Okay, the Imperial President (least popular world leader throughout Arab lands) meets with the least liked Israeli leader in a generation and a Palestinian head of state who doesn't even pretend to run half of Palestine and they are somehow going to make a breakthrough in a 60 year old conflict? With no political capital or good will anywhere in the region? Who the hell is directing foreign policy for this administration? Homer Simpson?
Honest to God, these people are so oblivious to the obvious and ideological to a fault, it makes me crazy. I genuinely believe Bush has brought an end to America's leadership position in the world a generation or two before it had to be. Thanks pal.
And all the happy talk about the economy? The investment banks (Merrill, UBS and all) are selling billions and billions and billions of shares of their stock to mostly countries which had citizens on board the planes on 9/11 (Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar to name a few). At least they are all secular democracies. Oh wait... The US bank sector will probably lose $25 billion this quarter. The bets they made on mortgage backed securities went wrong, so the US is printing them more money, and suggesting they whore themselves to the Middle East as Bush and his family have for years.
Of course if your mortgage payments go up, they'll do the same for you. Whoops. No they won't. Now Bush is promoting tax cuts for the rich to pump up the economy. Honestly, people, what's it going to take before people take up arms against these idiots?
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just reading your rant lowered my blood pressure ten points. I was wondering if I was the only onw incredulous at this farcical trip.
I am, however, offended at the referencial use of Homer Simpson, who, although being a dumb, hedonistic, self serving bastard, does not deserve this analogy. Even folks that bad would not be that bad...so to speak.
"... before people take up arms against these idiots?"
people taking up arms doesn't do much good. a good number of revolutions wind up making matters worse. it's leadership those pitchfork wielding peasants need. leadership from people with some brains and (maybe) some money and a healthy dose of ethics. money with no ethics is evil.
i don't hate Kid George -- it's the Republican fundraising class that jumped on his bandwagon in 1999 who deserve an extra special circle of their own in Dante's inferno.
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