To: steve harris who wrote (51723 ) 1/16/2006 6:51:12 PM From: American Spirit Respond to of 93284 Terrorism is up 400%, 2005 over 2004. 2150 American soldiers are dead and some 15,000 wounded and Bush has no plan to end it. We had three Blackhawks shot down this week alone. 2006 is off to a bad start despite all Bush's feel-good speeches, and John Murtha is 100% right about our occupation stoking the fires of terrorism, not stopping it. What Bush is doing to our democracy and our treasury is far worse than anything AL Qadia could do. Looking at about 7 trillion in new deficits under Bush. The standard of living for average Americans is going down, not up. And the people hurt the worst are small town rural Americans. Bush's base. Also, Bush is negiligent in terms of securing loose nukes, though he promised otherwise. He has made Iran more radical and dangerous. And Iraq had zero WMD so the invasion there was largely a big waste of resources. And it may cost us 2 trillion bucks before we can get out of there. Meanwhile, Bush coddles the Saudis where most of the terrorism originates, and he makes Arabs much richer by allowing massive energy gouging, including Iran. As for our lack of attacks on US soil, the experts will tell you it's because of the US people and especially the US Arab community who reject any radical Islamics on our turf. Plus, Bush's Saudi pals have all fled the USA. Bush let them all go after 9-11 without interrogation. And didn't you read how slowly Homeland Security is progressing under Bush? The 9-11 commission leaders condemn Bush's HS efforts and give them an F. First responders still can't even talk to each other, and much of the HS money is being sent to places like Wyoming, Idaho and Alaska.