From: "Mark" 

I saw that John. I was commenting on the comments of CJR. My original post
stands on its own merits.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> The piece I quoted was from the Washington Post, excerpted in the CJR
> blog.  I can link to the original if you like.
>
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:25:42 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>>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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