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The Legacy of George Bush
The Legacy of George W Bush, A Collection of Conflicting Opinions ISBN-13 9781441455437 The debate over George W Bush is probably the most visceral debate of our century. There often seems to be no in between. Folks either love him or hate him. As we approach the inauguration of Barrack Obama, the internet has been bombarded with opinions ...
Posted to The Chat Room by JCrippen on January 20, 2009
Israel: Accomplishing What Al Qa'eda Could Not
By yet another massive disproportionate military assault by the world's 4th largest military against a people with no regular military, Israel is accomplishing a fete what many of America's enemies could not. See, because America under Bush's leadership has tied itself unquestionably and unwavering to Israel's every action, America is ...
Posted to Foreigners by Usama3 on January 5, 2009
The Big Bailout...Ha!
There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008
Neo Con Claptrap for Georgia and Zion
It was excruciating reading Ms Applebaum's diatribe given that her Neo Con world vision was so transparently encased in mantras meant to excite the gullible reader. , Russia is still the Soviet Bear from the north set to devour free nations? Russia is still waging an ideological struggle? August 2008 is like August 1968 and the Soviet ...
Posted to Foreigners by Usama2 on August 18, 2008
Great Review of Some Important Books . . .
. . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008
Makes Me Laugh -- Elites With Furrowed Brows AT LAST - -
So, the FDIC Chairman is a female children's book author from Massachusetts, who started her new job running security for our Nation's bank deposits since 2006? How fortunate for her. I am a Massachusetts/New Hampshire working guy going back to 1990, originally from the Midwest, with some college but no degree, and I have been ''getting ...
Posted to Moneybox by MichaelBernard1 on July 18, 2008
Government abuse of power
South Dakotas law relating to doctor patient communication and abortion: This is just another method for people using and abusing government power. They attempt to control others and legislate morality by forcing their beliefs (usually based on their religion) upon all of society. Their goal is to limit freedom and force conformity with their ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by den99md on July 4, 2008
What does Bush Understand about Iraq
It would be nice if Bush would scale down his rhetoric, but there is no chance it will happen. It would first necessary for him to do the mental work of learning what a counterinsurgency is about, learning the difference between Shiite and Sunni and how al-Qaida in Iraq differs from the al-Qaida that was responsible for 9/11. He is perfectly ...
Posted to War Stories by chuck on March 26, 2008
Hitch, The Brits Started This Mess, Along With Reagan
Christopher Hitchens engages in breathtaking and broad stroke, decades long perspective in cataloguing the burning of world war through the 20th Century, from the beginnings of World War One through World War Two through to the conclusion of the Cold War, to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Yet he dates this Iraqi Twin War Conflict only to 2003? ...
Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard1 on March 25, 2008
how did we get it wrong?
we allowed the bullyboys of the republican army to go to florida and strongarm the electoral process without anything more than a weak shout of ''hey!'' and a rationalization of 'well, so what if bush ends up president wrongly, how much damage can he do, anyway?'' frankly, we're lucky it didn't end up worse. i hate to bring up the cliche, but ...
Posted to Politics by gzuckier on March 18, 2008

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