#95 by PCS (Anonymous user) Saturday, November 05, 2005

Have you been under a rock since Iraq? I am not here to plug the gaps in my opponents ignorance, it is patently obvious that Bush is the most disliked president in recent memory and consequently America is widely distrusted due to the shambles of an occupation of Iraq

SO WHAT!! WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT US? they are real quick to have their hands out in time of need, then everyone loves america, frack-em I say, not one thine dime would I give to poor countries. not one>

The "President's Approval Rating" is as meaningless as "Kasey Kassem's American Top 40"... Niether are based on anything that matters, and both should be used for entertainment purposes only. ;~D Link

ParaTed2K

Presidents Approval Rating is MEANINGLESS? How true in a Dictatorship NOT IN AMERICA!

Your statement is just what we have come to expect from people who support Bush and the conservative right. They want it there way no matter what the majority want

A Dictatorship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dictatorship? wow so countries that vote and elect someone are now dictatorships? geeze gene you are slipping badly, maybe it's time for some serious drugs to straighten out your brain, Prozac anyone?

Oh yeh I forgot my exclamation points !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there now that I have used many exclamation points what I typed must be true by virtue of my passion.

SO WHAT!! WHO CARES ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT US? they are real quick to have their hands out in time of need, then everyone loves america, frack-em I say, not one thine dime would I give to poor countries. not one>


THEY have their hands out?
We never ask for or need help from other countries?
Do you have any idea how dependent we actually are?

Presidents Approval Rating is MEANINGLESS? How true in a Dictatorship NOT IN AMERICA! Your statement is just what we have come to expect from people who support Bush and the conservative right. They want it there way no matter what the majority want A Dictatorship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colon Gangrene, you complete waste of taxpayer money!!! News Flash!! THE PEOPLE DON'T ELECT THE PRESIDENT!!!

News Flash!! The Office of the President doesn't represent the people, that is the House of Representatives' Job!

News Flash!! Approval Polls are meaningless because they do not reflect anything real. All they show is that on a given day more people were unhappy with their lives than another day.

News Flash!! Even though pantywastes like you want to blame everything on Prs. Bush, the running of every facet of the government is NOT HIS JOB! It is idiots like you who think he should have all power and all authority that ruin any value the Approval Polls can have. You are the one that wants to hold Prs. Bush to grant Prs. Bush dictatroial authority, since you want to hold him responsible for everything that happens.

News Flash!!! You know absolutely NOTHING about the way this country runs!! What, were you smoking crack through all your training... or just getting good grades and evals in trade for sexual favors with the instructors?

I noticed you completely ignored the real numbers I posted on my blog. Prs. Bush's highs have been among the best, and lows have been about average compared to every president since FDR, so stick that in your 4th point of contact you sniveling loser! Link

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Dr. Guy, I'm not sure what arguments you have been in with COL Gene, but I must admit to being surprised at the way you write to him and at how well he is ignoring it.

YOu will learn in time. He is a one trick pony. And turns any thread into a Bush Bashing one. It gets tiring.

Presidents Approval Rating is MEANINGLESS? How true in a Dictatorship NOT IN AMERICA!

Wrong again KLink. Whether is at 12 or 92, the only time that counts is on election day. and I would suggest you read the COnstitution, specifically the 22nd Amendment.

Guess what? BUSH Cant run again!
Now dont you feel stupid?

I must admit to being surprised at the way you write to him and at how well he is ignoring it.

a case of fresh eyes providing clarity.

whatever you think of his politics or his perspective, colGENE is admirably and consistently civil, possibly even amazingly civil considering how freely and disrespectfully you take liberties with his nick.

Kingbee

I believe the way in which some address me just demonstartes how lame they and their positions really are. I do not need their approval and have very supportive comments of hundreds of people who know and have worked with me over the past 40 years. These people include average people as well as some very important individuals including large corporate officials, general officers, political leaders and outstanding educators. My CV is two inches thick cramed full of statements that reflect a knowledge of me that is predicated on years of direct personal contact.

good ol kingbee ever the gentleman and champion of the underdog, no wonder I admire you.

Gene most of this is not personal attacks it's disgust at how you can turn a blog on "loving your pet" into a bush hate fest.

The government has the power to levy taxes.

Yes. indeed. And that is, I think, why Dr Guy wants to know why it would be wrong for government to reduce taxes for the rich.

Leauki

The government has a responsibility, just like you and I, to pay for what they spend. In 2001, Bush claimed there was a $5.7 Trillion Surplus over the next ten years and that proved the American Taxpayer was over taxed. Had that been true, George Bush would have been correct. As it turned out there was NO SURPLUS, and the tax cuts were not justified. Now we are running about a $550 Billion loss per year. To bring the budget back into balance, it will take spending cuts, better enforcement of the existing tax laws and to resend some of the tax cuts that were predicated on a Surplus that did not exist. If we resend the tax cuts on the middle income taxpayers it will impact spening since the middle income American spends just about 100% of their disposable income. Increase thier taxes and you lower their dosposible income and thus spending (Demand). If we help balance the budget by returning tax rates on the wealthy to the pre 2001 levels, we add to the Federal Income, reduce the annual deficit and cut the surplus of the wealthy with very little impact on spending. It that a simple enough answer?

Cliff Notes version- We NEED more federal income and the best place to get it is from those who have it and got the BIG tax cuts - the wealthy.

Bush is a dead duck, whether his fanatics here or wherever they are in the world like it or not.

As the date of his departure comes closer, his authority becomes weakened and as the scandals continue his purpose for being president becomes questionable. He faces the same problem Blair has, by saying he will not fight the next election, the plates move and the leader becomes an irrelevance.

I must admit to being surprised at the way you write to him and at how well he is ignoring it.

He doesn't ignore it in the least... he tries to reach up from the sewer he calls an existance and once in awhile even throws in a decent one.

Either way, ol' Colon Gangrene may have a lot against him.. But I will say, he can sure take it!! ;~D

surplus of the wealthy

You would have made an excellent aparatchik in circa 1918 Russia, Gene. Gene has decided that certain members of our society have a "surplus" - and that certain other members of our society are entitled to confiscate it. And, since Gene decided it, well who are we to question Gene. However, that concept had a real-world trial run which didn't turn out too well.

What we need is less federal government, not more federal income. Robin Hood may be a popular fella, but putting him in charge of the IRS would be cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Cheers,
Daiwa

"He doesn't ignore it in the least..."

Since when was silence, denial?

Since when was silence, denial?

it's not, de nile is a river in egypt,

yawn, of course, Colon Gangrene, class warfare again. Yawn. Once again, no point, just "class" "class" "class"... I bet you didn't give a rats butt about "class" when you were sitting on your commissioned high horse and all the enlisted were making your next promotion for you right? ::: Spits in Colon Gene's classist pie hole ::::

This has nothing to do with class warfare. It has to do with choices. In addition to cutting spending, the Fed will need more revenue to balance the budget. To continue on the path Bush has put us on is DISASTER. There are two basic groups that can pay higher taxes. The middle income workers and the wealthy. To increase taxes on the Middle Income workers has a greater negative impact on demand then to get the added revenue from the wealthy. The spending of the wealthy will not be impacted by higer taxes. That is Economics. The higher taxes are not to punish those that are better off but to bring the Federal revenue into balance with spending. If you look at the budget, you will see that there is no combination of spending cuts that are possible to balance the budget much less begin developing a surplus with which to begin repaying the $8 Trillion of debt. Choices need to be made and effective leaders make the HARD choices. Bush is no leader! He is a front for people that want to add more to their wealth then to help solve the fiscal problems of this country. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet understand what should be done. Too bad most of the so called conservatives in the GOP do not have as good an understanding.

as long as it isn't you, right rich boy!

He doesn't ignore it in the least..." Since when was silence, denial?

You obviously ain't been around here much, have you? col is almost NEVER silent. And they're right, he wastews no opportunity to go off on a hate Bush rant!

First I am not rich. I am in the middle class. This has nothing to do with disliking Bush. It has to do with what is BEST for America. The deficit will harm EVERY person in this country. We are moving toward $500 Billion per year in INTEREST. In just one year that money could have been used to rebuild the Gulf, Texas and Florida from the storms with some to spare. Because of the Bush fiscal policy we will spend that money on intetest rather then to help with the many needs of the people in this country. In two years the intetest will soon equal a Trillion dollars. That would, by some estimates, rebuild all the dams, bridges, schools, water/sewer systems and electrical grids all over the United States. In 10 years the money we will spend on intetest would SOLVE the Medicare and Social Security funding needs for 100 years. The Bush policy will spend all that money but not to help the American People. In fact 40% will not even be paid to Americans. It will go to countries like China. These are the CHOICES Bush has made and they are WRONG for this country--Rich or poor. For all you Bushies that hate BIG government spending, get use to it. The added interest caused by the fiscal policy of GWB will increase Federal spending without end. That intetest never stops until we repay the debt. Between 1980 and 2004, the taxpayers have paid $6.5 Trillion in intetrest. The debt began to climb with Reagan who did the very same thing as Bush and took the debt from under 1 Trillion to 4 Trillion when he left office. It took until 2000 before we stopped adding to the debt. In 2001 Bush began the same process as Reagan but at an even faster pace. By the time Bush returns to Texas, the national debt, by his own estimate, will be over $10 Trillion from $5.7 Trillion when he took office. That will cost the taxpayers @ 5% $500 Billion in intetest EVERY YEAR. I hope All you BS artists that support Bush will enjoy paying for him and his fiscal policies!

Gene, I understand that you don't hate the man; you hate his manner of solving certain economic problems. That's fine with me, really. I do think your hatred is unfounded, though.

I have trouble seeing this disaster you predict. Since Bush came into office, the fact is that the economy has improved steadily each quarter, and unemployment has dropped to just over 5%--which is almost ideal.

I believe that the Bush tax cuts have helped make this possible, and that the long-term benefit of growing the eocnomy right now will do much more for our country than the short term benefit of raising taxes right now.

I know you believe differently than I do. I'm not sure what we can do to change that, though. I'm not convinced by any argument you've made so far, and you're not convinced by any of my arguments either.

If you won't acknowledge or explain the quarterly positive growth numbers and the low unemployment rate, and we won't admit that deficit spending will destroy us all, maybe it's time to stop this, don't you think? All that abuse from Dr. Guy can't be good for your mood.