From: "Mark" 

I think that the Columbia Journalism Review is not exactly the best
barometer of accuracy, or perhaps lack of bias, especially as it relates to
reporting on or about Republicans. See:
http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2005/01/woody_allen_rev.php

So I'd take their hubris and position with a grain of salt. That said, I
think you've heard many conservatives complain about too much spending by
Bush in general. I hope that the porkbusters
http://www.truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters.php initiative is successful (I
recall that I called for the highway bill to be brought back and re-cast
without the pork while Katrina was still raging).

I doubt many Senators on either side will be willing to act responsibly,
but they may have to if the pressure gets turned up on the spending fools.


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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>I thought a Republican Administration was supposed to use its business
> acumen to provide responsible spending?  These guys can't begin to
> tell you what they are spending.   Please Hecke, please Jeckel, tell
> me again about Republican fiscal conservatism?
>
> http://www.cjrdaily.org/archives/001846.asp
> The Pentagon has no accurate knowledge of the cost of military
> operations in Iraq, Afghanistan or the fight against terrorism,
> limiting Congress's ability to oversee spending, the Government
> Accountability Office concluded in a report released yesterday."
>
> It's almost hard to believe, but with the Pentagon budget ballooning
> more than six-fold in the past three years -- from $11 billion in 2002
> to a projected $71 billion in 2005 -- "neither DOD nor Congress can
> reliably know how much the war is costing and details of how
> appropriated funds are being spent," according to the GAO's report.
>
>

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