The Bush Legacy

[IcemanCometh]

George Bush is the most corrupt president since Nixon, the most incompetent since Ford and the most disatrous since Buchananon. Each and every single one of his foreign and domestic policies have been an unmitigated disaster and hes failed time and again to rise to the occasion when his country has needed him. Every single policy has weakened our constitutional protection and put more and more power in the hands of the executive branch. He has systematically lied to the American public about every policy his administration promotes. He is blatantly a puppet for corporate interests, who care only about their own greed and have no sense of civic responsibility or community service. We live in a country where the rich get exponentially richer and the non-rich become marginalized, the American myth of the "self-made man" is long since dead, the state of our education system ensures that the bare minimum of people can rise above their social status of their parents. Religious fundamentalism has destroyed any sort of scientific achievement we once had in this country. We are universally hated throughout the world, and quite frankly can you blame anyone. He is thoroughly in the hip pocket of big business; engaging in external conquests for reasons other than national security, yet ignoring real problems because it will not profit them. We are an unprovoked aggressor throughout the world, convinving so many in the world that we are an imperialist threat to world peace.

These are the facts are they are not in dispute. The only people who support Bush are so blinded by hatred of "the other side" or so firmly entrenched in supporting "their side" that they flat out lie to themselves. No rational human being with any shred of cognitive thought could ignore the mountain of evidence indicting Bush and his cronies.

This country is getting progressively worse and our only hope is that we can survive the damage of next 2 years.

[IcemanCometh]

So many people still support a president who

* Presided over the loss of approximately three million American jobs in his first two-and-a-half years in office, the worst record since Herbert Hoover.
* Overseen an economy in which the stock market suffered its worst decline in the first two years of any administration since Hoover’s.
* Taken, in the wake of the terrorist attacks two years ago, the greatest worldwide outpouring of goodwill the United States has enjoyed at least since World War II and squandered it by insisting on pursuing a foolish go-it-almost-alone invasion of Iraq, thereby transforming almost universal support for the United States into worldwide condemnation. (One historian made this point particularly well: “After inadvertently gaining the sympathies of the world 's citizens when terrorists attacked New York and Washington, Bush has deliberately turned the country into the most hated in the world by a policy of breaking all major international agreements, declaring it our right to invade any country that we wish, proving that he’ll manipulate facts to justify anything he wishes to do, and bull-headedly charging into a quagmire.”)
* Misled (to use the most charitable word and interpretation) the American public about weapons of mass destruction and supposed ties to Al Qaeda in Iraq and so into a war that has plainly (and entirely predictably) made us less secure, caused a boom in the recruitment of terrorists, is killing American military personnel needlessly, and is threatening to suck up all our available military forces and be a bottomless pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come.
* Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and Al Qaeda are regrouping, once more increasing the threat to our people.
* Insulted and ridiculed other nations and international organizations and now has to go, hat in hand, to those nations and organizations begging for their assistance.
* Completely miscalculated or failed to plan for the personnel and monetary needs in Iraq after the war, so that he sought and obtained an $87 billion appropriation for Iraq, a sizable chunk of which is going, without competitive bidding to Haliburton, the company formerly headed by his vice president.
* Inherited an annual federal budget surplus of $230 billion and transformed it into a $500+ billion deficit in less than three years. This negative turnaround of three-quarters of a trillion dollars is totally without precedent in our history. The ballooning deficit for fiscal 2004 is rapidly approaching twice the dollar size of the previous record deficit, $290 billion, set in 1992, the last year of the administration of President Bush’s father and, at almost 5 percent of GDP, is closing in on the percentage record set by Ronald Reagan in 1986.
* Cut taxes three times, sharply reducing the burden on the rich, reclassified money obtained through stock ownership as more deserving than money earned through work. The idea that dividend income should not be taxed—what might accurately be termed the unearned income tax credit—can be stated succinctly: “If you had to work for your money, we’ll tax it; if you didn’t have to work for it, you can keep it all.”
* Severely curtailed the very American freedoms that our military people are supposed to be fighting to defend. (“The Patriot Act,” one of the historians noted, “is the worst since the Alien and Sedition Acts under John Adams.”)
* Called upon American armed service people, including Reserve forces, to sacrifice for ever-lengthening tours of duty in a hostile and dangerous environment while he rewards the rich at home with lower taxes and legislative giveaways and gives lucrative no-bid contracts to American corporations linked with the administration.
* Given an opportunity to begin to change the consumption-oriented values of the nation after September 11, 2001, when people were prepared to make a sacrifice for the common good, called instead of Americans to ‘sacrifice’ by going out and buying things.
* Proclaimed himself to be a conservative while maintaining that big government should be able to run roughshod over the Bill of Rights, and that the government must have all sorts of secrets from the people, but the people can be allowed no privacy from the government. (As one of the historians said, “this is not a conservative administration; it is a reckless and arrogant one, beholden to a mix of right-wing ideologues, neo-con fanatics, and social Darwinian elitists.”)

[gtownspur]

let me hand you the noose to hang yourself with.

[boutons_]

"Each and every single one of his foreign and domestic policies have been an unmitigated disaster"

Even ex-WH insiders have commented that there are no policies, no policy discussion, nada, zero. Nothing but politics.

No vision, no principles, no attempt to govern.

Tax cuts arern't a policy, they're payback to the Repug owners, they're the entire
reason the Repugs wanted to win control.

Commentators saying "tax cuts work" are part of the scam.

[DarkReign]

You are like.....9 months late on this little monologue.

Welcome to the political forum.

On the right youll find Gtown, Yoni, Vashner and Xray.

On the left youll find NBADan, boutons_ and SA210.

Everyone else falls somewhere either in the middle, or too far one way or the other (myself completely included).

[clambake]

But the right won't be satisfied until were teaching our 7 year olds how to allow for wind when firing a weapon over great distances.

[Yonivore]

But the right won't be satisfied until were teaching our 7 year olds how to allow for wind when firing a weapon over great distances.
That's a good thing to know.

[DarkReign]

"After a day in SpursTalk.com, I feel like someone who spent a whole day fighting a bunch of poo-flinging monkeys. You can’t win, and at the end of the day they’re still jumping up and down, making their monkey noises, and flinging poo. And you wonder why you just wasted your day.

Forgot to close your quote in your sig, dude. Not a dig, just an observation.

[Guru of Nothing]

George Bush is the most corrupt president since Nixon, the most incompetent since Ford and the most disatrous since Buchananon. Each and every single one of his foreign and domestic policies have been an unmitigated disaster and hes failed time and again to rise to the occasion when his country has needed him. Every single policy has weakened our constitutional protection and put more and more power in the hands of the executive branch. He has systematically lied to the American public about every policy his administration promotes. He is blatantly a puppet for corporate interests, who care only about their own greed and have no sense of civic responsibility or community service. We live in a country where the rich get exponentially richer and the non-rich become marginalized, the American myth of the "self-made man" is long since dead, the state of our education system ensures that the bare minimum of people can rise above their social status of their parents. Religious fundamentalism has destroyed any sort of scientific achievement we once had in this country. We are universally hated throughout the world, and quite frankly can you blame anyone. He is thoroughly in the hip pocket of big business; engaging in external conquests for reasons other than national security, yet ignoring real problems because it will not profit them. We are an unprovoked aggressor throughout the world, convinving so many in the world that we are an imperialist threat to world peace.

These are the facts are they are not in dispute. The only people who support Bush are so blinded by hatred of "the other side" or so firmly entrenched in supporting "their side" that they flat out lie to themselves. No rational human being with any shred of cognitive thought could ignore the mountain of evidence indicting Bush and his cronies.

This country is getting progressively worse and our only hope is that we can survive the damage of next 2 years.

But Clinton got a blow job.

Somewhere, an "America can't stand pat (Laura)" wisecrack eludes me.

[Yonivore]

"After a day in SpursTalk.com, I feel like someone who spent a whole day fighting a bunch of poo-flinging monkeys. You can’t win, and at the end of the day they’re still jumping up and down, making their monkey noises, and flinging poo. And you wonder why you just wasted your day.

Forgot to close your quote in your sig, dude. Not a dig, just an observation.
Cool. Thanks.

[FromWayDowntown]

"After a day in SpursTalk.com, I feel like someone who spent a whole day fighting a bunch of poo-flinging monkeys. You can’t win, and at the end of the day they’re still jumping up and down, making their monkey noises, and flinging poo. And you wonder why you just wasted your day.

. . . . said the parrot. :)

[DarkReign]

. . . . said the parrot. :)

http://toons.artie.com/20010301/arg-parrot-40-url.gif

[xrayzebra]

You are like.....9 months late on this little monologue.

Welcome to the political forum.

On the right youll find Gtown, Yoni, Vashner and Xray.

On the left youll find NBADan, boutons_ and SA210.

Everyone else falls somewhere either in the middle, or too far one way or the other (myself completely included).

And the others haven't got any conviction on anything. Fence riders.

[Guru of Nothing]

And the others haven't got any conviction on anything. Fence riders.

It is through intelligent design that the middle of the road is elevated above the gutter.

[Spurminator]

Conviction <> Unwavering Loyalty to One Side

[clambake]

[QUOTE=Guru of Nothing]It is through intelligent design that the middle of the road is elevated above the gutter.[/QUO


love this

[xrayzebra]

Yep everything in the middle of the road runs to the gutters. Except where it runs
into the pot holes.

[Guru of Nothing]

Yep everything in the middle of the road runs to the gutters.

Only if you are slow.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

You are like.....9 months late on this little monologue.

Welcome to the political forum.

On the right youll find Gtown, Yoni, Vashner and Xray.

On the left youll find NBADan, boutons_ and SA210.

Everyone else falls somewhere either in the middle, or too far one way or the other (myself completely included).


Are you kidding you're the most liberal person i've ever met!
:lol

[Ya Vez]

how is this country getting worse..... what freedoms or rights have you lost recently... how many terrorist attacks have we had in this country recently... how much money have you lost in the market... did you loose your job.. your wife... what makes this country so worse off now then 10 years ago... are we not in the middle of global war on terrorism... yeah we have our deal in going on in iraq.. and nobody wants to be there anymore... so tell me how are things getting worse here... what have you lost recently...????

[greenroom]

how is this country getting worse..... what freedoms or rights have you lost recently... how many terrorist attacks have we had in this country recently... how much money have you lost in the market... did you loose your job.. your wife... what makes this country so worse off now then 10 years ago... are we not in the middle of global war on terrorism... yeah we have our deal in going on in iraq.. and nobody wants to be there anymore... so tell me how are things getting worse here... what have you lost recently...????

Well we are joke to the rest of the world? Maybe that does not matter to you but it does to most Americans. Let me see Gas is near $3.00 and the reason is due to Iraqs WMD?

[Trainwreck2100]

He's a fucking moron.

[Spurminator]

Only if you are slow.


I missed this the first time... Bravo!