--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/21/07 4:33:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Well then it must be the will of the people that they do it. > > Nope. > > Much of the legislation the GOP has blocked has been overwhelmingly > supported by the American people. The Webb amendment for longer breaks > for our troops and the extension of SCHIP are just two examples. > > > > > Then I suppose you have some evidence to back that claim up.
CBS Poll: Overwhelming Support for SCHIP CBS News is out with a new poll (PDF format) that makes it clear how popular SCHIP - the State Children's Health Insurance Program - is among the American people. How about these numbers? WOULD YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE EXPANDING SCHIP? Favor 81% Oppose 15 http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/CBS_news_poll_101707.pdf Via: http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10960 === Apparently there was no public poll on the Webb Amendment. However it was backed by the Military Officers Association of America representing over 370,000 military officers. ---The fact that the GOP blocked this amendment speaks loudly of their colossally hypocritical claims of "supporting the troops" and falsely and repeatedly bloviating that the Democrats don't.--- In a written statement presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee in March, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway said that "[t]he current deployment cycle requires commanders to focus solely on those skill sets required to accomplish the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan," adding, "[t]he result of this strain is evident in the Marine Corps' limited ability to provide trained forces to project power in support of other contingencies. ... To fulfill our mandate to be 'most ready when the Nation is least ready,' our deployment cycles must not only support training for irregular warfare, they must also provide sufficient time for recovery, maintenance, and training for other contingency missions." While active-duty Marines currently spend seven months deployed in return for six months or less at home, Conway told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he would like to return to a 1:2 "deployment-to-dwell" ratio -- spending two months at home for each month deployed -- under which the Marines previously operated. Similarly, in answers to the advance questions that Gen. George W. Casey submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee in February as part of his nomination to become Army chief of staff, Casey stated that "the Army minimum goal for Active Component units" is a 1:2 "deployment-to-dwell" ratio. Casey said: "we've returned units to Iraq with less than 12 months at home station in order to meet the requirements on the ground. However, this pace exacts a toll on the force--on equipment, on Soldiers, and on their families." Links here: http://mediamatters.org/items/200709200011
