The Mycon
24-10-2004, 20:26
Currently the top commercial at http://www.georgewbush.com/.
This ad, while technically correct, claims In an increasingly dangerous world, even after the first terrorist attack on America, John Kerry and the liberals in Congress voted to slash America's intelligence operations. By $6 billion. Cuts so deep, they would have weakened America's defenses. And weakness attracts those who are waiting to do America harm.
They refer specifically to the 1993 attacks. Furthermore while six billion could make a difference in the war on terror itself, this particular cut was really cancelling an unspent slush fund (http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2108598&)- reclaiming money that was lost due to bureaucratic brain farts.
In the early-to-mid '90s, the National Reconnaissance Office—the branch of the U.S. intelligence community that controls spy satellites—had come under investigation for serious financial malfeasance. The probe found vast waste, extravagance, and hoarding. In one instance, the NRO canceled the launching of a highly expensive spy satellite, didn't tell Congress (or any federal agency) about it, and kept the money.
So, Congress voted to cut the budget—not to curtail intelligence operations, but simply to retrieve money that was never spent. As I put it at the time, "[I]t's as if Kerry had once filed for a personal tax refund—and Bush accused him of raiding the Treasury."
Granted, I could claim that James Traficant (R-OH) suggested a $60 Billion cut to the FBI & CIA after 9/11 (That's ten times as much, mind you), I seriously hope that the whole world has learned by now that budget advice from Ohio Republicans is the last thing you should listen to.
Cute little parody here (http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003338.html#more).
This ad, while technically correct, claims In an increasingly dangerous world, even after the first terrorist attack on America, John Kerry and the liberals in Congress voted to slash America's intelligence operations. By $6 billion. Cuts so deep, they would have weakened America's defenses. And weakness attracts those who are waiting to do America harm.
They refer specifically to the 1993 attacks. Furthermore while six billion could make a difference in the war on terror itself, this particular cut was really cancelling an unspent slush fund (http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2108598&)- reclaiming money that was lost due to bureaucratic brain farts.
In the early-to-mid '90s, the National Reconnaissance Office—the branch of the U.S. intelligence community that controls spy satellites—had come under investigation for serious financial malfeasance. The probe found vast waste, extravagance, and hoarding. In one instance, the NRO canceled the launching of a highly expensive spy satellite, didn't tell Congress (or any federal agency) about it, and kept the money.
So, Congress voted to cut the budget—not to curtail intelligence operations, but simply to retrieve money that was never spent. As I put it at the time, "[I]t's as if Kerry had once filed for a personal tax refund—and Bush accused him of raiding the Treasury."
Granted, I could claim that James Traficant (R-OH) suggested a $60 Billion cut to the FBI & CIA after 9/11 (That's ten times as much, mind you), I seriously hope that the whole world has learned by now that budget advice from Ohio Republicans is the last thing you should listen to.
Cute little parody here (http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003338.html#more).