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Anger Management

jesusnagstring — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:49:42 +0000

Why does the right have so much anger now? It’s like a spoiled child who wanted you to play his game and obey his rules and when he didn’t get to play by his rules he got mad. The right have repeatedly stalled, yelled and screamed and used fear to try to convince you to let them lead and follow their rules again. They have thrown everything out there hoping something major would stick and they would benefit in the fall. Now they are outraged because more people don’t see things their way. Whenever they are challenged to back up their accusations by anyone other than Faux news they become defensive. Instead of offering proof they merely offer the same right wing talking points only this time they are livid. They are so mad because they want you to believe their fears and view things as they do.

Most right-wing neo-cons are closed minded and only have a have calm discussions with those who think as they do. Any challenge to their ideals or point of view makes them irate because they can’t handle being wrong. There are more now due to the fact we have a bi-racial President but for the most part this is just the rights m.o. They demonized Clinton the entire time he was in office and tried to impeach him for lying about an extra marital affair because they were morally and legally superior… Bush and Cheney authorized war crimes, torture,violations of the Geneva convention, exposed undercover CIA agents identies, invaded a soverign country, took more American freedoms away with the implementation of the Patriot Act than any legislation in recent history and when top officials like V.P. Dick Cheney was confronted with the fact that the majority of Americans didn’t agree with them his response was “So”. If Obama did that they would be crying that he doesn’t care what the American people think and he has his own secret agenda to destroy this country.

I’m sure Glenn Beck would teach all his sheep that Obama wants to destroy the country so he can rule it… One problem. He already rules it… Why would he want to destroy the country and its economy?.. So he can be dictator of a bankrupt country with no money or power? A country full of minions that despise him? Oh yeah that makes perfect sense… In Neo-Con world maybe. Use common sense people.

The 12 years Regan and Bush were in charge, according to the right didn’t bear fruit until Clinton was in office, and Clinton just got lucky and reaped their rewards. So things were prosperous under Clinton thanks to the GOP. Then when he left 8 years later and Bush was elected the country went to hell in a hand basket under Bush and the Gop blames Clinton for the 8yrs of failures while Bush was in charge. Then comes Obama who took over a country, after 8yrs. of the Bush administration, in a death spiral but according to the right it’s not their fault it was Clinton’s and Obama’s. So in the last 30 years any failures that happens while a Republican is in charge is the Democrats fault and anything successful that happens while a Democrat is in charge is thanks to the Gop. To hear them tell it they are great leaders and policymakers it’s just it never happen while their in office.

To this day they blame Clinton for terrorism, even though he was the first to launch attacks on Bin Laden but could not get backing from the GOP to pursue him. They were to busy trying to impeach him. They cried “Wag the Dog” he’s try to take the focus off Monica Lewinsky. They said Bin Laden posed no significant threat to the U.S. The GOP blames Clinton for the economic collapse. It’s apparent the blame game time limit of 18 mos. is only applied to Obama and the Democrats. The rights rules and morality applies to everyone but them. As proof I give you the announcement of Newt Gingrich’s hypocrisy. Where he was demonizing and going after Clinton for being immoral for having an affair while he was doing the same thing at the same time.

The right is so angry because even though the Presidents approval ratings are in the upper 40s it’s still twice as high as theirs despite all their attempts to scare Americans. They blindly embrace the Tea Party, which if anything foils the election for the GOP it will be the Tea Party movement. All the Tea Party and Sarah Palin are doing is splitting the rights vote which will lead to less votes for each right wing candidate. Oh and by the way if Sarah Palin is the best they have to offer I look forward to the debates…

Right wing, stop being the true Communist. You only legitimize a government when it’s your party in charge. Deep down you want a single party system. The GOP party. That is the true definition of Communism. You sit back and stall and obstruct in the hopes that the country and Democrats fail so that you can run on their failures come election time because there is no way you can tout the accomplishments of your own party. Rather than actually trying to help the country in a time of two wars and the worst recession since the Great Depression you chose to block, obstruct , and hope for the county’s failure. If The Democrats can expedite the county’s turn around from the point it was at when they took charge The right would not stand a chance in November or 2012. Every success of the Democrats is a nail in the GOP’s coffin. Knowing that, you chose to place party and politics above country while you wrap yourselves in the flag. I was once a Republican as a young adult but after seeing the improvements made by Clinton and all Limbaugh, Fox, and the right could do was report the negatives and ignore the positives. Twist and spin. It opened my eyes to exactly what the GOP’s true agenda was. They are repeating that same tactic with the Obama administration. I remember history and the rights claims just don’t match up with facts that I have witnessed personally in my lifetime. The problem is most people aren’t interested enough in politics to search for the truth. They merely rely on soundbites for information. They do not know the difference between op-ed and news. To this day I rely on multiple sources for my news. Even Fox. I then take all that information and form my own opinion rather than having it taught to me. I watch the news channels to be informed not taught.

The fear and anger angle is only working on the people that didn’t and will not ever vote for a Liberal or Democrat anyway. The only reason they think they are a force to be reckoned with is because they are so closed minded and only associate and listen to those who share their opinion to begin with. They think everyone feels like they do. They refuse to listen to those who disagree with them and thats when all the screaming and anger comes into play.

The right lost the election. Get Over it. My vote counted and just because they get angry and loud will not de-legitimize my vote or this administration. My message to the extreme right is open your mind to reality and realize you are looking though a fence calling us sheep when you are the flock “inside” the fence being herded together by the likes of Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Fox… If your party lost you must respect the rules and process and let them run their term. Look we had to endure 8yrs. of Bush/Cheney so sit back shut up and wait your turn. If the majority of Americans aren’t pleased with the party in charge then come election time they will be voted out. Thats how it works. The right can’t change the rules just because they’re not in charge.

Glenn Beck Patriot or Pathetic?

jesusnagstring — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:23:34 +0000

Are you kidding? Glenn Beck is a tool. He is smart enough to know there is a group of Americans, right -wing neo-con Christians who are worried about change and are fearful of the future. He plays on those fears by using terms like Socialist, Communist, Marxist, Racist Christian who hates white people, Secret Muslim, Nazi, Hitler,elitist,grandma killer, death panels, wealth redistribution, Obama’s going to get rid of God, pause… tear up…take’s glasses off… asks? “What has happened to the America I, we all knew? A country founded by good “God” fearing Christians?…What happened to a Country that was proud?… What happened to a world that liked kids and puppy dogs? Baseball and apple pie? I just don’t know if we’ll ever come back people? I talk more about this in my new book… If you’re looking for more proof I’ll indoctrinate you later. I’ll use my chalkboard and props to teach or indoctrinate my followers. The people that watch me need me to teach them their opinions.”
Unlike most people who will look at many points of view instead of just the ones that they agree with then form an accurate intelligent opinion.

I’ve seen him condemn the health care system shortly after he went through ass surgery then once better and the Dems want to do something about the health care problems he does a complete 180. I’ve seen him mock one man for getting choked up over his love of the country then later in the same show he does the exact same thing. Hell he does it on every show. He is so disingenuous that it is laughable.

I have to wonder just how in touch with reality are his viewers that buy it? Not one thing he’s warned us about has happened. Health care passed and we still have grandma and no death panels. We still have doctors they all didn’t flee the country. No one has let the Muslims terrorists in the back door to take over. All the blacks have not killed all the cracker babies. There are no FEMA concentration camps and we do not say one nation under Rev. Wright in the pledge of allegiance.

His show isn’t even good fiction. It’s just a sad show that capitalizes on the fears of a percentage of either closed minded Americans or really misinformed dumb ones…

Fox Tales

jesusnagstring — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:23 +0000

I’m sorry. I was just sitting here listening to Faux news and Glenn Beck and much to my surprise he was slamming the Obama administration and the Dems. I know, shocker right? (note the sarcasm) I don’t care what the news story is Beck and Faux continues to demonize Obama and the Democrat party and they never report on or portray anyone in the GOP or Tea Party in a negative light. He actually promotes them. Just visit his website or listen to his program. His latest pearls of wisdom is he and other right wing neocons trying to draw a correlation between the actions of members and protesters at Tea Party events to that of the protesters at the G-20 summit in Canada and protesters in Greece. Saying the main stream media (neocon jargon for everyone but Fox) did not report those events the same way as they did the Tea party rallies. Hmmm. Well first Glenn the teabaggers are Americans protesting American politics and policies. Where protesters at the G-20 summit were not American and were not protesting against Obama and the current administration. Greece protesters were protesting Greek economic policies and Greek politicians. Once again not Americans and neither pertaining to the current administration or policies. So there Glenn and Fox is the reason real news programs and reporters were not comparing them with teabaggers. It would be like comparing apples and oranges. The fact of the matter is that regardless of what policies Obama and the Dems try to implement Fox, Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and every other right wing neocons will oppose, obstruct and demonize it in an effort to scare people into voting for them. They do not want any Democrat legislation to pass. That would be a feather in the cap of the Dems come election time. After all, all the GOP has to run on is the potential failures of the Dems created by the GOP obstructing and filibustering every piece of legislation put fourth by the Dems. They sure can’t point to their success stories the last time they had control. Because they don’t have any! It doesn’t matter who the Democrat is the GOP will demonize and de-legitimize their time while in office. Because unless its the right who is in charge it doesn’t count and they say things like “we have to take our country back.” They only support one party. The GOP. The Tea party is not a third party they are simply Republicans ashamed to call themselves Republicans. So basically they only support one party. Which is the definition of a Communist! Yet they are the one screaming Communism and Socialism?… Look They want to cry about the bailouts. Well if the boat wasn’t sinking to begin with there would have been no need to bailout anything! They want to forget about the guy and crew who drove the ship into the economic iceberg to begin with and instead try to focus blame and anger on the guy with the bucket. The reality of the situation is that had Bush and the GOP not screwed this country up so bad while they were in office the country would have never elected Obama in the first place. Obama was elected, health care passed and the sky did not fall, no one is killing grandma and I still have not seen those Fema camps. The only indoctrination I’ve seen is coming from the right, Fox, and Glenn Beck and his “chalkboard”. A chalkboard is a teaching tool or indoctrination tool. Who is he trying to teach? The sheep that follow him. Most sane people who think for themselves, gather the facts and form their own opinions think he is a blithering idiot. So he is just reinforcing what the right wing neocons want. Which is business as usual. They are obstructing everything the Dems try to implement then in November they will say “The Dems have had almost 2yrs. and what have they done? (leaving out the fact they have filibustered this administration more in a year and a half than any two term President in history) They assume they can regain control if the Dems fail then they will continue to block Obama the remainder of his term and then they will call him a lame duck President and try to regain control in 2012. The GOP care only about regaing power. Not the country or its citizens. There is so many more examples I could list to show where the GOP’s loyalties are and will do so at a later date so as not to post a novel in a single post. I am open to debate this subject but be warned if the only ammunition you have is right wing talking points given to you by Faux or other rightwing neocons then be prepared for a long in depth response where I include actual facts to back up what I say. Unlike the right wing Beck, Fox etc. They say things like Obama can’t prove he’s a citizen! No. They (birthers) can’t prove he’s not! Thats why they are so angry. What Obama and the Dems have greater resources to hide it? Or are they saying they are not smart enough to prove otherwise?… The upcoming Fox headlines pick any day. It doesn’t matter the headlines will be: Obama and the Dems bad! Republicans and teabaggers. Good! GOP says ” we need to find a way to pay down the debt and create more revenue.” “I know lets cut taxes!” Which is a BIG chunk governments revenue! Trickle down economics? The Gop says lets give tax breaks to millionaires and big business and they will create jobs. Well they did and thanks to slack regulation implemented by the GOP (remember their mantra less govt. involvement in business) those jobs were created. Overseas!!! Greed won out and American companies shipped American jobs to cheap foreign labor while those companies used every tax loophole afforded to them to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. If tax cuts and trickle down economics worked where are all the jobs that it created over the last 10 years?… Lets compare the rise in China’s economy and job growth and GDP over the time that Bush and the GOP was in office and we’ll see who their policies benefit. Lets look at facts instead of listening to a bunch of sore losers who don’t give a damn about the country and only care about regaining control where they can make more billions that will once again stay with the top 1%. I just invite you to research and look at facts. Wake up people…

Lack of G.O.P. Response to Oil Spill

jesusnagstring — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:25:53 +0000

All I hear is the bashing of Obama for not doing anything. What I haven’t heard is any ideas coming from those yelling the loudest. The GOP. What just because they don’t have a majority they have no responsibility to America to act in a crisis? If he hasn’t done enough in the GOP’s eyes lets her specifics on how they would handle the crisis. Remember they have had the same amount of time to do something. Lets not forget every state on the gulf is governed by Republicans. They have the ability and responsibility to use all means afforded to them through their national guard, emergency management services and state and local officials to defend and protect their state. It is also their responsibility to articulate the severity of their needs to the federal govt. Not get out for 10 minutes with your spotless white shirt with your sleeves rolled up sucking oil for a photo op as Jindal has. Not downplay the entire situation while promoting tourism and telling people ‘Come on down the coast is clear. Mississippi hasn’t had enough oil to fill a milk jug.” as Haley Barbour has done or blame the federal govt’s response when for over a month these local leaders took a reactive approach rather than a proactive one. The same ones who scream for smaller govt and less govt. involvement are now screaming the govt isn’t doing enough. It just boggles the mind. It doesn’t matter what the response of the President is because the same ones who have criticized him and the Dems from day one will continue to do so. As long as it is not their party in control. They want to ignore the multi party system and delegitimize anyone else that is in power. They will only be happy if their party is in control. A single party or Communist state. They throw around those terms like Communist and if you look and listen to their reactions when a different party is in control thats exactly what they are promoting. “We’re going to take our country back!” Wow. Anyway back to my original point. GOP let’s here your solutions to the spill and what the appropriate response should be

Town Hall Tantrums

jesusnagstring — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:25:44 +0000

Socialism!,Nazis!,Communist!,Racist!,Muslim!Anti-Christ!, Boogieman! You people make me sick. What has the GOP done in the last 8yrs. to make this economy or health care better? For that matter what have they done in the last 20 out of 28 yrs. that they were in charge? Not a DAMN thing!!! Except grow the national debt every year they were in charge. It’s funny how they want to talk about fiscal responsibility only when they’re not the ones in charge running up the debt.Where was their outrage when Bush raised the national debt ceiling every year he was in office to record levels. Or the trillions the war put us in debt. Then they cut taxes which was a big chunk of the countries revenue to pay for those debts they were piling up. The savings were suppose to trickle down and spur spending and job growth. It didn’t corporate greed won out. As for healthcare the exorbitant cost of meds justify the exorbitant cost of insurance. Thats the root of the opposition.I sometimes wonder why all these supposed outraged people have to read their gripes off of a pre-written piece of paper. Maybe its to insure that they stay on point with their organizers. You may have some people of free will but just like in a riot a few inciters plant the seed and let the fear and human nature do the rest. Lets see what fear tactics they use on Obama’s next bit of legislation. Obama’s a witch and a cannibal burn him he’s going to eat grandma! Grow up people… The screamers are their to draw the attention of the media. What I like to call the “aggrandizing of the minuscule.” Look at it this way. If you are in a restaurant and you have a group of well behaved children and 2 children screaming crying and throwing a tantrum. Which ones will you notice? I saw a lady call an older Jewish man a Nazi at one of the rallies and when he became outraged and told her he was Jewish and how dare her call him a Nazi her brilliant response was Wah,Wah,Wah. Idiots!
Facts: These were the numbers as of 2007: Unemployment when Bush took office 5.7 million as of 2007 under Bush 7.7 million, household income $49,163 vs.$48023, Health insurance when Bush took office 38 million uninsured vs 47 million uninsured under Bush in 2007, Poverty 31.6 million in poverty when Bush took office vs. 36.5 million in 2007, Jobs created 22.7 million over Clinton’s 8yrs. vs. 6 million over 7yrs, Real GDP growth 3.6% over Clinton’s 8yrs. vs. 2.6% over Bush’s 7yrs., National debt when Bush took office vs. 10.3 trillion. Those numbers do not even take into consideration his final and most destructive year. 03/27/01 Bush said ” We can proceed with tax relief without fear of budget deficits, even if the economy softens. Projections for the surplus in my budget are cautious and conservative.” On 01/07/03 Bush said “Our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term.”. Where was your whining and screaming while all this was going on? You hypocritical fear mongers make me sick. The Gop has been in charge 20 of the last 28yrs and haven’t done a damn thing but exacerbate the problems.

“The Sky is Falling”

jesusnagstring — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:46:51 +0000

Liberals and death panels huh? Have these screaming people even read the bill they’re speaking of? It was originally put in a bill by Bush 2 yrs. ago and it was added to this bill by a Republican from Georgia. It is coverage for counseling for those nearing the end of live and WANT counseling. For the idiots that say screw the poor people they’re lazy. That is a true death panel verdict handed down to millions. My brother has no insurance but is far from lazy. He has been an HVAC technician for 18yrs. He hurt his back but has been told the surgery would cost upwards of $175000.00 not counting rehabilitation and he could be out of work for over a year. Not so easy for someone making a little over 60,000yr. So he has continued working for the past 5yrs.despite the pain all the while exacerbating the problem. Which could have been handled in its early stages costing far less. Before you make some condescending remark of how he should’ve worked harder and made more money. Let me say that’s the whole problem with Republicans. They just can’t see the forest for the trees. If everyone made 150,000 a yr. Who will do the work that the policemen, firemen, garbage men HVAC Techs,Mechanics ,waitresses, highway maintenance, lawn care, janitorial and cleaning services provide? All the little things that keep this country going and doesn’t pay a $100k a yr. Your still going to have that segment of the population that need but can’t afford health care. Those who provide a service but make far less than they deserve and by no means are lazy. The Gop has been in charge for 20 of the last 28 yrs. and during Bush’s 2 terms they had control of the House ,Senate, And White House for 6 of 8 yrs. Yet no health care…. Why after 20 yrs of control? The only thing I hear from the GOP is opposition but I never hear any solutions or ideas from them. Only we’ll protect you from evil doers and lower your taxes… Let me ask you, When your entering a recession in your second year in office and your financing 2 wars by borrowing money from China and adding to the deficit all the while you continued to raise the debt ceiling every year to record levels adding over 1.3 trillion to the already out of control deficit. How is cutting taxes which is a BIG CHUNK of Americas revenue (income) going to help you pay for that debt? We were told it would “trickle down” and spur the economy. It obviously didn’t. That’s why we ended up here in the first place. I love this country and to think that someone like my brother and millions of other hard working Americans have to suffer because of the greed of insurance companies and their special interest groups is unfathomable to me. To deny millions heath care and in essence issue a judgment on millions of Americans that they deserve to suffer and die because they are poor sounds much more Nazi like than wanting to provide them with some form of health care. Grow up people…

Aggrandizing of the Miniscule

jesusnagstring — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:09:59 +0000

I lost a lot of respect for Obama and the Democrats for bowing to the asinine childish bully tactics of the birthers and screaming tea baggers. All I hear about is the death panels which is an absurd accusation. It was coverage for counseling for people who are told they are going to die and it was PUT IN THE BILL BY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM GEORGIA FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! Now all the GOP has to do is titty whine enough and it looks like Obama will cave.The notion that a politician would basically commit political and party suicide by wanting to implement “death panels” is an idiotic accusation that was perpetrated by an idiot from Alaska, Sara Palin. It is the same scare tactics the GOP has used since 9/11 and prior to that is was the aggrandizing of the minuscule issues. All I have ever heard from the GOP is opposition to a Democrats idea. You never hear what their plans to improve America are. Oh, lower taxes and protect us from evil doers. Where was the outrage when Bush raised the national debt ceiling every year he was in office that resulted in a $1.3 trillion dollar deficit at the same time they continued a record amount of spending while cutting taxes which also cut the governments revenue to try and pay those debts they were accumulating. Apparently it didn’t trickle back down into the economy as they claimed. Under Bush they had 6 yrs. where the GOP had control of the House,Senate,and White House but no healthcare reform. Saddam Hussein and is armies are gone along with thousands of American and Iraqi lives and we still have terrorism. That’s because you can’t defeat a tactic like you can a country. If Bin Laden surrendered or was killed their would still be terrorism he would become a martyr for the cause . It’s sad watching all the puppets who try to be the puppet masters when in essence all they are is caves echoing the talking points of the puppet masters. Republicans watch Fox Democrats watch CNN That’s why they think the other sides views are so extreme when in reality they are listening to biased sources that agree with their point of view which enforces the idea that their views are correct. That’s why News sources should not be allowed to voice opinions from their anchors. They should simply report the FACTS and let the public use some intelligence and form their own opinions without any influence from the media. When you get a politician that wants to tackle controversial issues that matter and you have news organizations that aggrandize the trivial in an attempt to create drama for ratings then nothing meaningful will ever occur in this country. As long as we let extremist, zealots, special interest groups and lobbyist influence our government it will never be for the people it will be for corporate greed and special interest. Stop all these childish unsubstantiated asinine accusations and focus on reality people…

Healthcare Rant’s

jesusnagstring — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:22:32 +0000

This is the most absurd bunch of fear mongering propaganda that hasn’t been seen since Clinton was in office. The right wing Republican neo cons who do nothing but lie and try to incite fear and anger by telling complete lies. The section of the bill that they like to refer to as “death panels” which is actually counseling for people that NEED and REQUEST IT, who are nearing the end of their live or has been diagnosed with an inoperable terminal disease. Oh by the way THAT BILL was WRITTEN and PUT IN by a REPUBLICAN FROM GEORGIA! Why don’t they put that part in? These tea bagging fear mongers are bordering on treason in my opinion. While Bush was in office the entire time whenever someone criticized him they said “WAIT IT’S UNPATRIOTIC TO JUDGE BUSH ONLY HISTORY CAN BE HIS JUDGE” What a bunch of hypocritical tyrants the GOP is. The people who stand the most to lose the pharmaceutical companies and insurance company lobbyist are the ones influencing the GOP right wing to perpetrate these lies and almost inciting a riot which could in the long run lead to a revolution and that is why I think it is borderline treason. The fact that the media takes footage of about 1% of Americans and broadcast it 24/7 gives the illusion that there is a major revolt taking place. We need to stop the Republican zealots and the aggrandizing of the minuscule by the media and focus on meaningful legislation and news. Hey GOP if your policies are so great why couldn’t you do anything for the 8yrs. you were in charge. 6 of those you had the White House, House and Senate. What kind of idiot would 6mos. into his presidency say ok we’re going to kill old people? That would be party and political suicide. What does Sara Palin know? She didn’t know who the 3 countries in N.A.F.T.A were or that Africa was a continent so what the hell does she know about healthcare? Hell she can’t even run her own family. Wake up America for God’s sake…

The Rebirth of an Economy

jesusnagstring — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:32:16 +0000

When Obama came into office he was faced with an economic ball that had been dropped by the Bush administration. It continued to fall into the early months of Obama’s administration resulting in higher than expected job loss and a stock market lower than expected.
Given all that and despite almost no help on a bi-partisan level. New home starts are up, the Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, all up some, such as the Dow, to levels of more than 40% from where they were when Obama took office.
Economist will tell you that as the stock market goes so will the rest of the economy historically speaking. The stock market is usually the first indicator and job growth usually lags behind.
As the economy continues to improve and we create more jobs and lower our dependence on foreign oil and take steps to generate tax revenue. We will start to lower the deficit, create jobs, lower inflation, raise the value of the dollar, and create consumer confidence which will be the cornerstone of getting this country’s economic feet back under it.
The GOP can continue to berate and oppose ever bit of legislation with a blind eye to the outcome and they will in essence seal their fate in the next election when the country sees a dramatic turn around.
Simply opposing something hoping it will give you political clout in the next election without any regard to the consequences of your actions is how we got here in the first place.
We tried “Trickle Down Economics” for 20 of the last 28 yrs. The only thing that trickled down was the debt incurred by the taxpayers.
The GOP belived that if you cut taxes for the wealthy it would generate job growth and spending that would pay down the national debt. Which by the way the GOP increased the national debt ceiling every year Bush was in office resulting in trillions of dollars in debt being accumulated. Cutting taxes only took away the revenue that pays the debt off to begin with…
No one wants to pay higher taxes. Hell I don’t want to pay mine but as with any other debt it has to be paid.
We must start taking fiscal responsibility in this country rather than letting the next administration and generation worry about it. If not, where will we be when China demands payment for all the money we have borrowed to sustain the failed policies of the past?

Gop War on Terror: Poor Judgement?

jesusnagstring — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:22:41 +0000

The point is when did war become a reaction rather than a last resort? We invaded Iraq, over threw a government, saw the execution of it’s leader and yet terrorist still want to kill us.
If we kill Bin Laden you will still have terrorism. Their is no de facto leader of terrorism you have different groups fighting for different causes and beliefs. Their will never be an unconditional surrender in the war on terror. We are proceeding to this day with a mistake and that is what made it a poor decision.
Yes we should have went after those responsible for 9/11 but if we had planned a little better and gathered a little more surveillance and intel it could’ve been done with a covert special ops team and even if it took 5 years to get the intel and prepare an effective strike it would’ve saved countless American and coalition lives not to mention the thousands of civilian lives. It would have saved over a trillion U.S. dollars and we would not have inherited a powder keg in the Middle East.When most people make a mistake and turn onto the wrong road they don’t continue driving on it for 8 yrs. They change course…