Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Bush vetoes farm bill (again!)

Yawn.

Bush is known for making a spectacle of himself, but after 8 years of this shit, it's gotten damn old.

Last month, Congress overrode Bush's veto of an important farm and food assistance bill. But it's not known if this did any good, because a printing error caused an entire section
to be omitted. (The GOP can't do anything right, it seems.)

So the bill had to be resubmitted - and now Bush has vetoed it again. His latest excuse? He says the bill isn't necessary because farmers are earning record income.

Seriously. He said that. He apparently thinks farmers are wallowing in money.

Um. Uh. George??? Have you actually been around any farmers lately? Fuel prices, record floods, and factory farming are just several factors that have been killing their livelihoods.

Luckily, however, Congress is expected to override this veto too.

(Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/bush-vetoes-latest-version-farm/story.aspx?guid=%7B9D702CA8%2D3633%2D4FD9%2D970A%2D7ABEDF73C84A%7D&dist=msr_6;
http://www.kypost.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=b2c8444f-80fb-4b79-afb8-ea6a05a8f0e7)

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