ProSense
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Tue Dec-04-07 03:59 PM
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Foreign debt: Bush did more damage in 7 yrs than 42 presidents in 224 yrs (images of Bush's economy) |
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:01 PM
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1. yep... this is what BushCo calls "catastrophic success" |
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which is just catastrophic for the rest of us who aren't in the top 1%.
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aquart
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:04 PM
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2. "How much harm can he do? He'll have good advisers." |
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Y'all remember that crap they fed us after Florida 2000?
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:06 PM
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3. yea he'd twist some arms to lower the price of oil too |
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that one worked out real good for us, huh
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Tue Dec-04-07 07:50 PM
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:06 PM
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4. George Bush treats taxpayer money like: |
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A whore with a new box of condoms;
A heroin addict with a new needle;
An alcoholic with a fresh bottle;
A coke head alone with white powder on a table.
Sad. :(
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:08 PM
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5. The decline in value of the dollar under junior's reign, coupled with what these graphs depict, |
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Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 04:09 PM by indepat
gives a pretty good indication what is in store for us and it ain't pretty.
Edited: verb tense
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Tue Dec-04-07 04:20 PM
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6. Does that take into account the value of money over time? |
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A 1 million dollar debt in 1850 would be worth $174,201,732.10 today (assuming standard 3.5% inflation.)
Not to be a buzzkill here...
Still not a pretty thought...
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