No Deficit of Courage

[charrison]

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To the credit of key leaders, Congress stayed within budget limits and met key priorities. While the appropriations bills are not perfect, they honor the goals President Bush set last February: Overall discretionary spending in Fiscal 2005 will rise only 4%, the same as the average increase in American family income. The budget also provides substantial increases in funding for essential defense and homeland security needs.

Just as the president proposed, discretionary spending for nonsecurity programs will rise only about 1%, which is half the rate of inflation and the lowest rate of growth since the Republicans first took control of Congress in the mid-1990s.

...

Does the success in passing disciplined spending bills this year mean that we can stop worrying about deficits? Definitely not. The deficit remains too large. But a stronger economy has created greater-than-expected tax revenues that have helped bring down the 2004 federal budget deficit from an earlier estimate of $521 billion, or 4.5% of gross domestic product, to $413 billion, or 3.6%. And if we can extend the budget progress made this week while sustaining pro-growth economic policies, we will remain ahead of pace to accomplish the president's goal of cutting the Federal budget deficit in half within five years. That would bring the deficit well below its 40-year historical average of 2.3% of GDP. Importantly, the Congress is showing that it can achieve this goal without resorting to tax increases, which would harm our economy.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: charrison
Topic Summary: Congress and the president are getting spending under control.

Ahahahaha, thanks for the Joke of the day.

 

[Jhhnn]

And just what would one expect Mr Bolten to say, after all?

It's like claiming a pedophile is making progress, molesting children six days a week, rather than seven...

 

[Stunt]

Typically when spending is decreased, the lower class suffers the most.

To completely rid the US of its deficit situation, taxes are needed as this will distribute the costs accross all citizens rather than the users of the social programs as well as putting strain on the workers at these organizations.

Deficit reduction is a good thing none the less. Hope it works 🙂

 

[Engineer]

I saw the 1% spending increase being discussed on CNN a few days ago. They mentioned that this was the frist war in history that there was not a CUT in discressionary spending. WW2 was mentioned to have a 24% cut in discressionary spending.

So "under control" is subjective.

Besides, it's the entitlements and military spending that's killing the deficit numbers, although every little bit helps.

 

[Perknose]

You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

*snickers*

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant.

I do believe I've posted about spending control and what was promised by Grassley. This certainly doesn't go against that so far. Lets hope the rest of our critters actually step up to the plate instead of just whining about spending all of a sudden. Yes, that means you on the left who have now suddenly found the "defidit" and "fiscal responsibility". I hope you all understand that by advocating such things you will cutting funds for your pet social project.

*shrug*

Well, good for you - atleast you have come around and caught up to the rest of us.🙂 Just don't fall off the wagon when your pet project is on the blocks...

CsG

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

 

[SuperTool]

They increased spending so much over the first four years, it's getting hard to keep up the pace 🙂

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Actually I got tired of every bit of news that got posted that was remotely positive got crapped on by fcktards like yourself.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Ah yes, perknose the all-knowing :roll: 😛

Perknose - you are the LIAR. You do not know why they ceased and it's laughable that you claim you know why I stopped posting such things. I stopped for the exact reasons I stated. People like you who plop flaming turds in the threads. The ones denying the reality of the situation are you Bush-haters. There is good news coming out of Iraq and the economic front despite the media and you Bush-hater's attempts to claim otherwise.

Keep it up Perk - you aren't doing yourself any favors by posting these absurd tirades.

CsG

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
The ones denying the reality of the situation are you Bush-haters. There is good news coming out of Iraq ...

:shocked::roll::shocked:

I rest my case.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
The ones denying the reality of the situation are you Bush-haters. There is good news coming out of Iraq ...

:shocked::roll::shocked:

I rest my case.

Forget it Perk, these guys have had Bush Lobotomy's a looooong time ago.

 

[Steeplerot]

Have you ever for a moment CaD ever even wondered WHY so many people are so-called "bush-haters" (or whatever catchphrase the gop is using this week?)
You seem as far in denial about bush as the man himself.

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Actually I got tired of every bit of news that got posted that was remotely positive got crapped on by fcktards like yourself.

Why aren't you in Irak? You believe in this mission, don't you?

perknose is right and the fvcktard is you, shut the fvck up you idiot, you talk a lot for a coward.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Have you ever for a moment CaD ever even wondered WHY so many people are so-called "bush-haters" (or whatever catchphrase the gop is using this week?)
You seem as far in denial about bush as the man himself.

With 49% of the Country voting against him the FLL's are taking that as 49% of the Country as being delusional fools. I agree, we're all fools together.

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Ah yes, perknose the all-knowing :roll: 😛

Perknose - you are the LIAR. You do not know why they ceased and it's laughable that you claim you know why I stopped posting such things. I stopped for the exact reasons I stated. People like you who plop flaming turds in the threads. The ones denying the reality of the situation are you Bush-haters. There is good news coming out of Iraq and the economic front despite the media and you Bush-hater's attempts to claim otherwise.

Keep it up Perk - you aren't doing yourself any favors by posting these absurd tirades.

CsG

Don't come to a halt, Charrison would be inspecting your colon if you did.

What you do not get is that Iraq is a FVCKING MESS and if you write the reports in the prettiest pink it will still be a FVCKING MESS.

I find your efforts so extremely pathetic.

 

[miketheidiot]

this isn't good news its just sugar-coated bad news.

Overall discretionary spending in Fiscal 2005 will rise only 4%, the same as the average increase in American family income.

You must be delusional to believe that that family spending will increase 4%

discretionary spending for nonsecurity programs will rise only about 1%, which is half the rate of inflation and the lowest rate of growth since the Republicans first took control of Congress in the mid-1990s.

I'd rather have 'non-security" programs increasing than for the military-industrial complex to get more handouts.

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Klixxer

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Actually I got tired of every bit of news that got posted that was remotely positive got crapped on by fcktards like yourself.

Why aren't you in Irak? You believe in this mission, don't you?

perknose is right and the fvcktard is you, shut the fvck up you idiot, you talk a lot for a coward.

The work I do currently supports the military. If my country called me for military service I would gladly go.

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Klixxer

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Actually I got tired of every bit of news that got posted that was remotely positive got crapped on by fcktards like yourself.

Why aren't you in Irak? You believe in this mission, don't you?

perknose is right and the fvcktard is you, shut the fvck up you idiot, you talk a lot for a coward.

The work I do currently supports the military. If my country called me for military service I would gladly go.

Nice cop out, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, remember.

That is why i am in Afghanistan and you are sitting at home sucking your thumb, hoping the turrurists won't get to you and repeating the BS party line.

In the old times the king was the first to ride into battle, do you think Iraq would have happened if cocaine Georgie would be the first to go in?

Honestly, the leader of the free world is a pathetic coke user who skipped military service to sniff the white?

How extremely pathetic is that?

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: Klixxer

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Klixxer

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Perknose
You're the Good News guy, charrison, and I respect you personally, but, geez.

Months ago you were posting all those GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ items along with CAD -- stuff something like "electricity production up 20% in Anwar province" or "candy bar disbursement by troops soars 17% in Mosul". Haven't heard too much along these lines from you in months. Why might that be? 😉

Now, you're turning to this blissfully untethered to reality, spend happy Republican administration.

Same fairy tale, different subject. And no one's really living happily ever after here. 🙁:|

And you still reserve the right to crap on any good news. What a bleak world you must live in.

Made bleak by the Shrub's ill considered war and wasteful, unconsiconable fiscal poliicies. You're pollyanna posing and all the whitewash in the world can't paper this over, but keep on whistling past the graveyard.

As for CAD's big LIE, "The reason posts like that were stopped because trolls did nothing but plop their flaming turds in them and divert into some rage filled anti-Bush rant." :roll:

The goddamned reason you and charrison stopped posting that GOOD NEW FROM IRAQ crapola is that is that your blind, shameless, endlessly Bush apologist asses were so OWNED by the reality on the ground that you couldn't, and didn't.

Saying anything else is a goddamned LIE, and you know it, but will apparently NEVER have the grace or integrity to admit it.

Even when caught red handed with your own bullsh1t, you STILL try to spin it and shuck it and do your jive little dance of denial.

Shameless.

Blind and shameless. :|

Actually I got tired of every bit of news that got posted that was remotely positive got crapped on by fcktards like yourself.

Why aren't you in Irak? You believe in this mission, don't you?

perknose is right and the fvcktard is you, shut the fvck up you idiot, you talk a lot for a coward.

The work I do currently supports the military. If my country called me for military service I would gladly go.

Nice cop out, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, remember.

That is why i am in Afghanistan and you are sitting at home sucking your thumb, hoping the turrurists won't get to you and repeating the BS party line.

In the old times the king was the first to ride into battle, do you think Iraq would have happened if cocaine Georgie would be the first to go in?

Honestly, the leader of the free world is a pathetic coke user who skipped military service to sniff the white?

How extremely pathetic is that?

I can quit and you can stop getting your bullets. Sound like a deal?

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
The ones denying the reality of the situation are you Bush-haters. There is good news coming out of Iraq ...

:shocked::roll::shocked:

I rest my case.

As do I. You and yours won't even admit that there is good coming from Iraq then claim those that do see the truth are "blind"

<-shakes head in disbelief that people are so blinded by their hate they refuse to see any good.

CsG

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Klixxer
Nice cop out, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country, remember.

That is why i am in Afghanistan and you are sitting at home sucking your thumb, hoping the turrurists won't get to you and repeating the BS party line.

In the old times the king was the first to ride into battle, do you think Iraq would have happened if cocaine Georgie would be the first to go in?

Honestly, the leader of the free world is a pathetic coke user who skipped military service to sniff the white?

How extremely pathetic is that?

I can quit and you can stop getting your bullets. Sound like a deal?

*laughs*

charrison, a good post as always. Kudos for not rising to the bait and getting personal like people seem to be itching to do to you. Those of you who don't know much about charrison personally really oughta clamp your mouths shut. Definitely one of the most stand-up guys we've got on these forums. :beer: