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Many thanks given to Bush administration
Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2008/08/14 - 4:05pm.
Yesterday's News Sentinel had the most amazing letter to the editor that I have read in a while. In a love letter to Bush entitled "Many thanks given to Bush administration," the writer enumerates all the reasons he's thankful, including gems such as: • "Thank you for the freedom to choose not to have health insurance. All 47 million without health insurance do have access to health care." • "Thank you for creating the business environment that has led to unprecedented prosperity for seven years. It is disappointing that your administration has not opposed the Democrat-driven spending spree." • "Does anyone remember The New York Times, commissioned unofficial recount that showed the Florida margin for Bush to be much larger than the official count?" It's difficult to imagine a more uninformed citizen, even if said citizen were to be fed a steady 7/24/365 diet of Fox Limbaugh News only. Take that last one about the Florida election, for example: A statistical analysis conducted for The Times determined that if all counties had followed state law in reviewing the absentee ballots, Mr. Gore would have picked up as many as 290 additional votes, enough to tip the election in Mr. Gore's favor in some of the situations studied in the statewide ballot review. But yeah, if you just read the Fox News crawl that the limited recount requested by Gore wouldn't have helped him, then sure, you might get a different impression. As for the seven years of prosperity, we're not sure what planet this guy has been living on but here in Tennessee we just recorded the highest unemployment rate in over 20 years (and that's based on books cooked by the Bush administration), and foreclosures are up nearly 30% in Tennessee and 55% nationwide. As for the "Democrat-driven spending spree," remind me again who turned a $250 billion surplus into a trillion dollar deficit? The stuff about health insurance is just way over the top, even by the craziest wingnut standards. I can't figure out if the letter was a parody, or if the KNS just published it to be all edgy and stuff. Either way, it was certainly entertaining. The problem is, this same kind of |
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It's only a mental recession. Don't believe the liberal economic statistics.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
As Colbert pointed out, facts have a well known liberal bias.
Therefore, any responsible winger MUST ignore any inconvenient facts.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
but since Facts have a "liberal bias," it needs pointing out. A Recession has a very specific meaning, to wit: Two Consecutive Quarters of Negative GDP growth. The economy isn't healthy. People are losing jobs. Inflation keeps threatening to accelerate. Food prices continue to rise. Gas prices, though coming down, are still high and burdensome. The dollar, though recovering slightly, remains weak. And I know I'm just scratching the surface. However, in the interest of those stubborn liberally biased facts, we really aren't in a recession. Crappy stagnant economy, yes. Recession, no. I'm still waiting for and expecting one, but it's not here yet.
Go Barak!
Check it, yo:
Good save, Bub.
Unbelievable. Unfortunately, too many voters will believe it.
The comments on the Gramm story are wonderbar.
The profane liberal cynic:
The Bambi-like befuddled wingnut:
"Cop dome." Learn something every day.
Let's turn to the Berchtesgaden Daily Record:
Dear Put-upon American Unwashed Proletariat,
The Duck a'L'orange was heavenly, but I'm sure Ballpark Franks taste just as great. Still lookin' out for ya. Wish you here here.
P.S. Don't believe anything you hear on tv by rich, pretentious celebrity persons of color.
Love, The Maverick.
...The list of McCain’s “Trailblazers” and “Innovators” includes Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a senior McCain adviser; August A. Busch III of the Anheuser Busch Co.; Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx
All sycophants looking for a VP spot.
Also included on the fundraisers list are Las Vegas moguls Stephen Wynn
The Mirage used to be my favorite Las Vegas spot. I guess I'll never stay there again. Or at the Bellagio, which I was looking forward to.
Adelson's the interesting one to me. As Tom Mazzie points out, it sure looks like the campaign finance reformer is illegally coordinating with a 527.
The Mirage used to be my favorite Las Vegas spot
I actually interviewed Wynn once, when he opened Treasure Island (a local boy was in the show and somehow introduced me). He is one bizarre cat.
Wynn's the guy who stumbled and accidentally put his elbow through a Picasso he was trying to sell.
And the Bellagio is just over-the-top gaudy. A friend of mine said it looked like a palace owned by one of those old Renaissance families (like the Medicis or some such), whose money had lasted into the present time, but whose political influence had long since faded. As a result of their faded glory, they'd spent the last several centuries drinking heavily, and had decorated the palace while under the influence.
To me, that's always seemed a good description of Steve Wynn's public persona.
~Russ
From Wonkette:
Pay no attention to the pathetic old man copping corporate dome at a resort high in the Rockies.
M'therf$%#56ers.
Also, could it have killed Obama to stay off the gaddam beach for two months, especially with the Kerry precedent? I know it's stupid, but so is the gaddam political press.
a good description of Steve Wynn's public persona
I found him intensely creepy. He went on and on about family values - which of course was the marketing pitch at the time. But he gave off this pederast vibe (I don't know how else to describe it), which make the conversation quite surreal.
Which is kind of fitting, because it looks like he turned his beloved "family friendly" pirate show into an allegorical orgy.
Learn something every day.
You're right, Randy. I'm not ashamed to admit I had to look up "pederast."
Okay then.
Learn something every day.
You're right, Randy. I'm not ashamed to admit I had to look up "pederast."
Okay then.
Sorry for the double post. I got a php/db messup message when I posted and didn't think it stuck. (That's technical talk just for us Web dudes.) It referenced Drupal watchdog.
"Thank you for the freedom to choose not to have health insurance. All 47 million without health insurance do have access to health care."
Er, did you know, "R. Neal," that everyone in America has access to the medical treatment they require? What, are you against someone like a doctor getting paid...GASP!!...for rendering treatment even if it's only to the tune of $10 a month? By your logic, doesn't the population at large have a "RIGHT" to demand they receive your "services" (burger-flipping, I'm guessing) for free, also? Why should you get paid after all? It's my "right" to your own the product of your labor, isn't it?
Plus, let us subtract 10-12 million from your list because they're illegal aliens. Then, let us subtract the millions who have looked at the actuary tables and figured they don't need health care. After that, sure, I guess you're right. We should be outraged over the hundreds who don't have employer-sponsored health care!!
"Thank you for creating the business environment that has led to unprecedented prosperity for seven years. It is disappointing that your administration has not opposed the Democrat-driven spending spree."
I disagree with this a bit. President Bush is a spendaholic. Just not as bad as the leftist Democrats. He should have reigned his spending in long ago. We don't need more funding for crap like the National Endowment for the Arts. But,"R. Neal," I'm guessing you have some kind of objection to 62 straight months of economic growth, right? Um, I guess 96 out of every 100 Americans being gainfully employed is objectionable in your utopia, huh? Do tell, by what government program would you see 100 percent of everyone employed? Sure, Bush has only created 9 million jobs while in office, I'm sure he needs the advice of "R. Neal" to know how to do it better!
• "Does anyone remember The New York Times, commissioned unofficial recount that showed the Florida margin for Bush to be much larger than the official count?"
Um, this is true. I guess it's too bad for you that the SCOTUS made Gore suspend his third-recount lawsuit. You may remember Gore handpicking the most liberal counties he could find: Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami Dade...and he still lost. But, yes, had he been allowed to sue yet again, the balance may have tipped "in some of the situations...Mr. Gore would have won, by a very narrow margin. And, sure, if they were "using the most permissive "dimpled chad" standard...Gore would have won by 100 votes.
On an unrelated note, if the sun were one inch closer to the Earth, life on this planet would cease to exist due to 1,000 degree temps. Oh, and if our genetic makeup were altered by two percent, we would all piss gold.
He should have reigned his spending in long ago.
One of Bush's problems is that he doesn't know the difference between "rein" and "reign."
From that entire post, your only retort is pointing out one misspelled word?
Hmm, I guess correcting spelling on the internet really is the last bastion of the ridiculous!
LOL!
From that entire post, your only retort is pointing out one misspelled word?
It seemed the only portion worthy of a comment.
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