Posts with the tag Iraq War
By now, most Americans are cognizant of the fact that today marks the five-year anniversary of President Bush's "mission accomplished" speech. A vast majority agree that this war was a mistake - in terms of both lives sacrificed and the long-range damage to our economy.
And now we're learning more about the toll taken in the broken bodies and minds of our veterans -- and what's not being done to care for them. Read More »
And now we're learning more about the toll taken in the broken bodies and minds of our veterans -- and what's not being done to care for them. Read More »
A gloomy picture is revealed for students in New Mexico when one sifts through presidential hopeful John McCain's recent major policy address on the economy.
In face of a deepening recession and the growing Bush budget deficits, McCain is promising to exercise "spending restraint" - while, however, also vowing to pour still more money into the Iraq War, which already piled up an estimated price tag approaching $3 trillion.
A new analysis by the National Education Association reveals that McCain's plan would translate into over $35 billion in education cuts for the 2010 fiscal year. For New Mexico this clocks in at $275 million lost dollars.
For example, McCain's plan would have the following impacts on education funding authorized for New Mexico:
Pell Grants - MINUS $34,300,000 (college students affected - 8,833)
Head Start - MINUS $7,627,232 (low income children affected - 1,010)
Special Ed Grants - MINUS $100,007,813 (children with disabilities affected - 25,350)
Grants to Local Educational Agencies - MINUS $87,697,095
For more information, see NEA.ORG.
In face of a deepening recession and the growing Bush budget deficits, McCain is promising to exercise "spending restraint" - while, however, also vowing to pour still more money into the Iraq War, which already piled up an estimated price tag approaching $3 trillion.
A new analysis by the National Education Association reveals that McCain's plan would translate into over $35 billion in education cuts for the 2010 fiscal year. For New Mexico this clocks in at $275 million lost dollars.
For example, McCain's plan would have the following impacts on education funding authorized for New Mexico:
Pell Grants - MINUS $34,300,000 (college students affected - 8,833)
Head Start - MINUS $7,627,232 (low income children affected - 1,010)
Special Ed Grants - MINUS $100,007,813 (children with disabilities affected - 25,350)
Grants to Local Educational Agencies - MINUS $87,697,095
For more information, see NEA.ORG.
On the eve of General David Patraeus' testimony before Congress, an emerging critique is worth mentioning.
Due to an increasingly bleak national economy and a spirited presidential contest, interest in the Iraq War is waning. Into this vacuum has slipped a narrative that the president's troop surge strategy is "working." The narrative has been repeated countless times the past three months by the president, members of Congress and political pundits.
The "surge is working" mantra was making in-roads, as evident by a recent Pew poll (hat tip to Huffington Post).
Absent facts, the folks who brought you claims of making their own reality were intent on shaping public opinion, much the way they've been doing for the past five years.
Remember the following classics? Read More »
Due to an increasingly bleak national economy and a spirited presidential contest, interest in the Iraq War is waning. Into this vacuum has slipped a narrative that the president's troop surge strategy is "working." The narrative has been repeated countless times the past three months by the president, members of Congress and political pundits.
The "surge is working" mantra was making in-roads, as evident by a recent Pew poll (hat tip to Huffington Post).
Absent facts, the folks who brought you claims of making their own reality were intent on shaping public opinion, much the way they've been doing for the past five years.
Remember the following classics? Read More »
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