's real economic value," anti-tax activist Stephen Moore wrote in the Wall Street Journal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... more at linked article Take the time, read the article, or see similar news in the WSJ (Wall Street Journal). There are still those that don't believe the news, and can't put the results in line with their own economic theories. The Robin Hoods in the left so badly want to be able to say that reducing taxes doesn't spur economic growth and lead to increases in government revenues. They want their Robin Hood ways of taxing wealth to be the only way to genuinely be the only way to bring in revenue, but time and again, their theories are proven wrong. Cutting tax rates does spur growth, and does lead to huge growth in the economy across the board. Too bad that these people can't enjoy the growth, as they fret that the growth is uneven, and not shared by those in the lower levels. Rather than seeing the reductions in the unemployment rate, they rant and rave that the reductions are temporary, or are from temporary jobs with low or no benefits. Yup, in their dreams at least.

In spite of a projected decrease in the deficit, Bush is doing so badly I'm willing to bet he doesn't get re-elected in 2008.

The fiscal issues such as the Budget deficit, the size of the national debt and the trade deficit will strangle this country. The economy is growing but when you look at the debt and the fact that there is no plan to ever balance the budget and paydown the debt will be a disaster in the future. The unfunded issues of SS, Medicare, Medicade, Prescription drug plan, the pension system added to the current annual deficit are problems Bush has made worse and we will be paying for his CHARGE and SPEND administration for decades! He will be looked upon as the worst president since Hoover!

Bush in 2008... for another great 4 years done by a mans man, not some whimp from the left.

he fiscal issues such as the Budget deficit, the size of the national debt and the trade deficit will strangle this country.

--I keep hearing national debt,blah,blah,blah.....We will never get out of the F**king debt...no matter who we have in office...

The unfunded issues of SS, Medicare, Medicade, Prescription drug plan, the pension system added to the current annual deficit are problems Bush has made worse and we will be paying for his CHARGE and SPEND administration for decades! He will be looked upon as the worst president since Hoover!

--hmmm, funny enough, i am on medicare (i believe its medicare...) and the prescription plan...and i know others...they seem to be fine....another thing...we have always been paying...we will always be paying...why?...because the usa does not produce enough to balance everything...we always have, always will...Hoover, no way, he was just misunderstood...,actually i think there was a worse one since then, Nixon...worst canidate for the republicans in history...should've seen he was a paranoid maniac...(not that there is anything bad about that at times... )

In 2000 we had a balanced Budget. Bush has changed that with his tax cuts and spending. We have an annual deficit in 2005 of between 650-675 Billion. The total national debt went from 5.6 Trillion when Bush took office to 8 Trillion today heading toward 10 Trillion. The interest payment will go as high as $500 Billion per year. The interest when Bush took office was 330 billion per year.

When the Medicare trust fund is depleted, the issue will be how will the Fed can pay our Medicare bills? Things are fine today. In a few years the s*hit will hit the fan because Bush went from a balanced budget to a $650 Plus billion dollar annual deicit!

Col, you exaggerate everything. The economy is growing at record paces, but yet you still focus on one thing. We know there is a deficit, we will eventually get out of it. It's time for you to get over it.

First, we will not get to a balanced budget under Bush. He expects to have over a 200 billion deficit in 2008. He can not repay the debt and lower the interest if we do not balance the budget. In fact we must not only balance the budget but develop a surplus and use it to begin paying down the debt. The size of the SS funding needs, the size of the Medicare and Medicade funding issue, the trade deficit and the federal deficit are each very large. Together they are a MAJOR problem that I have NOT overtsated!!!!!!!!

First, we will not get to a balanced budget under Bush. He expects to have over a 200 billion deficit in 2008. He can not repay the debt and lower the interest if we do not balance the budget. In fact we must not only balance the budget but develop a surplus and use it to begin paying down the debt. The size of the SS funding needs, the size of the Medicare and Medicade funding issue, the trade deficit and the federal deficit are each very large. Together they are a MAJOR problem that I have NOT overtsated!!!!!!!!

It is overstated col. We have had debts before, and we will get out of them like before. The economy is growing at records paces, but you won't know that because you never respond to the posts about good news.