Bush Address Tuesday
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- ********0
so
Americans voted Bush
because they could
"through the bs that's spread across tv screens."
right.
Anarchitect
(Jun 29 05, 07:35)
--------------------------No, they voted for Bush because Kerry was a shit candidate. The devil you know...
- ********0
Personally, I think the majority of Americans voted, those that did, for Bush because they didn't like Kerry as much and they went with their gut feeling and their past political affiliation.
I mean most know of the Bush family, do you know the Kerry family?
That had something to do with it.
- ********0
Our country was founded on dislike and distrust of politicians.
uberdesigner
(Jun 29 05, 07:32)
--------------You know Uber, I think the US and in fact the whole enlightenment was about suspicion of authority and concentrations of power.
That was a main connective thread in US hostory and cultural make up.
Prior to 9/11 I thought the biggest threat facing the long term viability of the American experiment was the congealing of economic power in corporations that were largely above the law in the US - their influence as a degrading influence on ideals of personal liberty,
9/11 happened, and as much as a threat that terrorism is to the US, this other threat hasn't gone away - in fact it has only increased and is hidden now behind patriotic motifs.
The recent supreme court ruling about emeniant domain, the bankruptcy "reform" act, the attack on "trial lawyers", the gutting of many federal standards for various industries, the patriot act, the "national ID" card, possibly the invasion of Iraq itself ...
Power is being concentrated beyond te scope of the American electorate and the propaganda machine is well greased. Bush and his cohorts are part of this machine. I mean all politicians (well most) are - they have to be to operate in that world. But the hso be a balance, and there is no balance with this admin - it's about concentrating power in places that are above transparency and reach - and that is fundamentally un-american to me at it's core..
The US certainly dealt with this before in the age of the robber barons - and the press and rhetoris than was as partisan as it is now - but then the little guy won. I am not so sure this time around...
Rant over.
- mrdobolina0
in 1999, when Bush was campaigning, he asked Clinton/Gore for a timetable/exit strategy for leaving Kosovo.
Fast forward to 2005, Bush can't give an exit strategy or timetable for leaving iraq because it "sends the wrong message".
if you voted for bush, you have a mental deficiency.
- jevad0
"We must be patient and resolute as my homeboys loot the treasury"
mrdobolina
(Jun 29 05, 05:34)hahahahhah
- flickster0
I can't believe that the people with the W stickers on their cars would still want to broadcast that they were who put him in office...
Also..
The Terrorists are only half the problem... god forbid gays that want to marry. We need to rewrite the Constitution to make sure that that shit don't happen... give me a break.Separate of Church and State my ass.
Sorry, I'm ranting...
- ********0
democracy, love it or leave it.
:)
- Anarchitect0
proto-fascism.
leave it.
- jamble0
Kuz, you are ignorant if you believe that americans can't see through the bs that's spread across tv screens. We invented massmedia bullshit. Our country was founded on dislike and distrust of politicians.
Just stay focused on Bush and everything will be fine, just fine.
uberdesigner
(Jun 29 05, 07:32)So why would more than half of the population re-elect someone who is running the economy into massive debt and fighting an unpopular "war on terror" ??
- mikhaii0
Who cares if they havnt found any weapons... some people miss the point...
we went to iraq to fight so we wont have to fight on our soil.
If Sadam could get his hands on weapons he would use them, its good to take him out now.
Thank god
- flickster0
True about Saddam... but you don't lie and say that you know he has these weapons of mass destruction when he doesn't...
Just say, we need to go kick his ass, there, so we don't have to do it over here.
- mrdobolina0
saddam would never have done that, the US would level that country with nukes and he knew that.
- ********0
true mrdobolina
- mrdobolina0
this was an economic war. nothing more nothing less.
- ArtDirector0
Bush was re-elected because of freakin Ohio....sorry, I got issues with that state.
- jamble0
Quite, if the threat of WMD's is indeed something the US administration cares about, I'm suprised they're not casting worried glances towards North Korea who openly dislike the US and have nuclear weapons.
- ********0
this was an economic war. nothing more nothing less.
mrdobolina
(Jun 29 05, 07:56)and look at all the good it's done! our gas prices are the lowest in years!
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- mrdobolina0
the current administration wants bases in iraq to to replace the ones they lost in saudi arabia. that is why they are building 14 permanent bases in iraq. this admin wants chaos in that country and has no intentions of ever leaving.
- mrdobolina0
how'd your tournament go, homey?
- ********0
Quite, if the threat of WMD's is indeed something the US administration cares about, I'm suprised they're not casting worried glances towards North Korea who openly dislike the US and have nuclear weapons.
jamble
(Jun 29 05, 08:01)They would, 'cept N. Korea is stuck on an island, and got plenty of enemies already and if they attacked, they wouldn't want Hiroshima/Nagasaki times 1000. That might hurt a lil' bit.
Although, with that being said, one must never underestimat their enemies.
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