Bush admits socialism is a good ideear.

I did not listen to the press conference, but heard on the radio driving in my car today he suggested a general fund of oil revenues which would give royalties to all Iraqi citizens. This would give all Iraqis a stake in their government.

I think it's a good idea. Am I wrong?

but I can bet his handlers are now telling him George you DID NOT say that

simplicity, I can't help but suspect it was not Bush's idea. I wonder who whispered in his ear.

Sounds like socialism.

What's up with the chimp?

cloaked in a mystery (Winston Churchill's definition of the Soviet Union).

It's rather maddening.

A cloak is clothes. We already know the Chimperor HAS NO CLOTHES!!

Just something I heard a talk-show host refer to on the radio today.

Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech.

About time the workers rather than world corporatists see some of the profits...Look at Alaska.

have any at home?

:shrug:

revenues sucked out of the earth here in the U.S.

* said something sensible???

Just kidding...thought it was a funny title.

Thankfully, this is not Free Republic. And isn't that an important difference between those on the left and those on the right? We on the left value value reason, while they value blind obedience to their sacred dogma.

That's why Democrats are the only party that can bring the country together. We value civil discourse, right? Or am I just rambling?

could be the alternative title. And yes, they could pay us back with their oil revenues as this administration said. Oh, this administration lied again. Plus, Iraq didn't exactly invite us there, be a threat to us, or anything else.

And that's a good point about them paying us back with the oil revenues, as the administration said. You are right about that, but that this point I think it might benefit us more if the money went to every Iraqi citizen. It's not in the best interests of the United States for Iraq to be a failed state. That should not be a partisan issue.

These kinds of things were suggested 3 years ago, oh no, it all had to be privatized.

They know the right sound bytes to sound rational, they just never implement what they say they support. Why do people continue to fall for their bait and switch.

They're like the worst abusive shithead boy/girlfriend you've ever had. You have to come to the day where you recognize they're just completely worthless and never believe another word out of their mouth ever again.

Good learning experience. Only do it once.

We ought to use that leverage to encourge them in this socialist proposal. That may be exactly what is needed in Iraq: a new socialism that makes everyone dependent on the central government. I'm not saying it will work, just saying it's not necessarily guaranteed to fail.

It's bullshit and I refuse to pretend that anything this administration has to say is anything more than offering a 2 year old an ice cream if they're quiet in the car. They'll say anything until the day after the November election and I'm not playing.

There were plenty of good economic and diplomatic ideas presented over the last 3 years. Bush had no interest in it then, he's got no interest in it now. Iraq belongs to the Iraqis and the only proposals they are going to respond to are proposals that come from their own government and others in their region. We need to shut up and butt out. They couldn't possibly do a worse governance job than we have. It's like when your kids get their first apartment, you give them a few months to get on their feet and then let them know they're on their own, with a deadline if necessary. We can't make these decisions for them or use any leverage, otherwise they will never gain the respect they need from their own people in order to govern independently.

Not with these fascists running the show....

the puppeteers behind all of this crap had him say it. It will all be a mute point when election season is over.

I don't know why you would assume that it will be a mute point when election season is over. Do you mean a mute point for the Iraqis, or a mute point for the Republican Party?

I'm asking myself the question today if it is truly impossible for Iraq to better off a year from now, or even months from now, thann it is today. I don't have the answers yet, but I sense things are changing. If things don't get better soon, they never will. I find myself agreeing more than ever today with Clark that the window is closing fast, but not yet shut. We and the Iraqis can do better than an F, I think. It's dangerous for Democrats to want Iraq to fail. We might be more reasoned and not wildly optimistic about the prospects for any kind of success, but we aren't fortune tellers either. Maybe the Iraqis can get along, especially if they are getting those royalties regardless if they are Sunni, Shia, or Kurd and all have a stake in the government. Is even considering the possibility there might be the slimest of chances for them to work together to achieve a stable government intellectual treason? Or, am I just rambling again? I have more questions than answers.

think he would lie to the Iraqis just to get what he wants, then stab them in the back like he does to us?

Very few here think W is anything but a world corporatist who could care less about Americans. That's not what got him selected/appointed in the first place.

among the world corporatists. Don't you understand it is yours to do and die, it is their's to reason why. You haven't gotten with the New World Order yet. Believe me, W/Cheney has and they are raking in the redistribution of our taxes to their global companies.

...and they are not as strictly socially conservative as mainstream Repugs, something they dare not reveal domestically.

Straight out of our taxes to corporate world neocons. (W's buddies)

Remember to the Bush cabal, it is only natural that collectivised monies, like say tax dollars, be "managed" by "leaders" like themselves.

So what Bush is REALLY saying is "Hey insurgent leadership! What if we share the spoils by creating you a giant slush fund from some of the oil revenue? Would you let us keep the rest then?"