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Bush supporters' aftermath thread

 
 
JustWonders
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 06:18 pm
I thought it was interesting, also and I am a Bush supporter (I actually like him) and probably post off-topic more often than not. Smile

Like this tribute of Charles Krauthammer's to his older brother, who passed away last week. Too beautifully written not to share:

Marcel, My Brother
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Stradee
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 06:53 pm
Justwonders, it is quite a lovely tribute.

Thankyou for sharing the article.
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 07:10 pm
Thomas wrote:
Lola wrote:
True enough, OBill, maybe it could go on a science thread.......but I haven't the time. However I thought it would be interesting on this thread for some reason.

Just for the record, I did find the piece interesting. On the other hand, I am not a Bush supporter, so don't have standing to decide what's on- and off-topic for this thread.


This thread HAS a Topic? It's been all over the place. That's it's charm.

Anon
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JustWonders
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01:14 pm
VDH on Iran: Only awful and God-awful choices...
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 02:54 pm
To recap: Bushco foreign policy/ misdeeds

Results

Afghanistan in foment: Britain sending more troops
Iraq in disarray, fundamentalists consolidating grip
Iran in grip of fundamentalists, resuming nuclear research
Palestine voted for Hamas, a militant organisation
Israel more unstable and threatened than ever

Nice one, George

Oh, forgot, American economy stronger.
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 03:23 pm
McTag wrote:
To recap: Bushco foreign policy/ misdeeds

Results

Afghanistan in foment: Britain sending more troops
Iraq in disarray, fundamentalists consolidating grip
Iran in grip of fundamentalists, resuming nuclear research
Palestine voted for Hamas, a militant organisation
Israel more unstable and threatened than ever

Nice one, George

Oh, forgot, American economy stronger.


http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=68045&highlight=

Anon
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 03:34 pm
Some of you may have misunderstood what I wrote. I have no complaint with the study here whatsoever. My point was; I find the scientific impact of the study a whole lot more compelling than any political undertone's since the results were neither surprising nor partisan in any way. A science thread would likely draw more science gurus (like Thomas) to comment, which would be interesting as well.
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Magginkat
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 10:44 pm
McGentrix wrote:

"State of disunion"


On Tuesday evening, Bush must address all of these issues -- but most importantly, he must reassure the undecided and uncertain that he has a clear plan for victory in the global war on terror. He would do well to remind the American people that it is thanks to heroes wearing uniforms and intelligence operations, like those undertaken by the NSA, that we have had no terror attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11. He must reject bin Laden's "truce" bid for what it is -- a page torn from Ho Chi Minh's playbook on how to stave off an American military victory. And while the French, Germans and Russians dither over what to do about Tehran's nuclear weapons ambitions, Bush should point them in the right direction by rejecting an Iranian appeal for direct commercial flights to and from the United States. Finally, he should appeal directly to the American people to demonstrate the same kind of resolve that our Armed Forces have displayed in defending this union.


.....................................................................................

Gosh, what an authorative, trustworthy voice! Iran/Contra Criminal extraordinary!

I would think that even old Ollie would be embarrassed to repeat that silly line that there's been no attacks on US soil since 9-11.

BUT THERE WAS 9-11 and georgie was on vacation where he's been since he stole the first election. He was sitting on his backside as always with warnings coming at him left and right if we are to believe any of their stories.

Why should there be another "attack"? All of geoge's little followers fell in lockstep and have been there until this that silly cowboy announced that he had been breaking the law and would continue to do so. Then the few real Republicans left in and around this administration finally decided to take a look at what they had been harboring...... America's dictator. America's Cowboy terrorist.

Rest assured, Tricky Dicky #2 & his co-hort Rummy, can produce another attack if they need one. I think that deep down many of the glassy-eyed ones know that. I think that they also believe that if the little Dictator decides to follow through with another attack on the citizens of the US, that he will at least protect his "Christian flock". HELLO La la land! George doesn't give a hoot about any of you.

I think that Mr. Roberts, from the Reagan Administration has the answer to the question, "Why do so many citizens buy into this BS?"


Polls Show Many Americans are Simply Dumber Than Bush

By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11696.htm
(excerpt)

What does it say for democracy that half of the American population is unable to draw a rational conclusion from unambiguous facts?

Americans share this disability with the Bush administration.
According to news reports, the Bush administration is stunned by the election victory of the radical Islamist Hamas Party, which swept the US-financed Fatah Party from office. Why is the Bush administration astonished?

The Bush administration is astonished because it stupidly believes that hundreds of millions of Muslims should be grateful that the US has interfered in their internal affairs for 60 years, setting up colonies and puppet rulers to suppress their aspirations and to achieve, instead, purposes of the US government.

Americans need desperately to understand that 95 percent of all Muslim terrorists in the world were created in the past three years by Bush's invasion of Iraq.

Americans need desperately to comprehend that if Bush attacks Iran and Syria, as he intends, terrorism will explode, and American civil liberties will disappear into a thirty year war that will bankrupt the United States.

The total lack of rationality and competence in the White House and the inability of half of the US population to acquire and understand information are far larger threats to Americans than terrorism.

America has become a rogue nation, flying blind, guided only by ignorance and hubris. A terrible catastrophe awaits.
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talk72000
 
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Reply Sat 28 Jan, 2006 10:53 pm
Heartily agree. Way to go Maggi:
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:14 am
Maggie,

Remember about three years ago when I did an interaction on Abuzz that dealt with losing faith with the American People and expressing doubt about their ability to do the right thing. The last three years have proven that interaction to be correct ... the American People have lost any capability to walk the high road, if indeed, they ever really had it. It looks more now that I've really looked into it, that they have always talked a good game about walking the high road, but they never really have. It's all been lip service while the truth is that greed, avarice, war, and destruction seem to be the only things they are truly good at.

Anon
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JustWonders
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:28 am
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/Amy1Amy/gloomdoom.jpg
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Roxxxanne
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:43 am
Bush Mountain?
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:51 am
JustWonders wrote:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/Amy1Amy/gloomdoom.jpg


I'm going to enjoy this soooo much!

Anon
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 10:52 am
does anyone know the way to San Jose?
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:01 am
Who the hell wants to go to San Jose? Yuk!

Anon
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:24 am
Anon-Voter wrote:
Maggie,

Remember about three years ago when I did an interaction on Abuzz that dealt with losing faith with the American People and expressing doubt about their ability to do the right thing. The last three years have proven that interaction to be correct ... the American People have lost any capability to walk the high road, if indeed, they ever really had it. It looks more now that I've really looked into it, that they have always talked a good game about walking the high road, but they never really have. It's all been lip service while the truth is that greed, avarice, war, and destruction seem to be the only things they are truly good at.

Anon


So,I guess you are including yourself in that category.
After all,you ARe an American also.
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Anon-Voter
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 11:34 am
Ashamedly so ... but yes, of the minority who believe in the high road. We just don't have the votes to try to enforce it.

Anon
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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 12:37 pm
JustWonders wrote:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/Amy1Amy/gloomdoom.jpg


I'm just waiting for the self-proclaiming leader of the free world to do some leading to somewhere worthwhile.

Down the plughole is not what I had in mind.

Waiting can seem gloomy. So can looking in vain for any sign of morality, probity, truthtelling or flicker of intelligence in the "leader".
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ican711nm
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 12:46 pm
Why, Maggie, Anon, et al, do you believe that what you believe about the Bush administration is true, and what those who disagree with you believe is false?
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Foxfyre
 
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Reply Sun 29 Jan, 2006 01:17 pm
A few days we were talking about it taking nine positives to wipe out a negative. The polls generally have the President in the low to mid 40's overall these days; nevertheless a large majority, like 80%, of Republicans, a majority of men, a majority of business owners, and a majority of investors give the President enough credit for good stuff to keep him well over the 50% approval rating among those groups.

Given that people like Mags, Anon, McTag et al have NOTHING but doom and gloom to offer, and they think they are representative of the American people as a whole, there must be an awful lot of good stuff out there to offset all that negativity.

At least that explains the positive attitudes of many of the rest of us, and why we can see good things as well as bad. Even if both groups are operating on faulty information, I'd still rather be a Pollyanna than a Chicken Little.
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