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Thank you Brian and I respect yours to. It is difficult to me to put into words my sadness seeing some of these posts when my son and other sons and daughters risk their lives every day to keep us safe. It’s good to see communication opening up. There are some great thought provoking posts here that I am glad to see. I am struggling to put perspective on things. No one is more angry or disgusted than I am with our current leadership that wants to send 21,500 more troops out. I am fervently praying that doesnt happen. It is my focus at the moment.
I hope we can all get through this gambling issue together and maintain positive energy. (sorry kwblue, I know and agree with what you are saying).
I am particularly agreeing with this post by elgoog right now as I fear I am to emotional, especially with the recent events with our military. I don’t think I am the only one.
i did quit politic discussion years ago, srry guys
Thanks,
Mojomojo wrote:No one is more angry or disgusted than I am with our current leadership that wants to send 21,500 more troops out. I am fervently praying that doesnt happen. It is my focus at the moment.Unfortunately, the “Bush Dynasty” are the most agressive and single-minded bunch of uninformed people that have ever made it to this position of influence.
No-one can seriously claim that George W has a handle on the situation, or that his decisions make rational sense. The man is truely an idiot – who is out of his depth.
If he was in a corporate he would have been replaced as incompetant months ago – but because he’s president he’ll continue to inflict misery for the full term.
He is simply going out to “god damn finish what my pappy started ” …
He doesn’t care about tens of thousands of civilians killed – they’re “collateral damage”.
He doesn’t care about thousands of US soldiers killed – they’re a “necessary sacrifice”.
He doesn’t care that the people who elected him don’t suport this action ..He just doesn’t care … and that’s the most damning indictment of all.
:nervous:Excellent post, Gooner…
aleph wrote:I would argue that most Americans don’t have a clue about what’s happening INSIDE the United States. Trillions are missing from the Pentagon and the American media is more concerned about the Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton.LOL! :colgate: Well, ya got a point! That’s also true! :chearlead
Extremely insightful post Gooner.
mojo wrote:(sorry kwblue, I know and agree with what you are saying).Thanks,
MojoAbsolutely no apology necessary. My post came across the wrong way and I didn’t mind being called out on it
Actually, Gooner, he has the highest educational degree of any President (MBA). As for the corporate world, he also owned the Houston baseball team at one time. See education is not everything that it is cracked up to be!
bleuze wrote:Actually, Gooner, he has the highest educational degree of any President (MBA). As for the corporate world, he also owned the Houston baseball team at one time. See education is not everything that it is cracked up to be!I don’t think it counts when the degree is paid for AND he likely has the lowest overall GPA of any president EVER. It also doesn’t count when (in essence) his father paid for everything he ever got.
Earned is much different than ‘given to’
bleuze wrote:Actually, Gooner, he has the highest educational degree of any President (MBA). As for the corporate world, he also owned the Houston baseball team at one time. See education is not everything that it is cracked up to be!No, he owned the Texas Rangers. Here’s a quote from About.com regarding Bush’s ownership of the Rangers:
“It’s what happened (and how it alledgedly went down) after Bush became an owner that leaves some folks skeptical about his integrity and honesty. Basically, skeptics contend that Bush and his fellow investors attempted to blackmail the city of Arlington (home of the Texas Rangers) into paying for a new stadium through a sales tax increase by threatening to take the team elsewhere.”
bleuze wrote:…he also owned the Houston baseball team at one time.Sorta… but Lemme set ya’ll straight on sumthin’ right now:
Bush may claim to be a Texan. He may have a ranch. He may even have an goofy accent. But he aint no Texan.
The Bush family originally came from New England… which is why Bush senior has a home in Maine. They moved to Austin politics cuz they couldn’t cut it in Boston politics.
Kinda like when Hillary moved from Arkansas to become a New York Senator… just pure politics. Hillary’s as much a New Yorker as the Beverly Hillbillys were Californians.
First, you americans have elected this person and his family more than once
that is a question that continues to bother me. Nearly every person I’ve ever asked has denied voting for him.
More likely is the scenario he cheated his way in (at least the second time, probably both)
I will fully admit I voted for him last election… here’s why:
At the time, September 11th was still fresh in my mind… the war seemed to be going well… the nation appeared to be mostly united on the issues… we believed in our cause for being over there… well, most did.
Remember all the American flags on the cars? It was a different time… we were still emotionally raw, and easily manipulated. Times have changed, though. I guess the truth about these things really does come out in the long run… even in politics.
Would Al Gore have signed anti-gambling legistlation? My guess is yes… but it woulda been attached to a “Greenhouse Gasses” bill.
Randy wrote:Basically, skeptics contend that Bush and his fellow investors attempted to blackmail the city of Arlington (home of the Texas Rangers) into paying for a new stadium through a sales tax increase by threatening to take the team elsewhere.”I’m not here to defend any politicians, but this is typical of sports teams and plenty of other large businesses. You see it everywhere, but it’s usually a large company promising jobs in exchange for tax incentives. The politicians then claim that they created jobs. Anyway, sports teams are always trying to get governments to buy stadiums. It pretty much amounts to a subsidy for sports fans at the expense of anything else taxes would go for (or lower taxes for everyone.)
And seriously… nobody is going to get riled up about having problems depositing to casinos. (Too many other things don’t excite people, either.) Nobody will repeal those laws because they are paternalistic. (When has that ever happened?) Everyone will have to wait until the large financial interests step in. They’ll still have a tough time. State lotteries see other gambling as a threat, and they should see it as a threat considering that their own payouts are dismal.
bb1webs wrote:that is a question that continues to bother me. Nearly every person I’ve ever asked has denied voting for him.More likely is the scenario he cheated his way in (at least the second time, probably both)
America is finished … the voting machines are rigged, normal
Americans can’t handle the truth … here have a laugh … get more truth
from a comedian about the true owners of this country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL6ULruYjNA
:bigsmile:
Would Al Gore have signed anti-gambling legistlation? My guess is yes… but it woulda been attached to a “Greenhouse Gasses” bill.
I watched his documentary the other night on Global Warming. Man this guy would have made a good U.S. president. Canada adopted the kyoto accord the U.S rejected it. If Al Gore was in charge he would have adopted it and added to it curbing the trend of Global Warming.
greek39
I’m personally a fan of Al Gore. Nearly every nonamerican I have spoken to is the same way. It’s funny how nearly every nonamerican also hates Bush.
I’m not sure what relevance this has to the discussion but I figured I would throw it in.
antoine wrote:I’m personally a fan of Al Gore. Nearly every nonamerican I have spoken to is the same way. It’s funny how nearly every nonamerican also hates Bush.I’m not sure what relevance this has to the discussion but I figured I would throw it in.
It’s completely relevant … Gore would have been a far better president
and wouldn’t have made America a joke to the world.
