Bush Administration: Mercifully, the End Is Near For His Lies And Deception

and now St. Obama will save all of us....hahaha.....George Bush enjoys a 54% favorable ratings in India (Pew study- Urban India). We Indians are OK with your president as long as they donot screw around with us.

BTW the genesis of the current economic crisis is largely with a series of decisions taken by the Clinton Govt. The solution to the current crisis is not going to be very different irrespective of who the president is. Laslty, St. Obama is absolutely fortunate the lowest point of the crisis has happened when lil George was the president.

Chandra, when you refer to Clinton, you probably have the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in mind. In your hurry to blame Clinton, you probably forgot to mention that the act was introduced by Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) and in the House of Representatives by James Leach (R-IA). Repealing the act was the brainchild of Republicans, though the Democrats eventually jumped on the bandwagon too, and repealed the act in enough numbers to override a Presidential veto.

More partisan bickering and trying to blame either Republicans or Democrats for something while absolving the other, when both parties were responsible for the mess.

look at the irony of this:

George Bush enjoys a 54% favorable ratings in India

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dubya could have been the greatest US president ever...installing the USRaj globally...but he turned out to be a pygmy used by the neoconzix

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almost every initiative he undertook turned to sand

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dubya's epitah should read

hum tou doobay haiN sanam tum ko bhee....

Please read the article in the link below. It was written by Orson Scott Card who is a democrat and bestselling American author, critic, political writer, and speaker.


http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-05-1.html

What do you think?

coco:

the headline says:

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?

a damning sweep?

chandra,

when you wrote your piece about george, most people thought that you were really good at satire. however you appear to be serious. george's record is quite stellar: every organization or institution he has had the fortune of running, as been run to the ground. same with the nation. when you roll out the red-carpet for him, toghether with the other 54% supporters, please do so in your corner of india. you do have a point though. at least he is not (as opposed to everyone else in the world according to you) anti-hindu! actually he is though, given his born-again status.

chandra,

when you wrote your piece about george, most people thought that you were really good at satire. however you appear to be serious. george's record is quite stellar: every organization or institution he has had the fortune of running, as been run to the ground. same with the nation. when you roll out the red-carpet for him, toghether with the other 54% supporters, please do so in your corner of india. you do have a point though. at least he is not (as opposed to everyone else in the world according to you) anti-hindu! actually he could be, given his born-again status.

john is addressing a rally in ohio

and he says pointing at sarah

won't she make a great first lady

he is so senile!...expect letterman and others to jump on this in their monologues tonight

While I am tempted to respond to the subject matter in the comments so far, I am also quite amazed no one is dealing with the two main issues in the opinion:

Iraq

and

The Sudan

No one insinuated anything about Barack Obama being the savior -----

However, the lack of direct response on two of the most hideous things US politicians have done in recent history is pretty appalling, actually.

The economy is not what I am talking about here---but seems to be the primary interest and bleed over (obviously) from other discussions...

Much like Sarah Palin's primary concerns when it comes to the Sudan.

It really is shocking to me....that only the things that directly affect us (our personal wealth)are the rabbit trail....to avoid the issues at hand.

Maybe we all aught to take a field trip to Iraq and the Sudan---we might have an entirely different perspective.

Re Bush's approval rating in India----well----take it from those of us who live here in the US----he has a 27% approval rating here....

And who is to say India ISN'T being "messed with" anyway?

Beyond dispute is the "manufacture of madness" which has been the quintessential characteristic of the Bush Administration, on many levels, not the least of which is the unlawful and immoral invasion of Iraq.

David, is there anything preventing the Democrats from conducting investigations and starting criminal proceedings against these war criminals?

There are probably a couple of things preventing this right now:

1. The Democrats signed on to everything from the Patriot Act to the War in Iraq.

Granted, these things were accomplished in an atmosphere of fear---Russ Feingold was the only Senator who voted against the Patriot Act.

The "War in Iraq" was an outgrowth----based on "intelligence" presented to the "players" involved which has come to be known as solicited and false intelligence.

Then the whole WMD assertion---again false---

Then the whole "Iraq is the base for Al Qaeda..." ---again false....

The latest I have heard is that "well, Sadaam was a tyrant and an evil man..." so it was good we went in ----- defaulting to a position which surely would not have been enough even for the blood thirsty here in the US to "go to war..." and invade a sovereign nation...

And remove a leader whom the Republicans put in power way back in the 1980's---- a la Manuel Noriega---et al....

Now we find out that "Al Qaeda" was the name of the data base of names of "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan supported and trained by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to begin with----and that this synthetic enemy probably doesn't and never has really existed.....

So what could possibly be stopping the charging and prosecution of the Bush Administration officials?

Same old thing: FEAR of one kind or another---a definite shortage of character.

One Congresswoman, Tammi Baldwin (D) of Wisconsin, has recently introduced legislation which would lead to the investigation and prosecution of Bush and Cheney for war crimes...

And I haven't even discussed Rendition, Guantanamo, the use of torture in contravention of the Geneva Convention and in contravention of our laws for that matter....

Even discussing this like I have and publishing it probably puts me on some "list" somewhere....

FEAR----that and nothing else prevents their prosecution.

It truly is appalling.

Maybe the International Criminal Court should get involved due to the apparent invertebrate like behavior of our leaders for the most part...

These men are true criminals in my opinion based on the evidence before the world.

David ,other than the the 20% liberals in the USA and 0.02 % in India ,nobody in the world looks upto to America to save the world.Bush did what he had to do to protect his country and he did well,not a single terrorist attack in the US after 9/11 while here in India its almostevery day we are attacked by Moslem and Hindu terrorists.

One glaring flaw in that rationale, kela:

Who was President when 9/11 happened?

Bush's gutting of our Constitution and the manufacture of madness in which he has been engaged were unnecessary at best.

We already had laws in place to deal with this kind of thing pre Patriot Act.

Please provide a link or documentation re the attacks....

How would 20% liberals be the basis for a 10% lead for Obama in the Presidential polls right now?

Nobody looks to America? I think that is patently absurd...although if people were really smart they would NOT look to the United States right now to "save them...."

Bush thinks the world does....

And the imperialist policy of America comes at a VERY high price in the end....

And what about Palin and Darfur?

She is not the only one who has invested in the war crimes industry, however her brazenness is remarkable.

What Bush and every other President should do to "protect our country" is get out of the "kingdom making" business and put the CIA and its kin on a very short leash...

And stop, for God's sake, stop this interventionist, bloody business of "protecting US interests" all over the globe.

I am firmly convinced the only reason we supported bin Laden in Afghanistan was to "make friends" and get control of the opium production there...

kela, the bar should not be set at "no attacks in the US after 9/11" - which may or may not have anything to do with Bush's actions, but rather the bar should be set at "Bush failing to apprehend OBL." In my opinion.

It took Al Qaeda what? more than 8 years to plot and execute their mission after the first attempt to blow up the twin towers failed in 1993. So it'd be foolish to be complacent and start patting Bush on the back for no more attacks in the US post-9/11. The seeds that he's sown in Iraq, I wouldn't be surprised if the harvest comes in during the next 5-10 years. Let's be patient.

Maybe the International Criminal Court should get involved due to the apparent invertebrate like behavior of our leaders for the most part...

David, but why do the American people continue to support their leaders who exhibit "invertebrate like behavior"? And are there no other parties or leaders that/who have taken a courageous stance over this issue? Ascribing all the blame to the leaders is only half the story....

"Whereas over the past several years, serious questions have been raised about the conduct of high ranking Bush/Cheney Administration officials in relation to some of the most basic elements of our democracy: respect for the rule of law, the principle of checks and balances, and the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights;

Whereas the Bush/Cheney Administration misled the American public and the U.S. Congress regarding the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and alleged, despite all evidence to the contrary, a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, and this deceit dragged our country into a preemptive and unjustified war that has taken the lives of more than 4,000 United States troops, injured 30,000 more, and will cost our nation more than a trillion dollars;

Whereas the Bush/Cheney Administration undermined national security by manipulating and exaggerating evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities despite no real evidence that Iran had the intention or capability of attacking the United Sates, and then deliberately downplayed the December 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that reported with `high confidence' that Iran stopped developing nuclear weapons in 2003 because of international pressure;

Whereas the Bush/Cheney Administration has undertaken a broad assault on civil liberties through the suspension of habeas corpus and claiming the power to declare any person an `enemy combatant,' blatantly ignoring the Geneva Convention protections that the United States helped create, ratify, and which carry the weight of law;

Whereas the Bush/Cheney Administration endorsed the torture and rendition of prisoners in violation of stated American policy and values, as well as international law, and then destroyed videotapes which may have substantiated such torture;"

That is only part of HR 1509----should give everyone a little idea of what some of us are thinking....

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David: The only reason Bush and his cronies went to war with IRaq and beheaded Saddam was because Saddam Hussein challenged the US Dollar as the only currency to buy crude with. Several countries including India were thrilled to hear that we could buy petroleum without having to hold on to worthless US Dollars- but everyone was forced to hold onto this currency, not of their choice to buy crude in the international market. Once they did away with Saddam, now Venezuela and Iran are saying the same thing- they will accept other currencies than the US dollar for their crude- so now THEY have become the "bad guys" with nuclear threats and what have you.

Sadly, NO one in America and very few from the rest know about this.

blokesablogin:

Do you know this is the first time in recent memory that someone actually uttered the "unmentionable" basis for the invasion of Iraq?

Kudos!

Do you know this is the first time in recent memory that someone actually uttered the "unmentionable" basis for the invasion of Iraq?

If you mean the specifics, then yes. But the movie "Three Kings" which came out in 1999 mentioned what the wars in the Gulf region are all about. Till the world economies transition to a renewable and more local sources of energy, I'm afraid we may see more wars over this resource which lubricates the economic engine.

And a bloody machine it is-----

but then a transition to a renewable and more local source of energy would create a short fall in projected profits, kaffir----HORRORS!

Or so said Governor Palin when she refused to divest $22M from the maniacal government of the Sudan....

David,
Why do you think only Obama can repair the mess. I haven't seen anything in his body of work to indicate that he can.

Daffur is a complex situation.If the americans dont intervene the Chinese or Russians will.What has India to show for decades of non-interventionist/middlepath politics ?we are surrounded by countries that actively support terrorist/secessionist groups in India.Even the amry of Bangladesh has the audacity to violate our borders and kill indian security personnel.