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"AMERICABLOG: Team Bush Bungles it Again!"
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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]
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Peggy
said on 7/15/2005 @ 10:55 am PT...
That's what happens when you put a moron in President's chair. People have said to me that they agree Bush is not "very bright", to put it politely, but that he is surrounded by "intelligent people" to guide him. Of course, they assume a stupid person will be smart enough to surround himself with smart people (doh!). Of course, he has surrounded himself with thick-headed people just like himself..."birds of a feather flock together". The doh-doh Bush is surrounded by doh-doh birds. So sorry for America, sorry for the world.
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Robert Lockwood Mills
said on 7/15/2005 @ 11:09 am PT...
For Peggy: The problem with the "Bush surrounds himself with intelligent people" argument is that whenever an intelligent person (Powell, Shinseki, O'Neill, Clarke, Wilson, Whitman) tells Bush something he doesn't want to hear, he 1) considers it an act of disloyalty, and 2) gets rid of said person.
There is no value in a dumb person's surrounding himself with smart people if the dumb person never listens except when the smart people tell him what he wants to hear.
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Bejammin075
said on 7/15/2005 @ 11:25 am PT...
The president doesn't like to interfere with "ongoing investigations".
Remember when the UN WMD inspectors were involved with an ongoing investigation? They only needed a couple more months. At that time, Bush thought it was a great idea to not only comment on an ongoing investigation, but to end it and start a war.
COMMENT #4 [Permalink]
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MarkH
said on 7/15/2005 @ 12:49 pm PT...
Inept or 'just helping' Al Qaeda?
Rove (or somebody) outed Plame..
Bush doesn't care about or think about ObL
War in Afghanistan was blunted to begin in Iraq.
Seems the Bush people like Al Qaeda running amok, so they can keep oil prices high and Americans scared and voting Republican.
Seems we've got a bunch of traitors in the White House. Is it all about stealing as much money as they can?
COMMENT #5 [Permalink]
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Paul
said on 7/15/2005 @ 1:05 pm PT...
Clinton did nothing about these terrorists for 8 years. He was more concerned about his popularity and late night pizza deliveries. And he was impeached and disbarred.
Oil prices are about supply and demand. Two countries do not currently have the infrastructure to determine how much oil they need. Those two countries are Russia and China. Their demand is very high; therefore, the supply is low, creating higher prices. That is all there is to it. Plus, we have not built a refinery since the 1970s.
We needed to go to war with Iraq whether 911 happened or not. They broke 17 UN resolutions!
We are still technically at war with N. Korea. Bush mentioned the "AXIS of Evil" and long long time ago and he has been 100% right.
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Miss Persistent
said on 7/15/2005 @ 1:08 pm PT...
This impulsivity and lack of depth is exactly why it is so frightening that these people sit so close to the red phone.
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Robert Lockwood Mills
said on 7/15/2005 @ 1:15 pm PT...
If Iraq failed to abide by 17 U.N. resolutions, why does that impose on the UNITED STATES a duty to go to war?
We aren't the U.N. In fact, we don't always pay our dues, and the guy Bush wants to send over there hates the U.N. So what in the name of Dag Hammerskjold do U.N. resolutions have to do with our invasion of Iraq?
And, FYI, no war was ever declared...so the operative words are INVASION and OCCUPATION.
COMMENT #8 [Permalink]
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STOP_George
said on 7/15/2005 @ 2:05 pm PT...
In light of important new developments in this story from Pakistani Intelligence, we should be pressing the press to ask some specific questions about the "ORANGE ALERT SCANDAL" that took place in July 2004.
FLASHBACK --- 2004:
A Pakistani security official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that despite failing to capture some al Qaeda suspects after Khan's arrest, the country's security agencies were chasing them and would eventually get them.
The official would not reveal the names or nationalities of the fugitives who evaded arrest.
That's right! The U.S. and Britain KNOW THE NAMES of the fugitives that escaped due to the GOP leak.
THE QUESTION THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE ASKING RIGHT NOW:
Did any of the fugitives that escaped the 2004 round-up of an Al Qaeda cell in Pakistan take part in the London Bombing?
If this turns out to be the case --- the Rove scandal will look like a walk in the park, folks. Afterall, 50+ British citizens may have died as a result.
COMMENT #9 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/15/2005 @ 2:46 pm PT...
PAUL you said
"We needed to go to war with Iraq whether 911 happened or not. They broke 17 UN resolutions!"
So that means you need to go to war against ISRAEL ,how many UN resolutions have they broke?
COMMENT #10 [Permalink]
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Catherine Guadagnino
said on 7/15/2005 @ 3:07 pm PT...
You know Paul, you've been touting the same old rehetoric for years now! When it comes to Bush, no one can say in the open that he is a terrible administator. Not without the RIGHT, calling up Pres.Clintons Personal faults. But we are not taking personal faults here , we are talking about OUR MEN and WOMEN being killed for Bush's own PERSONAL Philosphies. We haven't even seen what the depleted urainum is doing to our men and women or the Iraq people. The consequences of thisWAR haveNOT been calculated .
Our country is in decline and will continue, and alas
hit bottom very sooon. VA short , SS short, Homeland security short. No energy policy. Medicare and Medicaid short and if Bush has his way will be cut even further.
So you can talk about Bill Clinton all you want , but he balanced the budget! Got us into SURPLUS! And your Man broke the trust of this country and of it's people!
Which is more important to the American people? Yes, he lied about a Personal Affair, not good. But he did not go haphazardly into the night getting our people dead and killing inocent people along the way.
I think you have your piorities mixed up! : :O
COMMENT #11 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/15/2005 @ 7:13 pm PT...
COMMENT #12 [Permalink]
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Torqued
said on 7/15/2005 @ 8:09 pm PT...
MMIIXX #11 --
WhatReallyHappened.com and several other sites have been gathering facts all along and it looks certain that the London bombings were gamed, not unlike 9/11. I know that everything we read isn't the truth, but the evidence gathered thus far screams for an independant investigation. The facts certainly don't match what is being reported, instead portray the actual conspiracy, the players, and the coverup. It's that sloppy and obvious.
COMMENT #13 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/15/2005 @ 11:45 pm PT...
TORQUED I know what you mean by "I know that everything we read isn't the truth" but live on the BBC dang so the way to fight terrorism is NOT TO ALLOW DRILLS ,cheney during 911 now power on 7/7......
When bush called it the "war on terror" we all got it wrong ,the spelling that is ,it should the written as the "WAR ON TERRA" now the facts fit the phrase.
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Jerry Manuel Freggenbackmunchen
said on 7/16/2005 @ 11:42 am PT...
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COMMENT #15 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/16/2005 @ 12:01 pm PT...
COMMENT #16 [Permalink]
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Robert Lockwood Mills
said on 7/16/2005 @ 12:29 pm PT...
Blair is now screaming about a grand Muslim plot to spread terror worldwide. This, after he expressed shock to learn that the four suspects in the London bombing were all Britons.
It makes you kinda' wonder what invading Iraq had to do with countering this grand Muslim plot, doesn't it? Osama bin Laden called Saddam Hussein an "infidel," which doesn't sound like the description of anyone leading a Muslin jihad. But our friend Tony is becoming more and more like Bush every day...he doesn't bother to conform his remarks to known facts, and just makes stuff up as he goes along to make people more afraid.
COMMENT #17 [Permalink]
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Inez
said on 7/16/2005 @ 1:58 pm PT...
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...Jerry Manuel Freggenbackmunchen said on 7/16/2005 @ 11:42am PT...
"my wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity"
FYI Dude, the AP has corrected their report:
Wilson also said "my wife was not a clandestine officer the day that Bob Novak blew her identity."
In an interview Friday, Wilson said his comment was meant to reflect that his wife lost her ability to be a covert agent because of the leak, not that she had stopped working for the CIA beforehand.
His wife's "ability to do the job she's been doing for close to 20 years ceased from the minute Novak's article appeared; she ceased being a clandestine officer," he said.
Another FYI, the only ones questioning her status are the rightie spinners. The CIA has confirmed that she was indeed covert. Not only was HER cover blown, by using her maiden name Plame, but all the operatives that worked with her. Can you say, "TREASON?" Taking things out of context and parsing statements does not turn lies to truth. The truth stands on its own, and in the end it will be the only thing standing. Don't get dizzy and fall down with all that rightie spin.
I'm neither right or left, I consider myself only interested in what's best for this country. No matter who is doing the screwing, it's important to find out and deal with it. It really makes me mad that the rightie spinners are trying to act like this is a leftie plot. If this was nothing more than propaganda there wouldn't be a special prosecutor investigating for two years. It goes all the way to the top, and if you don't care that our government is treasonous then you are no patriot. Patriotism is pure, not let, not right, not red, not blue.
COMMENT #18 [Permalink]
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Paul
said on 7/16/2005 @ 2:01 pm PT...
> So you can talk about Bill Clinton all you want , but he balanced the budget! Got us into SURPLUS!
You are correct. The 2 greatest accomplishments of the Clinton years were balancing the budget and welfare reform. Both were reached because of a Republican congress and all Bill had to do was sign the bills. He reluctantly signed welfare reform.
Surplus? Those were future predictions. Things always change. If I make $100,000 this year I can predict that I will make at least $100,000 next year. However, I could become unemployed and my prediction becomes null and void.
We are now in a war. A costly war. A war that will last for many years. We need to drain the swap. We need to kill all of the roaches. Iraq is part of that war. If you run from a bully he will haunt you the rest of your life. Terrorists in modern times have been terrorizing since the Olympics in 1972. It's about time to fight back.
It's easy to avoid. It's easy to do nothing. People do that in relationships. Easy to not discuss problems and just keep going with no changes. It is difficult to face the problems. Is is difficult to go to war but Bush promised that "they will hear from all of us." They are hearing from us now and I think we are doing a pretty darn good job.
COMMENT #19 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/16/2005 @ 2:19 pm PT...
PAUL you said "I think we are doing a pretty darn good job." Based on what "metric"?
COMMENT #20 [Permalink]
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U Got 2 B Kidding
said on 7/16/2005 @ 3:23 pm PT...
****So you can talk about Bill Clinton all you want , but he balanced the budget! Got us into SURPLUS! And your Man broke the trust of this country and of it's people!****
Clinton never got a surplus. There was never any money left over at the end of the year you dope ass. You liberals are nothing but stupid asses who repeat everything you hear on CNN.
COMMENT #21 [Permalink]
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U Got 2 B Kidding
said on 7/16/2005 @ 3:31 pm PT...
****So you can talk about Bill Clinton all you want , but he balanced the budget! Got us into SURPLUS! And your Man broke the trust of this country and of it's people!****
Clinton never got a surplus. There was never any money left over at the end of the year you dope ass. You liberals are nothing but stupid asses who repeat everything you hear on CNN.
COMMENT #22 [Permalink]
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MMIIXX
said on 7/16/2005 @ 4:01 pm PT...
.U Got 2 B Kidding ,U Got 2 B on Drugs or need 2 B
COMMENT #23 [Permalink]
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paul
said on 7/16/2005 @ 4:43 pm PT...
> PAUL you said "I think we are doing a pretty darn good job." Based on what "metric"?
We are killing the terrorists everyday!
COMMENT #24 [Permalink]
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Robert Lockwood Mills
said on 7/16/2005 @ 4:46 pm PT...
What bully was haunting us? Saddam Hussein? He was our ALLY against Iran! We sold him arms!
Who the hell are you talking about? A man who was captured in 2003? Last time I checked, soldiers were dying in 2005!
Hitler died in 1945. According to your convoluted logic, we'd still have been fighting Germans in 1947.
Doing a "pretty darn good job?" Of what? Losing American lives in a never-ending quagmire? For what and for whom? War? Who is the enemy? You can't have a war without an enemy, and the same people we're killing and who are killing us are the people we're supposed to be liberating.
"Pretty darn good job?" God Almighty, what a delusional statement that is.
COMMENT #25 [Permalink]
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Paul
said on 7/16/2005 @ 4:49 pm PT...
> If Iraq failed to abide by 17 U.N. resolutions, why does that impose on the UNITED STATES a duty to go to war?
A cease fire in the Gulf War of 1991 and then the first UN resolution. Iraq did not comply and continued to fire at our planes and the UN had to come up with 16 more resolutions. That is a joke! It shows hoe irrelevant the UN really is. Someone's got to be a force for peace and not those wimps
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MMIIXX
said on 7/16/2005 @ 7:22 pm PT...
And force demo(n)cracy on Iraq
(just like the 2004 US election)
In a statement issued in response to questions about a report in the next issue of The New Yorker, Frederick Jones, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said that "in the final analysis, the president determined and the United States government adopted a policy that we would not try - and did not try - to influence the outcome of the Iraqi election by covertly helping individual candidates for office."
http://www.nytimes.com/2.../17/politics/17elect.htm
l?ex=1279252800&en=4a49168c24325e4a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
COMMENT #27 [Permalink]
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Dredd
said on 7/19/2005 @ 3:15 am PT...
Paul #25 You say "Someone's got to be a force for peace" and that is fine.
But to say that "someone" is a warmongering administration, i.e. the Bush administration, is a non sequiter.