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Worst President Ever?
You know I've gotten no work done since this thread started...
Scott Evil
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12/9/2005 4:25:52 PM
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I'm starting to think I may have a problem...
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Worst President Ever?
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 6:02:23 PM
You know I've gotten no work done since this thread started...
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Scott Evil
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12/9/2005 4:25:52 PM
Hey, you won't be the first one.........
(n/t)
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Lindy
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12/10/2005 5:23:49 AM
Top Ten Reasons why Bush is the worst president
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SteveS
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12/8/2005 5:23:21 PM
One correction...
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 5:55:26 PM
Rosy view!
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 5:48:23 PM
It is a nice change from the constant negative views from the pessimist. nt
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REB
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12/8/2005 6:13:08 PM
Well counting topics above the line...
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 6:34:34 PM
It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 7:59:09 PM
Not complaining at all. I'm with you on this.
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 11:46:45 PM
Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00
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Tom Brosz
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12/7/2005 10:19:26 PM
Occam's Razor
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Robert
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12/8/2005 9:13:17 PM
Incidentally...
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 10:18:03 PM
re: Occam's Razor
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 10:15:00 PM
Anyone with a shred of humanity hates Bush. Guess who doesn't?
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Bowser
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12/8/2005 5:06:51 AM
At least Bush isn't shredding humans, but he did stop Saddam from doing it.
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REB
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12/8/2005 4:51:57 PM
Not shredding, as such
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 9:25:25 PM
re: You got to be kidding
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SteveS
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12/9/2005 12:50:21 AM
Anyhow, you should thank me for giving you something to b***h about
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alcaray
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12/9/2005 4:14:00 PM
re: Does this mean I have to lose my bedside bush doll?
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SteveS
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12/9/2005 5:56:12 PM
Up to you
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alcaray
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12/9/2005 6:42:29 PM
Your attacking Clint Eastwood there brother...
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Scott Evil
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12/9/2005 4:23:20 PM
Ahh, man. Scott gets away with this stuff all the time.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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12/9/2005 3:56:58 PM
What?!?
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Scott Evil (Economic Optimist)
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12/9/2005 4:22:15 PM
Thanks for binging up Tookie!
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Scott Evil (Compassionate one)
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12/8/2005 9:48:49 PM
More about Tucker than Tookie
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 10:14:04 PM
P.S. Keep in mind that I am really opposed to the death penalty!
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Scott Evil (Compassionate one)
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12/8/2005 10:05:09 PM
re: At least Bush isn't shredding humans ... really?
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Laurie Street
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12/8/2005 7:49:48 PM
So every president that has sent troops in harms way is a shredder?
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SteveS
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12/9/2005 12:58:43 AM
He was referring to civilians...
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R.L.
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12/9/2005 2:22:20 AM
re: As was I...
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SteveS
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12/9/2005 1:03:33 PM
Corrected @#$% HTML
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Laurie Street
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12/8/2005 7:52:30 PM
Don't be silly, they aren't human...
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R.L.
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12/8/2005 9:28:47 PM
re: Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00
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azstrummer
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12/7/2005 11:35:58 PM
re: Academics hate Bush. Film at 11:00
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 1:32:42 AM
re: Historians have a good understanding of the past-it's their job
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Raoul
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12/7/2005 9:27:29 PM
Well, there was Tonkin and San Pablo.
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 10:15:32 PM
re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq.
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Scott Evil
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12/7/2005 9:42:12 PM
re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq.
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azstrummer
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12/7/2005 11:57:12 PM
re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq.
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 10:19:45 PM
re: those who were responsible for 9/11 had no links with Iraq.
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azstrummer
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12/9/2005 4:22:03 AM
Saddam launched missiles at Israel during the first Gulf War.
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Tom Brosz
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12/10/2005 8:34:12 PM
re: to lose that getting into a WMD pissing match with a superpower just is way too counterproductive.
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Scott Evil
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12/9/2005 3:45:32 PM
re: to lose that getting into a WMD pissing match with a superpower just is way too counterproductive.
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azstrummer
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12/10/2005 4:48:28 PM
You guys need to pick one perp and stick with him.
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alcaray
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12/9/2005 12:16:45 AM
I admit. We made a mistake. there wern't WMD at the time of the invasion.
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 3:02:14 PM
Trying to rate the present from a historical perspective is like trying to predict the future.
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REB
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12/7/2005 6:14:22 PM
In part
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Robert
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12/8/2005 9:33:15 PM
By then we'll be bankrupt and China will have the power we once had
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Lindy
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12/7/2005 6:45:11 PM
Used to hear all these exact same worries about Japan.
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Tom Brosz
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12/8/2005 5:56:46 PM
How do you figure?
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REB
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12/7/2005 6:59:34 PM
"Our economy is strong"
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Lindy
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12/8/2005 2:55:44 AM
They are holding a great deal of our govt debt.
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 10:09:49 PM
Debt is denominated in our currency- that makes a HUGE difference
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Buck Galaxy
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12/8/2005 8:26:15 AM
How would I feel? Like China owed me a lot.
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 6:50:25 PM
The West currently invests quite a bit in Chinese economic growth...
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Buck Galaxy
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12/10/2005 6:47:26 AM
Where will they invest their money?
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Scott Evil
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12/7/2005 11:32:11 PM
Can't get your post to make sense
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 11:49:29 PM
re: Can't get your post to make sense
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 3:09:34 PM
re: How do you figure?
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Laurie Street
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12/7/2005 7:09:15 PM
re: How do you figure?
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REB
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12/7/2005 7:11:24 PM
I agree with REB
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Scott Evil (Environment Killer)
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12/7/2005 8:24:53 PM
re: I agree with REB
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azstrummer
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12/8/2005 12:16:15 AM
re: There is no housing bubble.
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 3:21:28 PM
re: There is no housing bubble.
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azstrummer
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12/9/2005 4:41:32 AM
re: Immigration policy
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Scott Evil (Compassionate Conservative)
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12/9/2005 3:40:02 PM
re: Immigration policy
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azstrummer
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12/9/2005 10:40:14 PM
I think I'm starting to understand your view
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 3:42:43 PM
Stand back from the brink!
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Tony
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12/8/2005 7:23:16 PM
re: I think I'm starting to understand your view
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 4:26:03 PM
Yes. Neither of you understood Lindy's post.
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 10:12:52 PM
re: How do you figure?
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Laurie Street
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12/7/2005 8:15:33 PM
Why do you think that the national debt in the hands of Chinese and/or Japanese investors is a bad thing?
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Scott Evil
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12/7/2005 8:29:14 PM
They are getting close to holding enough of our debt that they can dictate terms.
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 10:11:41 PM
Wrong.
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Buck Galaxy
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12/8/2005 8:29:27 AM
Oy! This has nothing to do with any Chinese investment in American corporations
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 3:45:31 PM
re: Foreign ownership of US assets.
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 3:29:54 PM
Then why are interest rates low in the USA?
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Scott Evil
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12/7/2005 11:26:29 PM
Doesn't have anything to do with balance of trade, either.
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alcaray
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12/7/2005 11:53:06 PM
Their ownership of US government notes has everything to do with the balance of trade.
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 3:18:05 PM
Curious: how do you feel about the oil embargo in the 70s?
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alcaray
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12/8/2005 3:48:10 PM
re: The oil embargo of the 70s did have consequeces.
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Scott Evil
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12/8/2005 4:15:39 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.