http://tribes.tribe.net/nobloodforoil/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#00d48fac-a2d1-40c1-afce-b45f5294c795 Yeah, I know. Disgusting. Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:29:47 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#00d48fac-a2d1-40c1-afce-b45f5294c795 Flora Isadora: 2004-08-17T19:29:47Z http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#7ffc9d21-3419-4d9b-9aa0-dfdbc5c159ae "Although previous presidents have led the nation into ill-advised wars" Which the American public just rolls over and takes. People want the U.S. to stay in Iraq. Americans do not mind empire building and violent oppression of indigenous people. Lucky for the corporations, huh? Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:26:57 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#7ffc9d21-3419-4d9b-9aa0-dfdbc5c159ae $item.owner.firstName 2004-08-17T19:26:57Z http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#8fa55840-5272-4029-a61d-85e7d1e18eb1 Called upon American armed service people, including Reserve forces, to sacrifice for ever-lengthening tours of duty in a hostile and dangerous environment while he rewards the rich at home with lower taxes and legislative giveaways and gives lucrative no-bid contracts to American corporations linked with the administration. Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:53:15 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#8fa55840-5272-4029-a61d-85e7d1e18eb1 Flora Isadora: 2004-08-17T15:53:15Z http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#a61d65df-619e-497a-b515-fed49c60d8a0 Taken, in the wake of the terrorist attacks two years ago, the greatest worldwide outpouring of goodwill the United States has enjoyed at least since World War II and squandered it by insisting on pursuing a foolish go-it-almost-alone invasion of Iraq, thereby transforming almost universal support for the United States into worldwide condemnation. (One historian made this point particularly well: “After inadvertently gaining the sympathies of the world 's citizens when terrorists attacked New York and Washington, Bush has deliberately turned the country into the most hated in the world by a policy of breaking all major international agreements, declaring it our right to invade any country that we wish, proving that he’ll manipulate facts to justify anything he wishes to do, and bull-headedly charging into a quagmire.”) Misled (to use the most charitable word and interpretation) the American public about weapons of mass destruction and supposed ties to Al Qaeda in Iraq and so into a war that has plainly (and entirely predictably) made us less secure, caused a boom in the recruitment of terrorists, is killing American military personnel needlessly, and is threatening to suck up all our available military forces and be a bottomless pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come. Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and Al Qaeda are regrouping, once more increasing the threat to our people. Insulted and ridiculed other nations and international organizations and now has to go, hat in hand, to those nations and organizations begging for their assistance. Completely miscalculated or failed to plan for the personnel and monetary needs in Iraq after the war, so that he sought and obtained an $87 billion appropriation for Iraq, a sizable chunk of which is going, without competitive bidding to Haliburton, the company formerly headed by his vice president. Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:52:30 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#a61d65df-619e-497a-b515-fed49c60d8a0 Flora Isadora: 2004-08-17T15:52:30Z http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#0b7ffb0a-b85e-45fb-8d33-8fed3c6eac7e this quote is good too: “He is blatantly a puppet for corporate interests, who care only about their own greed and have no sense of civic responsibility or community service. He lies, constantly and often, seemingly without control, and he lied about his invasion into a sovereign country, again for corporate interests; many people have died and been maimed, and that has been lied about too. He grandstands and mugs in a shameful manner, befitting a snake oil salesman, not a statesman. He does not think, process, or speak well, and is emotionally immature due to, among other things, his lack of recovery from substance abuse. The term is "dry drunk". He is an abject embarrassment/pariah overseas; the rest of the world hates him . . . . . He is, by far, the most irresponsible, unethical, inexcusable occupant of our formerly highest office in the land that there has ever been.” Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:50:51 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#0b7ffb0a-b85e-45fb-8d33-8fed3c6eac7e Flora Isadora: 2004-08-17T15:50:51Z http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#a0f20e9a-e779-4313-810c-e19673978a8e “Although previous presidents have led the nation into ill-advised wars, no predecessor managed to turn America into an unprovoked aggressor. No predecessor so thoroughly managed to confirm the impressions of those who already hated America. No predecessor so effectively convinced such a wide range of world opinion that America is an imperialist threat to world peace. I don 't think that you can do much worse than that.” Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:49:26 GMT http://tribes.tribe.net/thread/96a8feb1-9e73-47e0-b80d-0b226bcc4411#a0f20e9a-e779-4313-810c-e19673978a8e Flora Isadora: 2004-08-17T15:49:26Z