Bush = Obama On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote:
> > bruce, > > The fuck we can't blame Bush. > > On Jun 21, 9:52 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Before watching this film entitled "Rethink Afghanistan" please prepare > > yourself emotionally. The little girl in the yellow dress has died since > > this film was made in May. We can no longer lay this at the feet of > George > > Bush; Barack Obama has dramatically escalated the war in Afghanistan and > is > > spreading misery and murder on a massive scale. Please pass the link on > to > > your network of friends and relatives. As always, you can circulate all > of > > my essays with or without attribution.* > > > > * **JM*** > > *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krHV9iT20zw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvotersfo. > .. > > * > > ** > > ** > > ************************** > > * * > > > > *"He's a hell of a lot better president than George W. Bush". * > > > > *-Thom Hartmann* > > > > *Hi Everyone,* > > > > * * > > > > *Thom Hartmann is a Democratic Party radio talk show host -- sort of the > > Democrats’ version of Sean Hannity. Hartman is not the brightest light in > > the harbor but he is aware of Obama's atrocities. Nevertheless as a good > > member of the Corporate War Party (there is only one political party in > this > > country) he can seriously proclaim "he's a hell of a lot better president > > than George W. Bush". While it may be refreshing to the educated ear to > hear > > the **Queen's** English damaged less regularly than the former > > war-criminal-in-chief, proper syntax establishes no predicate for the > truth. > > * > > > > *“I think those of us who voted for McCain are going to be a lot happier > > with Obama than the people who voted for him.” * > > > > *-Republican Indiana resident Valerie Schlink, quoted in the New York > Times, > > 1/18/08* > > > > ** > > > > * > > > > Yes, the Democrat controlled House of Representatives voted to continue > the > > wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan thanks to the so-called "antiwar > > Democrats". On Friday the Democrat controlled Senate followed suit. The > wars > > will continue. According to the Pentagon the occupation of Iraq will > > continue at least until 2019. Obama has left 50,000 American soldiers, > now > > called peacekeepers, along with 100,000 mercenary forces to occupy the > > largest US embassy in the world -- larger than the entire Vatican City > State! > > Those forces will also be occupying 14 permanent military bases. > > > > * > > > > *Along with Iraq, the war in Afghanistan will be further escalated by the > > Obama administration and US unmanned drones will continue to rain death > and > > destruction on innocent men, women and children in Pakistan. We will > > continue to fund Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people.* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > * > > > > “Let me also say that—let me also address an illegitimate concern that’s > > being put forward by those who are claiming that a public option is > somehow > > a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. I’ll be honest. There are > > countries where a single-payer system works pretty well. But I > believe—and > > I’ve taken some flak from members of my own party for this belief—that > it’s > > important for our reform efforts to build on our traditions here in the > United > > States. So, when you hear the naysayers claim that I’m trying to bring > about > > government-run healthcare, know this: they’re not telling the truth.” > > > > Barak Obama to AMA, April 15, 2009 > > > > THIS SHOULD PUT TO REST THE DEMOCRAT'S SUPPORT OF A "PUBLIC OPTION"! > THIS > > WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN A HEALTH CARE GHETTO > > > > – A JIM CROW HEALTH CARE PLAN. > > > > JM > > * > > > > * * > > > > *The Obama administration is nothing more than a recapitulation of the > Bush > > registration. The Obama administration told us last week that it will not > > make public (as did the Bush administration) who the visitors to the > White > > House were despite Obama's criticism of this Bush policy at least three > > times during his campaign. Obama has chosen hard-core right-wing > neoliberals > > like Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner as his top economic advisers. He > has > > not indicated any support for the Employee Free Choice Act. He continues > to > > openly support free trade agreements which enrich corporate CEOs while > > impoverishing the American working class. He has escalated the war in > > Afghanistan and began the wholesale destruction of Pakistan. From his > first > > day in office he could've stopped the enforcement of "don't ask don't > tell" > > but he has not. He could have insisted on much sterner measures in the > > bankruptcy bills a couple of weeks ago that would have kept millions of > > people in their homes but he did nothing. He continues to do spoil our > > environment pushing "clean coal", mountaintop removal and nuclear fuel. > He > > has even flip-flopped on military tribunals which continue the suspension > of > > habeas corpus.* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > * * > > > > *When George W. Bush became president he knew he had an agenda. He knew > what > > he wanted to do. He knew what was expected of him. He knew there was no > > popular movement to invade Iraq but he did it anyway. In fact there was > no > > popular support for any of his plans but that did not stop him from > > implementing them.* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > *"It is impossible to separate the country's financial ills from the > > long-term need to rein in health care costs, stabilize Social Security > and > > prevent the Medicare program from bankrupting the government". * > > > > *O-BOMB-A is not worried about his wars or corporate welefare bankrupting > > the government but Medicare and Social Security ! Obama is also > considering > > a plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service related injuries > with > > private insurance! * > > * > > > > Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening. > > > > ** JM* > > > > * * > > > > *It was clear that Barack Obama had a clear mandate for change: to end > the > > wars, to introduce single-payer healthcare, to improve the living > conditions > > of the working class, to introduce significant campaign finance reform, > to > > take a different approach to our collapsing economy than the > "neoliberal", > > free-market approach taken by George Bush, to end torture and punish > those > > responsible for using those techniques, to usher in a new era of openness > > and ended the secrecy of the Bush administration. We are told by his > > administration that he can do none of these because there is no public > > support! We are told by the Democrat Party apologists that all we need > to > > do is form a mass movement and pressure Obama into doing those things for > > which he was given a clear mandate. Bush needed no such mass movement. He > > acted. Sometimes illegally but actually, most of what he did was legal. > He > > seized the opportunity presented by every crisis to advance his > imperialist > > agenda.* > > > > * * > > > > *I submit that no mass movement will make Obama do anything other than > what > > his corporate pay masters dictate. He received huge campaign > contributions > > from the coal industry, the nuclear power industry and of course the > > healthcare insurance and drug companies. He does not see himself as > having > > the same mandate that the majority of American people see for him. The > one > > page he might have taken from the Bush administration without causing > > further global misery would have been to carry out the mandate given to > him > > by those who voted for him. Unfortunately, he sees his agenda as mandated > by > > those who paid for his election. Brock Obama has a history of doing what > he > > is told. He would not have moved from the Illinois legislature to the > United > > States Senate to the presidency of the United States unless he had > followed > > the instructions of Mayor Daley and the corrupt one-party Democrat system > of > > Chicago.* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > * * > > > > *Though I have listed dozens, I have lost count of his atrocities yet > even > > though he has not significantly departed from the Bush foreign or > domestic > > policy, amusingly the Republicans criticize him for being a Socialist > while > > the Democrats think he's the "Second Coming".* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > *Democrats continue to see Barry-the-Bomber as the savior!* > > > > * * > > > > *Obama portrayed himself as the peace candidate, he is certainly not a > peace > > president. Those who voted for him actually thought he was "lying" when > he > > promised military escalation in Afghanistan. They thought this was a > > necessary campaign promise so that he would not look wimpish in the face > of > > war hawk John McCain. The way things are going; Pakistan could become the > > new Cambodia** and Obama the new Nixon.* > > ** > > ** > > ** > > > > As for pork-barrel politics, Obama named one of its greatest champions, > > Chicago’s own Rahm Emanuel (every bit the war criminal as were Colin > Powell > > and Donald Rumsfeld), as his chief of staff, and the new budget (as well > as > > the “stimulus” package) is loaded with pork. > > > > * * > > > > *Of course it's just another one of those niggling details, but Obama’s > > naming of former Raytheon lobbyist William Lynn III as deputy secretary > of > > defense seems to be at odds with the president’s alleged crusade against > > special interests and the “revolving door” between private business and > > government. It is in fact a continuation of the military-industrial > complex > > and a hundred years (historian Howard Zinn might correctly suggest 220 > > years) of imperialism. Obama has even “sold” ambassadorships to campaign > > donors. The biggest plum, London, is slated for Lou Susman, a Chicagoan > and > > former Citigroup executive who bundled $239,000 for campaign Obama. Paris > > has been reserved for Charles Rivkin, who raised about $500,000 for the > new > > war-criminal-in-chief. * > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > *After his trip to Cairo, Obama would have us think that he is the Muslim > > world’s new best friend. But palling around with Saudi King Abdullah is > > clear evidence to the contrary. The Saudi royal family hates the idea of > > representative government for ordinary Muslims and is cruelly indifferent > to > > the fate of the Palestinians. A democratic, independent, partly secular > > Palestine could only make the Saudi oligarchy look bad. Thus, the House > of > > Saud is perfectly happy with the status quo, and so, evidently, is Obama. > I > > won't even bother to mention the time he spent with dictator Hosni > Mubarak!* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > *Without labor, Obama could not have been elected. During his campaign he > > virtually promised to undo the job killing free trade agreements like > NAFTA. > > But just two months ago his administration spoke of strengthening these > > "free-trade" agreements.* > > > > ** > > > > ** > > > > * * > > > > *In ancient Rome, before the days of empire, the Roman Republic faced a > > major threat from the nation of Carthage. Wars were waged between the two > > countries for hundreds of years. Italy was finally invaded by the > > Carthaginians under the leadership of Hannibal. Though Rome ultimately > > triumphed over Carthage Roman Senate remembered the threat to their > republic > > with the warning cry "Hannibal ad portas", (Hannibal is at the gates). It > > was a signal to everyone in those days that a major crisis was upon > > them. 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