Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:19 pm
Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:12 am
TheCambyManVol3 wrote:Yeah that makes everything "official" then.Bush doesn't know what the hell he's doing
And you do?
Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:25 am
Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:42 am
Stevan wrote:All the politicians are tools.
Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:25 am
Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:47 am
Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:18 am
Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:01 am
Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:13 am
I can't stand a Prime Minister that is an ass kisser like john howard. He also says that he plans on spending the budget surplus has, that's a bad move economically. Latham at least is offering lower income families help and under his reign University costs will not go up by 25%. I'm not sure about his stance on the war on terror, but both Bush and Howard claim like they care the ONLY ones fit to fight the war.
Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:16 pm
Seeing its none of my business to have an opinion on american politics, ill just reply to matts post:
Fri Oct 08, 2004 1:39 pm
TheCambyManVol3 wrote: As for the surplus, how do you think it got there? With good economic management.. The Howard government wont waste it. Labour has a track record of just throwing money into policies and ruining the economy.
Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:20 pm
That's not what I said and not what I meant. I wasn't even directing it at you, just listing you as one of the people who participate in these threads.
Jae™ wrote:Lol point made Matthew, now go follow up your political opinions and vote for George Bush.
Oh wait, you can't
Foreign country, foreign elections, foreign government... the only way it affects our respective countries is if we get pulled into these little crusades by dumbasses from Texas or that other guy who looks like a donkey (if elected).
this is a bit mis-leading, politicians don't really have THAT much power over the economy. If anything they tend to stop it from reaching a peak because of inteferences with other politics
Fri Oct 08, 2004 3:39 pm
TheCambyManVol3 wrote:That's not what I said and not what I meant. I wasn't even directing it at you, just listing you as one of the people who participate in these threads.
Ah but when I do make a comment involving american politics its followed with:Jae™ wrote:Lol point made Matthew, now go follow up your political opinions and vote for George Bush.
Oh wait, you can't
Foreign country, foreign elections, foreign government... the only way it affects our respective countries is if we get pulled into these little crusades by dumbasses from Texas or that other guy who looks like a donkey (if elected).
Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:41 pm
TheCambyManVol3 wrote:May I ask why?
Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:31 pm
I'm for the war but against the costs, it's costing the US too much money. I like Bush fighting terrorism but not at US tax payers cost.
Fri Oct 08, 2004 9:14 pm
Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:29 am
TheCambyManVol3 wrote:this is a bit mis-leading, politicians don't really have THAT much power over the economy. If anything they tend to stop it from reaching a peak because of inteferences with other politics
They do have alot of control over the economy Matt. If they overspend on the budget, either taxes go up (which means less expandable to cash, so less things are purchased, which means less jobs which means less production which hurts the economy) or we have to borrow money from other countries, which if we borrow alot, our dollar also goes down becuase its in less demand, which also effects the economy. I find it hard to believe its just a coincidence that everytime labour is in government, the economy struggles and interest rates go through the roof.
Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:16 am
Whomever is elected should be careful of how they manage the surplus
Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:47 am
TheCambyManVol3 wrote:Jackal, nothing has been proven yet. One report doesnt mean much... there were countless reports before the war telling George Bush that there were wmd's (which i still believe are there, how easy would it be for them to hid them, considering they hid sadaam for 20 + years?)Just to make it clear, I don't want Bush to win, I want Kerry to win,
May I ask why?
Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:45 pm
Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:11 am
Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:01 pm
Tell me why you still believe that Sadaam has WMD's
He's also getting his ass handed to him in this second debate currently going on.
I've grown up with him, and I would trust him as the Commander in Chief of my country.
But really, what's wrong with me being uncomfortable with having a president who can't pronounce four-syllable words?
Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:30 am
Read it.
Comment.
Also, as much as Vice-President Dick wants to believe so, Saddam Hussein had no connection to 9/11.
So, no WMDs. No connection to 9/11. Oh, and over 12,000 Iraqi civilians dead. I don't think I can take four more years of this.
It just makes me mad that he's sending soo many people, mostly young kids our (at least my) age to die for a link to 9-11 that is false and WMDs that don't exist? I mean, it isn't the troops' fault that Bush has to do what his daddy couldn't do 10 years ago... I guess this was all just unfinished business and about the oil. I'm sooo glad I'm 18 so I can vote for Kerry. It doesn't really matter here in California because Kerry's gonna win here, but it's still important to vote.
isn't it also interesting that 850 US soldiers died after the intense violence was announced to have been stopped in April?
Bush doesn't know what the hell he's doing
At first it was speculated that Saddam was harbouring Osama, after it was researched and proved he had no connections with Osama, that theory went out the window.
Alrgiht, now that he didn't have connections to Osama, should he have left Iraq?
Truth is that Bush pressured Congress to allow him to go to Iraq
and his facts were also a result of pressuring the CIA of coming up with evidence of WMD.
Kofi Anan (sp?) 2 weeks ago declared the war illegal, that's a sign that Bush shouldn't be in power.
In my opinion he went to Iraq to oust Hussein because his father didn't get the job done.
His policy is a little shaky but I don't think he'd go into Iraq the way Bush did (at least that's what he says).
Didn't Powell say that under Kerry the US would get attacked again (this was strongly implied) and yet under Bush 9/11 happened even though it could have been prevented (read the 9/11 commission report)
I think we need a break from Bush, he's had his chance, I doubt Kerry could do any better/worse. If it's supposed to be, Bush will win.
I'm for the war but against the costs, it's costing the US too much money. I like Bush fighting terrorism but not at US tax payers cost.
Why do I want Kerry to win? Well, I live in Massachusetts, the exact same state he represents on Senate. I've grown up with him, and I would trust him as the Commander in Chief of my country.
Sadaam Hid in a hole for 20 years, how hard would it be to hide wmd's?
I attacked and took over two countries.
I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.
I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 2-month period.
I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.
I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.
In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.
I set the all-time record for the most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV.
I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history.
I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
I cut health care benefits for war veterans.
I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her).
I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt.
I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.
I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history.
I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
I withdrew from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1).
I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.
I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war.
I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:48 pm
Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:27 pm
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Kofi Anan (sp?) 2 weeks ago declared the war illegal, that's a sign that Bush shouldn't be in power.
No, it isn't. It's a sign Kofi Annan is just a fucking jackass who needs a good ass-whupping. The cease fire was violated by Saddam, the United States was in a state of war with Iraq since 1992. Just because Annan and the rest of the UN was getting kickbacks from Saddam, and despises Bush shaking up the status quo doesn't make the war illegal.
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In my opinion he went to Iraq to oust Hussein because his father didn't get the job done.
In my opinion, you're a fucking moron who doesn't know history.
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Didn't Powell say that under Kerry the US would get attacked again (this was strongly implied) and yet under Bush 9/11 happened even though it could have been prevented (read the 9/11 commission report)
Good god, you're just so un-informed. Cheney said that if Kerry was President and we were attacked we wouldn't go after terrorists the right way. And we wouldn't Kerry has already admitted that.
The 9/11 Commission Report says nothing about Bush being able to stop 9/11. Bush was in office eight months and had his people in office for three months. Clinton was in office for EIGHT YEARS and did nothing despite plenty of terrorist attacks against the United States.
No one could've prevented 9/11. George Tenet was right (maybe his only time) when he told that very commission: "they were at war with us, we weren't at war with them."
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I think we need a break from Bush, he's had his chance, I doubt Kerry could do any better/worse. If it's supposed to be, Bush will win.
Kerry has vowed to lose The War. We cannot afford that.
No, it's because Saddam Hussein was violating human rights & causing too much pain & suffering.
It's not because of personal beef, he's not that gangsta.