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President Bush reacted to reports of what would be done with the weapons of mass destruction known to have been available and not previously used. The fact that the media insisted on knowlege of where we were going to look allowed the removal prior to inspection MAY explain why none were found. But the "War on Terrorists" was successful in ending more than twenty years of car bombs in Ireland. Only after Bush declared the war over, we had accomplished the United Nations Mandate, did we begin takeing casualties Only after the media changed the rules of engagement did we find ourselves in the roll of policeman without authority. Even when media personnel were taken we were careful to explain the fault was that we were not providing enough food, ammunition and money to aid the people we had aided against their wishes. Every terrorist has a goal-- and a timetable. The media aids in setting a timetable and selectively choosing what it considers progress--without any responsibility for its actions. The President should not have changed the Rules Of Engagement until after the terrorists had been contained and acts of terrorism punished -- For the media to blame him for not stopping the suicide bombers or car bombs shows the bias of the media. Getting out of Iraq sounds great but lets take all of our money and equipment with us and collect the war debt owed when we leave. We can use it at home in Texas,Louisiana,and New York.
I don't pay enough to my congressmen so of course they don't listen to me. I intend to vote for whoever is not presently in office and if they are unopposed I will vote for me. I cannot do any worse since my opinion does not matter to the person elected to respond to my request. Now that we have bailed out CHASE they are back to business as usual. I bought a 2005 Dodge Neon for $5000 in 2007. I made ten payments of $250 of which at least $150 went to interest. On August 25th I was told there would be no work until next February but I was not laid off. For the past several years I have done the christmas mail run and when unable to find work I asked if Chase would wait until December 15th when I could expect my first series of checks to be available. JEFFRY SANTELLO (508-261-2303) said that was not acceptable and they would come get the car- I explained that the car was the only means of job search since we don't have public bus service. On October 14,2008 a man knocked on my door and said he was here to yake pictures of the car and verify that I talked to the bank. I talked to JANEEN MOBILIA AND SHE SAID THE MAN WAS THERE FOR EITHER THE MONEY DUE ON A UGUST 20, AND SEPTEMBER 20 OR THE CAR. tHE AGENT REFUSED TO TAKE THE CAR. tWO DAYS LATER THE CAR WAS STOLEN AND TAKEN OUT-OF -STATE by NEW ENGLAND ADJUSTMENT BUREAU of Salem, New Hampshire. It was stolen so that they could use my registration and insurance if they had an accident. I was told that since they had stolen the vehicle my personal property could be obtained if I paid them $26 within 5 days. I spoke to Sean at (1-800-347-2747 on Friday October 17,2008 the day after the theft.On October 21,2008 I received the notice of repossession telling me I owed $10,199.40 on the $5000 car plus storage charges and my personal property would not be returned to me (unless I pull an O.J. and go get the stolen property myself. Now will this inflated debt be paid by the government as part of the bailout. Who would have been responsible if they had been hit by someone else? If they hit someone or something?