What a challenge you have given me. That article covers so much.
I believe Bush is a bully, ignorant, playboy who has been tempered (as this article says) because he had to be or the US would have no relations with anybody. Probably Gates helped him with this. Condolisa Rice, a sycophant employee of Bush. I don't think she is able to influence Bush, she just joins whatever chorus he is with at the current moment.
From the very beginning, Bush ignored and insulted the United Nations, after the UN searched all over Iraq, declared there were no weapons of mass destruction there, he chose to discount their investigations. I don't want to believe it but it seems the Texas oil boys wanted to ensure that China didn't get too much oil. This blind eyed approach to consequences is not forgivable, regardless of his more cooperative policies with Iraqi's now.
On world issues of Iran, Korea, he shot off his mouth when it was evident the countries were looking for some form of reconciliation.
On domestic issues he is a dead weight. He doesn't believe in health care for all, wanted to dismantle Social Security, could care less about national parks, lets the rich go with less taxes and belittles those in need. Mismanagement of natural disasters like Katrina are his forte.
Lack of respect for anyone but himself and his beliefs is his downfall.
So yes, he has tempered his enthusiastic hostilities on the international scene, but only because thankfully he ran out of money to finance all his fears and hatreds.
Yikes, hope this wasn't too strong. Brigd Byrne, Ocean Park, WA
What Bush Got Right
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Posted By: star3 @ 08/16/2008 3:30:32 PM
P.S. A "playboy"??!! Hardley, he doesn't seem the type, plus, Laura doesn't seem the type who would tolerate such behavior. You must have her confused with Hillary. But I respect your right to your personal opinion. Isn't freedom wonderful?!! :)
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Posted By: lkemolly @ 08/14/2008 10:28:46 PM
What a challenge you have given me. That article covers so much.
I believe Bush is a bully, ignorant, playboy who has been tempered (as this article says) because he had to be or the US would have no relations with anybody. Probably Gates helped him with this. Condolisa Rice, a sycophant employee of Bush. I don't think she is able to influence Bush, she just joins whatever chorus he is with at the current moment.
From the very beginning, Bush ignored and insulted the United Nations, after the UN searched all over Iraq, declared there were no weapons of mass destruction there, he chose to discount their investigations. I don't want to believe it but it seems the Texas oil boys wanted to ensure that China didn't get too much oil. This blind eyed approach to consequences is not forgivable, regardless of his more cooperative policies with Iraqi's now.
On world issues of Iran, Korea, he shot off his mouth when it was evident the countries were looking for some form of reconciliation.
On domestic issues he is a dead weight. He doesn't believe in health care for all, wanted to dismantle Social Security, could care less about national parks, lets the rich go with less taxes and belittles those in need. Mismanagement of natural disasters like Katrina are his forte.
Lack of respect for anyone but himself and his beliefs is his downfall.
So yes, he has tempered his enthusiastic hostilities on the international scene, but only because thankfully he ran out of money to finance all his fears and hatreds.
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Posted By: star3 @ 08/16/2008 3:19:33 PM
Ikemolly, you are so far off base, you'll never make it to home before we win the game, much less catch the ball. No, Bush does not walk on water (as far as I know), nor has anyone else, successfully, been able to do so since J.C,, but I can't see him as all the things you claim. A bully?? I believe you have him confused with someone else we all know and dislike. Saddam was the bully, with his strutting around, bragging about all his WMDs; thats what got him & his country involved. You don't do that to a country that has just been hit, and is still in shock, unless you're looking to get in on the action. Of course we responded! We would have been dumb not to! Saddam got more than he bargined for, which should be a lesson to other countrys to keep a low profile when the eagle's feathers are ruffeled.
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Posted By: bluegrass101 @ 08/16/2008 2:47:31 PM
The One thing that the Repig's did perfectly was putting our country in a debt that will never be paid off >
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Posted By: anakseria @ 08/16/2008 2:23:59 PM
Ummm.... Fareed Zakaria misses an extremely important point. The current Bush policies are as a result of the massive blow-back from right-minded people who were aghast by the totally wacky policies of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rove team. Without folks like Robert Gates, and as of late Condi Rice bringing in some sanity into the administration's decision making process, we would now be a war with Iran. Also, we would be gearing up for a conflict with the Russians in Georgia.
Also, let's not forget Gonzalez and the sham that was the Justice Department under his reign. All supported by this same Bush (mis)Administration.
The list can go on. Starting from 2000 - 2008.
My respect for Zakaria went down the tube when he too was part of the drum-beater troop on the path to the war in Iraq. There was lofty eloquent writings on bringing democracy to the Middle East, and nation building.
Clearly, Zakaria once again scratches the mere surface and is taken up the status quo.
Fareed, I'm curious if you're interviewing for a position at Fix\Fox New
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Posted By: rhondarhn@yahoo.com @ 08/13/2008 12:19:45 PM
How can you excuse Bush? How can you make the cover look like Newsweek endorses him? I have a good mind to cancel my subscription to your rag.
Bush wouldn't have to be doing all these about faces if he hadn't been such a failure in the first place! Don't you understand that?
We went from a 2.5 million dollar surplus to a $4 TRILLION dollar deficit, in BUSH's term! Plus, terrorists killed all those people during 9/11 under HIS watch!
And why didn't you mention that eventually there is the possiblility that Bush could be imprisioned for alledgedly forging a document to start the Iraqui war, when the real enemy, Osama Bin Laden, was never there?
So no, don't give me EXCUSES when my grandchildren will still be paying off Bush's irresponsible spending, and my grandchildren will probably still be on the lookout for Osama Bin Laden.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/13/2008 7:37:42 PM
I know why dont we just get Bush and Cheney to pay of the debt with the money they have and have made from there corruption.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 7:45:25 PM
And....... what corruption would that be?
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Posted By: Notrepublican @ 08/14/2008 1:04:19 AM
You know, how Cheney is the ex CEO of Halliburton, a big oil company. Who has profited from the war by buying oil from Kuwait for 50 cents a gallon, and instead of shipping it over America, they're bringing it to nearby Iraq and selling it at $3.00 dollars a gallon. Or how it's subsidary companies are providing food and supplies to the troops and overcharging, and how its companies are paid millions, maybe even billions of dollars to rebuild oil facitlities. And how, since the war in Iraq has begun, that Cheneys millions of dollars in Halliburton stock has risen ten fold as well as they're paying George Bush millions to boot. What, you never heard about that? What a shame.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 7:40:46 AM
No, I've not "heard" any of this. You seem to be an authority though. Would you please post a link to some credible sources (not simply your biased opinion) to support your statements?
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Posted By: GoHomeFascist @ 08/14/2008 2:37:05 PM
I find it heartening that you asked for sources to verify instead of instantly launching an attack, so I will provide you with 3 sources that provide you more detail.
prisonplanet.com - commondreams.org - smirkingchimp.com
These are lefty sites so hopefully your eyes won't catch on fire by reading them. :-)-
Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 4:53:32 PM
GHF,
Thanks for the links... I know of two of them, and the one I didn't smirkingchimp, is down right now. You're right, they're a "tad" to the left lol, but that doesn't mean they don't have legitimate facts.
Actually, I'm middle-right, and have been critical of both sides when either gets caught with their pants down. (in one instance, litterally!) If there's something dark and ugly about Bush or either candidate for that matter, I want to know about it. I simply tire of innuendo without the facts to support it.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 4:00:43 PM
All you have to do is do some research on the Energy crises that has been going on since he took office and you will find all the corruption. Saying that you want someone to prove it with refrences is why they get away with so much. Get your head out of the sand!
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/15/2008 9:36:24 PM
What corruption/ OK, once again... you've run you mouth... how about some facts? People like you astound me... you jack your jaws without any of the research you preach about...
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:24:22 AM
???The British branch became known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, with leadership
provided by members of the Round Table. Begun in the late 1800's by Cecil Rhodes, the Round
Table aimed to federate the English speaking peoples of the world, and bring it under their rule.
The Council on Foreign Relations was incorporated as the American branch in New York on July
29, 1921. Founding members included Colonel House, and "...such potentates of international
banking as J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Paul Warberg, Otto Kahn, and Jacob Schiff...the
same clique which had engineered the establishment of the Federal Reserve System," according to
Gary Allen in the October 1972 issue of "AMERICAN OPINION."Enter Your Comment -
Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:23:42 AM
???According to an eyewitness, Wilson was brought to Democratic Party headquarters in 1912 by
Bernard Baruch, a wealthy banker. He received an "indoctrination course" from those he met, and
in return agreed, if elected: to support the projected Federal Reserve and the income tax, and
"listen" to advice in case of war in Europe and on the composition of his cabinet.
Wilson's official biographer, Ray Stannard Baker, revealed that the League was not Wilson's idea.
"...not a single idea--in the Covenant of the League was original with the President." Colonel
House was the author of the Covenant, and Wilson had merely rewritten it to conform to his own
phraseology.
The League of Nations was established, but it, and the plan for world government eventually
failed because the U.S. Senate would not ratify the Versailles Treaty.Enter Your Comment -
Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:23:00 AM
E???Though unconstitutional, as only "The Congress shall have Power...To coin Money, regulate the
Value thereof..." (Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution) the Federal Reserve Act was passed in
December 1913; ostensibly to stabilize the economy and prevent further panics, but as Lindberg
warned Congress: "This act establishes the most gigantic trust on earth...the invisible government
by the money power, proven to exist by the Money Trust investigation, will be legalized." The
Great Depression and numerous recessions later, it is obvious the Federal Reserve produces
inflation and federal debt whenever it desires, but not stability.nter Your Comment -
Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:22:29 AM
???The U.S. managed to do without a central bank until early in this century, when, according to
Congressman Charles Lindbergh, Sr., "The Money Trust caused the 1907 panic, and thereby
forced Congress to create a National Monetary Commission." Headed by Senator Nelson
Aldrich, father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the Commission recommended creation of a
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:22:06 AM
???Thomas Jefferson wrote: "The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing
against the principles and form of our Constitution...if the American people allow private banks to
control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and
corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their
children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:21:40 AM
???Baron M.A. Rothschild wrote, "Give me control over a nation's currency and I care not who
makes its laws." All that is needed to effectively control a government is to have control over the
nation's money: a central bank with a monopoly over the supply of money and credit. This had
been done in Western Europe, with the creation of privately owned central banks such as the
Bank of England. Georgetown professor Dr. Carroll Quigley (Bill Clinton's mentor while at
Georgetown) wrote about the goals of the investment bankers who control central banks: "...
nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate
the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole... controlled in a
feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived
at in frequent private meetings and conferences."
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:20:08 AM
???Please look up this individual ---- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich ---- he was the father-in-law of Mr.
Rockefeller who's family went on to control the private banks which became the central bank the
FED which is a private institution. This individual Nelson came up with the Income Tax and The
Central Bank. For 240.00 the Central Bank the Fed can create 1 million dollars then using the IRS
can collect from the public 1 Million plus interest. Its easy math to see they have the complete
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:19:20 AM
???Look up what President Andrew Jackson had to say about if ever the Bankers took over
the world. While your at it look up what President Woodrow Wilson had to say after the
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:18:17 AM
???The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization
founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at Park Avenue) in New York City, with an
additional office in Washington, D.C. Many believe it to be the most powerful private
organization to influence United States foreign policy. It publishes the bi-monthly journal Foreign
Affairs. It has an extensive website, featuring links to its think tank, The David Rockefeller
Studies Program, other programs and projects, publications, history, biographies of notable
directors and other board members, corporate members, and press releases. web site address
cfr.org
Do a search on the Internet for ------------ Rockefeller Rothschild -------------- here you will find
the men who are the true rulers of the world. The Central Banks. The central banks influence the
CFR who picks the politicians who are the front for the government.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/16/2008 1:15:55 AM
The puppet masters have taken over the whole world. And all you can do is become informed and
then speak out about it to reveal them and there moves lifting hands, kicking out legs, knocking
down the other puppets in this play they have created to make you think you should do this or
should do that to fix the problems when the real problem is those who pull the strings.
It was a political coup of a sort in 2000 that led to the swearing in of the current President, are
you surprised things have gone the way they have. Since 2001 there has been an energy crises
beginning with power plants in California which increased cost for electricity and profits for
Enron, then there was 9-11 which led to war which put market pressure on Oil which led to the
current gas prices.
Look up who proposed the IRS, the Federal Reserve and the CFR. You have to go back a ways
to see why we have the situation today.
The population of the world is being led to the slaughter at the hands of the Wolves.
If a nuclear war begins you can bet the market will plummet. How many times in the last year
have you heard Russia, Britain or the US say that all options are on the table including nuclear
bombs.
Its just a gut feeling but it seems that the public is being conditioned for the inevitable.
The population of the world is increasing and will grow faster every year. This is the biggest issue
facing every major country.
In the event of a nuclear war who would be sparred? You can bet the political leaders would be
whisked away to some safe location. Those who stood by and let them run a muck get to die and
they pick up the pieces and act like it a big tragedy. The only tragedy will be that people did not
believe they could stop corruption and the power grabbing of huge corporations. What is a
monopoly in the banking business? Why are they allowed free access to monopolize across the
world? Why are some mergers allowed and some are not? Who oversees the merger of large
corporation ------- The central banks who are a Monopoly in them selves. This is not a theory it is
the truth just look up Merger and Acquisition companies the big ones who owns them runs them -
-- owners of major banks.
Did you know the President Bush's grandfather was a Banker in New York and that the family
still has a huge estate there? Prescott Bush was a banker and an Oil man Standard Oil.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 7:53:27 PM
We're waiting......
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 6:53:14 PM
Did you support Bush in going after the Taliban after 9/11? Tell the truth now...
And Clinton's surplus? He raised taxes and decimated the military to get it. Why not, there was no need to defend ourselves.. he did nothing to deter terrorism, as in the first time the WTC was bombed, our Embassies, the USS Cole... (tough do to any of this anyway with your pants down around your ankles.)
And please, Rhonda, show us a link to the "allegedly forged document" from Bush that started the Iraq war. As certain as you are of its existence, I'm sure you've seen it! In the end, you have the luxury of jacking your jaws of hate about Bush, and that's your privilege, but warts and all, he at least stood his ground where others cowered before him.
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Posted By: Notrepublican @ 08/14/2008 1:10:47 AM
Yeah, like they want a Bush worshipper like yourself to read Newsweek, who actually seems to be almost right wing. But you people think, unless it's completely Republican and over biased it has to be working on the other side. I mean, I've seen Mccain supporters insult other Mccain supporters because they're not biased enough, and you're too blind to see they're on your side.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 7:50:16 AM
Stop right there. You're seeing this as black and white. I am not a "Bush worshiper". This article stated the good and bad of the president. You just cannot or will not see that Bush is right on terror.
And... I don't think I mentioned McCain here.....
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 7:09:36 PM
9/11 happened on Bush's watch... yes. But it is a known fact that the attack was planned during Clinton's last years in office. Did you expect the terrorists to drop Bush a note? The fact is neither of them could have known the attack was going to happen.
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Posted By: Notrepublican @ 08/14/2008 12:52:39 AM
I mean, except for the fact where Osama did leave Bush a note. A terror threat telling when, how, and where they would make the attack. But besides that fact, you're totally right.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 7:37:42 AM
Really? You actually saw this! Wow...
Geezz... As if Bush or any other president would stand by and do nothing if he knew when the attack was going to take place! You're either truly delusional or you're related to Charlie Sheen.
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/13/2008 8:27:23 PM
Ditto, Sky.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 8:59:55 PM
Hello again, Pia Zadorable!
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/13/2008 9:04:42 PM
Just a 'hello', mio miele?
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 9:38:53 PM
Well then, hello my love!
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/13/2008 11:34:45 PM
I love bold men...mon cherie amour...
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Posted By: observer101 @ 08/13/2008 3:26:20 PM
Cancel your sub. then..Maybe a Clinton owned GQ mag will suffice for you.
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Posted By: Victover @ 08/15/2008 8:57:39 PM
Is that so?...
How about calling a cat a cat and say that after ilegally puting all the money tthey could possible handle in his gang's pockets they said enough is enough...let's the right guys begin a real government?
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Posted By: lmediaas @ 08/12/2008 3:31:13 PM
"European countries haven't contributed enough troops to the effort [in Iraq], Zakaria says. Europe is not an exit strategy. You got yourself in there, and now you must get yourself out of there. Europeans was against the invasion the whole time, clearly said so, and there is absolutely no support for us to come and rescue you. We'll stay here and eat freedom fries.
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Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 08/12/2008 9:33:06 PM
Great post! I agree and I'm not even European. We've been boorish and bullish on war for far too long, and now it's time to manage our own messes.
I for one wholly concur with the European take on our Administration's policies these last 8 years, particularly those espoused by Bush in his first term. And I'm a total Anglo- and Francophile and simply adore french fries (pommes frites) et en plus je partle francais un peu, ayant ete etudiante a la Sorbonne pendant une annee scolaire.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 5:55:07 PM
Boorish and bullish, especially during Bush's first term? That means our response to 9/11.
Look, NoTrouble (and I can clearly see why you use that name) If you want to cave to European opinion and do nothing while getting your ass kicked, then do so! As an apologist, that's exactly what you're saying you would have done after the attack in New York. Just don't expect me or the majority of other Americans to do the same.
BTW, I speak French... and I suggest that if you're going to tell people to go to hell, stop hiding behind a language that you know nothing about.... Your French really does suck.
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/14/2008 9:11:36 PM
Sky, is the word in question mispelled? I can't recall how it's spelled.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 10:02:22 PM
Pia, Foutre means go to hell and is spelled correctly. The rest is jibberish.... he hasn't a clue of what he's talking about.
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/15/2008 6:13:35 PM
Okay, good.
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/14/2008 9:10:18 PM
OMG, notrouble, what a thing to post.... bad..lol!
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Posted By: fre&gesimustBright @ 08/13/2008 3:21:05 AM
Seems alot of these americans have a short memory,9-11-01
Bush understood and seems to have a good memory,
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Posted By: summer4077 @ 08/13/2008 2:28:00 PM
Um, Bush was the one who IGNORED reports of an impending attack.
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/14/2008 1:20:25 PM
Bill Clinton was on watch when the first attack on the twin towers occured on Feb. 23,1993. What did he do about it? Sep. 11, 2001 is the answer.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/14/2008 5:11:47 PM
Can Summer say... checkmate?
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/14/2008 9:06:10 PM
I'm not sure she wants to. Summer is cool though. So, Ciel, quesque tu fais ce soir? Rendez-vous avec moi sil vous plait?
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/15/2008 4:10:45 PM
Etre avec vous ... Je tiens!
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Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/15/2008 6:10:59 PM
Rendez-vous coming up!
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 7:50:38 PM
You know, Summer, I read something where Bush was extremely upset that he'd lost the note from the terrorists stating that they were going to attack the WTC on 9/11.....
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Posted By: star3 @ 08/13/2008 8:54:13 PM
LOL, Sky. Good point made.
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Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/13/2008 10:36:16 PM
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Posted By: star3 @ 08/13/2008 8:52:14 PM
No, Summer, Clinton allowed the stage to be set for the attacks when HE ignored the warning signs, and the warnings from his advisors who tried to tell him Laden was dangerous and his activities should be monitored, but he was much too busy with other "activities" ro be bothere by a potential threat from a terrorist, so when Bush came into office, he inherited the debris left by the previous leader, so it became easier to blame him than to acknowlege the truth. I don't think he had a clue that Bin Laden and his henchmen were going to attack, or if he was advised at all. I think it was more that the Clinton administration swept it all under the carpet, and didn't bother to let anyone in the new administration know, and it was probably a deliberate "mind slip" in order to "prove" how wrong we were to elect a Repiblican. Did you know the Dimocrats went so far as to rip pictures off the walls of the White House when they left, and broke things. They were that resentful of having lost the election! Extremely childish! Somehow, I don't think the Republicans will behave in such a way if the Democrats win this fall. The bottom line is, time will prove all things, and if it turns out that Bush supporters were completely wrong in their choice, then we will accept that, but until that happens, I will stand by my original feelings.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 5:27:05 PM
I was born in the late 60's. I remember people talking about were they where when they heard about the assasination much the same as people talk about were the where when 9-11 came on the news. This was a blow people.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 5:37:22 PM
9-11 was like a fist to the face. And people stepped back trying to catch there breath and clear there vision.
Eyes are seeing clearer now and the true enemy may not be who you thought it to be.
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Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 08/15/2008 5:03:07 PM
Ron Suskind Must be the only real journalist left in this country but I guess its just the "Way of the World"
By Ron Suskind
What just happened? Evidence. A secret that has been judiciously kept for five years just spilled out. All of what follows is new, never reported in any way:
The Iraq Intelligence Chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush -- a man still carrying a $1 million reward for capture, the Jack of Diamonds in Bush's famous deck of wanted men -- has been America's secret source on Iraq. Starting in January of 2003, with Blair and Bush watching, his secret reports began to flow to officials on both sides of the Atlantic, saying that there were no WMD and that Hussein was acting so odd because of fear that the Iranians would find out he was a toothless tiger. The U.S. deep-sixed the intelligence report in February, "resettled" Habbush to a safe house in Jordan during the invasion and then paid him $5 million in what could only be considered hush money.
In the fall of 2003, after the world learned there were no WMD -- as Habbush had foretold -- the White House ordered the CIA to carry out a deception. The mission: create a handwritten letter, dated July, 2001, from Habbush to Saddam saying that Atta trained in Iraq before the attacks and the Saddam was buying yellow cake for Niger with help from a "small team from the al Qaeda organization."
The mission was carried out, the letter was created, popped up in Baghdad, and roiled the global newcycles in December, 2003 (conning even venerable journalists like Tom Brokaw). The mission is a statutory violation of the charter of the CIA, and amendments added in 1991, prohibiting the CIA from conducting disinformation campaigns on U.S. soil.
So, here we go again: the administration is in full attack mode, calling me names, George Tenet is claiming he doesn't remember any such thing -- just like he couldn't remember "slam dunk" -- and reporters are scratching their heads. Everything in my book is on the record, with many sources. And so, we watch and wait....
There will be more falling by the wayside after this book is read and there may be an impeachment in the works. Wait there already is! This will give it lots of strength. If you are a patriotic American write all of your congressmen/women and senators and ask them what's up with this.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 5:16:05 PM
The CIA has been out of control since the Kennedy assasination. Who was director of the CIA during this time?
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Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 08/15/2008 5:36:51 PM
It is public record if you care to look it up.
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 5:00:11 PM
In the event of a nuclear war who would be sparred? You can bet the political leaders would be wisked away to some safe location. Those who stood by and let them run a muck get to die and they pick up the pieces and act like it a big tradgedy. The only tradgedy will be that people did not believe they could stop corruption and the power grabbing of huge corporations. What is a monopoly in the banking buisness? Why are they allowed free access to monopolize across the world? Why are some mergers allowed and some are not? Who oversees the merger of larg coporations ------- The central banks who are a Monopoly in them selves. This is not a therory it is the truth just look up Merger and Aquisistion companies the big ones who ownes them runs them --- owners of major banks.
Did you know the President Bush's grandfather was a Banker in New York and that the family still has a huge estate there? Prescott Bush was a banker and an Oil man Standard Oil.
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Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 08/15/2008 4:44:23 PM
John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied the Arizona senator's staff on behalf of the republic of Georgia while he was working for the campaign, public records show.
Randy Scheunemann, founder of Orion Strategies, represented the governments of Macedonia, Georgia and Taiwan between 2003 and March 1, according to the firm's filings with the Justice Department. In its latest semiannual report, the firm disclosed that Scheunemann had a phone conversation in November about Georgia with Richard Fontaine, an aide in McCain's Senate office.
Orion Strategies earned $540,000 from its foreign clients over the year ending on Dec. 1, reports show. Scheunemann also received $56,250 last year from March to July from McCain, according to campaign finance records.
It is strange that this is happening at this particular time and place,.... or is it?
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 4:19:35 PM
The addvertisement on this page says do you think the Market is headed for a fall?
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 4:25:45 PM
If a nuclear war begins you can bet the market will plumitt. How many times in the last year have you heard russia, britian or the US say that all options are on the table including nuclear bombs.
Its just a gut feeling but it seems that where being conditioned for the inevitable.
The population of the world is increasing and will grow faster every year. This is the biggest issue facing every major country. Need i say anymore?
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Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 08/15/2008 4:05:56 PM
The puppet masters have taken over the whole world. And all you can do is become informed and
then speak out about it to reveal them and there moves lifting hands, kicking out legs, knocking
down the other puppets in this play they have created to make you think you should do this or
should do that to fix the problems when the real problem is those who pull the strings.
It was a political coup that put Bush in the White house to begin with, are you surprised things
have gone the way they have. Hitler was not that intelligent either, he too was a puppet for the
super rich. Since he has been elected there has been an energy crises beginning with power plants
in California which increased cost for electricity and profits for Enron which had ties to the White
house, then there was 9-11 which led to war which put market pressure on Oil which led to the
current gas prices. Look up Prescott Bush and Nelson Aldrich. You have to go back a ways to
see why we have to situation today in politics and the economy.
The population of the world is being led to the slaughter at the hands of the Wolves.
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Posted By: dmh82658 @ 08/15/2008 1:07:15 AM
I can't tell a lie -- I didn't read the article in detail. However, from what I can see you're congratulating our President for rectiifying his stupid errors, like refuisng to engage in diplomacy with North Korea and Iran, acting like the worst of ugly Americans in his arrogance. The only reason he's doing this, I assujme, is because G.O.P. operatives said to him, "George, you're killing our chances in the upcoming election. Guit being an idiot, or we'll loose everything."
Three cheers for Georgie-Porgie! He's done a heckuva job, just like his pal Brownie did. I only hope that we'll be able to recover from his idiotic policies before it's too late.-
Posted By: Skypoint @ 08/15/2008 3:56:22 PM
Please, would you tell us what Obama will say to Mahmoud Immanuttajob... Should he ask him nicely to stop calling for the destruction of a sovereign nation (Isreal) and to stop his nuclear program as the UN has resolved him to do, or should he use harsh language?
This isn't a jab at Obama. Either will not work as it has been tried by multiple nations. The difference between Iran and Korea? Oil... lots and lots of Oil.... which makes Iran tougher to deal with, regardless of who it is. N. Korea has starvation and is much more susceptible to UN pressure, sanctions and yes, negotiations...... and it's worked! -
Posted By: clevelandsucks @ 08/15/2008 2:11:27 PM
President Bush is ABSOLUTELY right for NOT sitting down with N. Korea and Iran, stupid! Those are oppressive/anti-human rights/commie-terrorist supporting nations! Why should the U.S legitamize that type of ideology by "having a sit down over tea" with those types of monsters?
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Posted By: jane.simpson.wilson @ 08/15/2008 3:20:27 PM
I want to know what drugs the author of this article was taking, and I want some! To say that Bush has made great success lately in this travesty of a War, that he LIED to get us into, is to say, " My kid is doing much better on heroin than four years ago." We have spend more time in that Sandbox of Iraq and Afghanistan that we spent beating the Germans, Italians, and Japanese during WWII. Hello?! The author is trying to make the Titanic look like a lovely day on the pond.
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Posted By: clevelandsucks @ 08/15/2008 2:33:31 PM
I'd love a NEWT GINGRICH/PAT BUCHANAN ticket!
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