Oddly enough, this will roughly be the amount spent on the Iraq war by the time Bush leaves office.
Can that be coincidence? Maybe. But I have my doubts.
Today, the National Debt Clock shown over Times Square literally ran out of digits. They had to replace the dollar sign with a "1" to represent the 10 trillion dollar debt this country has.
May I just go on record as saying how utterly thrilled I am with our current administration?
HorrorU (Joe O) and I were talking about this last night. When 9/11 happened, the entire planet raised their voices in support in going after the Taliban. There were no partisan politics. Everyone was on board. Let's go get Bin Laden and everyone who ever spoke to him. The whole world basically said, "Go get 'em. Sh*t, you know what? We'll even help you."
And then, what happened? Idiot Bush wanted to finish his father's war and get Saddam. Suddenly the war on terror became a farce and our country went from being universally supported to scorned. And we still have not exacted revenge for the NYC attacks.
So here we are at the tail end of the worst administration in history. The country is in financial ruins, we have made a mess of the Middle East (and, btw...Joe O is right: while we're freeing your country, Mr. Iraqi...how about opening up those oil wells in gratitude?), and Bin Laden is probably playing with his Playstation 3 while scores of concubines tend to his every whim.
While the country is concerned with what Sarah Palin is going to say next, or if Obama is experienced enough to be Commander-In-Chief....and that Angelina Jolie has lost the baby weight, everything else is going down the toilet. Even Iceland is considering declaring bankruptcy.The last thing I want to say is stop blaming congress, the senate. The buck stops at the president. Ultimately, he's responsible for everyone underneath him, and he's where you point the finger (your choice of finger, naturally).
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I agree with you Joe on everything except laying the sole blame on Bush (I can't even refer to him as President, he hasn't earned it).
Not that Bush and Cheney (who you know is really running the country) don't deserve it, because they absolutely do. I just don't agree that you can let our equally lame ass Congress off the hook.
We're a Democratic Republic with a system of checks and balances, not an autocratic state. The framers of the Constitution actually gave more specific powers to Congress, in fear of the President becoming too powerful and thus essentially becoming a King. So Congress definitely shares some blame for this fucking mess.
After some research, on Left wing sites, Right wing sites, and the very few objective articles that just stuck to the facts instead of pushing a party agenda, here's what I found: if you want to assign blame in terms of most culpability, you can blame Bush for the war and Congress for the financial crisis
(You-tube is a great place right now to watch videos of members of Congress over the past 8 years telling us there is no problem with lenders and how there shouldn't be any oversite for Freddie and Fannie-- and while the Republicans mainly towed the war line, you'll see it's mainly the democrats that towed the "make it easy for every deadbeat to own their own house" line).
Now, on an even more serious note, I don't think the country is waiting for what Sarah Palin is going to say next, but rather what she is going to wear next.
I'm hoping for the French Maid!
Well, I'm not really letting anyone off the hook at all. What I'm saying is that I'm tired of Bush deflecting all that's gone wrong onto the House and Senate.
The buck stops with you, Georgie-boy. Take it like a man.
Of course Congress shares the blame. It's all part of partisan idiocy. I'm absolutely amazed that people can f*** up so badly, make and back poor decisions so often that good judgment is nearing extinction.
Are the democrats perfect? Certainly not. Are they to blame for the housing crisis? Yes, in part. It was the Republican side who loved the idea of the amount of money rolling in, and eventually bailing them all out when the sh*t hit the fan.
There are many reasons to vote Repulican, including keeping Saturday Night Live relevant again. Continuing the path this administration has lead us down is just absolutely the one best reason not to vote for McCain/Palin.
As I've been saying for a while now, both parties are a cesspool of partisan shit and we need a new 3rd party.
I wrote in McCain for President for the last 2 elections, and now that I can vote for him I don't want to but I'm not thrilled with Obama either.
Guess I'll need to find a new write in candidate...
I'd be your VP, dude.
Maybe we could overturn those silly statutes and elect Ahnold.
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