Originally Posted By: Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man
but the point of this thread is that george bush is asking for 200 billion for the next year of war while denying 35 billion over 5 years that would help kids be healthy.


And we're discussing whether the bill to keep kids healthy would actually do that or is even necessary in this instance. It's more than your simple black and white statement to vilify someone you don't like and his policies. We've debated the war a good bit in this forum, so that's why I think a lot of people are concentrating on the health care aspect of it.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."