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Waya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:29 AM
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An Irate Soldier’s Open Letter Regarding George W. Bush
09/05/05 "ICH" -- -- If you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention.

George Bush is going to go down in history as the President Who Destroyed America.

Oh sure, there were problems before he ever took office. Every nation has problems. But in the year 2000, the USA was at a fairly high point. The economy was growing. Science was moving forward. International relations were fairly good. The future looked bright. And then, an election was rigged, and a "President" who was never properly elected took office.

We all know how all the different stories about inappropriate election practices during the 2004 election. The cheating. The manipulation of the polls. The fact that people from largely Democrat demographics were prevented from voting. If you don’t know about all this stuff... then you weren’t paying attention. We also know that the 2000 elections were bullshit. But it’s too late for that. We got the chimpanzee in the Oval Office, and we’ve got to deal with him. Too bad the War-Monger president, who doesn’t even know HOW to run a war in the first place, also doesn’t know how to run a country. The disaster on September 11th, 2001 was handled very well... not by Bush, but by Rudy, the esteemed former mayor of NYC. The only reaction from Bush to the whole fiasco: LET’S GO TO WAR! But... that’s in the past. What about now?

Our country is already hurting financially because of the actions of our "president", or inactions, as the case might be. Our international relations are shot to hell - EVERYBODY hates us. The education system is hurting. Our entire economy is likely to fall into recession, if not an actual depression to rival the crash of the 1920s. The average citizen can’t even afford gasoline - but if we’d invested in cars that used non-petroleum fuel sources (a technology we’ve had for a couple of decades but never developed) we wouldn’t have this problem in the first place! (Hmm, does anyone else detect a connection between the oil companies, the government who funds research, and the car companies?)

The progress of the scientific community is being thwarted by Chimp-Boy’s religious convictions. Bush was too busy "stopping the fags from destroying our nation" to bother running the nation. I wonder how much money went into his "Protect Marriage" campaign. How much money and resources have been spent on a war overseas, when our own infrastructure needs desperate help? DID YOU KNOW that Bush wanted to implement a universal health-care system in Iraq, funded by our own tax dollars, when we don’t even have universal health care here? I don’t have health coverage, but MY MONEY is going to help give medical care to some Iraqi. THIS IS BULLSHIT!

Now, not all of these things fall solely on the shoulders of George W. Bush. It’s his entire pathetic administration, but he’s the man with the final say. He’s the guy who was given all sorts of extra powers of authority by the Patriot Act. He’s the idiot leading the pack. I’m sorry, "leading" was the wrong word. Leadership is a quality he doesn’t have.

Let’s look at the situation we have right now. Our National Guard is overseas when we need them at home. Yes, they’re calling them back home now, but they should have been here in the first place. People are dying, in America, of dehydration, hunger, and disease, because we took too long to respond to an emergency. The US Army can drop a bomb with pinpoint precision overseas within an hour of receiving the mission, and they’re telling me it took our leaders THREE FUCKING DAYS to drop food and water on our own soil?

MORE BULLSHIT! American citizens are dying, on American soil. Oh sure, the "president" went to visit the poor victims, and he hugged women and girls for the camera, and shook people’s hands... what a wonderful photo opportunity it must have been. But when he climbed aboard his helicopter to fly to the disaster area, did he even bother to think of loading a couple of extra crates of water, and maybe some food, for the victims? I’m sure there was space. And it may not have helped everybody, but to the family that would have received those supplies, it could mean the difference between life and death.

Compassionate-conservativism, my fucking ass.

This whole disaster-relief operation is a textbook example of "too little, too late." It’s a textbook example of SHITTY LEADERSHIP. All the way from the bottom up. For the first 24 hours, the mayor of New Orleans told people he had it under control, and they didn’t need help. Two days later, he’s screaming and swearing at people for not coming sooner. What? Did he think the National Guard just shows up on its own? You have to ask! We, the soldiers of the Reserves and Guard, don’t sit in our unit headquarters, watching CNN, and say, "Oh look!

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10154.htm

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:30 AM
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1. Thanks. nt
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:39 AM
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2. Nominated. nt
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:46 AM
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3. What you said
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:32 AM
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10. I think the stories of Nagin's delay
are greatly exaggerated, yet another Rovian lie.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:50 AM
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4. Awesome
Awesome dude.......or dudette.
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lynettebro440 Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:51 AM
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5. You tell them
This administration is bullshit and we need more voices like yours screaming this. Thank you for posting.

Kicked and Nominated.

:kick:
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:55 AM
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6. It all boils down to:
Are we better off today than we were 5 years ago?

HELL NO!
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Bernardo de La Paz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:50 AM
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11. Axis of Evil
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BlueJac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 09:58 AM
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7. Way to go!!
:kick:
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:05 AM
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8. Thank you for posting.
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 10:06 AM by wicasa
I think there is one error; I think that the Mayor of New Orleans was seeking help even before it hit.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:10 AM
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9. Powerful words. Thanks!
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 11:50 AM
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12. closing paragraph was the absolute best
The American people don’t want your lies, excuses, and apologies anymore. How many mistakes can you make before you stop making them? How many more people have to die for your stupidity? Should we just wait for the next major disaster to strike, just in case you do better next time? We don’t want a "next time", Mr. Bush. We don’t want your promises of a better tomorrow. We want your resignation.
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