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frustrated_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 11:05 PM
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Looting the Future (Krugman)
"One thing you have to say about George W. Bush: he's got a great sense of humor. At a recent fund-raiser, according to The Associated Press, he described eliminating weapons of mass destruction from Iraq and ensuring the solvency of Medicare as some of his administration's accomplishments.

Then came the punch line: "I came to this office to solve problems and not pass them on to future presidents and future generations." He must have had them rolling in the aisles.

In the early months of the Bush administration, one often heard that "the grown-ups are back in charge." But if being a grown-up means planning for the future — in fact, if it means anything beyond marital fidelity — then this is the least grown-up administration in American history. It governs like there's no tomorrow.

Nothing in our national experience prepared us for the spectacle of a government launching a war, increasing farm subsidies and establishing an expensive new Medicare entitlement — and not only failing to come up with a plan to pay for all this spending in the face of budget deficits, but cutting taxes at the same time."

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 11:35 PM
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1. Amazing Nerve and obviously a blind eye as to the ravages he
bestows on the future Generations of America.

This can only mean one thing, He is NUTS, Delusional, and /or Out of Control.

Either the Pub Sheep are in love with pain or they are delusional as well.

Oh my, How telling, how revealing, the evidence clearly shows the Sheep have been had by their Masters. They got conned and don't even know it.

The Masters are howling with laughter all the way to the bank.

Even Bush can hardly contain his smirks. He and his Buddies are rolling on the floor laughing at the Sheep and how the Dems are doomed because of the fooled sheep.

To Fool is to RULE
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 11:50 PM
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2. If You Own The News You Can Fool Most of the People All of the Time
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mmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-04-03 11:56 PM
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3. I spoke with Paul Krugman last month. His advice:
Move to New Zealand or Canada
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PBinOregon Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-03 01:15 AM
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5. If He's Going To Stay and Fight
So am I.

I refuse to give the United States of America over to the bastards who now control it.

I look forward to dancing with glee on their political graves.

Onward.
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Myra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-03 05:04 AM
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6. Woah! Care to elaborate mmm?
I mean, that's the same conclusion I've reached.
Even the same countries.
But I'd love to hear more if there is more.
Considering the esteemed source...
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The Zanti Regent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-03 12:44 AM
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4. GO PAUL GO!
Another one hit out of the park by Paul K!
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-03 11:17 AM
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7. Is it possible that Bush is playing an elaborate frat boy prank
that got out of hand?

Scientology was apparently founded because of a bet that L. Ron Hubbard couldn't start a ridiculous religion, and he found there was so much fun to be had running it, that he continued.

Can't you imagine a drunken night at Yale, when someone bets Dubya (being the most ignorant person there) that even being his father's son couldn't get him elected? And he takes it up - saying he can even do it twice, after bankrupting the country?
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-03 11:36 AM
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8. Krugman, once again, states it simply and clearly
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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