[Peace-discuss] What "antiwar" Dems should have said but didn't]

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Dave,

Agreed.

I don't know if anyone noticed, but Dennis Kucinich became, 
symbolically, co-sponsor #218 on
Ron Paul's HR1207 which is a bill to bring transparency to the Federal 
Reserve Bank.

What we feed GROWS.   What we starve DIES.

It's not about Left, and Right.  It's about Wrong and Right.

Wayne J.

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>
> I heard / saw Dennis Kucinich's speech on Democracy Now this morning about
> this vote.
> Almost identical to Ron Paul's.
>
> Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich continue to be the true representatives of the
> American people.
>
> I know Maxine Waters and Woosley (sp. ) on the Dem side stuck to their
> principles, who were the other Republicans with Ron Paul ?
>
> Jan Schowkowsky ( sp. ) from Chicago is a HUGE disappointment, and what a
> lame excuse she gave " I needed to support my president " !
>
> Well, I don't see the president supporting the will of the American people
> on ; the ending of the war, NAFTA repeal, Single Payer Health Care, or many
> other issues.
>
> All Obama has been doing is supporting the corporate agenda of ; greed,
> endless war, and an expansion of government secrecy and repression.
>
> If he ( Obama ) doesn't support us, why in the HELL should we support him !
>
> David J.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C. G. Estabrook"<galliher at illinois.edu>
> To: "Peace-discuss"<peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:23 AM
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] What "antiwar" Dems should have said but didn't
>
>
> >  Ron Paul on the War Funding Bill
> >
> >  [On June 15, Rep. Ron Paul gave the following speech in opposition to the
> >  Democrats’ new $106 Billion war funding bill, after it was sent back to
> >  the House from the conference committee. (The bill passed Tuesday
> >  evening.)]
> >
> >  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this conference report on the
> >  War Supplemental Appropriations. I wonder what happened to all of my
> >  colleagues who said they were opposed to the ongoing wars in Iraq and
> >  Afghanistan. I wonder what happened to my colleagues who voted with me as
> >  I opposed every war supplemental request under the previous
> >  administration. It seems, with very few exceptions, they have changed
> >  their position on the war now that the White House has changed hands. I
> >  find this troubling. As I have said while opposing previous war funding
> >  requests, a vote to fund the war is a vote in favor of the war. Congress
> >  exercises its constitutional prerogatives through the power of the purse.
> >
> >  This conference report, being a Washington-style compromise, reflects one
> >  thing Congress agrees on: spending money we do not have. So this
> >  “compromise” bill spends 15 percent more than the president requested,
> >  which is $9 billion more than in the original House bill and $14.6 billion
> >  more than the original Senate version. Included in this final version — in
> >  addition to the $106 billion to continue the wars in Afghanistan and
> >  Iraq — is a $108 billion loan guarantee to the International Monetary
> >  Fund, allowing that destructive organization to continue spending taxpayer
> >  money to prop up corrupt elites and promote harmful economic policies
> >  overseas.
> >
> >  As Americans struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great
> >  Depression, this emergency supplemental appropriations bill sends billions
> >  of dollars overseas as foreign aid. Included in this appropriation is $660
> >  million for Gaza, $555 million for Israel, $310 million for Egypt, $300
> >  million for Jordan, and $420 million for Mexico. Some $889 million will be
> >  sent to the United Nations for “peacekeeping” missions. Almost one billion
> >  dollars will be sent overseas to address the global financial crisis
> >  outside our borders and nearly $8 billion will be spent to address a
> >  “potential pandemic flu.”
> >
> >  Mr. Speaker, I continue to believe that the best way to support our troops
> >  is to bring them home from Iraq and Afghanistan. If one looks at the
> >  original authorization for the use of force in Afghanistan, it is clear
> >  that the ongoing and expanding nation-building mission there has nothing
> >  to do with our goal of capturing and bringing to justice those who
> >  attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. Our continued presence
> >  in Iraq and Afghanistan does not make us safer at home, but in fact it
> >  undermines our national security. I urge my colleagues to defeat this
> >  reckless conference report.
> >
> >  http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/06/16/ron-paul-on-the-war-funding-bill/
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