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January 24, 2007 at 06:41:29

28% and Counting, the Disintegration of a President

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"Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death, we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm's way.

We owed them our loyalty, as Americans, and we gave it. But they owed us sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it."

Jim Webb has it right. He has the pulse of America. He understands where 72% of this country is at right now. We do not want to hear the same old lies. We do not want the failed policies of a failed ideology. We understand that education deserves more than three sentences in a State of the Union address. We understand that when we cannot put food on the table the economy is not doing as well as the government says, no matter how high the stock market gets. We understand that healthcare is a real problem, not solved by providing tax havens for the rich and empty words for the poor and middle class. We understand that the blood of our children is worth more than the lies of a president who is slowly disintegrating into oblivion. At 28% approval and this sad statement of a speech tonight, George Bush is moving into a Hooverville of his own making and like President Herbert Hoover before him, he is simply clueless about his own ineptitude; careening into the darker pages of this country's history.

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Daniel GeeryGeery lived off the grid for 15 years in an earth-sheltered, solar heated home, while his kids learned in school that solar energy isn't feasible. NAPTA hosts a page on Geery's foibles in education, and explains how he got his butt fired from a tenured teaching position. Here's a short clip of his most recent solar contraption; for more on that project, and Geery's contention that the Wright Brothers took a wrong turn, please visit his airship page (hyperblimp.com). Apparently, Geery is the only...

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I read the news today, oh boy!

Actually, I merely caught the leading subtitle on Anthony's article here by accident, "... Bush left no doubt that he exists in a vacuum of his own making; where up is down and black is white."

Thus did I kiss my New Year's wish goodbye!

by Daniel Geery (26 articles, 58 quicklinks, 121 diaries, 677 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 9:47:12 AM

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Lorring IINone

Both parties are a disgrace

Neither Bush nor Webb mentioned the gov't rountinely violating our Constitutional rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by opening mail, caging demonstrators and banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon. America Deceived (book)
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns during Katrina.
They violate the 4th Amendment by conducting warrant-less wiretaps.
They violate the 5th and 6th Amendment by suspending habeas corpus.
They violate the 8th Amendment by torturing.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting 2 illegal wars based on lies and on behalf of a foriegn gov't.
Vote for Dr. Ron Paul, 2008.

by Lorring II (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 86 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 3:32:38 PM

Retire high school English teacher. Grandmother of eight grandchildren, six of them Muslim. Love to travel. Have been to Russia, Spain, Morocco, Crete and Santorini, Cosumel and Chichen Itza. Alas, not enough places. However, the ocean anywhere satisfies the soul.
ChristieRetire high school English teacher. Grandmother of eight grandchildren, six of them Muslim. Love to travel. Have been to Russia, Spain, Morocco, Crete and Santorini, Cosumel and Chichen Itza. Alas, not enough places. However, the ocean anywhere satisfies the soul.

Thank you, Jim Webb

This analysis sounds closest to my own take. That was my reaction upon reading this as about the 10th analysis I have read. Then, whoops, second commenter suggests Webb forgot to mention Constitutions issues. I will go back and reread Webb's text. But overall, IMO. Webb's rebuttal was excellent. If he chose not to mention everything, that does not make his speech less that right on. -- Yeah, maybe not perfect, but right on. Thank you very much Jim Webb for your succinctly worded, on target rebuttal.

by Christie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 149 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 4:47:04 PM

Whoops

Make that "constitutional"

by Christie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 149 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 4:52:12 PM

Anthony Wade, a contributing writer to opednews.com, is dedicated to educating the populace to the lies and abuses of the government. He is a 40-year-old independent writer from New York with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess. Anthony Wade?s Archive: http://www.opednews.com...

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Anthony WadeAnthony Wade, a contributing writer to opednews.com, is dedicated to educating the populace to the lies and abuses of the government. He is a 40-year-old independent writer from New York with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess. Anthony Wade?s Archive: http://www.opednews.com...

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Exactly

The dems could not afford to get too spread out on issues. He targeted the two main ones, economy and the war. Good point.

by Anthony Wade (137 articles, 2 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 446 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 8:28:52 PM

I'm active in bull dozing down the axis of evil called the Bush Regime, Hi Bushler :)
ex-merchant marine with a degree in IEEE.
Bad habits: not proof reading things that I write.
Folks get your tickets early, its going to be a sell out for sure ( Bush swinging from the hangmans gallo).
Fred FI'm active in bull dozing down the axis of evil called the Bush Regime, Hi Bushler :)
ex-merchant marine with a degree in IEEE.
Bad habits: not proof reading things that I write.
Folks get your tickets early, its going to be a sell out for sure ( Bush swinging from the hangmans gallo).

George is selling swamp land for sure

Its sad when we have to swallow are pride, because Bush treats everyone as if there gullible enough to believe his crap.

by Fred F (1 articles, 1 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 363 comments) on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 8:51:37 PM

I'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website.
Mark E. SmithI'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website.

Bush knows the public isn't that gullible.

But as long as Congress is, why should he care?

It is Nancy Pelosi, who took impeachment off the table, and who stood to give Bush a standing ovation, who is quite possibly the most gullible, out of touch, airhead in America. Speaker of the House, sure, but who is Pelosi speaking for?

Not for the majority of Americans, who want Bush impeached and the war ended.

Not for the majority of Democrats, who want Bush impeached and the war ended.

The only one Pelosi could possibly be speaking for, in taking impeachment off the table and vowing to continue to fund the war, is Bush. The standing ovation must have been in gratitude for Bush having noticed that Pelosi is female. It never hurts a politician's career to have their greatest assets noticed by their superiors.

--Mark

by Mark E. Smith (21 articles, 29 quicklinks, 73 diaries, 947 comments) on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 1:59:14 AM

John Perry is a morning radio personality in his home state of Connecticut. He started paying closer attention to life inside the Beltway several years ago, when it became obvious to him that his "representatives" were not interested in helping independent webcasters, who to this day remain under attack and faced with extinction, thanks to the nefarious efforts of the RIAA to maximize consolidation of Internet music distribution. He had been attempting to launch his own Internet radio ...

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John PerryJohn Perry is a morning radio personality in his home state of Connecticut. He started paying closer attention to life inside the Beltway several years ago, when it became obvious to him that his "representatives" were not interested in helping independent webcasters, who to this day remain under attack and faced with extinction, thanks to the nefarious efforts of the RIAA to maximize consolidation of Internet music distribution. He had been attempting to launch his own Internet radio ...

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It's beyond disgusting...

How these two parties trash the hell out of each other at the press microphone, and then scramble to kiss each other's ass at events like the State of the Union.

Did anybody else catch Dennis Kucinich, one of the foremost "critics" of the Bush administration, reaching out to shake the hand of the Traitor-in-Chief as he walked into the House chamber Tuesday night? It was like he was meeting his favorite rock star or something. Earth to Dennis: Are you at all concerned with maintaining credibility?

Anybody who wants to present themselves as a legitimate agent of change from what is easily the most corrupt presidential administration in the history of our country should not be applauding and giving standing ovations to criminals like Bush, no matter what he says.

If you're going to say something like "Aw, c'mon John, it's just politics," I would respond with "Tell that to every mother who has collapsed to the floor in unimaginable agony upon learing that her son or daughter is dead because the President of the United States lied us into an illegal, immoral, unnecessary war.

Tell it to every child who no longer has a parent for the same reason. Tell it to every wife who has no fucking idea how she's going to support her family now that her husband is dead, because George W. Bush lied us into war.

Yup, "just politics."

BULLSHIT.

Anybody who insists on playing politics while our troops and innocent Iraqis continue to die and get permanently maimed, and while Iraq continues to get destroyed, and while the future of American generations yet to be born continues to be mortgaged because the Manchurian fool in the White House had to have his "war," is not only not deserving of the honor of serving the American people, but also fully complicit in the crimes of the Bush administration.

END THIS CRIMINAL WAR NOW.

by John Perry (31 articles, 33 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 81 comments) on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 8:39:55 AM

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