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

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 12:51:37 AM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

71% approval rating for Bush. pollingreport.com The Democratic party and liberalism as a whole are near death. Maybe they won't even hold the election in 2004. The outcome is obvious. IMO, Dave

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 12:52:11 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

We'll see. However, although I will never forget your fox in the hen house post, I have seen you attempt to be moderate by down grading Ted Kennedy and other Democrats. * * *

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 12:52:27 AM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 769668

Are you part of the 33% of Frog Nationals who hope Iraq wins the war? If not, you should cease your endless attacks on our Commander-in-Chief. You have been quite helpful to Saddam in his efforts to cause as many injuries and deaths as possible to our soldiers.....

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 1:18:12 AM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769668

Subject: German ingrates! A Brief History of Germany: 1871 - Bismarck founds modern Germany. 1890 - Bismarck sacked, warmonger Wilhelm II takes direct control. 1914 - Germany starts World War I. 1914-1918 - Germany kills millions of people. 1917 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1918 - Germany loses World War I. 1920's - Germans try democracy. 1933 - Germans reject democracy, allow Hitler to take power. 1939 - Germany starts World War II. 1939-1945 - Germany kills millions of people. 1941 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1945 - Germany loses World War II. 1946 - Germans whine about lack of food, America gives billions in food aid to feed them. 1947 - Germans whine about crappy economy, America gives billions in Marshall Plan aid to rebuild German economy. 1948-1949 - America puts ass on line and risk WW3 to save a few Berliners from Soviet hordes. 1949 - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established. 1950's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1950's - German 'economic miracle' occurs while America keeps watch on Soviet hordes. 1955 - NATO formed to protect West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1960's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1960's - German students protest war in Vietnam and American civil rights. 1963 - American President John Kennedy makes "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. 1970's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1970's - Germans form the Marxist terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). 1970's - Leftist German guerrillas burn, loot, and plunder much of West Germany. 1980's - America spends tens of billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1980's - German leftist bitch about Pershing II missiles. 1987 - American President Ronald Reagan makes "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. 1989 - Gorbachev tears down Berlin Wall. 1990 - German Reunification. 1990's - America spends tens of billions to defend Germany from Islamic hordes. 1990's - Germany stands by as ethnic cleansing occurs in Balkans. 1993 - Germany joins European Union. 1995 - Americans send troops to Bosnia as Germans watch from the sidelines. 1997 - Germans finally send troops to Bosnia. 1998 - Hardline, left-of-left socialist come to power under Gerhard Schroeder. 1999 - American's lead air war to save Kosovo as Germans watch from the sidelines. 2001 - Schroeder offers solidarity to America after 9/11 attacks. 2002 - Schroeder bashes America to distract voters during election campaign. 2003 - Germany sees rise in anti-Americanism after several decades of poor treatment from America. AND YOU THOUGHT THE FRENCH WERE A BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS?

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 1:19:23 AM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

Below you will find a good analysis of the financial disaster that Clinton/Greenspan pushed on the American public. Its a long article called the Perfect Storm. I have include a portion of it. STORM FRONT #1: CREDIT EXPANSION The economic miracle so widely heralded by the Clinton Administration is the product of a loose monetary policy that has created the largest credit expansion in U.S. history. At first, the expansion of credit leads to an economic boom. Booms inevitably lead the way to busts that can ultimately lead to depressions. The initial stages of the boom create the illusion of prosperity. Policymakers may try to prolong the boom or bring temporary relief by manipulating the financial system with the creation of more money. But in the long run, they only buy an extension of time before the inevitable catastrophe unfolds. The top graph illustrates a 20-year borrowing/spending spree resulting in a zero savings rate. The bottom graph of disposable personal income shows mortgage debt growing from 68% to 100.8% in the last 20 years. Borrowing doesn't seem to pose a problem for anyone these days. In reality, this debt is a house of cards waiting to crumble. Consumption Outweighs Savings The enormous expansion of credit over the last five years has led people to over-invest and invest badly. It has encouraged financial speculation and over- consumption. The result has been the accumulation of a mountain of debt by consumers and corporations. In the process, today’s credit excesses have caused a hyperinflation of asset values as we have seen in inflated stock and real estate prices. Today, credit stands at ten times the available savings of the nation. It now takes five dollars of debt to create one dollar of economic growth. The Wall Street Journal recently featured an article on the nation's debt binge. U.S. corporate debt has grown by 67% over the last five years to a record $4.5 trillion. Household borrowing has risen almost as much rising 60% to another record of $6.5 trillion. What is even worse is that most of this debt is being accumulated by those least able to afford it. The riskiest borrowers are piling on the most amount of debt. We are seeing low-income consumers with bad credit histories and fledgling corporations using junk bond financing receive easy money. Here is a link to read the rest. Don't worry it condemns both Clinton and Bush economics financialsense.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (383976)	4/2/2003 9:29:13 AM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 769668

Human Shields by Tony Sarrecchia 9 March 2003 The funniest thing is that the shields have discovered that Saddam not only welcomes them, but also plans to use them. This writer is nominating the human shields for the Darwin Awards. I had promised the Internet readers of this column that I would resist any further temptation to talk about the war in Iraq. However, I, as a journalist and humorist, cannot ignore this new wrinkle. My nomination for this years Darwin awards (awards which are given, usually posthumously, to a person or persons who did something so incredibly stupid, that by their death, they’ve increased the overall intelligence in the gene pool) are the human shields in Iraq. Now, I don’t mean the Iraqi civilians who are forced at the barrel of a gun to stand in front of power plants and other infrastructure targets; I mean the lobotomized corps of Western volunteers who have decided to save Saddam from the rest of the world. The human shields (which is Iraqi for cannon fodder) believe that if enough of them are there, the US and its allies will not attack. Talk about inflated self-worth; these vermin have more ego than Austin Powers in a room full of fembots if they believe their presence should make a difference to our mission. General Tommy R. Franks, Commander of the US Central Command and soon to be the governor-general of Iraq, has assured the world that if bombing is required, it will happen with or without human shields on the ground. In reference to minimizing the loss of innocent civilians, he said “we will do our best, but we can’t guarantee 100% accuracy.” Maybe if the human shields all agree to wear white tee shirts adorned with targets the accuracy would increase. After all, this bouillabaisse of aging hippies and confuses college students are hardly innocent. Far from it--if they are killed in the war, their death certificate should read “suicide” or “death by stupidity” not “causality of war." Of course, once the rockets start flying, you know that these superficial shields will expect the US troops to rescue them from harm—and our heroic men and women will risk their lives for these bedwetting betrayers of the US and its allies. I wonder what would happen if it were the other way around? The funniest thing, to me at least, is that the shields have discovered the Saddam not only welcomes them, but also plans to use them. One group was stationed inside a school. One can imagine these anti-American aphids bloating on self-importance. “See,” they would say, using that comically counterintuitive logic that only liberals or drunken rednecks have, “Saddam knew that the Americans would target helpless school children—let’s see them try that now. We are making a difference.” I would have loved to see the look on their faces when oily old Saddam moved a regiment of soldiers into the school effectively making the school and its dwellers a valid target. One Aussie shield, whose reasoning was partially restored in the desert sun, decided this shield business was not for him and he returned home. In a conversation with the New York Times (Human Shields, No Resume Required, Neil MacFarquban, 2/20/03) he said, “I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position.” Hey Sparky, it is not the Iraqi government who is putting you there; YOU are putting yourself there. What did you think you were going to do as a human shield; talk about the imperialist US while hanging out at Level 3 Baghdad? Where were these shields when Saddam was spraying chemical weapons on his own people? I didn’t see any of these intellectually impaired evolutionary misfits shielding the Iraqi people from the blade of the executioner or the torture of amputation. And point me to the source that shows one of those shields saving a woman from a Saddam sponsored rapist. I guess those little human rights violations were not that important. Perhaps calling these Lilliputian intellects “human shields” is too kind. But what to call them? Let’s see they’ve put themselves in the way of our mission in order to aid Saddam; clearly, they have chosen his side over ours. I know, let us call them what they really are: traitors. Email Tony Sarrecchia