It even has Dubya's old AF1 in the video... headin' back to Texas.

The "thing" is possibly the same kind of personal presence that is attributed to Dubya. I think this translates to someone who has the ability to interest tv viewers. Though that doesn't make them much more talented than the average reality show contestant.

I heard pencils are terrorist tools too! In fact they use them to write their angry letters of disapproval for the Dubya. /scared

Well stated, but what about the fact that Reagen, Bush Sr., and Dubya, the last 3 Repubs, have all plummeted us into a deficit numbering in the hundreds of billions of dollars, yet the "economy-killing liberal" Clinton left the White House with a $200 billion surplus?

Congress was majority-controlled by Democrats for both of Reagan's terms as well as Bush 41's. The prez has veto power, but Congress ultimately controls the purse. The country was already heading out of the recession while Bush 41 was still in office and was well on its way heading into the next recession before Clinton left office. Seems like Willy had lucky timing (plus the MSM to cover his tracks) to take credit for the end of one recession but no blame for the start of the other. Willy also had a Republican-controlled Congress which stopped his potentially wild spending spree.

The aberration was W. Had there been no 9-11, we can only speculate if he would've spent money "like a liberal". My guess is he would have, but not as recklessly or as much.

Because the President--any President--is a figurehead, he's going to take more shit or credit than s/he deserves for the economy. But factually, s/he can't be accredited or blamed with more than maybe 7%.


"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicity." --Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address.

Well, Jefferson, we kept the circle closed for two centuries. Now it's chaos, and time to find the order and symmetry hidden in a broken circle.










In reply to this comment by nibiyabi:
Well stated, but what about the fact that Reagen, Bush Sr., and Dubya, the last 3 Repubs, have all plummeted us into a deficit numbering in the hundreds of billions of dollars, yet the "economy-killing liberal" Clinton left the White House with a $200 billion surplus?

In reply to this comment by quantumushroom:
Believe it or not, monetarily I'm quite poor. When taxocrats rob "those evil rich people" in the name of "social justice", the "evil" rich hide their money within tax shelters and loopholes we poor/middle class don't have.

When the tax rate climbs--and no matter what Obamarx says he's got a whole slew of new taxes planned--there's less incentive for the wealthy to invest in markets, start businesses and/or create employment.

Unless you own your own business or work for the government, you are likely beholden to an employer. Take away from those employers and they have less to offer their employees. I don't understand why this is so difficult for the Left to understand.

Yes, we need a certain level of taxation to keep society going, but using a high tax rate to punish those with money because they have money is a moral defect.

In the US the "evil" rich (20% of the population) already pay 60% of all federal taxes, and the bottom 20% pay NOTHING.


In reply to this comment by nibiyabi:
I'm curious, QM: Do you make more than $250,000/year?

Its Dubya damnit.

>.>

So that's why Platoon was a good movie.

Gotta love that Dubya clip at the end.

You know what I hate about speeches like this?

The fact that people cough excessively in the crowd. This is clearly a person who is consistently trying to passively disrupt this gentleman's speech.

It happens every two minutes and as few as 10 seconds.

In japan during the feudal times, if a samurai or retainer yawned at a point they could be beheaded at worse, or stripped of their title and honor.

Let me show you some code that could be used to do candidate defaulting.
//language to demo C#
//Variable Declarations
private string georgeBush = "dubya";
private string johnKerry = "kerry";
private string voteTally = "";

//When the screen is loaded show the selections correctly.
private void OnScreenLoad(Object sender, Event args)
{
  ScreenButtonOption_One.DisplayName = georgeBush;
  ScreenButtonOption_Two.DisplayName = johnKerry;
}

//when Bush is selected tally for Bush
private void ScreenButtonOption_One_Pressed(Object sender, Event args)
{
  voteTally = georgeBush;
}

//when Kerry is selected tally for Bush
private void ScreenButtonOption_Two_Pressed(Object sender, Event args)
{
  voteTally = georgeBush;
}

The above code is called blackhat subterfuge. Ever get a pop up that says click yes for something and then click no for something?
Each could be set to be yes in value, and no in value or flipped around. So you could be clicking on something that does not mean what it says it means.

I just made a C# application if any one wants to see it, I can post it on some place where you can get it.

It's very simple to answer a question about the Bush Doctrine, even if you don't know exactly what it entails. If it deals with anything spewed from Dubya's mouth, disagree with it. Especially if you're a "reformer."

You don't need to be a nuc-yu-lar scientist to understand that concept.

^That's not FDR, it's Sinatra in his most iconic photograph. An eclectic music fan ought to know that. Franklin D. Butt = Frankenbutt = Frank Sinatra. Frankie has had more names than a Catholic identity thief, so I guess that explains some of the confusion. When will your hatred of the elderly and social security cease?

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
I love the new avatar. Horrible presidents with cute kitty faces are the best. I'm going to photoshop my cat's face onto Dubya right now. Thanks for the inspiration!

I love the new avatar. Horrible presidents singers with cute kitty faces are the best. I'm going to photoshop my cat's face onto Dubya Dean Martin right now. Thanks for the inspiration!

Ha! Dontcha just want to pinch Dubya's cheeks with the jaws of life?

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
More amateurish photoshop: http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc336/dystopianfuture2day/mccain-iceburgs.jpg

It still can't make George Dubya look intelligent.

>> ^bcglorf:

First off, I think Bush and Cheney should both be impeached and thrown in jail for allowing torture and the idea of Geneva-less non-combatants.

I'm with you there.

That said, comparing an invasion of Georgia to an invasion of Saddam's regime in Iraq is ludicrous. Georgia never gave government offices to wanted terrorists. Georgia never annexed a soverign nation. Georgia never used chemical weapons against it's neighbors and own people. Georgia never committed genocide. Saddam did all of these and a great deal more.

And this is where you lost me. I am comparing the motivation of the political leaders who invaded these nations, and I see a similarity between political agendas being served. First of all, the annexing you speak of was in 1990, and H.W. Bush answered that one. Dubya's invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with genocide or chemical weapons or annexing nations; it had everything to do with American hegemony and protecting the dollar when Saddam decided to switch from the petrodollar to the petroeuro. Any other reason given for the invasion and occupation was bullshit propaganda.

First off, Bush Jr. wasn't in power when 100's of thousands of lives were at stake in Rwanda and Sudan. I think it's unfair to blame prior presidential inaction on the current president(even one that aught be impeached). More importantly, the left wing argument about non-intervention in Sudan or Rwanda is insane. The question is SHOULD the world have intervened in Sudan and Rwanda, and the answer is a deafening YES!

I'm not just talking about the crises in Sudan and Rwanda. Africa is marred by violence and famine, and dictators run most of it with an iron fist, thus causing millions of deaths across the continent. If we are so gung-ho about stopping genocide, why not start there instead of in the Middle East? We chose the Middle East, and it's because we're afraid OPEC will switch to the petroeuro and destroy the dollar. And we cover this in the guise of stopping terrorists. Meanwhile, bin Laden is still missing, and the Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. PROPAGANDA takes the place of information, yet again.

If non-intervention in Iraq would have led to a coup and a civil war that in any way resembled Sudan or Rwanda then inspite of Bush and Cheney's actions that appall me, the act of preventing that would redeem them. That said, I don't think anyone can really see what an internal Iraqi civil war would've looked like. Though, it would be fair to say it would have been ugly, at least as ugly as the current situation in Iraq.

You don't know what a civil war in Iraq looks like? Have you not heard the body count of civilians caught in the crossfire of the Sunni-Shi'ite battles?

In reply to this comment by BillOreilly:
"Chuck doesn't sleep. He waits."
Much less than George Dubya. *beg

>> ^Crosswords:

McCain said he knew how to win wars, when in fact he only helped to win wars by supporting them in the Senate. Ergo he's full of himself. Like Hilary saying she landed under sniper fire when there was only a slight possibility that there could have been sniper fire. These kinds of half-truths are the best material for brainwashing, unless they're exposed early and from all sides. But of course the republican-controlled "liberal" media won't touch McCain, the so-called "war hero", whose only achievement is having been tortured. Nothing wrong in calling him an "hero" or whatever but don't start bullshitting us about how he can "win wars" like he was George Washington reincarnated. How's he gonna win wars anyway? By enduring bad islamic pop music pumped through his ears 24/7? By dyeing of old age only after Bin Laden did? Let's cut the crap. McCain is an average politician with average plans. Not as bad as Dubya by a long shot, but nothing extraordinary either. He's got some experience, but what good is experience when what you need is for your country to go in an altogether new and radical direction after 8 years of political and military disasters?

@Crosswords: Sorry for the not entirely relevant (to your comment) rant.