Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

As you know I have been against the war from the beginning and have advocated getting out as soon as possible. However, I feel angry about the bill the Democrats just passed through the House. The bill would continue to fund the war as Bush requested but added artificial deadlines that supposedly obligate the troops be pulled out by certain days depending if any progresses are made in Iraq. I understand that if you don't fund the war, you will be accused of not supporting the troops. But by funding the war more soldiers will die and it would not make a difference in the war on terrorism. If Bush does not veto and follows the timetable, the Republicans can say that the failure was due to the constraint the Democrats placed on the generals. In fact that is what they are saying about this bill right now.

The other thing I am angry about this bill is that in order to get it passed, Pelosi allowed attachments to the bill that are not related to the war at all. Most of these are porks that would have no merit of being passed on their own. Among them were spinach, shrimp and peanut subsidies. The Democrats had promised reform when they took over Congress. They had promised to make it transparent about who would give their votes for pork. They have broke these promises by putting these spending attachments to this bill and not revealing which Congressmen were behind them. It is unconscienable that in this crisis of war the politicians put their interests ahead of those of the nation. It just goes to show you, you can't trust either party.