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To: RMF who wrote (803495)	8/24/2014 3:16:50 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584293

>> What should Obama have done? It would have been a great start for him not to have stood silently by and watched it happen. When the Iranian leadership sees an American president cowering in the face of request for help from the protestors it simply emboldens them. >> So, the "Arab Spring" was just what Bush wanted? He wanted Islamic Fundamentalism to flourish throughout the Middle East? Well, he GOT what he wanted..... Again, you're trying to dump on Bush events that occurred after he was no longer in the WH. We could go back and forth on that forever but the reality is it was Obama's responsibility to deal with. That's the way our system works. Bush clearly believed that providing opportunities for people to move toward freedom and away from dictatorship was important if you were going to tamp down terrorism. I don't know if he was right or wrong, although I do believe that oppressed people will prefer freedom if they believe it is achievable. That doesn't mean US-styled freedom, but some sort of right to self-determination. At this point it is totally a religious war and we're going to have conduct a war on Islam. I would much rather Bush be leading it than Obama. Hillary may be capable but her time as Sec/State was not impressive.

To: RMF who wrote (803495)	8/24/2014 8:39:49 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584293

'SO HELP ME GOLF'...

To: RMF who wrote (803495)	8/24/2014 8:41:45 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1584293

and you libs hate golf, it;s anti green all that space, the water they use, the chemicals, only the 1%ers play, most places don't allow women except on like wednesday if it's raining, but Obama golfing that's OK you all love golf now

To: RMF who wrote (803495)	8/24/2014 3:53:30 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1584293

There are zero states where the percentage of people employed has gone up since the recession From 2007 to 2014, the employment rate among 25- to 54-year-olds has declined in the United States by 3.5 percent, and no state reported employment gains during that time, according to data released by the Pew Charitable Trust on Tuesday. The state with the largest decline is New Mexico, where 9.2 percent fewer people are employed today than they were in 2007. Vermont and Nebraska had the smallest decline, both less than 1 percent, and 19 other states had declines that were determined to be not statistically significant. The study used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau and concluded the employment-to-population ratio for prime-age workers is weak and poses problems for states’ budgets as income from sales and business tax is down and costs for services like Medicaid are up. map at link > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/19/there-are-zero-states-where-the-percentage-of-people-employed-has-gone-up-since-the-recession/