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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:41 AM Original message |
White House warns 100,000 jobs rely on Iraq bill passage |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. so bush is holding these people hostage? nice |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "smirk, smirk, smirk" - Commander AWOL |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here's an idea. Let's lay-off blackwater instead. They earn 6 times more, so |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Not if Gangster Cheney can help it |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Bingo. Close bilgewater. Isn't it unconstitutional anyway |
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miles 2 go (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. I say....Enjoy your time off then. |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well boo hoo hoo. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. see! that's how they work - bully, bribe, blackmail, threaten, murder |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. Let's call it what it is... |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Blackmail" is such an ugly word -- I prefer "extortion". The "X" makes it sound cool. |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. they can draw unemployment payments. |
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parkerll (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. Layoffs? |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Slow down there, partner |
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parkerll (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. .. |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Thanks, gotcha |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. whoa |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Democrats will cave in 5...4...3...2.... NT |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. so, Mr. President, sign the bill that was passed. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. No problem here, it will cut our ballooning defence spending... |
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rockybelt (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. SSDD nt |
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humus (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. greener money |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Competent Presidential Administrations do not need to start wars to create jobs. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah the 100,000 mercenaries, "contractors," and oilmen currently in Iraq. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. sadly, no... He will be furloughing the rank & file... the people |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Exactly |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Then.. when things fall apart because they weren't there to keep |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Right you are |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yes, that and anyone who has refused to do their bidding... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. We will economically murder 100,000 workers and |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wow. I didn't think they were supposed to say stuff like that out loud. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. So -- at last some honesty. War is about jobs and money and economics. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. "which Bush threatened to veto Saturday before its terms were known" |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. That was then. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Odd, he didn't give a rat's behind about the hundreds of thousands |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. So What! 100,00 Mercenaries out of Work - Good! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. ? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. If I remember |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. sadly, he's not talking about the mercenaries |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. Now is this the upwardly revised numbers for publication that will be later downwardly revised? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It's down from the pentagons 200,000 estimate |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. Support our troops.... er, or support the contractors. Who gave the GOP the most? nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. And how many lives will be |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Another warning from the White House? |
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