Harry Reid To Support Troop Increase?

    On Sunday,Harry Reid (D-Nev.)  said that he would support a troop increase in Iraq if it was only for the short-term and part of a withdrawal plan.

    "If it's for a surge, that is, for two or three months and it's part of a program to get us out of there as indicated by this time next year, then, sure, I'll go along with it," he said  on ABC's "This Week" program.

     Hell will freeze over and our troops will leave Iraq all at the same time next year, Harry. I think that Mr. Reid is hanging out with to many of those Kool-aid drinkers around Washington and has or is losing his marbles!                                                            Michael d

    Sen. Edward Kennedy ( D-Mass.)  had other ideas when he heard what Reid had said. "I respect Harry Reid on it, but that's not where I am," he said. "The generals who have testified before the Armed Services Committee think that we would add to being a crutch for the Iraqi civilian government in not making the right judgments and decisions. I think that is a persuasive case and is one that I support." Kennedy said on Fox News Sunday.

 

FCC Head: Cities Block Cable Competition

By JOHN DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer
    WASHINGTON - Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on whether to make it easier for competitors to obtain cable franchises.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, in speeches over the past few weeks, has said local franchise authorities at times "obstruct and in some cases completely derail" new attempts to bring video competition to an area.

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