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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:11 PM
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Lest we forget : August 6, 2001
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-6-2001/r-r
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:13 PM
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1. THank you, hedgehog.
Very important reminder of how asleep bushco was from the get go.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:14 PM
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2. He had Bush pegged so early on...
If you put Bush's calendar and Obama's side by side, and looked at the first 200 days, oh what a story it would tell!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:18 PM
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3. Someone asked yesterday what Bush's first 100 days were like...
This popped up as a very appropriate response. Apparently, he came out against stem cell research 8 years ago this week. I didn't remember that, but remember that he was being dismissed as an irrelevant buffoon. He came back from vacation all geared up for something stupid, possibly No CHild Left Behind, but people mostly ignored him.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:27 PM
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5. Under Obama, the dow has gone up ...
under Bush, during the first 200 days, the dow went down ... and that was before the excuse of "9/11" ... but of course, it was the "previous president's" fault ... now, it's the "current president's" fault ...
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:39 AM
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15. That 8-year black hole is amusing, isn't it? eom
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jotsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 08:35 PM
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8. love the elements of peace glass...
where can I get me one, please!
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 11:39 AM
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14. I should contact these guys...
And tell them about all the business coming their due to this thing! I love it, and there's a lot more like it at www.purplemoon.com


Not my site, not my business, but I love their stuff!


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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:26 PM
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4. hmm ... that was in Bush's "second 100 days" that they didn't bother
having a report card for, but they have it now for Obama ...
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:52 PM
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6. Well, at that point everyone figured he'd get an I or W
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:56 PM
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7. Wow!
:thumbsup:
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 08:36 PM
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9. Wasn't that the day Bush got the warning memo about al Qaeda?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 08:05 AM
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12. Yes it was -
One such unusually long briefing at the start of his trip is a warning that bin Laden is planning to attack in the US (see August 6, 2001), but Bush spends the rest of that day fishing.

http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?warning_signs:_specific_cases=complete_911_timeline__strike_in_us__pdb&timeline=complete_911_timeline

Supposedly Bush responded to the briefing by saying " OK, you've covered your ass" and then he blew the CIA people off. I can't find an original source for that quote.
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 08:47 PM
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10. Amazing
thanks
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 08:50 PM
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11. Jon looked so young back then. nt
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 10:39 AM
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13. I wonder what he looked like by December , 2008.
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