Bush: America has no problems

[sknabt]

So I'm trying to enjoy the Olympics when they decide to interrupt the fun to interview Bonehead... errr... Bush. Watching Bush talk without a carefully prepared script is always a painful experience.

In bumbling through a discussion on America's relationship with China and how we can deal with them given our own problems, Bush stated he didn't see America having any problems.

Life in Bush's bubble. How comfortable. How grand.

[SharonRB]

1. I was trying to ignore him

but when I heard him say that I wanted to throw something at the teevee.

[gateley]

4. He SAID that???

I hope every American who hasn't had their electricity shut off and who can watch him on TV heard him! How callous!

[silverojo]

35. Yep, he said that.

I started shouting in anger when I heard those words. One of the things I can repeat was, "What kind of drugs is he ON?!?"

[sakabatou]

2. I'm suprised that George doesn't have a cane or guide dog

How can he be that fucking blind?!

[Selatius]

3. He should come down to where I live on the Mississippi coast. Lots of problems left from Katrina. nt

[beam me up scottie]

6. My neighbors went hungry one week last month.

We didn't know or we would have helped them. It's pretty bad when the Good Samaritan doesn't have anything for you to take home.

[bluedeminredstate]

10. How awful!

Are they OK now? Do they have children? News like yours is so upsetting and depressing. I hope they have better times ahead.

[beam me up scottie]

16. They will be okay until the last week of the month.

They're two mothers whose kids aren't in their custody at this time. They won't ask us for help or take charity from us but we figured out a way around that, we have a stash of canned goods we keep for when we camp and I'm going to tell them we're done for the year and we're worried about the expiration dates running out before spring.

Neither one of them has medical insurance either.

I'm still upset about this, I mean, fuck, they went to bed hungry, fer christ's sake, and wouldn't ask us for help.

[kevinbgoode]

21. That is really terrible. . .

Hmm...they might not take charity, but can you figure out a way to invite them over for dinner? I say. . .invite them one night, make a HUGE batch of something (you know, lasagna, spaghetti, or salad, a large roast - something economical). . .and then feign anger at yourself for never learning how to make that item for just a few people, so there is just way too much extra for your family. And...you won't take NO for an answer - they simply MUST take some of the leftovers or they'll go bad in a few days.

Of course, sometimes they figure out what you are doing, but they are already over for dinner and it's hard for them to refuse a FAVOR by taking the leftovers.

Another thing I've used before is getting extra at a farmer's market and telling them it was given to me, but it is way too much for us to eat.

[beam me up scottie]

24. Good ideas!

Especially about the produce, we buy whatever we can fresh from the amish and mennonites and could easily unload a lot of it by claiming it was free and it's going to just go bad if they don't take it off our hands.

Does the rest of America know that people are starving?

Do they even care anymore?

[Leftist Agitator]

30. Wonderful ideas...

From an obviously wonderful person!

:hi:

[silverojo]

36. Nothing makes me angrier than "proud" people

For God's sake, you're going to bed hungry, and your "pride" is more important than survival? It's even worse when such people make their kids go hungry rather than "humiliate" themselves by going on welfare.

When you're in need, GET HELP!

[beam me up scottie]

38. I hear you, and now that we know we can keep an eye on them.

I'm taking one woman to the free clinic in the city on Wednesday - she has a spider bite that is infected and won't heal.

We caught two people sleeping in our ratty old shed in the back yard. My bf gave them a ride to Nashville-it was all they wanted.

It's bad down here, no soup kitchens, no homeless shelters and the local food banks always run out by the end of the month. An old man who is blind in one eye regularly goes through our dumpster so we leave canned food in there for him.

Before I moved in with my bf, It was all I could do to take care of feral cats.

[4_TN_TITANS]

39. Americans are to proud to beg.

Pride goes before a fall.

[beam me up scottie]

40. These women fell a long time ago.

There is no support system left anymore, and sometimes, the only people willing to help seem to be the ones who aren't that far from rock bottom themselves.

[Supersedeas]

5. maybe * thinks the Chinese have intelligence agencies like ours

like we thought Iraq had WMD's, but they didn't ---

and China thinks we have problems, but we don't.

[bullwinkle428]

7. The pissant kept beating us over the head with his "theory"

that all of China's problems would be solved if they were just willing to recognize organized religion. He just repeated that theme over and over again, at least 4 times by my count...when he started lecturing us on history, I flipped the bird in the TV's general direction!

[BrklynLiberal]

8. That is stupid ugly!!!!!

[Xipe Totec]

9. Probably doesn't remember this little incident

Chimpie's first feeble attempt to stare down the Chinese:

Monday, 2 April, 2001, 09:26 GMT 10:26 UK
China holds US spy plane crew

US military officials have warned the Chinese not to "seize, board or inspect" the plane without US permission...



Boarded, raided, and the Bushies had to dismantle it and ship it back to the states in pieces.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1255343.stm

[gratuitous]

Oh, that's not true!

The Chinese dismantled our spy plane for us. Reduced it to itty-bitty pieces. And the Bushies didn't ship the plane back, our good friends the Russians transported the pieces. But I'm sure they didn't peek or anything.

[bushmeister0]

19. The US says we're "very sorry" -- now can we get the pieces of our plane back? Pretty please?

American standing tall with George W. Bush at the helm!

The People's Daily:

"US Ambassador Joseph Prueher today handed a letter on behalf of the US Government to say "very sorry" to the Chinese side. As the US Government has already said "very sorry" for the incident in the letter, the Chinese Government has, out of humanitarian considerations, decided to allow its crew members to leave China."

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200104/11/eng20010411_67491.html

[jmowreader]

11. Bush had to say that...

see, Bush IS America's problem.

[spanone]

12. he hasn't a clue

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Someone should hand him a mirror -

there's the problem.

[givemebackmycountry]

14. HEY! Show some respect he's our PRESIDENT and remember to...

What a joke this guy is/was/will always be.

[Dr.Phool]

15. Kicked and recommended

For all of us who weren't watching.

:puke:

[bushmeister0]

17. Ignorance is Bush.

[ThatsMyBarack]

18. THAT would make a good DU handle for someone....

Or a sticky! ;)

[ThatsMyBarack]

20. I missed that speech....

To finish watching Swingtown on my DVR. ;)

[whistle]

22. Wow, Herbert Hoover redux

[deminks]

23. Video link here

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/10/bush-i-dont-see-america-having-problems/

This evening, NBC interrupted its Olympics coverage of women’s gymnastics for an interview with President Bush. Last week, Bush gave a speech and expressed “deep concerns” with China’s “detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates and religious activists.” Costas brought up this speech and asked about “America’s own problems.” Bush denied that America has any problems:

COSTAS: This past week, you restated America’s fundamental differences with China. But given China’s growing strength, and America’s own problems, realistically, how much leverage does the U.S. have here?

BUSH: First of all, I don’t see America having problems. I see America as a nation that is a world leader that has got great values.

Watch it:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

25. America: "Bush has no brain." n/t

[Tindalos]

26. How could he see any problems?

He's spent his whole life with his eyes shut and his fingers in his ears, going Lalalalala...

[sknabt]

27. A serious case of head being stuck up butt

I gotta admit I'm impressed with Bob Costas. Me? I would have busted a gut laughing at Shrub.

Memo to Uncle Dick. Don't leave junior unattended again.

[Johonny]

28. I think it's clear Bush wasn't ready for Costas

to ask him policy questions. He had the look of a guy ready for some softball sports yah America stuff and even bombed when answering those. He's clearly fallen apart.

[Leftist Agitator]

29. Russia's a big country. China is too.

n/t

[Cleita]

31. God will someone throw him out of his ivory tower.

It's the only way he will face up to reality.

[ShenandoahAspen]

32. of course Bush doesn't think America has any problems.

He is living the good life.. he is very well off financially, was born in to a wealthy family so he never had to see how the other side lives. He hasn't had to deal with the pain over 4,000 families have suffered losing a loved one in Iraq, because his daughters are too chickenhawk to go. And Bush is obviously not among the majority of Americans who were better off eight years ago than now. So, in Bush's mind, as long as he doesn't have any problems, screw the rest of the country! America is just fine! :mad:

[HughMoran]

33. Bush is a mindless pile of shit

He is to be ignored.

[RNdaSilva]

34. One major problem...

Bushisms.

[HughBeaumont]

37. Picture our America on the left, and Bewsh's America, the way HE sees it, on the right.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, indeed.

Our president cannot form a coherent sentence, he's spent America into an insurmountable morass of debt, his decisions have all been failures and the only reason he's where he is today is because of high-connected, well-monied plants in all positions of the political circus.

Can we end this farce already?

Can this nightmare PLEASE fucking END?

[JNelson6563]

41. Moran

Soon he's off the world stage as our "leader". None too soon.

[Swamp Rat]

42. Foo' me wunce... a a ah foo' cayn't git foo'ed agayn!

[carlyhippy]

43. well, America has one really BIG problem...

no other comment

[sknabt]

44. Inflation at 17 year high. Will Bush change his mind?

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1348904020080814?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

But then it isn't a problem for the man living in a White House bubble. We pay all of Dubyah's bills. He has no clue what the price of things are. He has no clue Americans are getting squeezed as he lives the good life. The silver spoon has never left the spoiled boy's mouth.

His message to America:

[DailyGrind51]

45. That's because he wasn't looking in a mirror!