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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (284406)	8/7/2002 10:17:42 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

Tax yourself into prosperity, then you can recommend it to others. The Dems are making the same old mistake, telling voters that the gov will take care of them, just send in the dough. They will see the same old results in November. Clinton campaigned in 1992 promising a tax cut. He took office, and immediately raised taxes. 1994 was the verdict on him, and he never recovered...

To: TigerPaw who wrote (284406)	8/7/2002 12:04:13 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

It's time to lob hard questions at elusive veep ____________________________________________ By Rob Morse Columnist The San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday, August 7, 2002 --------------------------------------------- Other vice presidents have been expected to disappear, but only one has disappeared and been missed. And after 80 days without having answered a question from the media, Vice President Dick Cheney will surface today in San Francisco. This is more astounding than the time Richard Nixon left the White House at midnight to talk football with protesting students. Why is Cheney in San Francisco of all places? Maybe because it's safer than any bunker or abandoned mine shaft. San Francisco is the least likely place a terrorist or journalist would expect to find him. But the word is out. Cheney will be speaking to the Commonwealth Club in the Fairmont ballroom, and he'll be taking questions on little cards submitted by the members-only audience. Journalists will be allowed in, but Cheney will be protected by an efficient journalist-deterrent system -- a 7:15 a.m. check-in time. TV reporters face a 5:30 check-in time. You never know what kind of dangerous devices could be hidden in their hair. The Commonwealth Club is composed of polite, serious people who submit polite, serious questions on their little cards, but some of us want to ask some impolite, serious questions. Dear Mr. Vice President: What the Halliburton has been going on? What have you been hiding from? In times like these, with the Bush economic team stimulating the markets downward and Colin Powell on assignment to nowhere, we need your leadership. By the way, how did you manage to flunk out of Yale and George W. Bush didn't? I hope some Commonwealth Club members write impolite questions on their cards, even if the subject of Halliburton is ruled out of bounds in deference to the vice president, who once ran the company -- successfully or unsuccessfully, depending on which set of books you believe. Republicans pooh-pooh questions about accounting practices at Halliburton Co. when Cheney was CEO. The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into Halliburton and the work of its accountants, Arthur Andersen. You've heard of them, no doubt. Dear ex-CEO Cheney: Bush said, "If you're a CEO and you think you can fudge the books in order to make yourself look better, we're going to find you, we're going to arrest you, we're going to hold you to account." My question is, do you think the president can find you? Until today, no one else could. Dear master of military-industrial complexity: Is it a coincidence that Halliburton is the main beneficiary of the war on terrorism, receiving billions of taxpayer dollars (without cost controls) to build prisons in Guantanamo and other military bases? Dear Mr. Warrior on Terror: Why pretend to hate terrorist nations when you were willing to trade with them? While you were CEO of Halliburton, its subsidiaries sold vital goods to Libya, Iran and even Iraq. A year ago, the Washington Post reported that pipeline equipment and pumps were sent to Iraq by French affiliates of Dresser Industries, acquired by Halliburton during your time as CEO. Now that hardware, and a whole lot of soft human flesh, could be blown up during a U.S. invasion of Iraq, which leads to the most important question of all. Dear Commander of the Commander-in-Chief: Are you sure we should invade Iraq? We're the ones having heart palpitations here. "Regime change" sounds clean and orderly, nicer than an election in Florida, but it's just another way of saying we want to overthrow a foreign government. Sure, that's as American as apple pie and banana republics, but as far as terrorism is concerned, there are more known links to al Qaeda in Paterson, N. J., than in Baghdad. If Bush Junior finishes the work of Bush Senior, blood will flow and oil likely will stop flowing, possibly leading to gas lines and a third dip in the recession. The weapons of mass destruction we want to eliminate probably will be used against our troops. We've read all the plans in the papers and none of them sounds so good, especially considering Saddam Hussein has read them, too. We all would like to take out Saddam, but he's hard to find, too. _____________________________ Rob Morse's column appears Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. His e-mail address is rmorse@sfchronicle.com. sfgate.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (284406)	8/8/2002 12:16:07 AM
From: Rick Slemmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

If the administration had been paying attention to the economy instead of promoting a tax cut that was supposed to cure all ills, the telecom sector would have probably not collapsed. Let me get this straight: you think the tax cut was the reason the entire telecom sector crashed? C'mon, now, you're smarter than that. If your grasp on history goes any further back than 1988, you'd realize that economies (and stock markets) expand and constrict like any mechanism where many variables are involved. I think you're blaming Mr Bush for all your problems just because you enjoy making him your own little scapegoat. Now, back to the original question: Why, before 2000, did you choose to move to Texas if you were so convinced that Governor Bush somehow ruined the South Dakotan economy and made your farm unviable?