John McCain first, Country second... American Presidency a journey of personal discovery ( Archived) (172)

I would think a true Republican would not want to use taxpayer money to bail out a private company, that doesn't sound very conservative to me

Including those who voted for the war, before they voted against the war????

Are we switching topics here???

Since you mentioned that useless war.... here are some pertinent facts that just never seem to get published. YOU can check them at the Department of Defense...



Did you know that 47 countries have re-established
their embassies in Iraq?

Did you know that the Iraqi government
currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?

Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,
364 schools are under rehabilitation,
263 new schools are now under construction
and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq ?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational
structure consists of 20 Universities,
46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers,
all currently operating?

Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed
for the United States in January 2005
for the re-established Fulbright program?

Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?
They have 5 -100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels
and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq 's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,
which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft
(under Iraqi operational control)
which operate day and night, and will soon add
16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?

Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist
unit and a Commando Battalion?

Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000
fully trained and equipped police officers?

Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq
that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100
building projects going on in Iraq ?
They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics,
15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations,
22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities
and 69 electrical facilities.

Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5
have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?

Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were
enrolled in primary school by mid October?

Did you know that there are 1,192,000
cell phone subscribers in Iraq
and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent
media that consists of 75 radio stations,
180 newspapers and 10 television stations?

Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange
opened in June of 2004?

Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi
presidential election had a televised debate recently?

OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW!

OUR LIBERAL MEDIA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW!

Well, see, I'm not one of those who blindly follows any party just cause they say so. I follow my sense of integrity first and vote in accordance to what I feel is right

Not switching topics. I was being fescious because I don't think anyone should bail out the business or the homeowner. Everyone should be responsible for their own mistakes, bailing them out will just breed more irresponsible people..

You know I really don't care about Iraq. All that money that went towards Iraq should of stayed in America and be used for Americans.

The cost for our involvement in Iraq is like 1 percent of our gross national product... FYI... What we are talking about here could amount to far more than that

HAve to sign off for awhile... It's been fun though