Please read all of this and totally understand and process this into your brain!! Please read even my opinions also.
***BEFORE WE START ANYMORE BUSH VS. KERRY…IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE YOU BETTER HAVE SOME FACTS AND AN ACCURATE SOURCE FROM WHICH YOU ARE USING. I WANT WEBSITES WHERE YOU GOT THIS INFO. (Not websites that some random "joe shmoe" just made up either) I DON’T WANT WHAT YOU’VE "HEARD." FIND THE INFO FIRST! BACK IT UP THEN GIVE YOUR OPINION IF YOU WOULD LIKE LAST.***
**Reinstatement of Military Draft
*Issue: People accuse Bush of wanting to reinstate draft
*Truth: In actuality, Democrats have introduced all recent draft legislation, and no Republicans have supported it.
On October 5, 2004 a draft bill (HR 163), introduced by (D-NY) Rep. Charles B. Rangel was defeated 402-2, with Democratic Representatives John P. Murtha (Pennsylvania) and Pete Stark (California Democrat) supporting the measure.
A similar bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) in January 2003 is still in committee (Armed Forces Committee). However, Sen. Hollings states on his website (http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/index.html) that under current circumstances, even he would not support this bill.
DIANE’S POINT-That’s funny everyone is blaming Bush but it’s the DEMOCRATS THAT WANT TO REINSTATE THE DRAFT. HMM….
**Flag Burning
*Issue: Some believe Bush wants to restrict free speech by prohibiting the desecration of the US flag
*Truth: An amendment to The Constitution that would make it illegal to descreate the US flag has wide support from BOTH Democrats and Republicans
When a potential amendment was last considered in 2000, the amendment got 63 votes (Dems and Reps), four short of the 67 needed when all 100 senators are present. Based on statements and previous votes, both sides count 64 senators in support of the amendment this year. (Source: Kerry, Edwards and Daschle May Face Vote on Flag By Helen Dewar Monday, September 13, 2004; Page A19 )
Kerry and Edwards do not support the amendment
Quote from Kerry "I would not be pleased to see someone burning the flag because I love the flag, but the Constitution that I fought for preserves the right of free expression." (http://www.issues2000.org/Domestic/John_Kerry_Civil_Rights.htm)
DIANE’S POINT-Ok, I don’t get this at all. I don’t care how liberal a person is. Flag buring should be AGAINST the law. Didn’t it make you mad when you saw people burning the flag after 9-11?!?! If it didn’t there is something wrong with your pride for you country.
**Weapons of Mass Destruction
*Issue: Hussein destroyed all his WMD after the Gulf War
*Truth: Prior to the 2002 invasion of Iraq, Hans Blix stated there were significant numbers of WMD that Iraq HAD NOT been accounted for. Since the invasion, signs of WMD production have been found in Iraq, and remnants of WMD production have been found illegally scrapped in countries bordering Iraq.
In his address to the Security Council, Blix warned that a finding "of great significance" was that many proscribed weapons were "not accounted for." "One must not jump to the conclusion that they exist," he said. "However, that possibility is also not excluded. If they exist, they should be presented for destruction. If they do not exist, credible evidence to that effect should be presented." Blix also said Iraq must explain what happened to suspected stocks of anthrax, VX gas and long-range missiles. "The issues of anthrax, the nerve agent VX and long-range missiles [are] ... perhaps the most important problem we are facing. Iraq itself must squarely tackle this task and avoid belittling the questions," he said. (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/US/iraq030214.html)
*Biological Weapons
In mid-1995, Iraq admitted that it had weaponized BW agents, but claimed that the entire BW program had been in "obliterated" in 1991 and that all BW weapons had been destroyed and all bulk BW agents had been deactivated. The Commission found, however, that the evidence produced in support of this claim was not credible, and that Iraq "retained suitable growth media, BW facilities, production equipment, teams of expert personnel, and the essential technical knowledge" after 1991.
Iraq claimed that it unilaterally destroyed more than 7500 liters of the Botulinum toxin and 3412 liters of Bacillus anthracis spores in 1991; UNSCOM noted that there was not evidence to support quantities claimed to be destroyed. The report concludes "the Commission has no confidence that all bulk agents have been destroyed.
UNSCOM did find evidence of the destruction of some BW bombs at the site declared by Iraq, but found that the remnants account for less than one third of the bombs Iraq claims to have destroyed. In addition, UNSCOM found evidence of R-400A bombs carrying BW at an airfield where no BW weapons were declared.
Aerosol generates for BW Interview evidence suggests that there were 12 devices produced; none were destroyed by UNSCOM.
UNSCOM determined that there remained substantial bacterial growth media imported into Iraq which remains unaccounted for: 460 kg. of casien; 80 kg. of thioglocollate broth; 520 kg. of yeast extract; and 1100 kg of peptone. The report says that "the amounts that are 'missing' are significant, and would be sufficient to produce quantities of agent comparable to that already declared by Iraq."
*Chemical Weapons
After the Gulf War, Iraq claimed that it had 412.5 tons of CW agents remaining. Four hundred eleven tons were destroyed under UNSCOM supervision; 1.5 tons of the CW agent VX remain unaccounted for.
*Special Munitions
Special Munitions Iraq claimed that between 1982 and 1988, 100,000 munitions filled with CW agents were consumed or disposed of. UNSCOM found that this number could not be verified. Iraq claimed that there were 42,000 special munitions destroyed in the Gulf War. UNSCOM was unable to verify that number, and found that the destruction of 2,000 unfilled munitions remains uncertain, and 550 filled munitions remain unaccounted for.
Iraq claimed that it unilaterally destroyed 29,000 special munitions; UNSCOM found that of these, 100 filled munitions remain unaccounted for.
DIANE’S POINT- I don't know where you found something saying "Bush WAS planning a war." Bush probably had some plans if something happen. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want a president that doesn’t have at least plan about war against countries with WMD!!! Any country with WMD’s pose a threat to every country! Especially when that country HATES everything that America does!! Having a plan doesn’t mean that you are going to start a war! It’s just safer for the people of that country incase you ever have to go to war! The president needs to keep a close eye on a country with WMD’s. So no Bush isn’t psychic, but he is PREPARED.
**GAY’S IN BOY SCOUTS
DIANE’S POINT- BUSH ISN’T THE PERSON KEEPING GAYS OUT OF BOY SCOUTS!!!! The boy scouts is a private organization. They control that! That’s like a man wanting to join Curves. He can’t b/c its just for woman. They are a private organization. SORRY, BUT ANOTHER REASON "NOT TO VOTE FOR BUSH" THAT JUST WENT DOWN THE TOILET!
**TAXES
First of all, Wal-Mart gives all their employees, part time and full time, FULL BENEFITS!! I think thats pretty good! "Hey you are making minimum wage, but we are going to provide you with whatever you want b/c you are working here trying to make a living!!!!"
*Welfare!!! Let’s go take a drive through one of the SEVEN projects Alton has. How many people are on welfare and how many of them actually have a job where they are trying to support their family?!?! "I can’t get out of the projects and provide the things my family really need, but yet I spend all the money I make on EXPENSIVE NAME BRAND clothes for my kids and me!!!" Yeah, I want to go to work and bust my ass, so at the end of the day I can support those LASY ASSES by giving them money to buy that shit!!!!
**CUTS
YOU’RE SO WORRIED ABOUT TAX CUTS AND WHO PAYS MORE. WELL LETS TAKE A LOOK HERE…"According to the Kerrys' own tax records, and they haven't released all of them, the couple had a combined income of $6.8 million in income last year and paid $725,000 in income taxes. That means they're effective tax rate was a whopping 12.8%. Under the current tax system, the middle class pays far more than the Kerry tax rate of 12.8%. In fact, the average federal tax rate, combined payroll and income tax for a middle-class family is closer to 20% or more. George W. and Laura Bush, who had an income one-tenth of the Kerrys, paid a tax rate of 30%," and he's Kerry talking about how Bush is the guy skimming away not paying taxes, he's part of "the rich" and we've got to get him to pay more. (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/101104/content/eib_correction.guest.html)
*********80% of the federal income taxes are paid by the top 20% of the income earners*********(http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_081304/content/only_the_rich_pay_taxes.guest.html)
"If you give a tax cut to people in the bottom 20%, you're not going to stimulate anything. They're not paying any taxes anyway."
"People with the bottom fifth of income, for example, averaging earnings of $16,000 a year saw their effective tax rate drop to 5.2% from 6.7%. Yet because lower and many middle-income families have been paying very little federal income tax in the first place, those in that bottom fifth of earnings received an average tax cut of only $250." So? They're not paying any taxes! They're paying a very small portion of the federal income tax burden in the first place!"
"The tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 reduced tax rates for people in all income brackets but they had a disproportionate effect on people at the very highest levels because they had already been paying a disproportionate share of total federal taxes and in part because stock dividends get a special lower rate."
DIANE’S POINT- Who do you think provides this country with jobs??? Your family with jobs??? The rich that make "butt-tons" of money!!!! At least they do for my family. How do you think I am right here in Texas and being taken care of by bro-in-law? B/c Chris is working for SBC, a rich company!!! That pays taxes to people barely paying anything!
*** GO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE. I COULD POST FACTS FROM IT ALL DAY! GO READ IT AND FOLLOW WHAT IS BEING SAID. ***
So there, this is the response to Laura’s post. I think I pretty much "ROCKED YOU KERRY VOTER’S WORLD!" Sorry it took so long but there it is!!!
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