Today CNN covered a story about the Sec. of Homeland Security questioning the cost to implement the new state driver’s licenses under the Real ID Act that was signed into law May 11, 2005 and which has yet to be implemented. This is an essential element to know the identify people in the U.S. There could not be anything more basic to fight terrorism in the United States. To show just how faulty the judgment of the Bush administration is first over two years after Bush signed it into l...

I can not count the number of times that Bloggers on Joeuser use this response, “it is just Bush Bashing” to articles I have posted. It is a lame excuse and attempt to divert attention from the factual outcomes that result from the policies we are following. I looked back over some of the hundreds of Blogs I have posted on this site. Almost ALL were all predicated on either a news story (stories) or factual information in a report from an agency of the government or a legitimate r...

Another day and yet another story of how badly the Bush Administration has managed the war in Iraq. Bush complains how Iran and Syria are supplying the weapons that are being used to kill our troops in Iraq. Well the GAO has found that 190,000 AK-47 Assault rifles and pistols that were given to the Iraqi Security Forces can not be accounted for and some of these weapons are most likely being used by insurgents to kill American Troops. A prior report admitted there were 14,000 unaccounted...

On Meet the Press today they reviewed a VERY reveling national poll. It looked at the top 13 issues faced by Americans. It looked at which party had an advantage in the eyes of the American people. Here are the results: Global Warming + 39% for Democrats Health + 36% for democrats Gas Prices + 35% for Democrats Reducing Taxes + 25% for Democrats Education + 22% f...

This morning the front page reports that in 2007 the Federal Highway Trust Fund, which is the source of the Federal Funding for road and bridge repair, is not collecting as much tax revenue as the amount required for the approved repairs. In addition the repairs that are needed are far greater then those that have been approved. The Philadelphia Inquirer story makes the comparison of the fiscal problems of the highway trust fund with the fiscal problems of Social Security. The proble...

We have wasted $44 Billion in Iraq to rebuild their infrastructure and do nothing to deal with identical problems in America. We spend $12 Billion each month on a lost cause in Iraq. Last month it was the steam line in New York. Let’s keep burying our heads in the sand!

The Democrats have been attempting to curtail the huge payments under the farm subsidy program and Bush has threatened to Veto that bill. Between 2003-2005 the GAO documented payments to wealthy farmers who do not need the subsidy, dead farmers and people who are not farmers but who receive farm subsidy payments from the U.S. taxpayers. 70% of the total farm subsidies are being paid to large farmers who have annual income as high as $2.5 Million dollars. The concept of this program wa...

The Sunni members of the Maliki government have pulled out of the government which means the Iraqi government is unable to function. This insures the inability of the Iraqi Government to resolve the issues that are the reason for the sectarian fighting. No matter what the military situation may be in September, the situation in Iraq is getting worse. Today there were four terrorist attacks in which 70 Iraqis were killed. So much for the Surge controlling the violence. At best the...

That is a question that Oxfam International’s report about Iraq helped answer. They had not issued a report on the conditions in Iraq since early 2003 because of the invasion and the fighting. This group is not political but examines the real conditions that face the Iraqi People. Under Saddam you could be killed just for disagreeing with him. Today you can be killed just by going out of you house to do the most basic function of living. The overall security situation today compare...

Stewart Bowen Jr. from GAO submitted the latest quarterly report to Congress on the progress to rebuild the infrastructure in Iraq. The U.S. has given Iraq $44 Billion dollars to help rebuild things like the oil production, water and electricity. The report, like earlier reports, is not good. The Iraqi Government continues to refuse to take responsibility for over 2000 reconstruction projects. A major electric generation plant at Dora that we rebuilt at a cost of tens of millions of doll...

CNN is reporting that PM Maliki has asked President Bush to replace the American Military Commander in Iraq. At issue are the deals that General Petraeus has been making with the Sunni Militias to obtain their support to fight al-Qaeda. Below is just one of many stories about this growing problem: PM Maliki Wants General Petraeus Out of Iraq Conservative Thoughts By Kathywms on Jul 27, 2007 in Nouri al-Maliki, Shia, WOT, General Petraeus, Sunni, Iraq General Petraeus must be doing...

Thursday the Director of the FBI Robert Mueller contradicted the sworn testimony of Attorney General Gonzales. Muller testified that the subject of the hospital meeting at the bedside of the ailing Attorney General Ashcroft was about the disagreement within the Justice Department of the Warrant less Surveillance program. Gonzales testified the subject of that meeting was NOT about the surveillance program. Someone in NOT telling the truth. It is a sad day for our country when we hav...

President Bush is out of Control. He is under the delusion that he has the power of the purse. For years the Farm Subsidy has strayed from the original intent which was to help the small farmers. The Democrats have made some badly needed changes and now Bush threatens another veto. Here are the changes to the new Farm Bill: Limit aid to farmers with annual incomes up to $1 Million Dollars. Bush and he GOP had allowed farm aid to farmers with incomes of up to $2.5 Million per year...

There is a very disturbing trend from the White House - VETO VETO VETO. President Bush has threatened to veto the Defense appropriations, the money our troops need, if it contains an added ½% pay increase for our military which the Democrats proposed. He has also said he will veto a Defense appropriations bill that contains any language to begin ending the Iraq war. Bush has threatened to veto the bill that would add over 3 million children under the health care plan known as SCH...

The problem with unsafe food coming into the United States is growing. Recently there has been a flurry of health alerts from tainted food much of which is coming from China. The Bush trade policy is more interested in boosting foreign imports then in the safety of the American consumer. For the past several years Bush has been CUTTING the funding for food inspections which has resulted in a reduction in the number of inspectors at a time when there is an increased level of imported...