Originally posted by z0rch
Based on what criteria? I don't see an economic boom. I see rising interest rates, increased debt and small businesses closing. Within a mile of my home, there are over a dozen empty stores where there were thriving businesses 5 years ago. Show some numbers to back up your claim.
Then MOVE! Local economies are vastly controlled by LOCAL conditions not the federal government. That is the standard ploy by failed local leadership to get them off the hook. I lived with this for years in my former home in Western New York. Now that I live in a community with REAL leadership we have growth, jobs, high standard of living, good prospects for the future, an all around good life here. Do I credit GW for that? not really, we did this all on our own here for the most part.
Your local conditions are the responsibility of those you elect. If your not happy with them then VOTE THE BUMS OUT!
Unemployment has been at decade low's
Bzzzt, wrong. Complete bu*****. Again, show some numbers. You do make a good case for the Illiterati Conspiracy though.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htmRead it and weep. These are the numbers. If it ain't happening where you are, see above.
the over throw of sadaam, another genocidal dictator who used WMD's on his own people.
While the Reagan/Bush administration continued to sell him weapons, and Rumsfeld visited to kiss his oily ass.
Enemy of my enemy. Read a little history instead of drinking the cool-aid. We sold tons of weapons to Stalin's stinkin' bellybutton when it was in our interest to do so.
How about the freedom, and the basic human rights we have granted to tens of millions?
How about the freedom and basic human rights Americans are losing in the process?
Name one you have lost! Name me one person who has been unjustly prosecuted? GIVE ME ONE REAL EXAMPLE!
You also seem to have a problem with OPEC. Is it President Bush's fault that the price to refine, market and deliver crude is hiked up so much by our Middle Eastern friends?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/2006-04-03-fortune-500_x.htm
NEW YORK — Skyrocketing energy prices propelled ExxonMobil (XOM) to the top of the 2006 Fortune 500 list
When was the last time a government entity authorized the building of a new refinery? 1970's, When was the last Nuclear Power plant (clean pollution free power) built? 1970s. When was the last time someone tried to artificially effect the price of oil/gas? 1970's. The results were disastrous. I wish I could drag all you who are too young to know about those days through a time warp and drop you in 1978. They were not fun , they were not pretty, it was a very bad time in this country. Far worse than anything you can beotch about today.
FACT: Adjusted for inflation gasoline costs less today than it did in 1980.
1 Gal. Milk: $3.59, 1 Gal bottle water $2.08, 1 Gal Gas: $2.49.
When put into proper perspective GAS is not expensive!
BTW: who just a short 10 years ago was advocating a new $.50/gal. gas tax? Answer: Liberal Democrats. You see it's OK to have high gas prices if the money is going to the Government. It's not OK if it going into private business. You know those evil bad guys who HIRE people and pay wages!
Oh, and [cough] Enron [/cough].
When were these false filings with the SEC made? Hmmm, let's see. 1998,99? Now who was in office and charged with enforcing the law of the land? Hmmm, that would have been CLINTON. Seems to me that GW found the bad guys for who they were and wasn't gonna cover it up.