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That's nothing new - actually it goes back to the 60s.

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
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I was actually despondent that this may not be a case of media bias but rather some pretty accurate analyis.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. - Frank Zappa

... I specifically said, "Then there is this story from the Wall Street Journal Opinion page from right before the 2006 election." in my blog post.

Now that you have demonstrated your inability to read, or that you do not care what I actually wrote, how about trying to be constructive.

I am growing tired of knee jerk temper tantrums.

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

"Crapola" is a dig at Rolling Stone, not at you. If Bill Jefferson is the only Dem congressman worth mentioning in a "10 Worst" list, that is ipso facto crapola.

Now, if you will kindly point me to the "WSJ 2006" reference in your diary...

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. - Frank Zappa

Yea, the name is not a "possessive" though as a reflection "my world" it can be I suppose. The name is actually one I was tagged with as a 5 year old child and it stuck with me through my teen years. I just thought I would use it here.

I apologize for the miss understanding on your intent in your response. I got snippy over it and I do apologize.

As far as the 2006 WSJ reference, here it is:
The Minority Maker: The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November.

Normally, I am not so sloppy as to not provide a link. I will do better in the future.

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

I was using two tabs and working on two separate posts. One post about Don Young, and the other about Jerry Lewis. I have been confused posting on one post and the other. My 2006 reference was in the Jerry Lewis posting.

I was just getting ready to elaborate and was looking it up, and noticed I was responding to one post while I was on the page for the other post.

Please allow me to humbly get my responses back on the same page. I did not make a 2006 reference in the Don Young post and for that you are correct.

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural nor possessive. Welcome to my World.")

...he's good enough for me.

I understand the confusion. No big deal.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. - Frank Zappa

I have chosen to stay away from the presidential debate. I fully intend to vote for McCain, but any discussion I become involved in will only bring back my problems with him. So, I have chosen to look at our Congressional situation. That is how I intend to be involved.

Now, as far as your assertion that "Don Young has not been charged with ANYTHING", I never said he was charged with anything. Did you even read my post? My post was specific to his pork barrel ways. That was the only subject I addressed. Is there a reason why you wanted to change the subject of my post?

You addressed, "Ketchikan Bridge" and how you were not going to defend it. That is fine, and I can see why it gets tiresome.

However, let me ask you a direct question. I ask that you specifically address this subject. Do you feel that members of Congress who are the worst offenders of "Pork Barrel Spending and Earmarks" should be confronted for their irresponsible waste of taxpayer money? This includes John Murtha. Are you willing to defend John Murtha's earmarks and pork? I am not. I think he is corrupt for it.

However, and here is the catch, and I ask you not to dodge this point. Have you ever heard the phrase, "remove the plank from your own eye before you try to remove the speck from my eye"? In other words, how can we criticize Democrat pork spending if we are not willing to clean up our own house?

I would like to know why Don Young should be given a free pass with this issue?

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

barring earmarks. I would gladly support House and Senate rules banning earmarks. That said, the Republicans taking such a stance will be right in there with wetting your pants while wearing a dark suit; it'll give you a warm feeling, but nobody will notice. Such a stance is only meaningful and productive if we are in the majority, which we aren't likely to be for a long time. Imposing such a ban on ourselves while leaving the Ds free rein just elects more Ds who can "bring home the bacon" when a Republican won't. People like pork!
As long as it's their pork anyway.

Either give none of them a "free pass" or give none of them a free pass. My state has simply been singled out because of our small population, remote location, and lifestyle that pencil necked geeks and office working squishes on the East Coast don't understand or approve of. I'd be happy to refuse federal funds to the State so long as I could refuse the federal programs that went with them and so long as the other states did. BTW, we'd be one Helluva lot better off than most states. We'd especially be better off if we could deal in our own way with the huge, relatively, dependent class that exists here because of federal social services programs and federal Indian programs, to which we have to contribute vast sums as well.

There was a reason the Confederate States put a plain language ban of federal (Provisional Government) spending for "internal improvements to the States" in their Constitution. Worked out real well for them, didn't it?

In Vino Veritas

Give none of them a free pass or give all of them a free pass.

In Vino Veritas

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

I have a post up on Jerry Lewis today too. I intend to give none of them a free pass. I will be posting on others as well. I will also repeat coverage on Don Young as well as the others too. I am not concerned about Alaska or any other state. I am concerned with why Republicans in Congress have p**ped all over the Republican brand and put us in this bad electoral situation.

I genuinely believe that Republicans on Appropriations and those of similar kinsman ship are perfect examples of what is wrong. It needs to be fixed.

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

Unless and until the Republicans can run and get elected to a majority on a no earmarks, no pork platform or something like the Contract barring same, all of this is a meaningless gesture except for its self destructive effect on Republican officeholders who can't "bring home the bacon."

In Vino Veritas

I do not believe that it is pointless nor is it in itself destructive.

I am not a McCain fan, but I fully understand the necessity to support him and help him, including financially. If he does not win, the consequences will be disastrous to our nation. He will have my unwavering support for that reason. I also believe he will be good on judges.

Even with that being said, Sen. McCain will be drawing a far larger portion of his support from moderates and independent voters. Those voters will have a higher likelihood of supporting candidates on the Democrat side of the ballot, at least from a percentage basis. The conservative base voters will vote for all Republicans on the ballot percentage wise too, but there is a higher than normal likelihood of them not showing up to vote this year. I do not say that from a nefarious perspective. I say that purely from a realistic perspective.

Right now, the Republican brand is damaged badly in the eyes of the American voters. There is a reason for that happening. Have you noticed what the Democrats have done in the last three special elections that we lost in normally secure Republican districts? They have run conservative candidates. What does that tell you?

This tells me conservatism works every time it is tried. The party is not the issue. As long as we have Republicans who are acting corrupt, or trying to be more liberal than the Democrats, we are going to lose.

We also have had a plethora of posts here about John Murtha and David Obey and there pork barrel earmarking.

Now I ask you, what is wrong with this picture? I will tell you. We have Republicans who are worst pork barrel spenders and are very corrupt. Now either we can say it is okay, and grow silent about John Murtha, or we can do something about it. That include not keeping silent and giving tacit approval of what they are doing.

You may opt for silence and "tacit approval in the eyes of the voter", but I think that will only provide more reason for them to not want to vote for Republicans. The voter needs to know we are going to clean this up now, and not promise it after the election. They have heard enough promises and they do not believe them anymore. Remember how we didn't believe the promises about securing the border during the immigration debate? They still don't believe promises anymore. They are done waiting.

We act now or we die even worse in November. You choose your path of action. I have chosen mine. I am working on cleaning it up now, not later.

No More Promises To Take Care of It Later - Voters Don't Believe US Anymore!

Wubbies World, MSgt, USAF (Retired):
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("My name is 'Wubbies' - it is not plural. Welcome to my world.")

...the Confederate States put a plain language ban of federal (Provisional Government) spending for "internal improvements to the States" in their Constitution.

(my emphasis)

I would go crazy in love to support such a measure!!!!!

to call people out, per se. I said it was self-destructive for Republicans to commit to a no pork, no earmarks agenda while in the minority; you just leave the Ds free to pork to their hearts' content and saddle us with candidates and officeholders who can't/won't "deliver" for their districts. That is simply suicidal. If we can run on such a platform, and get elected to a majority on it, then we know that we have the will of the People behind us. Right now, it appears that the will of the People is to have pork - as long as it isn't in Alaska.

The salient fact of Alaska political life is that we have to get along with our avaricious, left-wing friends in Seattle and San Francisco. The shipping and fishing industries have never taken well to having lost Alaska as their private playground upon Statehood. Those manly men on "The Deadliest Catch" aren't from Alaska, though there are lots of Alaskans in the fishery, they're from Seattle. The Jones Act makes the World safe for monopoly, unionized shippers to control everything that moves in or out of Alaska (and Hawaii), and makes it travel on a grossly uncompetitive American bottom. Back in the Day, all the SEA and SFO magnates had to do was buy or bribe some federal bureaucrat and they had a dispensation to rape Alaska (and Hawaii) at will. They still try, and often succeed, but at least we have some recourse these days. That said, we often have to help them get what they want or they use their power to do stuff to us. Any Alaska Congresscritter is going to have to do a certain amount of "go along, get along" with the Left Coast, which ain't exactly conductive to being a FisCon. As I've pointed out before, all the Hell-raising about the Knik Arm Bridge didn't have a damned thing to do with the money; it was about the fact that it would make Anchorage a very competitive container port to the Left Coast Democrat/union/mafia ports. Can't have that, can we?

In Vino Veritas