if new highs continue at the present rate, the daily death toll in Iraq will climb to 32,000 perday by the year 2025. now ain't that something to reckon with. if it ain't the will of Gad what is it then?
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From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Whoopi! Didn't you know? We Won the War in Iraq
Shanker, Thom. 2006. "In Bill.s Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory." New York
Times (4 October).
"Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a
lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation.s capital .for
commemoration of success. in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the money was
not spent."
[So, then the celebration was premature.]
"Now Congressional Republicans are saying, in effect, maybe next year. A paragraph
written into spending legislation and approved by the Senate and House allows the $20
million to be rolled over into 2007."
[Do they really expect things to be better this year?]
"The original legislation empowered the president to designate .a day of celebration.
to commemorate the success of the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to .issue
a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe that day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities"..
[Maybe more people will use the occasion to protest the war.]
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com
Times (4 October).
"Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a
lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation.s capital .for
commemoration of success. in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the money was
not spent."
[So, then the celebration was premature.]
"Now Congressional Republicans are saying, in effect, maybe next year. A paragraph
written into spending legislation and approved by the Senate and House allows the $20
million to be rolled over into 2007."
[Do they really expect things to be better this year?]
"The original legislation empowered the president to designate .a day of celebration.
to commemorate the success of the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to .issue
a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe that day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities"..
[Maybe more people will use the occasion to protest the war.]
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com
