our own kids don't have insurance

the lives of people on the gulf coast STILL have not gone back to 'normal' (and most likely never will). our schools need help. our elderly need help. our veterans need help. our troops need better equipment. there are far too many homeless in this country (and on and on and on) yet king george wants FIFTY BILLION MORE TO FUCK UP IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN and goddess only knows where else?

do NOT roll over and give it to him. you spineless congressional pieces of steamin' shite. DON'T DO IT. bring our troops home NOW. start proceedings. bring that man and his court to justice for crimes against humanity.

Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War
Planned Request Signals Confidence That Congress Won't Prevail on Pullout


By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer
President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional calls for a rapid drawdown of U.S. forces.
The request -- which would come on top of about $460 billion in the fiscal 2008 defense budget and $147 billion in a pending supplemental bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- is expected to be announced after congressional hearings scheduled for mid-September featuring the two top U.S. officials in Iraq. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker will assess the state of the war and the effect of the new strategy the U.S. military has pursued this year. The request is being prepared now in the belief that Congress will be unlikely to balk so soon after hearing the two officials argue that there are promising developments in Iraq but that they need more time to solidify the progress they have made, a congressional aide said............