According to the Washington Post, "Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) threatened yesterday to strip Democrats of the power to filibuster if they block the vote on Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr."
Frist, who is still being investigated by the SEC for possible insider trading, keeps getting upset about everything. Members of the Democratic Party have not mentioned a filibuster. Frist, a doctor who thought he could diagnose Teri Schiavo on a video tape, is now trying to be a bully. What is Frist worried about? His party is in control of the three branches of the federal government (and they're doing a great job increasing the deficit!).
If your college bound son or daughter needs a loan, they probably won't be able to get it. In order to save the tax cuts for the wealthy, Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15) and other Republicans in the House, cut $14 billion dollars from aid for college students. Remember this when you go to vote!
***************
The President gave another speech that tried to promote his war in Iraq. As the expression goes, it was the same old same old. Sorry, I did not buy it. It doesn't matter how many times he repeats it, I still do not believe him. My points are: 1. We had NO business invading Iraq because there were NO WMD's. 2.The Iraqis want us out. 3.Too many of our young have died and are now being shipped home as airplane freight. 4. We are not safer here for going to war in Iraq. 5. If our military and this administration had concentrated on Afghanistan instead of turning our attention to Iraq, we'd have Osama by now.
When CNN interviews military personnel in Iraq, they usually interview people with rank. Most U.S. regular military personnel see that there are no plans for this fight and no plans for our exit. Our young people are in a quagmire----a war without plans or end. http://icasualties.org/oif/
