Correction.. it's the History News Network.. Mike had it correct, but it morphed along the way.
On Jan 14, 5:11 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > jgg, > > Check outhttp://hnn.us/articles/48916.html > > I'm not saying they have it correct, and they are wise enough to > present both sides of the argument (albeit in a very unbalanced > manner), but it does appear the story did originate from the History > News Channel. There just was an extra layer or two of indirection > along the way. > > A couple of interesting snippet from the story; > > Quote: > The second criticism that is often raised of historians making such > assessments of a current president is that it is far too early. We do > not yet know how the things that Mr. Bush has done will work out in > the future. As the only respondent who classified the current > presidency among the ten best noted, “Any judgment of his ‘success’ or > lack thereof is premature in that the ultimate effects of his policies > are not yet known.” True enough. But this historian went on to make > his current evaluation, giving Bush “high marks for courage in his > willingness to attack intractable problems in the Near East and to > touch the Social Security ‘Third Rail.’ ” > > Quote: > “No individual president can compare to the second Bush,” wrote one. > “Glib, contemptuous, ignorant, incurious, a dupe of anyone who humors > his deluded belief in his heroic self, he has bankrupted the country > with his disastrous war and his tax breaks for the rich, trampled on > the Bill of Rights, appointed foxes in every henhouse, compounded the > terrorist threat, turned a blind eye to torture and corruption and a > looming ecological disaster, and squandered the rest of the world’s > goodwill. In short, no other president’s faults have had so > deleterious an effect on not only the country but the world at > large.” > > Quote: > “George Bush has combined mediocrity with malevolent policies and has > thus seriously damaged the welfare and standing of the United States,” > wrote one of the historians, echoing the assessments of many of his > professional colleagues. “Bush does only two things well,” said one of > the most distinguished historians. “He knows how to make the very > rich very much richer, and he has an amazing talent for f**king up > everything else he even approaches. His administration has been the > most reckless, dangerous, irresponsible, mendacious, arrogant, self- > righteous, incompetent, and deeply corrupt one in all of American > history.” > > On Jan 14, 4:44 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Except the link is NOT to a "History News Channel" And there is > > nothing about it being a site for historians... Who is Buzz flash??? > > > >>> It is a user driven progressive political news website that allows you > > >>> to submit a story that may be reviewed by all visitors and may or may > > >>> not be promoted to the front page. When you submit a story, it remains > > >>> in the pending Buzz queue until it receives enough votes to be promoted > > >>> to the main page. > > > Fake news by fake historians promoted by sadly unfake idoits... > > > On Jan 14, 11:55 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Those "educators" you talk about are the historians who some say are > > > supposed to be praising Bush when his term is over. LOL! > > > > On Jan 14, 11:19 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It isn't even the History Channel. Its a Washington state based blog > > > > run by a bunch of "educators." > > > > > On Jan 14, 11:03 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > History Channel????? > > > > > > Bush is still current events. > > > > > > Wonder what the Hostory Channel wil say in 50 years when Bush is > > > > > history. > > > > > > The Loons can't even pcae Clinton's achievements above Bush - to say > > > > > nothing of Jimmy Carter. > > > > > > The Loons don't even try. > > > > > > On Jan 14, 10:54 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Milk in your grits? That's just wrong, mikey! Butter, even cheese, > > > > > > okay, but milk? > > > > > > > It's interesting. Even most of those who voted for Bush will no > > > > > > longer > > > > > > defend him. > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 10:20 am, "florida mike !" <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > yeah i know i just figured i would brighten lower case mark and > > > > > > > travis's day by giving them something to yawn at . :o} > > > > > > > hey ! just for grins and giggles i asked for a class of milk to > > > > > > > put in > > > > > > > my grits yesterday at the local dinner . all i got was some funny > > > > > > > looks and no milk ! > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 10:10 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No surprise there. > > > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 9:18 am, "florida mike !" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 'History News Network' rated Bush the worst president in the > > > > > > > > > nation's > > > > > > > > > historyhttp://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=86618 > > > > > > > > > Bush leaves office next Tuesday with the lowest sustained > > > > > > > > > approval > > > > > > > > > ratings of any modern president. With the exception of > > > > > > > > > hard-line neo- > > > > > > > > > conservatives and other far-right hawks who ruled the roost > > > > > > > > > in Bush's > > > > > > > > > first term, the overwhelming consensus of veteran analysts > > > > > > > > > here is > > > > > > > > > that his "global war on terror" -- for which he is likely to > > > > > > > > > be most > > > > > > > > > remembered -- has inflicted unprecedented and possibly > > > > > > > > > permanent > > > > > > > > > damage on Washington's image abroad. The latter problem may > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > matter > > > > > > > > > to those who, like Vice President Dick Cheney and the > > > > > > > > > "neo-cons", > > > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > > long disdained diplomacy and other forms of "soft power". But > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > unexpected difficulties confronted by U.S. military forces in > > > > > > > > > Afghanistan and Iraq -- as well as the transparent failure of > > > > > > > > > "hard > > > > > > > > > power" to have the desired effect in other "terror-war" > > > > > > > > > theatres, > > > > > > > > > such > > > > > > > > > as Somalia and Pakistan (or Lebanon, in Israel's case) -- have > > > > > > > > > exposed > > > > > > > > > the limits of a U.S.-dominated "unipolar world", and the > > > > > > > > > ability of > > > > > > > > > the U.S. armed forces to enforce it on their own.- Hide > > > > > > > > > quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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. 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