• Oil prices continue to climb as a result of the Iraq War and gas consumption is falling. Folks are driving less. Interestingly, Karl Rove says that if we PULL OUT, the price of a barrel of oil will be $200. That's pretty much a guarantee that it won't happen based on his prediction record in Iraq already.
• The state of California is suffering massive budget cuts and is faced with a budget deficit of 3.3 Billion dollars. That's equal to almost one week of war.
• The Social Security crisis could have been fixed with the TRILLION dollars that we've already spent on the War. It could yet be fixed with just half of the TWO TRILLION dollars that reflects the true cost of the war.
• A once sound economy has been dragged down by the costs of war.
• Sacrificed is the power of Congress to offer checks and balances on the Executive Branch. Today in a congressional hearing came this:
"It's the position of this Administration that they do not need to come before Congress to receive authorization?"
Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) asked in the hearing. State Department Coordinator for Iraq, Adm. David Satterfield replied,
"That's correct."
• Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have sacrificed their lives.
• Thousands of American soldiers have sacrificed their lives.
• Hundreds of thousands of American veterans have sacrificed their mental and physical health with little or no relief from the government that sent them to war.
To be continued.........
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