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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (447333)	8/25/2003 9:42:14 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 769667

Misguided policies put troops in peril sunspot.net "Bring it on," President Bush recently said to terrorists, with the smug grin we're accustomed to. On Tuesday they did just that in Baghdad and Jerusalem ("Truck bombing kills 20 at U.N. post in Baghdad" and "At least 18 die as blast tears Jerusalem bus," Aug. 20). The people who commit these acts are despicable and must be dealt with accordingly. At the same time, the American people must realize that it is Mr. Bush and his misguided administration that put American soldiers and other innocents in harm's way in Iraq for no good reason. We have found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, established no ties to Sept. 11 and no links between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaida - just caused a regime change that so far has left Iraq in chaos. The virtually unilateral pre-emptive action that the United States took has accomplished nothing to deter terrorism around the world - at the cost of nearly 300 American lives, perhaps thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children and the alienation of much of the world community. Yes, we must now figure out how to either "win the peace" or extricate ourselves from the madness in Iraq. But we should not forget that it was the stupidity, ineptitude and arrogance of Mr. Bush that put us in this situation. -William O. Blackwell

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (447333)	8/25/2003 10:31:44 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769667

The Bush Blackout of 03 is just another thing Kenneth uses as an excuse not to pay his utility bill :^)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (447333)	8/25/2003 10:55:03 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769667

poor kenny, you seem to be in particularly deep hate jag. I guess how good prospects are for America under the genius leadership of PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH is really getting through. have a nice day.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (447333)	8/25/2003 11:00:05 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

One thing to note of the "Bush Blackout of 03" is the relative lack of crime when night came - and the lights were still off. When's the last time, the Nation had a serious economic downturn, and yet had a decrease in the rate of violent crime (the actual number of violent crimes increased slightly, but the rate was lower)? In 2000 the rate of violent crime per 100,000 people was 506.5. In 2001 that rate dropped to 504.4 per 100,000. In 2002, preliminary data, indicates that the rate of violent crime dropped 1.4%. re:"The Bush Blackout of 03 is just another part of the Bush economy."