D-Congressman: Soldiers Killed in Iraq for Bush's Amusement
Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 05:35PM D-Calif Pete Stark, a self-described "Unitarian who does not believe in a Supreme Being", angry that his party has no power with their so-called mandate to lose the war in Iraq, lashed out against Bush Thursday on the floor of the Congress for their failure to override Bush's veto of the SCHIP.
First of all, I’m just amazed that they can’t figure out… Republicans are worried that we can’t pay for insuring an additional 10 million children. They sure don’t care about finding 200 billion dollars to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where you gonna get that money? You gonna tell us lies? Like you’re telling us today? Is that how you’re gonna fund the war?
You don’t have money to fund the war or children, but you’re gonna spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President’s amusement.
This bill would provide health care for 10 million children and unlike the President’s own kids, these children can’t see a doctor or get necessary care.
President Bush’s statements about children’s health shouldn’t be taken any more seriously than his lies about the war in Iraq. The truth is that Bush just likes to blow things up in Iraq, in the United States and in the Congress.
The Congressional Speaker issued a brief rebuke:
"Members are reminded not to refer to the President in any personal way."
R-TX Kevin Brady took to the floor next and condemned the comments as "despicable" and "beneath contempt". "It is bad enough we’re playing politics with the war, now we’re playing politics with our kids."
Stark's "apology" was a call for Republicans to apologize for not changing their votes on the SCHIP:
“I have nothing but respect for our brave men and women in uniform and wish them the very best. But I respect neither the Commander-in-Chief who keeps them in harms way nor the chickenhawks in Congress who vote to deny children health care.
“Our uninsured children in America are fighting cancer, cystic fibrosis and other diseases that take their lives. Leader Boehner’s vote against overriding the President’s veto dishonors not only these children and their parents, but also the thousands of courageous men and women who President Bush and Republicans in Congress have kept in harms way. These brave men and women are in Iraq to protect our children – as should Republicans in Congress. Leader Boehner and his Republican colleagues should apologize for their votes and join us to provide health care to 10 million children.”
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What he said was incredibly inappropriate, but I don't see why you have to bring his religious beliefs into this. This has nothing to do with Unitarians or athiests, it's just one crazy person expressing his own somewhat over-the-top beliefs.
I thought pointing out that the Congressman is a godless Californian provided a lot of context to the story.
what a jackass.
is bryan trying to say that a person's actions have nothing to do with their beliefs? that's tasking pluralism off the cliff of insanity, isn't it? but then, that's political correctness in a nutshell, eh?
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"I thought pointing out that the Congressman is a godless Californian provided a lot of context to the story."
Well, it really said all your ditto heads needed to hear. If someone doesn't love they baby Jesus, they gotta be evil!
If someone doesn't love they baby Jesus, they gotta be evil!
Oh, dear! I think that GOF is seeing Christianist theocrats under every bed again.
grumpy, do you believe personal opinions are shaped by religious beliefs? As an athiest, don't you concede that your lack of belief in God supports your ideology and morality?
There's no question that people's views are influenced by their religious beliefs, but this isn't an issue of views, it's an issue of how those views were expressed. I'm an agnostic, and I'm completely against the war in Iraq, but what this person said nevertheless disgusted me.
Well, atheism supports Dawkins and Hitchens view that all religion is equally corrupt and evil. I'm not sure that Starks views are the same from a Unitarian perpsective.
That said, the expression of his views were built upon lies themselves. Certainly it was an insult to our military. Certainly he should simultaneously condemn Hillary Clinton as well who voted for the war based upon the same intel the President received and which she wholeheartedly supported at the time by public statements.
This guy is no moron. He is playing a poker hand of hate cards.
Ace = American Imperialism
King = evil Bush
Queen = health care for children, republicans don't care mantra
Jack = military hatred
Ten = republians lied, people died mantra
He stated this intentionally to evoke a reaction among the faithful hateful from MoveOn.org to DailyKomrades who do not support our military anyway. And obviously to his constituents back home.
He is a buffoon however in not understanding that Independents such as myself see thru this garbage for what it is. And that the Democrat led Congress is weak, lost and hemoraghing in the polls at all time lows precisely because of this type of emotional demgoguery.
Demonizing the President is one thing and recognized for the low banter of political debate these days by the far left nutroots, void of any valuable discussion. Bringing the military into the picture however puts itself into a new hatefest mentality that has been building up by such organs from Soros funded projects.
Daily Kos, Code Pink, MoveOn, Media Matters, far left media nutters as Olberman, Matthews, MSNBC, CNN outlets revel in the demonizing of what was once considered normal leadership during a time of war.
They have become unhinged, losing the battle to Petraeus, to our President, the ugly truth fomenting beneath their coven tent, like a witches brew in a cauldron of hate, spews forth its curses aiming wildly in false accusations and misinformation. Propaganda demonising any who dare question socialization of healhcare. Again, they curse their own derth of ideas in defeat.
"As an athiest, don't you concede that your lack of belief in God supports your ideology and morality?"
No, my lack of belief just means that my ideology and morality is not shaped by religion.
By the way, you do know Hitchens is a huge supporter of the war, right?
I understood the opposite to be true, that Hitchens is against the war in Iraq. He just gave a speech condemning it. I'm totally unaware of his support of the war effort.
Incidentally, a belief that there is no God also shapes ideology.
"I understood the opposite to be true, that Hitchens is against the war in Iraq."
Where did you get that from? He's been four square behind the war from the get go. Here are some clips
I'll check it out, grumpy. Those videos are fairly old. I heard, although I'm not sure I can locate it, a story which Hitchens gave a dissertation at a university arguing against Iraq.