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The fate of a shoe-thrower had Saddam been in Bush's place

A Saddam follower throwing shoes at the President, who went against Saddam to being freedom to a country and to stop the murder and torture at Saddam’s hands of anyone who questioned his actions or disagreed with him, brings home the fact that the Islamists have hatred for this country as when they danced in the streets when 9/11 happened.  But what concerns me more than that is the reaction of our esteemed fourth of state and them reacting to it with glee.  I can understand comics using this in their routines, but when ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN were so gratified of this in their news coverage, it made me wonder if they were glad when 9/11 happened.  I am afraid their patriotism has been taken away by their Bush hatred syndrome.

It would seem to me that their lives are so empty they need their hatred for someone to make living, for them, have some meaning.  After Bush has left the scene, they will need someone else to turn this on, and it can’t be a Democrat, so it will have to be some Republican they can turn their need to hate on, and I feel sorry for HER and what she will have to go through.

The pity expressed by the Wall Street crooks for the credit card companies, who in two years will lose one of their tools to STEAL – especially from the poor, by the actions of the Federal reserve makes me sick.  I think the amount of money placed before the banking committee by the lobbying firms, paid for by the credit card companies, is something that should be placed before John Q Public for some decisions to be made for who should be voted out of office.  There should be some simple formula set up to apply to credit card company charges without having to have two or three pages of small print describing how they have a right to STEAL from you.

I was very pleased to read an article explaining how Russia is suffering from the low oil prices.  Makes me feel guilty every time I fill up my gas tank.  The world bank put out a statement saying how bad low oil prices will harm the world economy.  How many ways can you say BULL S***?  Members of the United Nations and the world bank have been squeezing money for themselves from sales of oil for years, especially when Saddam was in power.  Is there any wonder that they HATE Bush?  The UN has been like an albatross around the neck of the United States since it was founded, and all it has done is block any program the United States is for.  We should take that quarter-billion a year we give them and use it for better purposes.

Evil Empire: Putin wants it back again!

Throughout history, there has been opportunities taken and some not taken that have changed the future.  There is an opportunity at this time for the United States and all countries that have available places to drill for oil.  Make every effort to do so and keep the price of oil low for the benefit of all nations except for OPEC countries, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.  Reagan used $10 a barrel oil (when it fell that low) to defeat the evil empire.  Putin has been trying to rebuild the evil empire by use of $147 barrel of oil prices.  Now that oil is below $40 a barrel, Russia is hurting and does not have the funds needed to rebuild that evil empire.  Any person looking at Putin’s activities, recently, must know what his intentions were.

One thing I will add… if speculators rule and this opportunity isn’t taken, history will judge HARSHLY those who fail to avail themselves of this opportunity.  I don’t think the Democrats will because of the hold the environmentalists have on them.  My greatest wish is for common sense, somehow, to work its way into the political structure of this country.  As for the media, until one of them is able by use of the Freedom of Information Act to get a list of the money given by the Treasury to financial interests in this country, and if reasonable efforts were made to see that the American people received some benefit from this giveaway, I will continue to hold my opinion of them in abeyance.

Where's our pension benefits?

Money to bailout the Big Three has become an albatross around the necks of the Democratic party.  The American people are dead-set against the bailout and will continue to be.  So if the Democratic Congress and the Democratic President bailout the unions, there will be hell to pay!  Americans who work for wages far below what the union workers who work for the auto companies will not be happy with the bailout.  Not only that, but most Americans do not have pension benefits furnished by their employer, especially to the extent available to auto workers.  If you think that they haven’t killed the goose that laid the golden eggs, think of this… just with dues they pay their union, the unions have been able to spend millions upon millions of dollars to get Democrats elected.

Why should the Republican party work real hard for these unions?  Even colleges and universities with enough cash on hand to move the stock markets are asking for a part of the $700 billion bailout package.  Cities, towns, states, cousins, aunts, uncles, and everyone else is wanting some of it.  Reminds me of the bubonic plague and how it swept Europe.  If this isn’t stopped in its tracks, it will do as much harm to our economy as the plague did to lives.  Rats and mice were carriers of the plague, but in the case of the bailout package, it’s the rats that want it.

I would suggest that they hold a lottery for these funds and allow businesses, cities, towns, and all Americans to buy into it, then use those funds for government give-a-ways.

A better way to use the bailout money!

I have some suggestions to give to the administrators of the Chapter 11 reorganization – have the workers take pay cuts to the level that the employees are being paid by the foreign manufacturers that are successful; cut the pension benefits to a more reasonable level; cut the employee union dues by at least one half of what they currently pay; also, when reorganizing, do not allow the unions to have a voice since the union leaders in most cases are just being a parasite on the backs of union workers.  In fact, I would think that seeking help from the foreign companies managers who made their company a success would be apropo.

Most of the airline corporations went into Chapter 11 and came out much stronger.  The only hope for the Big Three is bankruptcy and a realistic reorganization.  These companies nor the country will benefit from a give-a-way to their continued inefficiency.

Since the price of gas is Bush’s fault, now that it is far more reasonable than in years, the savings to consumers of $2 a gallon should be Bush’s fault as well.  This amounts to BILLIONS for consumers to spend and help the economy.  Don’t forget, you supposed journalists, the low prices for gas is Bush’s fault.  The media was able to lay the high prices for gas on Bush even though it was the Democrats who would not allow offshore drilling, nuclear power plants, refineries, etc.

I would say the Republican party has quite a PR problem.  Having the same leaders after two massive election losses, wouldn’t you think this would tell them they have a leadership problem they need to resolve?  I think it’s time the media took Bush to task for depriving Russia, Iran, and Venezuela of funds to harass us with by making oil so cheap.  I don’t know why he didn’t take this action sooner.  I think MSNBC, NBC, NPR, PBS, CNN, ABC, and CBS should air documentaries exposing him for this.  They could have Dan Rather do the commentary.  We know he would put his heart into it.  At the same time, NewsWeek, TIME, New York Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, and others of the same intellectual capabilities, in other words, morons, could join in.

One other thing before closing – don’t forget to put Sarah Palin down every chance you get, or she just might invade your lair, and we sure don’t want anyone not of Washington to take up residence there.  After all, if not part of the Washington scum, but some rube out in the hinterland, she shouldn’t be allowed there.  Put that in your bag of gigantic egos.  That applies to YOU, also, Conservative gigolos – YOU know who YOU are!