Lessee - 2000.

Had a financial surplus. Had the respect of the world. Had a complete Constitution.

2006.

World despises US. Record deficits. Illegal and immoral war against a third-world country. Gitmo. Abu Ghraib. Afthanistan - more opium than ever under puppet president. Trade deficit expanding. Cutting back on benefits to old, poor and students to pay for slaughtering 30,000 completely innocent people in Iraq ALONE.

What bullet was dodged? Seems to me we've taken every bullet possible. One from Osama, who is still free, using Saudis, which is still Bush's friend, and the rest from ourselves in a successful attempt to enrich Halliburton, satisfy an Old Testament Christian God and Israel.

I'm trying to see a bullet that missed.

We've got a White House controlled Congress and Supreme Court, aka dictatorship, if no here then very close, corruption throughout the leadership as never been seen before, limited investigation, an eroded Constitution, the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT and CIA spying DOMESTICALLY, the NSA SPYING DOMESTICALLY, and you say we dodged a bullet?

We have secret imprisonments for indefinite lengths of time at yer Leaders disgression.

Dodged a bullet? If so, only because we are so chewed up there was nothing left to hit.

Arf (They're happy with the situation, Bow. Sez a lot about 'em, doesn't it!)