what is your point lew ? On Dec 30, 9:13 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mikey: > > Are you dead and/or imprisoned?? > > On Dec 30, 8:06 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > lew bush hasn't kept anyone alive or free ! > > > On Dec 30, 7:05 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Mikey: > > > > Bush's greatest damage to the country has been to keep you alive and > > > free for 8 years. > > > > On Dec 30, 6:56 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Add Up the Damage Bush has done to this > > > > country.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/opinion/30herbert.html?_r=1&th&emc=th > > > > Does anyone know where George W. Bush is? > > > > > You don’t hear much from him anymore. The last image most of us > > > > remember is of the president ducking a pair of size 10s that were > > > > hurled at him in Baghdad. > > > > > We’re still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel is thrashing the > > > > Palestinians in Gaza. And the U.S. economy is about as vibrant as the > > > > 0-16 Detroit Lions. > > > > > But hardly a peep have we heard from George, the 43rd. > > > > > When Mr. Bush officially takes his leave in three weeks (in reality, > > > > he checked out long ago), most Americans will be content to sigh good > > > > riddance. I disagree. I don’t think he should be allowed to slip > > > > quietly out of town. There should be a great hue and cry — a loud, > > > > collective angry howl, demonstrations with signs and bullhorns and > > > > fiery speeches — over the damage he’s done to this country. > > > > > This is the man who gave us the war in Iraq and Guantánamo and > > > > torture > > > > and rendition; who turned the Clinton economy and the budget surplus > > > > into fool’s gold; who dithered while New Orleans drowned; who > > > > trampled > > > > our civil liberties at home and ruined our reputation abroad; who let > > > > Dick Cheney run hog wild and thought Brownie was doing a heckuva job. > > > > > The Bush administration specialized in deceit. How else could you get > > > > the public (and a feckless Congress) to go along with an invasion of > > > > Iraq as an absolutely essential response to the Sept. 11 attacks, > > > > when > > > > Iraq had had nothing to do with the Sept. 11 attacks? > > > > > Exploiting the public’s understandable fears, Mr. Bush made it sound > > > > as if Iraq was about to nuke us: “We cannot wait,” he said, “for the > > > > final proof — the smoking gun that could come in the form of a > > > > mushroom cloud.” > > > > > He then set the blaze that has continued to rage for nearly six > > > > years, > > > > consuming more than 4,000 American lives and hundreds of thousands of > > > > Iraqis. (A car bomb over the weekend killed two dozen more Iraqis, > > > > many of them religious pilgrims.) The financial cost to the U.S. will > > > > eventually reach $3 trillion or more, according to the Nobel laureate > > > > economist Joseph Stiglitz. > > > > > A year into the war Mr. Bush was cracking jokes about it at the > > > > annual > > > > dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents Association. He > > > > displayed a series of photos that showed him searching the Oval > > > > Office, peering behind curtains and looking under the furniture. A > > > > mock caption had Mr. Bush saying: “Those weapons of mass destruction > > > > have got to be somewhere.” > > > > > And then there’s the Bush economy, another disaster, a trapdoor > > > > through which middle-class Americans can plunge toward the bracing > > > > experiences normally reserved for the poor and the destitute. > > > > > Mr. Bush traveled the country in the early days of his presidency, > > > > promoting his tax cut plans as hugely beneficial to small-business > > > > people and families of modest means. This was more deceit. The tax > > > > cuts would go overwhelmingly to the very rich. > > > > > The president would give the wealthy and the powerful virtually > > > > everything they wanted. He would throw sand into the regulatory > > > > apparatus and help foster the most extreme income disparities since > > > > the years leading up to the Great Depression. Once again he was > > > > lighting a fire. This time the flames would engulf the economy and, > > > > as > > > > with Iraq, bring catastrophe. > > > > > If the U.S. were a product line, it would be seen now as deeply > > > > damaged goods, subject to recall. > > > > > There seemed to be no end to Mr. Bush’s talent for destruction. He > > > > tried to hand the piggy bank known as Social Security over to the > > > > marauders of the financial sector, but saner heads prevailed. > > > > > In New Orleans, the president failed to intervene swiftly and > > > > decisively to aid the tens of thousands of poor people who were very > > > > publicly suffering and, in many cases, dying. He then compounded this > > > > colossal failure of leadership by traveling to New Orleans and > > > > promising, in a dramatic, floodlit appearance, to spare no effort in > > > > rebuilding the flood-torn region and the wrecked lives of the > > > > victims. > > > > > He went further, vowing to confront the issue of poverty in America > > > > “with bold action.” > > > > > It was all nonsense, of course. He did nothing of the kind. > > > > > The catalog of his transgressions against the nation’s interests — > > > > sins of commission and omission — would keep Mr. Bush in a > > > > confessional for the rest of his life. Don’t hold your breath. He’s > > > > hardly the contrite sort. > > > > > He told ABC’s Charlie Gibson: “I don’t spend a lot of time really > > > > worrying about short-term history. I guess I don’t worry about long- > > > > term history, either, since I’m not going to be around to read it.” > > > > > The president chuckled, thinking — as he did when he made his jokes > > > > about the missing weapons of mass destruction — that there was > > > > something funny going on.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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