"Arab observers could not miss facts like that the Democrat-approved $124 billion supplemental funding was more than Bush himself requested; "We gave him more than he asked for, we gave him every dime that he asked for," said House Majority Whip Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn."

This dude is a perfect example of why I have nothing but contempt for the Democratic party!

The package did include $3.5 billion for the nation's farmers, designating $40 million for California's citrus growers, who were hurt by January's freeze, and dairy farmers, who were affected by last year's heat wave.

Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, who backed the local aid, said the spinach industry became the fall guy in the debate over add-on emergency funding. After the House of Representatives passed a bill that included the spinach funding, the Senate voted 98-0 to ban any subsidy for the industry.

"These spinach growers did the right thing by voluntarily recalling the spinach, and they got hurt by it," Farr said. "But because spinach became the poster child for the debate (over funding), it got left out."
MontereyHerald.com : - Spinach money cut from Iraq bill

Have a good one!:s4:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Playing US Politics with Iraqi Blood for Oil Bracing for 2008 presidential election, US Democrats in opposition and the ruling Republicans have embroiled the American public in a political crisis between the executive and legislative powers over deadlines for combat operations in Iraq that could develop into a constitutional showdown, but for Arabs and Iraqis in particular it is merely playing electoral politics with Iraqi blood for oil because the Democratic Alternative for President George W. Bush's strategy, when scrutinized, promises Rating: 5