McCain doesn’t support the troops

time Posted May 1, 2006 * Comments(0)

Today’s a busy day, but I couldn’t let this go unnoticed:

The U.S. Senate — including Arizona Republicans Jon Kyl and John McCain — Wednesday voted to divert some Iraq war spending to border security…Most Democrats opposed the measure, citing worries the fund move could decrease money for U.S. troops and body armor in Iraq.

So, for McCain, the choice is clear: pay for our troops to fight the war he so vigorously supports, or help Congressional Republicans grandstand. For McCain, the choice is simple - responsibility doesn’t play well with the racist Republican base.

When our troops don’t have the equipment they need to do the job Bush, McCain, and others send them to do, you can blame Republican demagogues like McCain.

Filed under: Iraq, Campaign Trail

McCain Preparing for War In Iran?

time Posted January 22, 2006 * Comments(1)

Senator John McCain is talking up the threat of Iran while continuing to support the war in Iraq. From NewsMax:

Sen. John McCain said Sunday that Iran’s bid for nuclear weapons is the most serious foreign policy crisis since the end of the Cold War.

“A nuclear capability in Iran is unacceptable,” he told “Fox News Sunday.”

If he was truly serious about Iran as a threat, he would support the removal of American troops from Iraq. How can we force Iran to give up nuclear weapons if our troops are committed elsewhere. Additionally, where is the evidence for this nuclear buildup. The Iranians have said they are pursuing nukes, but how far are they from getting what they need? Can we really trust a republican to tell the truth about wartime intelligence?

Filed under: Iraq, Iran

I Need Some Posts To Test

time Posted January 12, 2006 * Comments(0)

Hmmm. I might need a few test posts around here. I suppose I could borrow some content…

In a move sure to enrage Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, Washington DC has quietly passed a comprehensive domestic partnership ordinance. SF Bay Times reports:

The Domestic Partnership Equality Act of 2005 grants registered D.C. domestic partners an impressive range of benefits and obligations. The law grants full inheritance rights to registered partners and their children, prevents partners from being compelled to testify against one another in court, ensures the right to make medical decisions for each, and grants legal standing to sue in wrongful death cases.

The measure is also unusual in that it allows opposite-sex couples of any age, as well as blood relatives, to enter a domestic partnership.

The statute also adds several “marriage-like” obligations to domestic partnerships. Both partners are responsible for alimony and child support should the partnership dissolve. Each partner is also responsible debts the other has accrued under home mortgages and property holdings.

Fairness, equality, compassion. Sounds like an ordinance Brownback will hate. As I have mentioned in the past, he is the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the District. In other words, he holds the purse strings to the District’s budget. You better believe he will wield this like a cudgel. Nothing like equality to bring out the bigoted monster Brownback.

Strong words? Yes. I support equal rights, and I cannot understand people who believe discrimination should be allowed. Brownback is motivated by his religious fervor. I’m sure he will also soon start a crusade against shellfish consumption:

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. (Leviticus 11:10-12)

Come on Sam. “Shellfish Sucks (and that’s bad) 2008″ It has presidential campaign slogan written all over it.

Filed under: Iraq

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