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Smear Bush? Why bother? I'm looking for icebergs!
From the message boards last week:
Most realize the aim on this blog is to smear the Bush administration but in doing so others have compromised their own integrity by resorting to the same level of dishonesty and untruthfulness they accuse the Administration of.
I don't know about your "compromised" integrity, but sorry, darling, that is not the aim of this blog. Maybe it once was, when Swami launched in '04, because back then it wasn't completely obvious that this war was an insane idea managed by morons. And because, back then, I didn't believe that our nation's fate was in the hands of men who had the crazy idea that the best way to shrink the federal government was to expand it and then do nothing--that is, to bankrupt the enterprise, on purpose.
But now, everyone knows. And that's not "dishonest" writing. Bush at 29 percent approval really means Bush at 20 percent plus 9 percent. That 20 percent is the hardcore "base," or all those folks who really believe Pat Robertson can bench 2,000 pounds and dinosaurs lived just a few years before Jesus. That 20 percent will stick with Bush right through the Rapture (when they'll go Up, and we'll get their stuff). You couldn't pry them away. They're the ones who want to nuke Iran, insert microchips in the necks of illegal Mexicans and weld chastity belts to their daughters. While I wish only the best for everyone, let me hope that these folks have expressed their patriotism by buying houses with adjustable rate balloon mortgages coming up for review in 2007--I'm in the mood to buy some distressed real estate.
This 20% has wielded amazing power over the last 5 years. For their loyalty, they've mostly gotten a lot of jawing. And they're catching on--this government has not come through on every single issue. Like the Mexicans. These folks like shoot to kill. The government favors catch and release. So they growl. They threaten. But really, they're not going anywhere.
The other 9 percent--a lonely number compared to what it used to be--can't go much lower. But it doesn't have to. Numbers this small--hell, even the full 29 percent--signal a government that has no mandate. Around the world, people understand this.
The President does not. (But then, George Bush is deluded in so many ways--starting with his belief that he is President.) He now thinks he is Harry Truman, the President best known for his remark, "The buck stops here." As everyone now knows, the only buck that has stopped at Bush's office is linguistic--he should not have said, "Bring it on."
So no, dear reader, no need to Bash the Bush. He doesn't read. And there's no one left to convince. We're in a different phase now. With two-and-and-half years of an AWOL Presidency still to go, we're playing Titanic and Iceberg. A very simple game--the U.S. is the ship, the iceberg lies dead ahead. Do we turn and pay we miss it? Do we plow on, unaware or unafraid? Or is it already too late--have we played "Chicken" with reality once too often?
You think not? Ask anyone who gets funding from the National Institute of Health. Fewer grants now. Harder to get. Longer approval process. Why? It's not because standards are higher. It's simple: There's LESS MONEY.
E-mail from a friend, who's on a government board:
White House/OMB cuts to 07/08 are disgraceful. Before there were increases and agendas. Complete reversal on domestic agendas ahead. ALL Iraqi--but cuts in domestic budgets. Forget Iraq, the new news is domestic. We're well beyond FEMA, but basic services of the government.
Get that? We've cut fat. We've cut muscle. Now we're cutting into the bone. The "freedom" of Iraq vs. your future (and the future of your kids)--if you'd been given that choice, which would you have chosen? Right. In a heartbeat.
So you tell me: Bash Bush, or look for the life rafts?
Most realize the aim on this blog is to smear the Bush administration but in doing so others have compromised their own integrity by resorting to the same level of dishonesty and untruthfulness they accuse the Administration of.
I don't know about your "compromised" integrity, but sorry, darling, that is not the aim of this blog. Maybe it once was, when Swami launched in '04, because back then it wasn't completely obvious that this war was an insane idea managed by morons. And because, back then, I didn't believe that our nation's fate was in the hands of men who had the crazy idea that the best way to shrink the federal government was to expand it and then do nothing--that is, to bankrupt the enterprise, on purpose.
But now, everyone knows. And that's not "dishonest" writing. Bush at 29 percent approval really means Bush at 20 percent plus 9 percent. That 20 percent is the hardcore "base," or all those folks who really believe Pat Robertson can bench 2,000 pounds and dinosaurs lived just a few years before Jesus. That 20 percent will stick with Bush right through the Rapture (when they'll go Up, and we'll get their stuff). You couldn't pry them away. They're the ones who want to nuke Iran, insert microchips in the necks of illegal Mexicans and weld chastity belts to their daughters. While I wish only the best for everyone, let me hope that these folks have expressed their patriotism by buying houses with adjustable rate balloon mortgages coming up for review in 2007--I'm in the mood to buy some distressed real estate.
This 20% has wielded amazing power over the last 5 years. For their loyalty, they've mostly gotten a lot of jawing. And they're catching on--this government has not come through on every single issue. Like the Mexicans. These folks like shoot to kill. The government favors catch and release. So they growl. They threaten. But really, they're not going anywhere.
The other 9 percent--a lonely number compared to what it used to be--can't go much lower. But it doesn't have to. Numbers this small--hell, even the full 29 percent--signal a government that has no mandate. Around the world, people understand this.
The President does not. (But then, George Bush is deluded in so many ways--starting with his belief that he is President.) He now thinks he is Harry Truman, the President best known for his remark, "The buck stops here." As everyone now knows, the only buck that has stopped at Bush's office is linguistic--he should not have said, "Bring it on."
So no, dear reader, no need to Bash the Bush. He doesn't read. And there's no one left to convince. We're in a different phase now. With two-and-and-half years of an AWOL Presidency still to go, we're playing Titanic and Iceberg. A very simple game--the U.S. is the ship, the iceberg lies dead ahead. Do we turn and pay we miss it? Do we plow on, unaware or unafraid? Or is it already too late--have we played "Chicken" with reality once too often?
You think not? Ask anyone who gets funding from the National Institute of Health. Fewer grants now. Harder to get. Longer approval process. Why? It's not because standards are higher. It's simple: There's LESS MONEY.
E-mail from a friend, who's on a government board:
White House/OMB cuts to 07/08 are disgraceful. Before there were increases and agendas. Complete reversal on domestic agendas ahead. ALL Iraqi--but cuts in domestic budgets. Forget Iraq, the new news is domestic. We're well beyond FEMA, but basic services of the government.
Get that? We've cut fat. We've cut muscle. Now we're cutting into the bone. The "freedom" of Iraq vs. your future (and the future of your kids)--if you'd been given that choice, which would you have chosen? Right. In a heartbeat.
So you tell me: Bash Bush, or look for the life rafts?
