They can get away with anything.

Agreed, it is depressing isn't it?

LOL!!!

I've always said, if Bush raped the daughter of the mayor of Crawford, TX, the Bush loyalists would say Clinton made him do it.

These are pathological enablers.

revel:

Don't get depressed -- get angry, get active, get engaged.

If you become depressed, then these bastards have won. They're not worthy of your spirit.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel for discussion topics, aren't we?

tarantula:

I don't see anyone holding a gun to your head forcing you to reply to pistoff's thread?

Once again, the name is Tarantulas, not "tarantula." Please try to keep up with the rest of us, okay?

"Please try to keep up with the rest of us, okay?" tarantula

I'll do you one better -- I'll just ignore you completely.

Have a great day! [/color]

Open sand, insert head, eh?

Re: They can get away with anything.


And Pistoff would scream about how it was the conclusion of a conspiracy started by Prescott Bush that G.H.W. Bush couldn't carry out and was now being completed by G.W. for his daddy.

And fishin' would begin printing "Free George" T-Shirts and sell them for $10 a piece.

Actually I heard the whole affair was self defense so it was justified. GW got a nice tight grouping at 25 yards with his .45 caliber Kimber. Osama didn't even know what hit him.

Its hard not to get depressed when it is so obvious to me just how corrupt and bad Bush is and you think it has been shown beyond a reasonable doubt only to have people keep falling for their lies.

I am still listening to air america radio, I just heard Al Gore. You know he sounds pretty cool when he is not all stiff in front of a camera.

I'd like to learn more about this statement. Specifically, why do you think our President is "corrupt?"

Not that it matters
• "You can't say one thing and do another."-- George W. Bush, 10/31/00

• "If you overspend, it creates a fundamental weakness in the foundation of economic growth. And so I'm working with Congress to make sure they hear the message -- the message of fiscal responsibility."-- 9/16/02 (Less than 6 months later, Bush proposed a budget that would put the government more than $300 billion into deficit.)

• "Having been here and seeing the care that these troops get is comforting for me and Laura. We are -- should and must provide the best care for anybody who is willing to put their life in harm's way."-- Walter Reed Army Hospital, 1/17/03 (That same day the Bush Administration cut off access to its health care system from approximately 164,000 veterans.)

• "We're dealing with first-time responders to make sure they've got what's needed to be able to respond."-- 3/27/02 (Bush said he was proposing $3.5 billion in "new" money for first responders, but he actually tried to rob more than $1 billion from existing grants to local police/fire departments to fund his proposal. In August 2002, Bush rejected another $150 million for grants to state and local first responders.)

• "We're working hard to make sure your job is easier, that the port is safer. The Customs Service is working with overseas ports and shippers to improve its knowledge of container shipments, assessing risk so that we have a better feel of who we ought to look at, what we ought to worry about."-- 6/24/02 (Bush's 2003 and 2004 budgets provide nothing for port security grants. In August, he vetoed all $39 million for the Container Security Initiative that he specifically touted.)

• "A secure and efficient border is key to our economic security."-- 9/9/02 (Bush promised more INS/Border Patrol staff and facilities, but provided no funding. He vetoed $6.25 million for promised pay upgrades for Border Patrol agents, and his 2004 Budget slashes "Border and Transportation Security" by $284 million.)

• "We've got to do more to protect worker pensions."-- 8/7/02 (The Bush Administration proposed new rules so employers could resume converting traditional pension plans to new ?'cash balance' plans that can lower benefits of long-serving workers.) "Companies favor these plans because they can slash a worker's pension benefit by 20 to 50 percent in one fell swoop."-- Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT.)

• "A reformed and strengthened Medicare system, plus a healthy dosage of Medicare spending in the budget, will make us say firmly, we fulfilled our promise to the seniors of America."-- 1/29/03 (Bush's 2004 budget proposes 85% less than what would be needed to meet his goal, and would leave 67% of the total $400 billion pledge to be spent after 2008.)

• "I want to thank the Boys & Girls Clubs across the country…The Boys & Girls Club have got a grand history of helping children understand the future is bright for them, as well as any other child in America."-- 1/30/03 (Bush's 2002 budget proposed eliminating all federal funding for the Boys and Girls Club of America.)

• "Clear Skies legislation, when passed by Congress, will significantly reduce smog and mercury emissions, as well as stop acid rain. It will put more money directly into programs to reduce pollution, so as to meet firm national air-quality goals. ..."-- Earth Day speech, 4/22/02 (Actually, the Clear Skies law delays required pollution emission cuts by as much as 10 years, weakens the states' power to address interstate pollution problems, and allows outdated industrial facilities to avoid costly pollution-control upgrades.)

So while the big lies about the war are exposed to the light, the Bush team is quietly working in the shadows?-chipping away at programs for veterans, the young, the old, and the poor?-funneling every possible dollar into their giant war machine so it will eventually end up in the pockets of friends and family. That is compassionate conservatism at its best.

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=600

Don't get depressed and by all means engage in what you feel is right. But make sure not to end up like Titus, who seems to think the best way to express ones view is to display critism with vehemant insults, overwhelming stupidity, and overall immaturity. He is unable to see past any partisans walls and prefers to write big, in all caps, and in different colors because of course we couldnt read his writing if it were black and normal sized. In response to this he may try to label me as a conservative (which I'm not) and possibly several other things. He might reply with poor excuse for a joke or comeback or he may just ignore it and proclaim that i just don't know what I'm talking about.

Most liberals and people in general in this forum post like sane people, and i hope revel you remain one.

pistoff, I don't know if your response was aimed at me, but my question was directed to revel. I would like to know why revel thinks the President is corrupt.

Not that it matters to Right Wingers
Bush's Broken Promises


"You can't say one thing and do another." ?- George W. Bush, 10/31/00

During the presidential campaign and his first year in office, George W. Bush made a number of promises affecting American families, but he has failed to keep them. From breaching the Social Security lockbox to making it harder for middle class families to pay for college and leaving out millions of seniors from his prescription drug proposal, Bush has made a habit out of saying one thing and doing another. Here is a catalogue of Bush's broken promises revealed in his FY 2003 budget and in other key policy areas. In contrast to Bush's failures, Democrats have a strong record of progress on these issues.

Summary of Bush's Broken PromisesDeficit
Bush said his tax cut would not cause deficits, even in a bad economy.

Bush's FY 2003 budget posts $106 billion deficit, the first deficit since 1997. The budget will return to balance in 2005, at the earliest.

Social Security
Bush said Social Security Trust Fund would remain in a lockbox.

Bush breached the Social Security Trust Fund and is on schedule to spend $1.65 trillion of it over the next ten years.

National Debt
Bush promised to pay down a record amount of the national debt.

Bush not only failed to pay down the national debt, he has been forced to request a $750 billion increase in the debt limit.

Education Reform
As part of the bipartisan education reform, Bush promised to spend more money on education.

Bush budget cut funding from his own "No Child Left Behind" law and provided the smallest education funding increase in seven years.

Pell Grants

Bush promised to increase the maximum Pell Grant award, thereby increasing access to higher education.

Bush froze Pell Grant limit below his promised level.

LIHEAP
Bush promised to "fully fund" LIHEAP (the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program).

Bush's budget cut LIHEAP by $300 million.

Medicare
Bush pledged to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for all seniors.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that Bush's plan would cover only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries.

Yucca Mountain
Bush promised to listen to sound science and local officials before deciding to bury the nation's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.

Bush designated Yucca Mountain the site before all the science is in, flouting local officials.

Student Loans
Bush promised to make higher education more accessible by helping students with high costs.

Bush proposed pulling $1.3 billion from a program that allows students to consolidate education loans at federally subsidized interest rates.

El Diablo:

What? No uppercase letters, no colors, no bolding and most important of all, no disagreement.

What on earth are you doing on a politics forum then? Try the gardening forum -- much calmer. :wink:

Wtf? you've twisted my words. I never said that lol. Disagreement is the best part of politics. Mindless ranting isnt.