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		<title>By: Andrew Yu-Jen Wang</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5302</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of George W. Bush:

George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).

George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.

And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.

Many people know what Bush did.

And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.

Bush was absolute evil.

Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.

Bush is a psychological prisoner.

Bush has a lot to worry about.

Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.

In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of George W. Bush:</p>
<p>George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).</p>
<p>George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.</p>
<p>And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.</p>
<p>Many people know what Bush did.</p>
<p>And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.</p>
<p>Bush was absolute evil.</p>
<p>Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.</p>
<p>Bush is a psychological prisoner.</p>
<p>Bush has a lot to worry about.</p>
<p>Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.</p>
<p>In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.</p>
<p>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br />
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br />
Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br />
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p>
<p>“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG<br />
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5301</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Keithcarpenter

I&#039;m with you, this country can not turn on a dime.  Bush went into office during a recession, but how many people here even know that?  Of course when you point out 9/11, Katrina, Rita, and the huge impact they had on our economy you&#039;ll hear tons of excuses or how it was still bush&#039;s fault.

Ridiculous, it is, for these people to not even know who the hell started the sub-prime disaster.  You don&#039;t hear CNN or ABC talking about Franklin Raines and his failed tenure as the CEO of Fannie Mae (and still making what a $16 mil salary).  Or how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac caused the sub-prime failures, you don&#039;t see the media reporting how Bush raised concerns about the lack of oversight and regulation on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac only to have Democratic fat cat Barney Frank tell us AMERICANs that both GSE&#039;s were in sound financial condition and would never be a problem.  Nope, it&#039;s all Bush&#039;s fault, he failed to stop the sting ray from stabbing the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin in the heart, he caused Hurricane Katrina to make a direct hit on New Orleans, he was the one who failed to commandeer the school buses in order to evacuation all those people from New Orleans.
Yep, george bush is responsible for every bad thing that&#039;s happened to every American in the last .... O hell let&#039;s say 250 years o.k.   freaking sheeple</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keithcarpenter</p>
<p>I&#8217;m with you, this country can not turn on a dime.  Bush went into office during a recession, but how many people here even know that?  Of course when you point out 9/11, Katrina, Rita, and the huge impact they had on our economy you&#8217;ll hear tons of excuses or how it was still bush&#8217;s fault.</p>
<p>Ridiculous, it is, for these people to not even know who the hell started the sub-prime disaster.  You don&#8217;t hear CNN or ABC talking about Franklin Raines and his failed tenure as the CEO of Fannie Mae (and still making what a $16 mil salary).  Or how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac caused the sub-prime failures, you don&#8217;t see the media reporting how Bush raised concerns about the lack of oversight and regulation on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac only to have Democratic fat cat Barney Frank tell us AMERICANs that both GSE&#8217;s were in sound financial condition and would never be a problem.  Nope, it&#8217;s all Bush&#8217;s fault, he failed to stop the sting ray from stabbing the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin in the heart, he caused Hurricane Katrina to make a direct hit on New Orleans, he was the one who failed to commandeer the school buses in order to evacuation all those people from New Orleans.<br />
Yep, george bush is responsible for every bad thing that&#8217;s happened to every American in the last &#8230;. O hell let&#8217;s say 250 years o.k.   freaking sheeple</p>
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		<title>By: Metro</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5300</link>
		<dc:creator>Metro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@keithcarpenter:
&quot;Bush will not go down in history as the most terrible president ever.&quot;

Really? Who has he got for competition? Who did more to hurt the US brand than he did--Holy Saint Reagan was close, but no cigar.

Who could turn the world off with a war?

Who can blow a trillion bucks, and leave you not knowing what he spent it for?

Well it&#039;s Bush dude, and you should know it.
No-one else could ever so totally blow it.

In the big debates he always fakes it,
Any kind of gaffe he always makes it.

He&#039;s the worst Preznit after all ...
He&#039;s the worst Preznit after all ...

Sorry--burst into the Mary Tyler-Moore theme there.

W. orst</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@keithcarpenter:<br />
&#8220;Bush will not go down in history as the most terrible president ever.&#8221;</p>
<p>Really? Who has he got for competition? Who did more to hurt the US brand than he did&#8211;Holy Saint Reagan was close, but no cigar.</p>
<p>Who could turn the world off with a war?</p>
<p>Who can blow a trillion bucks, and leave you not knowing what he spent it for?</p>
<p>Well it&#8217;s Bush dude, and you should know it.<br />
No-one else could ever so totally blow it.</p>
<p>In the big debates he always fakes it,<br />
Any kind of gaffe he always makes it.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s the worst Preznit after all &#8230;<br />
He&#8217;s the worst Preznit after all &#8230;</p>
<p>Sorry&#8211;burst into the Mary Tyler-Moore theme there.</p>
<p>W. orst</p>
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		<title>By: Whateverman</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5299</link>
		<dc:creator>Whateverman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Freecode wrote &lt;blockquote&gt;some people never realize that America wants answers and leadership, not sound-bytes and stupidity. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Although this is a noble ideal, and one I certainly could support, I think that last 8 years of the Bush Presidency disproves it quite handily.  He was elected because he could only speak coherently in short sentences - his legacy will be replayed in the form of archival sound bytes.

No, I think America actually wants the stupid stuff...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freecode wrote<br />
<blockquote>some people never realize that America wants answers and leadership, not sound-bytes and stupidity. </p></blockquote>
<p>Although this is a noble ideal, and one I certainly could support, I think that last 8 years of the Bush Presidency disproves it quite handily.  He was elected because he could only speak coherently in short sentences &#8211; his legacy will be replayed in the form of archival sound bytes.</p>
<p>No, I think America actually wants the stupid stuff&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: keithcarpenter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seriously people, a president can&#039;t destroy a country by him/her self. That is totally ignorant of all of you who think President Bush has caused the problems. A country can&#039;t turn drastic corners in just four years, what do you think this is a little tiny village in the corner of the universe?
It takes an entire people, on all sides of the political isles, making good and bad choices throughout decades of shifts and turns.
Bush will not go down in history as the most terrible president ever. He and our country has struggled through incredible circumstances; natural disasters, attacks on our soil, word wide epidemics, genocidal idiots around the globe and a plethera of other situations a president of the USA has to deal with, as will Mr. Obama. He and his advisors will act as best they can when the adverse situations arrise and they will make good and bad decissions with and without the backing of a lot of us.
Don&#039;t be so foolish to blame a single person for errors or successes of a country, it takes all of us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously people, a president can&#8217;t destroy a country by him/her self. That is totally ignorant of all of you who think President Bush has caused the problems. A country can&#8217;t turn drastic corners in just four years, what do you think this is a little tiny village in the corner of the universe?<br />
It takes an entire people, on all sides of the political isles, making good and bad choices throughout decades of shifts and turns.<br />
Bush will not go down in history as the most terrible president ever. He and our country has struggled through incredible circumstances; natural disasters, attacks on our soil, word wide epidemics, genocidal idiots around the globe and a plethera of other situations a president of the USA has to deal with, as will Mr. Obama. He and his advisors will act as best they can when the adverse situations arrise and they will make good and bad decissions with and without the backing of a lot of us.<br />
Don&#8217;t be so foolish to blame a single person for errors or successes of a country, it takes all of us.</p>
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		<title>By: gfish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Luigi,

Have you ever heard of Francis Galton? The Nazi eugenics program? No? Doesn&#039;t ring any bells? It should. Your idea of forced vasectomies is right up there with eugenics.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Luigi,</p>
<p>Have you ever heard of Francis Galton? The Nazi eugenics program? No? Doesn&#8217;t ring any bells? It should. Your idea of forced vasectomies is right up there with eugenics.</p>
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		<title>By: madmonq</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Luigi.  Most of what you wrote seems harmless enough and can apply to most people and places.  Then there is this

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Implement 1/3 of vasectomy to all children that are born, specially 1/2 in poor countries.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Practicality aside this is immoral and racist.  Specifically in poorer countries? Where they are less education and unable to understand why you are emasculating their men?  What are your plans?  Hold them down shortly after birth and against their families will?  Have you every heard of female circumcision?  Do you want to get them both?

Applying what you think are your superior standards to people who are too dumb and poor (by your standards) to breed and take care of themselves is despicable.  That kind of arrogance reveals the sort of thinking that&#039;s gotten us into some of these problems in the first place.  You cannot force sterilization on a culture or race.  Fucking idiot!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Luigi.  Most of what you wrote seems harmless enough and can apply to most people and places.  Then there is this</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Implement 1/3 of vasectomy to all children that are born, specially 1/2 in poor countries.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Practicality aside this is immoral and racist.  Specifically in poorer countries? Where they are less education and unable to understand why you are emasculating their men?  What are your plans?  Hold them down shortly after birth and against their families will?  Have you every heard of female circumcision?  Do you want to get them both?</p>
<p>Applying what you think are your superior standards to people who are too dumb and poor (by your standards) to breed and take care of themselves is despicable.  That kind of arrogance reveals the sort of thinking that&#8217;s gotten us into some of these problems in the first place.  You cannot force sterilization on a culture or race.  Fucking idiot!</p>
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		<title>By: Luigi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Luigi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I think it&#039;s fair to give some credit to congress too. No one showed any leadership when all these laws were put into place.

This has been the worst decade for the planet Earth all together. World economies have trembled, we have more poor and hungry people. More illnesses, and not to mention the greenhouse effect is greater.

IMHO, Practical Solutions:
1. Implement 1/3 of vasectomy to all children that are born, specially 1/2 in poor countries.
2. Implement an aggressive adoption program, we don&#039;t need to populate this planet any further...
3. Teach people how to grow food in their backyards, start with a school curriculum.
4. Give moms a break, allow them to work from home too, so that they can raise their kids (this has proven to lower violence and increase self stem in kids)
5. Bring the senior citizens back to the families (the US is the only country that has senior homes for the old) like any other culture has.
6. Implement preventive medicine, instead of a curative drug driven system, which keeps the unhealthy rich people alive.
7. Focus on a sustainable system where people are at the core of the solution, instead of money and greed.
8. Implement a fare trade economy, instead of free trade. Free trade only benefits the top 1%, fare trade benefit the labor force.
9. Stop importing cheap stuff from China, develop a local economy.
10. Take a vacation to appreciate the value of your life!

Luigi</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I think it&#8217;s fair to give some credit to congress too. No one showed any leadership when all these laws were put into place.</p>
<p>This has been the worst decade for the planet Earth all together. World economies have trembled, we have more poor and hungry people. More illnesses, and not to mention the greenhouse effect is greater.</p>
<p>IMHO, Practical Solutions:<br />
1. Implement 1/3 of vasectomy to all children that are born, specially 1/2 in poor countries.<br />
2. Implement an aggressive adoption program, we don&#8217;t need to populate this planet any further&#8230;<br />
3. Teach people how to grow food in their backyards, start with a school curriculum.<br />
4. Give moms a break, allow them to work from home too, so that they can raise their kids (this has proven to lower violence and increase self stem in kids)<br />
5. Bring the senior citizens back to the families (the US is the only country that has senior homes for the old) like any other culture has.<br />
6. Implement preventive medicine, instead of a curative drug driven system, which keeps the unhealthy rich people alive.<br />
7. Focus on a sustainable system where people are at the core of the solution, instead of money and greed.<br />
8. Implement a fare trade economy, instead of free trade. Free trade only benefits the top 1%, fare trade benefit the labor force.<br />
9. Stop importing cheap stuff from China, develop a local economy.<br />
10. Take a vacation to appreciate the value of your life!</p>
<p>Luigi</p>
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		<title>By: thriveblogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, we all make our own choices. So don&#039;t feel bad for W. just because the people he &lt;strong&gt;serves&lt;/strong&gt; are pissed at the crappy job he has done. He earned their disdain.

Secondly, he may have done some legally questionable things, and certainly some morally outrages things, but until Congress holds him accountable and charges his sorry ass with something, he is not a criminal; long way of saying, yet.

There are many things that he could have already been impeached for, and there will probably be several more that we find out about once he is out of office.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, we all make our own choices. So don&#8217;t feel bad for W. just because the people he <strong>serves</strong> are pissed at the crappy job he has done. He earned their disdain.</p>
<p>Secondly, he may have done some legally questionable things, and certainly some morally outrages things, but until Congress holds him accountable and charges his sorry ass with something, he is not a criminal; long way of saying, yet.</p>
<p>There are many things that he could have already been impeached for, and there will probably be several more that we find out about once he is out of office.</p>
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		<title>By: Whateverman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, I don&#039;t feel too sorry for him.  And, as much as I&#039;d like him held accountable for the fiasco that is the Iraq War, I actually think the real blame is laid at the feet of those who elected him into office and kept him there.

These same people were shrilly proclaiming Obama to be a Muslim, that patriotism dictates that you vote Republican, and the God&#039;s will for this country will somehow reign supreme.  They&#039;re still here, and they&#039;re still claiming to know what&#039;s best for my country - despite the lst 8 friggin years of idiocy we&#039;ve just been through.

I&#039;d rather that the voters who ultimately caused this problem sit down and ask themselves what went wrong.  I don&#039;t see that actually happening, now, and it&#039;s very sad.

We are indeed doomed to repeat the failures of the past, if only because we lack intellectual integrity (or maybe just Intellect in general)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, I don&#8217;t feel too sorry for him.  And, as much as I&#8217;d like him held accountable for the fiasco that is the Iraq War, I actually think the real blame is laid at the feet of those who elected him into office and kept him there.</p>
<p>These same people were shrilly proclaiming Obama to be a Muslim, that patriotism dictates that you vote Republican, and the God&#8217;s will for this country will somehow reign supreme.  They&#8217;re still here, and they&#8217;re still claiming to know what&#8217;s best for my country &#8211; despite the lst 8 friggin years of idiocy we&#8217;ve just been through.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d rather that the voters who ultimately caused this problem sit down and ask themselves what went wrong.  I don&#8217;t see that actually happening, now, and it&#8217;s very sad.</p>
<p>We are indeed doomed to repeat the failures of the past, if only because we lack intellectual integrity (or maybe just Intellect in general)</p>
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		<title>By: Metro</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@gambypants

Which is what I hope for.

If they run Palin/Gingrich, say, in 2012, then four more Obama years will be guaranteed even if he gets caught on live cable snorting coke out of a communist pre-teen hustler&#039;s ass in bondage onstage during the Superbowl halftime show.

Sadly, I think the real base--not the Christian right, but the basically decent and good people who belive in individual dignity and rights, and who seek to make America the &quot;clean and well-lit place&quot; of their dreams, have realized the irrelevance of the Limbaugh/Coulter/Hannity/Beck arm of the party. And if we aren&#039;t watching, they may actually put up a viable candidate.

Of course they may go too far ... there&#039;s always Liebermann.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@gambypants</p>
<p>Which is what I hope for.</p>
<p>If they run Palin/Gingrich, say, in 2012, then four more Obama years will be guaranteed even if he gets caught on live cable snorting coke out of a communist pre-teen hustler&#8217;s ass in bondage onstage during the Superbowl halftime show.</p>
<p>Sadly, I think the real base&#8211;not the Christian right, but the basically decent and good people who belive in individual dignity and rights, and who seek to make America the &#8220;clean and well-lit place&#8221; of their dreams, have realized the irrelevance of the Limbaugh/Coulter/Hannity/Beck arm of the party. And if we aren&#8217;t watching, they may actually put up a viable candidate.</p>
<p>Of course they may go too far &#8230; there&#8217;s always Liebermann.</p>
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		<title>By: gambypants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem for most Republicans, or the base of the party, is they aren&#039;t convinced that their principles are the problem but Bush himself: kill the messenger, not the message. We can see this with the base&#039;s love for Sarah Palin. If the Limbaughs and Gingriches have it their way, the Republicans will not reform at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem for most Republicans, or the base of the party, is they aren&#8217;t convinced that their principles are the problem but Bush himself: kill the messenger, not the message. We can see this with the base&#8217;s love for Sarah Palin. If the Limbaughs and Gingriches have it their way, the Republicans will not reform at all.</p>
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		<title>By: madmonq</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you American Conservative.  Thank you.</description>
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		<title>By: toddyenglish</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5284</link>
		<dc:creator>toddyenglish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t feel any pity for him. When I look at the state of the country he DESERVES his reputation as the worst President That has ever lived.

He can&#039;t get out of office soon enough as far as I&#039;m concerned. I&#039;m ready for the Obamas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t feel any pity for him. When I look at the state of the country he DESERVES his reputation as the worst President That has ever lived.</p>
<p>He can&#8217;t get out of office soon enough as far as I&#8217;m concerned. I&#8217;m ready for the Obamas.</p>
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		<title>By: Freecode</title>
		<link>http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/11/17/george-w-bushs-missions-accomplished/#comment-5290</link>
		<dc:creator>Freecode</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well,

Bush did start a war that he had no clue how to win in Iraq. That war was all about taking the money in the surplus and handing it over to a few individuals who had their contracts in hand (no-bid contracts, mind you) well before the &quot;decision&quot; to go to war.

I know that for a fact - I&#039;ve heard it more than once from those with contracts.

I also know that they didn&#039;t have to really do anything to get paid - just hold their hands out and let someone else take the risks. Custer Battles is a perfect example of non-performance, and yet they got millions of dollars. There are several Billion dollars that simply &quot;went missing&quot; in Iraq. It was a money-haul for the few who sold the idea so that they could &quot;get rich&quot;.

If you ask me - that makes them war criminals, because they took no risks, except to send our soldiers, sailors airmen and marines into harms way (along with the National Guard in a &quot;backdoor&quot; draft and poor jobless contractors willing to take the risk for the money to feed their families) simply so that they could &quot;get rich.&quot;

At what point does making a buck override the national resources of our people, wherein it&#039;s okay to spend their lives so that you can grab money from the government? At what point is it okay to kill civilians and bomb and torture - simply so that you can get rich while wrapping yourselves in the flag? At what point is it okay to have those contracts and demand the military to take all of the risks, yet be unwilling to send your own children into battle, because that&#039;s someone else&#039;s job and your children are &quot;too good&quot; to have to do that dirty job so that you can &quot;get rich&quot;?

The war in Iraq was and is a travesty. Bin Laden is the enemy, and Bush&#039;s neo-con buddies robbed the treasury on their way out the door. They spent the blood and treasure of this nation selling us gas-guzzlers and other stupid ideas and trying to frighten the public instead of unity - they spent their whole time trying to divide the nation.

I&#039;d remind you of Abraham Lincoln&#039;s famous words about a house divided, but that would be wasted on the party that drove the last administration. They see two Americas, I see a failure to lead and a failure to unite the country. That&#039;s why they aren&#039;t in office today.

Real conservatism is long gone from the far-right leaning Republican party these days. You&#039;ve got people who can&#039;t even speak to the real issues facing the nation - they&#039;d rather play schoolyard games than face reality. It&#039;s amazing to me just how much the Republican party has allowed the more spiteful members to run the show.

And, by the way - there are just as many kooks on the far left, but the party united in the center - where this country really belongs. When you go to far left or right - you&#039;re on the fringe. The problem is that the fringe is not going to be an acceptable form of leadership - it&#039;s just the most self-interested groups at the extremities, and they are as looney-tunes as it gets.

If Palin is the next nominee - expect another far-fringe election for the Republican party.  Until the party goes for the center - it&#039;s &quot;out there&quot; again, and not even looking at the real reasons it lost - just blaming Bush or McCain.

Honestly, the John McCain who conceded defeat sounded more like the Old John McCain than the one who campaigned. Where the hell was that McCain during the campaign? Maybe he was being advised by the Bush team - it sure sounded like them: attack with baseless arguments and ignore all of the reality around you.

Oh well - some people never realize that America wants answers and leadership, not sound-bytes and stupidity. If you want your party to do better next time, then take the party back where it started - in the moderate center. The far right is not worthy of my vote.

The worst thing I heard before the election was the Republican party claiming that a Democratic majority was a very dangerous thing. Their reason? &quot;Look what happened when we were in power!&quot;

Yeah, um... that&#039;s a reason not to vote for you - not a reason not to vote for the other guy. That&#039;s the best you could come up with?

Heck, if we really wanted a system to work, we&#039;d have voting that added the fields: 1) Incumbent  2) Challenger. Then people would not only look at party, but they could decide if they were happy with their representation as well. It would give you more factors to express your opinion about in your vote. Most political ads are a crock of manure anyway - just mud-slinging useless drivel.

I doubt politicians would want that - but it would add a factor of responsibility to your constituency,  something the last President forgot about. He seemed to think he was elected in Iraq, because he sure worried more about their freedom and opportunities than he did ours.

Sorry, I live here - not there. I don&#039;t care about their freedom or opportunities when things here are in such a mess. That was the biggest mistake - telling us about Iraq and expecting it was going to be my concern. My concern was and is Bin Laden, Al Qaeda and our economy. None of which was on the radar apparently.

I&#039;ve given you some honest thoughts - how you choose to think about them is yours to decide.

Have a nice day.

freecode</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well,</p>
<p>Bush did start a war that he had no clue how to win in Iraq. That war was all about taking the money in the surplus and handing it over to a few individuals who had their contracts in hand (no-bid contracts, mind you) well before the &#8220;decision&#8221; to go to war.</p>
<p>I know that for a fact &#8211; I&#8217;ve heard it more than once from those with contracts.</p>
<p>I also know that they didn&#8217;t have to really do anything to get paid &#8211; just hold their hands out and let someone else take the risks. Custer Battles is a perfect example of non-performance, and yet they got millions of dollars. There are several Billion dollars that simply &#8220;went missing&#8221; in Iraq. It was a money-haul for the few who sold the idea so that they could &#8220;get rich&#8221;.</p>
<p>If you ask me &#8211; that makes them war criminals, because they took no risks, except to send our soldiers, sailors airmen and marines into harms way (along with the National Guard in a &#8220;backdoor&#8221; draft and poor jobless contractors willing to take the risk for the money to feed their families) simply so that they could &#8220;get rich.&#8221;</p>
<p>At what point does making a buck override the national resources of our people, wherein it&#8217;s okay to spend their lives so that you can grab money from the government? At what point is it okay to kill civilians and bomb and torture &#8211; simply so that you can get rich while wrapping yourselves in the flag? At what point is it okay to have those contracts and demand the military to take all of the risks, yet be unwilling to send your own children into battle, because that&#8217;s someone else&#8217;s job and your children are &#8220;too good&#8221; to have to do that dirty job so that you can &#8220;get rich&#8221;?</p>
<p>The war in Iraq was and is a travesty. Bin Laden is the enemy, and Bush&#8217;s neo-con buddies robbed the treasury on their way out the door. They spent the blood and treasure of this nation selling us gas-guzzlers and other stupid ideas and trying to frighten the public instead of unity &#8211; they spent their whole time trying to divide the nation.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d remind you of Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s famous words about a house divided, but that would be wasted on the party that drove the last administration. They see two Americas, I see a failure to lead and a failure to unite the country. That&#8217;s why they aren&#8217;t in office today.</p>
<p>Real conservatism is long gone from the far-right leaning Republican party these days. You&#8217;ve got people who can&#8217;t even speak to the real issues facing the nation &#8211; they&#8217;d rather play schoolyard games than face reality. It&#8217;s amazing to me just how much the Republican party has allowed the more spiteful members to run the show.</p>
<p>And, by the way &#8211; there are just as many kooks on the far left, but the party united in the center &#8211; where this country really belongs. When you go to far left or right &#8211; you&#8217;re on the fringe. The problem is that the fringe is not going to be an acceptable form of leadership &#8211; it&#8217;s just the most self-interested groups at the extremities, and they are as looney-tunes as it gets.</p>
<p>If Palin is the next nominee &#8211; expect another far-fringe election for the Republican party.  Until the party goes for the center &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8220;out there&#8221; again, and not even looking at the real reasons it lost &#8211; just blaming Bush or McCain.</p>
<p>Honestly, the John McCain who conceded defeat sounded more like the Old John McCain than the one who campaigned. Where the hell was that McCain during the campaign? Maybe he was being advised by the Bush team &#8211; it sure sounded like them: attack with baseless arguments and ignore all of the reality around you.</p>
<p>Oh well &#8211; some people never realize that America wants answers and leadership, not sound-bytes and stupidity. If you want your party to do better next time, then take the party back where it started &#8211; in the moderate center. The far right is not worthy of my vote.</p>
<p>The worst thing I heard before the election was the Republican party claiming that a Democratic majority was a very dangerous thing. Their reason? &#8220;Look what happened when we were in power!&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah, um&#8230; that&#8217;s a reason not to vote for you &#8211; not a reason not to vote for the other guy. That&#8217;s the best you could come up with?</p>
<p>Heck, if we really wanted a system to work, we&#8217;d have voting that added the fields: 1) Incumbent  2) Challenger. Then people would not only look at party, but they could decide if they were happy with their representation as well. It would give you more factors to express your opinion about in your vote. Most political ads are a crock of manure anyway &#8211; just mud-slinging useless drivel.</p>
<p>I doubt politicians would want that &#8211; but it would add a factor of responsibility to your constituency,  something the last President forgot about. He seemed to think he was elected in Iraq, because he sure worried more about their freedom and opportunities than he did ours.</p>
<p>Sorry, I live here &#8211; not there. I don&#8217;t care about their freedom or opportunities when things here are in such a mess. That was the biggest mistake &#8211; telling us about Iraq and expecting it was going to be my concern. My concern was and is Bin Laden, Al Qaeda and our economy. None of which was on the radar apparently.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve given you some honest thoughts &#8211; how you choose to think about them is yours to decide.</p>
<p>Have a nice day.</p>
<p>freecode</p>
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