Commander AWOL and the G.I Bill - Memorial Day Special

[SpiralHawk]

An editorial from today's NY Times show how, as ever, the republicons prance around with Chinese-made flag-lapel pins claiming to be 'patriots,' while trashing our sons and daughters in uniform, and in particular our veterans.

Ptoooey on the chickenhawk republicon leadership, and their abuse of our sons and daughters in the military service.
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Mr. Bush and the G.I. Bill

President Bush opposes a new G.I. Bill of Rights. He worries that if the traditional path to college for service members since World War II is improved and expanded for the post-9/11 generation, too many people will take it.
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He is wrong, but at least he is consistent. Having saddled the military with a botched, unwinnable war, having squandered soldiers’ lives and failed them in so many ways, the commander in chief now resists giving the troops a chance at better futures out of uniform. He does this on the ground that the bill is too generous and may discourage re-enlistment, further weakening the military he has done so much to break.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/opinion/26mon1.html?th&emc=th

[SpiralHawk]

1. "So?" - Dickie 'Five Military Deferments' Cheney (R - of course)

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. He also said this weekend: He wouldn't mind asking Bill Clinton to sell his Free Trade

As his wife's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination dwindle, perhaps former president Bill Clinton still has a chance at a different White House role?

The current president suggested Friday that he might like to reach out to Bill Clinton for help in pitching trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea that are going nowhere in the Democratic Congress.

After all, Bush noted in remarks on the South Lawn, Clinton "worked hard to open up markets," an apparent reference to his predecessor pushing through the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

Later that day, Fox Business Network interviewer Neil Cavuto asked Bush about Clinton: "Would you ever invite him to say, 'Look, I'm having trouble pitching trade'?"

"Yes, I would," Bush replied.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/25/AR2008052502713_2.html?referrer=digg

The GI bill and his 'Free Trade Agreement', god I hate this Man.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Kick - for our Veterans

May the republicon homelander chickenhawks learn to treat them with respect.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Final kick for our veterans and our war dead

May CONGRESS override the roadblocks set up against our vets by Bush, Cheney, McSame and the other republicons.