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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549900)	3/9/2004 11:38:45 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Right now you are on patrol in the Mekong Delta, and you have run into an ambush. A mine goes off under your boat, throwing you in the water and injuring your skipper. Weighed down by guns, grenades, and ammunition, you sink to the bottom while five more boats pass overhead. You shed your gear and surface. As the boats disappear down the river, you are taking machine gun and small arms fire from both banks of the river. You can’t swim to either side without getting shot, and even if you did, getting captured means getting killed. You have one, and only one chance, to get out alive. You have to hope that your skipper turns his boat around, heads back into the crossfire over the mine infested water, reaches down with his bloody arm, and drags you back up on the boat. Now for the quiz. Who would you rather have as your skipper, George Bush or John Kerry?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549900)	3/9/2004 11:40:43 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769667

These guys couldn't run a 7-11.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549900)	3/9/2004 12:59:35 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Oh Kenny, you just don't understand economics. The only way to reduce the deficit is to grow the economy. And the only way to grow the economy is to explode the deficit with massive tax cuts. Don't you understand anything? Think of it like this: You're really fat and you want to lose weight. Well the only way to lose weight is to increase your energy level and the only way to do that is to eat more. So you lose weight by eating more. The entire universe works like this. You see lower taxes mean higher revenue (i know it's counter-intuitive but stick with me) which means zero taxes would generate infinite revenue. I know it sounds too good to be true, but trust your President on this one... Steve Dietrich