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To: Grainne who wrote (92592)	1/5/2005 4:02:44 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

That "Bring it on!" machismo was another thing that should have come to mind when he was asked about mistakes. Or that premature "Mission accomplished!" statement. Or that his people orchestrated the show on the carrier, lied about it (blaming the sailors, whom were ordered to hang the banner) before finally admitting the truth on Page 10. This has very little to do with being a Republican or Democrat - I'm actually a conservative ex-Navy guy and patriot: I don't think you should spend money you don't have, I don't want a large and powerful central government controlling every aspect of daily life at the State level, and I don't want a reduction of domestic defense budgets to finance a war for buddies of the President and Vice-President to profit from (which will ultimately make America less economically independent anyway and perpetuate our dependence on oil). If you get warnings (like in 1973, and again 1979) it is not conservative to ignore them and increase your dependency from 30% to over 60% on the same commodity. I've always been a social liberal in the George Washington sense, though: As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. George Washington

To: Grainne who wrote (92592)	1/5/2005 4:43:14 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, I was ready to accept that Bush was an official nutcase, and that I was psychologically dysfunctional for voting for him, but I also tried to find academic or medical qualifications for Paul Levy, or any record of his actually having counseled Bush, that might lend some weight or credibility to this mental health diagnosis, and all I came up with was a "healer and artist whose medium is dreaming", which may be fascinating, but not terribly persuasive except to the True Believers. And I have about as much trust in those opinions as I do the Right Wing True Believers. No mention of academic or medical degrees. Heck, we've all read Jung. So why exactly is reading his opinion politically informative? I read a couple of other articles and they are way out there. And why is this medical diagnosis valid other than that you want it to be? Tell me quick before I have to check into the clinic for help. :) Just kidding. I have company coming for dinner, so I can't go til tomorrow.