Call of Cthulhu

Venting spleen is a noble calling at Unelectable-Bush:

Sarcasm aside, can you believe the cajones on these guys? I mean the $87 billion supplemental for Iraq was scandalous enough. Then Bush submits a budget for Congress that does not allot a single red cent for Iraq because he doesn't want it used against him in the presidential campaign, choosing instead to delay the inevitable until after November. But here's the shocker:

The $87 billion approved back in September won't even last until November!!!

This was my reply to Chuck's justifiable rant:

Ok, so let me get this straight...

--Shrub steals $700 Million from the Afghan allocation so that he can plan his little war in Iraq way back in November 2001:

Bush began preparing for war with Iraq within weeks of the Sept. 11 attacks, was assured by CIA Director George Tenet that there was a "slam-dunk case" that Saddam possessed banned weapons, and spent $700 million on war preparations without Congress' knowledge.

--Shrub gets $87 Billion for war and reconstruction, and then starts stealing from the reconstruction fund:

So far, occupation officials have reassigned $184 million appropriated for drinking-water projects to fund the operations of the U.S. Embassy after the provisional authority is dissolved June 30. An additional $29 million from projects such as "democracy building" were reallocated to fund the U.S. development agency's administrative expenses.

--Shrub forgets to actually spend money on the soldiers who are fighting and dying in Iraq:

The military already has identified unmet funding needs, including initiatives aimed at providing equipment and weapons for troops in Iraq. The Army has publicly identified nearly $6 billion in funding requests that did not make Bush's $402 billion defense budget for 2005, including $132 million for bolt-on vehicle armor; $879 million for combat helmets, silk-weight underwear, boots and other clothing; $21.5 million for M249 squad automatic weapons; and $27 million for ammunition magazines, night sights and ammo packs. Also unfunded: $956 million for repairing desert-damaged equipment and $102 million to replace equipment lost in combat.

--Shrub also saves a few bucks by denying benefits to soldiers, veterans, and their families:

Ryan Kelley, who lost his left leg below the knee, makes about $20,000 a year as a staff sergeant. Once he leaves the army, he will receive about $8,000 a year in benefits.

The charity group "Feed the Children" organized food drives for children whose parents were fighting in Iraq. Between December 2002 and April 2003, the group "delivered 600,000 pounds of food and other necessities to more than 6,200 military families at 12 bases." In April, people "lined up for a half-hour near Fort Bragg to get free boxes of supplies and food, from cereal and spaghetti sauce to baby food and potato chips.

ShrubCo seems pretty determined to screw the people who defend our freedoms, and to do it in the most expensive way possible.

So tell me, why does Shrub hate our freedoms?