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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:12 PM
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"Catalyst George"... he finally accomplished something....
He's finally starting to live up to his own hype to become "a uniter, not a divider". Our very own, highly incurious "Chimp in Chief" has begun to unite liberals, true conservatives - and most of the world in general - against him and his administration. This is a truly significant achievement, one far beyond anything he could have ever hoped to accomplish if he had truly set out to do this very thing - such is the level of his astonishing, tone-deaf ineptitude.

Traveling in India right now, although he has earned the censure of that county and - he admits - his own wife for his odd refusal to visit the Taj Mahal, he is currently enjoying the gratitude of a nation that has accepted millions of our jobs in return for our willingness to purchase their mangoes. Curious about the Taj Mahal omission, though...perhaps it could not be properly secured...that or the sight of dozens and dozens of black bullet-proof vehicles and security forces flown in at great expense to the U.S. taxpayers would have clashed somewhat with the blindingly beautiful beacon of that country. Not the ideal photo-op.

The ultimate coup de grace may be the UAE Dubai ports deal. This may turn out to be a reasonable proposition. Whatever area our national expertise lies in, it is not in port management. This is neither part of our history nor of our particular expertise. But the base - whipped up consistently since 9/11 around terrorist threats and a rainbow of Homeland Security color-code warnings tied to political events - does not like the idea of a bunch of Arabs being in charge of our ports. Even though the UAE has an indoor ski resort and sent a bunch of money for Katrina victims, they are one of only three governments who recognize the Taliban. The base is having just a little trouble understanding this. They have been conditioned to think that Arabs, gay marriage and abortion are our enemy.

So, our president is in India hiding from a smaller, sadder Mardi Gras and the Katrina debacle whose flames the indignant "Brownie" is fanning along with the release of a tape showing that Bush and Cherthoff were fully aware of the situation. He paid the usual, inarticulate lip-service to the impending disaster from the Crawford ranch - where he spent days and days and days on end avoiding Cindy Sheehan - and then went to a fund-raiser in California where he strummed a gift guitar while the levees breached, ate some cake with McCain and then claimed an unanticipated breech of the levees.

A bit like Condi claiming that they couldn't anticipate anyone flying planes into buildings, after the PDB "Osama determined to strike in US", because they didn't have specific dates and times. Now they are arguing semantics over levees being "topped" vs. "breached".

Questionable vote-counting, torture, Medicare prescription bill, Wiretapping, Plame-gate...they're all on the back-burner now - at least until Karl testifies...

George, you stole the elections, so you never had the left. You've lost the true conservatives and the fringe is having serious doubts. Enjoy your trip to India. Maybe you can bring a jar of mango chutney back home to Texas for Tom Delay. Where is he these days, anyway? Jack, can you give us a clue?

Thank you for finally uniting the left, right and the whole world against something that we can finally agree on...you. How much did this actually cost us anyway? We are forever in your debt. Our children and our grand-children too...


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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:15 PM
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1. India should be damn grateful and let Bush do what he wants.
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 01:16 PM by HypnoToad
Or did the Indians hear about what Bush did to the Queen's bushes back in England? :evilgrin:

Still, we all know it's not "free trade" going on. Even true conservatives, who now aren't keen on things, are seeing what's going on. And those conservatives have seen for years how offshoring things leads to lesser quality... amongst other things, but my talks with people have me in common with as many "R"s as I have with "D"s. Funny how, even despite our differences, we agree on so many things...

(higher quality items means less strain on resources because you're not throwing them away and buying new ones all the time)
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:17 PM
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2. I can tell you why he didn't visit the Taj Mahal
It is built to be a map of Paradise. Someone whose heart is hard and shrunk couldn't stand to be near it. Perhaps this describes Mr. Bush.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:25 PM
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3. I think he just couldn't care less
Probably has no concept of it other than a 'pretty building'.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:25 PM
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4. Yes, exactly.
It is a very feminine, beautiful structure.

His evil soul is repulsed by that kind of beauty.

Bastard! What I'd give to have the kind of opportunity he has, to see the world like he could, if he just would.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:26 PM
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5. Rate this up, please.
This is some damned fine writing.

:kick:
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:31 PM
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6. Agreed.
Kick!
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:33 PM
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7. K and R /nt
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