>The causes of the meltdown were deregulation, ignorance from the >regulators and Bush Jr. economic policies.
Why don't you explain to me exactly what deregulation and what effect it had that caused the meltdown, RETARD. I won't hold my breath for your answer. Studio, you are one of the stupidest people on this forum. There is no knowledge or presentation of fact behind anything you post. And you are impervious to other people presenting YOU facts. > >#3. Bush Jr. was the recipient of the deregu On Aug 20, 11:00 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > The worst shame of Bush – worse than the spending, the new agencies, > the torture, or the wars – is that he used so much pro-liberty and pro- > free-market rhetoric in the very process of destroying those > institutions. That makes his actions ten times worse than if an avowed > socialist had done the same thing. People will blame the full suite of > disasters Bush caused on the free market simply because Bush > constantly said he believed in it. > > And he’s left OBAMA! with a fantastic starting point for what I expect > to be even greater intrusions into your life and finances. Eventually, > the Bush era will look like The Good Old Days. > ---- > not bad, except for the torture part > terrorists who indiscriminately murder for whatever reason, should be > tortured for information and then killed - they are the worst of the > worst and do not deserve legal defense > > On Aug 19, 8:39 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Baby Bush: The Worst President in History?by Doug Casey > > I recognize that I’ve antagonized many subscribers over the years with > > "Bush Bashing." In January, just after OBAMA!’s election, I said I wouldn’t > > mention Bush again, his departure having made him irrelevant. I only feel > > bad that he and his minions will apparently get away scot-free with their > > crimes; better they had all been brought up before a tribunal and tried for > > crimes against humanity in general and the U.S. Constitution in particular. > > But that is objectively true of almost all presidents since at least > > Lincoln. > > Most of our subscribers toThe Casey Reportappear to be libertarians or > > classical liberals – i.e., people who believe in a maximum of both social > > and economic freedom for the individual. The next largest group are > > "conservatives." It’s a bit harder to define a conservative. Is it someone > > who atavistically just wants to conserve the existing order of things > > (either now, or perhaps as they perceived them 50, or 100, or 200, or > > however many years ago)? Or is a conservative someone who believes in > > limiting social freedoms (generally that means suppressing things like sex, > > drugs, outré clothing and customs, and bad-mouthing the government) while > > claiming to support economic freedoms (although with considerable caveats > > and exceptions)? It’s unclear to me what, if any, philosophical foundation > > conservatism, by whatever definition, rests on. > > Which leads me to the question: Why do conservatives seem to have this warm > > and fuzzy feeling for George W. Bush? I can only speculate it’s because > > Bush liked to talk a lot about freedom and traditional American values, and > > did so in such an ungrammatical way that it made him seem sincere. Bush’s > > tendency to fumble words and concepts contrasted to Clinton’s eloquence, > > which made him look "slick." > > I’m forced to the conclusion that what "conservatives" like about Bush is > > his style, such as it was. Because the only good thing I can recall that > > Bush ever did was to shepherd through some tax cuts. But even these were > > targeted and piecemeal, tossing bones to favored interests, rather than any > > principled abolition of any levies or a wholesale cut in rates. > > Is it possible that Bush was actually the worst president ever? I’d say > > he’s a strong contender. He started out with a gigantic lie – that he would > > cut the size of government, reduce taxes, and stay out of foreign wars – > > and things got much worse from there. Let’s look at just some of the > > highpoints in the catalog of disasters the Bush regime created.No Child > > Left Behind.Forget about abolishing the Department of Education. Bush made > > the federal government a much more intrusive and costly part of local > > schools.Project Safe Neighborhoods. A draconian law that further guts the > > 2nd Amendment, like 20,000 other unconstitutional gun laws before > > it.Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.This the largest expansion of the > > welfare state since LBJ and will cost the already bankrupt Medicare system > > trillions more.Sarbanes-Oxley Act.Possibly the most expensive and > > restrictive change to the securities laws since the ’30s. A major reason > > why companies will either stay private or go public outside the > > U.S.Katrina.A total disaster of bureaucratic mismanagement, featuring > > martial law.Ownership Society.The immediate root of the current financial > > crisis lies in Bush’s encouragement of easy credit to everybody and > > inflating the housing market.Nationalizations and Bailouts.In response to > > the crisis he created, he nationalized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and > > passed by far the largest bailouts in U.S. history (until > > OBAMA!).Free-Speech Zones.Originally a device for keeping war protesters > > away when Bush appeared on camera, they’re now used to herd in > > opponents.The Patriot Act.This 132-page bill, presented for passage only 45 > > days after 9/11 (how is it possible to write something of that size and > > complexity in only 45 days?) basically allows the government to do whatever > > it wishes with its subjects. Warrantless searches. All kinds of > > communications monitoring. Greatly expanded asset forfeiture provisions.The > > War on Terror.The scope of the War on Drugs (which Bush also expanded) is > > exceeded only by the war on nobody in particular but on a tactic. It’s > > become a cause of mass hysteria and an excuse for the government doing > > anything.Invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.Bush started two completely > > pointless, counterproductive, and immensely expensive wars, neither of > > which has any prospect of ending anytime soon.Dept. of Homeland > > Security.This is the largest and most dangerous of all agencies, now with > > its own gigantic campus in Washington, DC. It will never go away and > > centralizes the functions of a police state.Guantanamo.Hundreds of > > individuals, most of them (like the Uighurs recently in the news) guilty > > only of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, are incarcerated for > > years. A precedent is set for anyone who is accused of being an "enemy > > combatant" to be completely deprived of any rights at all.Abu Ghraib and > > Torture.After imprisoning scores of thousands of foreign nationals, Bush > > made it a U.S. policy to use torture to extract information, based on a > > suspicion or nothing but a guard’s whim. This is certainly one of the most > > damaging things to the reputation of the U.S. ever. It says to the world, > > "We stand for nothing."The No-Fly List.His administration has placed the > > names of over a million people on this list, and it’s still growing at > > about 20,000 a month. I promise it will be used for other purposes in the > > future…The TSA.Somehow the Bush cabal found 50,000 middle-aged people who > > were willing to go through their fellow citizens’ dirty laundry and take > > themselves quite seriously. God forbid you’re not polite to them…Farm > > Subsidies.Farm subsidies are the antithesis of the free market. Rather than > > trying to abolish or cut them back, Bush signed a record $190 billion farm > > bill.Legislative Free Ride.And he vetoed less of what Congress did than any > > other president in history. > > The only reason I can imagine why a person who is not "evil" (to use a word > > he favored), completely uninformed, or thoughtless would favor Bush is > > because he wasn’t a Democrat. Not that there’s any real difference between > > the two parties anymore… > > As disastrous as he was, I rather hate to put him in competition for "worst > > president" in the company of Lincoln, McKinley, Wilson, the two Roosevelts, > > Truman, Johnson, and Nixon. He is simply too small a character – > > psychologically aberrant, ignorant, unintelligent, shallow, duplicitous, > > small-minded – to merit inclusion in any list. On second thought, looking > > over that list of his personal characteristics, he’s probably most like > > FDR, except he lacked FDR’s polish and rhetorical skills. I suspect he’ll > > just fade away as a non-entity, recognized as an embarrassment. Not even > > worth the trouble of hanging by his heels from a lamp post, although > > Americans aren’t (yet) accustomed to doing that to their leaders. Those who > > once supported him will, at least if they have any circumspection and > > intellectual honesty, feel shame at how dim they were to have been duped by > > a nobody. > > The worst shame of Bush – worse than the spending, the new agencies, the > > torture, or the wars – is that he used so much pro-liberty and > > pro-free-market rhetoric in the very process of destroying those > > institutions. That makes his actions ten times worse than if an avowed > > socialist had done the same thing. People will blame the full suite of > > disasters Bush caused on the free market simply because Bush constantly > > said he believed in it. > > And he’s left OBAMA! with a fantastic starting point for what I expect to > > be even greater intrusions into your life and finances. Eventually, the > > Bush era will look like The Good Old Days. But only in the way that the > > Romans looked back with nostalgia on Tiberius and Claudius after they got > > Caligula. And then Nero. And then the first of many imperial coups and > > civil wars. > > Only by looking at the past can we make sure that history won’t repeat > > itself. But most of the time, Doug and his co-editors ofThe Casey > > Reportlook at the future. They analyze budding trends for potential > > money-making opportunities and share that research with their subscribers… > > usually for two- or three-digit gains. One of their favorite investments of > > 2009 is a play on an economic inevitability that isalmostguaranteedto bring > > early birds big returns.Read more > > here.http://www.lewrockwell.com/casey/casey16.1.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
