$450 million Republican slush fund

[kaygore]

From mosquito-blog

http://mosquito-blog.blogspot.com/index.html

Canada and the United States signed the Softwood Lumber agreement on Tuesday, Sept 13.

$450 million dollars is now in a White House Slush Fund. Money that really belongs to the Canadian people....or the American people.

Money that can be used to to illegally influence the 2006 elections. The agreement bypassed all the normal channels, including Congress so there is no oversight and no accountability for this money. Rove and Bush can set it up to spend it anyway they wish. Many in the Canadian parliament are already calling this the slush fund for stealing the 2006 US election.

This is more money that the Democratic National Committee has in its cofers....It is approximately equal to what the Republican National Committee has in their war chest.

So...why is everything so quiet out there. Obviously our Attorney General refuses to enforce any laws when it comes to the White House.

Where's the uproar?

http://www.correntewire.com/tags/softwood_lumber_agreement

http://www.correntewire.com/450_million_slush_fund_for_bush_from_canadian_lumber_deal_just_in_time_for_the_mid_terms#CA_slush_fund

Why haven't we heard more about this? Why aren't more people outraged by this?

[babylonsister]

1. Bookmarked. This is the first I've heard of this. Staggering if

that's what that money's going for.

[Fridays Child]

2. K&R. Please, people, read this and get the word out!

This needs to be exposed. It makes me so angry I feel ill.

[snowbear]

3. I still wonder where the missing 9 billion in Iraq went to..

And I have a feeling the GOP knows...

The story came out way back in January of 2005, and no one talks about it anymore..

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.audit/

"WASHINGTON (CNN)
Nearly $9 billion of money spent on Iraqi reconstruction is unaccounted for because of inefficiencies
and bad management, according to a watchdog report published Sunday."

[MattP]

4. What?

I heard they have 45 million to run on attack ads but nothing would suprise me.

[formercia]

5. Treason

Article I, Section 9, of the original Constitution:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

But then, Harper, Fox and Fearless Leader have probably already signed a secret treaty creating the Ameican Union, and we are just like the EU.

[formercia]

6. You can add this too.

Conspiring with members of a Foreign Power to overthrow the Constitution of the United States.

[formercia]

7. Perhaps he can order Congress

to fall on their collective swords in his honor.

[cassiepriam]

8. Takes a lot of money to run a dictatorship in America. :( nt

[OzarkDem]

9. Kick - this is important

[Catchawave]

10. Here's what the agreement

sez:

With respect to the disbursement of duty deposits, the Agreement requires that $450 million be disbursed to promote meritorious initiatives in the United States. Such initiatives include assistance for low income housing and disaster relief, assistance for timber-reliant communities, and assistance in the development of forest management practices to promote sustainable forestry.

From:http://www.tax-news.com/asp/story/story_open.asp?storyname=24849

We just have to make sure Team Bush understands this :evilgrin:

[kaygore]

11. There's no way "to watch" where the money goes

That is the problem. They "say" it's for Katrina....to shut folks up...but with no oversight and no accountability...it's as the debate in the Canadian parliament said: This creates a slush fund for the Bush whitehouse to use in the 20006 election. The Canadians made this point even with the Katrina pr wording in the contract they signed.

I hope that the senators and congress people from the region hit by Katrina are watching where the money goes!!!!