“Haliburton has nothing to do with under funding vet’s health care. There has been less and less going to the VA Health care for 20 years or more -during the time when it was a Democratic President – during the time when it was a Democratic President and a Congress that was a majority Democrats for 40 years. So the under funding is nothing new.
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First, as to Halliburton – just because they steal money out of one pocket does not mean it has no affect how much money we have to spend out of the other.

As to your ‘blame it on the Democrats’ by ‘revising’ history approach:

Since 1981:

1981-83………Reagan (GOP)
1983-85………Reagan (GOP)
1985-87………Reagan (GOP)
1987-89………Reagan (GOP)
1989-91………Bush I (GOP)
1991-93………Bush I (GOP)
1993-95………Clinton (Dems)
1995-97………Clinton (Dems)
1997-99………Clinton (Dems)
1999-01………Clinton (Dems)
2001-03………Bush II (GOP)
2003-05………Bush II (GOP)
2005-07………Bush II (GOP)
2007- ……….Bush II (GOP)

During this same time the Senate has been held by the GOP for a greater amount of time than it was held by the Democrats.

During this same time the House has been held by Democrats for only a bit over 4 years more than the GOP – not much of an advantage.

http://www4.gvsu.edu/dendulkk/pls304/party_in_govt.htm

While you are ranting about the liberal govmint not supporting our troops, try to remember who was at the wheel during this time.

And as for current funding of veterans programs, maybe you should be asking your ranking GOP member of the Veterans Affairs Committee.

Oh, that’s right, that spot is temporarily vacant because he intends to resign (at least last we heard.) http://veterans.senate.gov/public/

Now prove that goods and services that were paid for were not delivered. And I do mean empirical proof from a reliable source, not some far left rag.

The pork projects you speak about do indeed cross party lines, but my point is what is defined as “pork” is subjective in many instances, but is generally defined as unnecessary spending. For example you probably thought the bridge to nowhere would have been a great idea, I on the other thought different.

However, when our government pays millions and billions of dollars under contract for certain goods and services to be provided to our soldiers in Iraq and they are not received that is fraud and theft.

Boy tats you sure showed us all. You provide no facts, no numbers I guess we are all to just take you at your word which has been proven to be less than gunuine you asshat.

We get it Tats, you hate Republicans and they are all bad and wasteful according to you.

Funny thing is what you are complaining about is EXACTLY what the democRats and the leftist liberals are guilty of!! Everyone KNOWS which party is the tax and spend party and reknown for their wasteful social programs.

I suggest you go find out more about government waste before you go off the handle too far.
I would also guess being the financial watchdog you are you will be posting your thoughts about how many Democrats give pork projects to their firends businesses? i mean you are a watchdog right and party does not matter?

I take it some liberal has had some extra money to get some lefty’s to post as I am seeing more post from wacky lefty liberals.

Than agin looking at Charles posts maybe it is some liberal school’s project to get much minded students to go out and post on conservative blogs?

I agree pork politics exist in both parties, but this is outright stealing, unlike a debate about the merits of an individual project (like the bridge to nowhere). What angers me is the lack of willpower to investigate and prosecute these companies and individuals who are supposed to be providing vital material to our troops.

What is amusing though is the Republican’s holier then thou attitude in regards to morality, the military and wasteful spending. In the last 7 years the GOP has shown by their own actions that talk is very cheap.

If you are truely worried about folks who steal from the government, then how do you feel about tons of democRat pork spending and the horrible waste of funds at the schools?

What I have pointed out tats is that you are nothing more than a leftist whiner who will point at thing that you think you can blame Republicans for but give a free pass to the stealing democrats every time.

You are nothing more than jst another mis-informed liberal who only knows what they are told by the left’s machine.

To claim that Haliburton is the cause is just plain assinine. It’s also assinine to claim we don’t care about theft just because we point out Haliburton has nothing to do with the under funding.

If thinking a company ripped off American tax-payers for 1.5 billion during a war is Anti-American, I have to wonder what your definition of Pro-American is.

So just who would have you used smartass? There will always be those who profit from a war, but they still hold no light to those in our local government who waste MUCH, MUCH more than 1.5 Billion.

I believe there has been more waste at the K-12 education system in just oe year than will be wasted for the whole war! Then how much in extra taxes are paid so our govenment employee’s can have union representation?

The war will prove to be a drop in the bucket for waste compared to what democrats try to waste on pork projects year after year.

Tats i would guess you will be posting about democRat wasteful spending if you truely are concerned about wasteful spending? My guess would be not! You are just another whining liberal spitting out old talking points of the Anti-American left.

War profiteers smell like greed and piss to me.

As for Halliburton… put down the talking points. Slowly… yes, that’s it… you can do it… now wipe the drool from your mouth… and take shower, you smell like piss.

If Halliburton would give back the billions they stole from our country, we probably could have a stellar healthcare system for our vets.

If you are “as conservative as they come” on marriage…what’s your position on Gay Marriage, huh? You throw stones at Coleman about his marriage…and you claim to be Mrs. Conservative on that issue.

Pony-up your answer.

This is one vet (of many) who think the Democrats are whacked out of their minds, and Franken is one of the crazier ones.

I’m not suggesting that we behave likewise. I’m suggesting only that if you read Franken’s writings while mentally out of focus, you may get the sense that vigilantism is a noble goal. But if you read his writings while mentally in focus and weigh each point carefully, it’s clear that if he gets his way, we will soon be engulfed in a Dark Age of incendiarism and indescribable horror.

That’s why I’m telling you that those of us who are too lazy or disinterested to address the legitimate anger, fear, and alienation of people who have been mobilized by Franken because they saw no other options for change have no right to complain when he and his spokesmen muster enough force to engage in the trafficking of human beings.

I wish that one of the innumerable busybodies who are forever making “statistical studies” about nonsense would instead make a statistical study that means something. For example, I’d like to see a statistical study of Franken’s capacity to learn the obvious. Also worthwhile would be a statistical study of how many irrational blowhards realize that someone once said to me, “I leave open the question of the extent to which this discussion could be applied to rash cadgers.” This phrase struck me so forcefully that I have often used it since.

Regardless of the theoretical beauty of the notion that the issues surrounding feudalism are more complex and embedded than Franken will admit, there is the opposing fact that I have a hard time trying to reason with people who remain calm when they see Franken deface a social fabric that was already deteriorating. He is known for publishing what is easily identifiable as opinion under the guise of fact, pure and simple.

If anything, I wouldn’t want to promote group-think attitudes over individual insights. I would, on the other hand, love to embark on a new path towards change. But, hey, I’m already doing that with this letter. While I don’t question Franken’s motives, and I certainly understand the frustrations of his fans, my cause is to present a noble vision of who we were, who we are, and who we can potentially be.

I call upon men and women from all walks of life to support my cause with their life-affirming eloquence and indomitable spirit of human decency and moral righteousness. Only then will the world realize that any rational argument must acknowledge this.

Franken’s nerdy philippics, naturally, do not.