The world according to Riff.

 

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush attacked Congress on Wednesday, ripping the new Democratic leadership for failing to achieve much in their first nine months of power.

Bush used his opening statement to list areas where he said "Congress has work to do": health care; security; the budget; education; housing; trade; help for military veterans; law enforcement and the judiciary.

He complained about progress on a number of bills before Congress, including children's health insurance, spending plans and internal surveillance legislation, saying Congress has wasted much of the past nine months.

"Now the clock is winding down. In some key areas, Congress is just getting started," Bush said.

"One of Congress' basic duties is to fund the day-to-day operations of the federal government. Yet Congress has not sent me a single appropriations bill," Bush said

Bush said congressional Democrats are wasting time with proposed legislation calling the actions of Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I "genocide."

"With all these pressing responsibilities, one thing Congress should not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman Empire," Bush said. "The resolution on the mass killings of Armenians beginning in 1915 is counterproductive....(I edited the rest...but something the article did not address, *big suprise there* that I heard in the address, was the blasting he gave congress about energy production and gas prices....to sum it up was a few facts.....no new refineries for over 30 years....no drilling in alaska's proven oil feilds, or off the california coast, yet other countries are getting ready to drill off our waters...and no nuclear power plants  being built  all blocked by or not acted on by congress....according to bush....Now I know that the full story will never come out, and one side will attempt to blame or deny the claims of the other, and the claims will fly....but the fact is, for whatever reason the U.S. Govt. has dropped the ball....I hold ALL of them accountable, especialy the envirmentalist and their liberal supporters, along with big business, and their deep pockets shooting out lobbbyist like a bum throwing crooked dice.....but congress has done more to block new resources than others....I cant wait to hear Peloopsi and her ilk squeal foul and then try to put it all on Bush.......riff)