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Reply to Thank goodness for blogger fact checking... in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiller Well Bush went from a $125 Billion dollar surplus in 2000 to a $420 Billion deficit in 2004. That is a shift of $545 billion in four years. In addition if you objective is only to cut the deficit in half ($210 Billion reduction) there is no way to solve the fiscal problem we have created. If Bush makes the tax cuts perminant and pays for his conversion of Social Security with more debt, how is he to cut the annual deficit in half? It

Reply to Thank goodness for blogger fact checking... in Politics JoeUser Forums

Parated2K In answer to your question. Yes I would accept your talking about the President in a factual way. You do not give up your constitutional rights when you go into the military. I would however, require you to obay all lawful orders and regulations and would not accept you trying to get other members of the military to not follow the lawful orders they receive. The issue with Bush is basic. He did not obay the lawful orders and reg

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whoman69 Bush had failed to provide policies that have resolved any of the major issues- security, economic, budget, trade, energy, health car, Social Security etc. Everything he has done has made the situation worse or has provided help to groups that did not need help.

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Yes, Only in America can a son ride so far on the coat tails of his father. Without being the son of a powerful congressman and CIA Director, George W. would hold a job today he could handle! Look at the results he has achieved during the past four years: A war that was poorly planned that is killing our brave military with no benefit to America. We have spent $200 Billion and he will be asking fo

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The issue is not only that Bush used his contacts but that he DID NOT OBEY REGULATIONS and got away it. He claims he meet his obligations which is not true. He did the same thing in getting into Harvard Grad School. Students with a "C" average in under grad school do not get into grad school mush less Harvard! Professor Tsurumi told me in a E-Mail that George W. was a poor student with some of the most" off the wall" ideas he ever heard! How did Geor

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Daiwa and ParatedsK How would the daughter know what took place. The first hand source is the Speaker. In addition, How did Bush get into the guard ahead of 100 other applicants with NO skills to justify placing his ahead of others. How did he get away with not attending drills or taking a required physical if not because of outside help. I was assured b

Reply to Thank goodness for blogger fact checking... in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler The former speaker of the Texas house said he got Bush into the Gurad. Bush himself told his former Economics prof at Harvard that his family contacts got him into the Guard and got him a early honorable discharge. I have been in contact with the Harvard professor, Yoshi Tsurumi, about the Bush statement to him. Dr Guy As to Bush meeting his military obligations- His failure to take a required physical ment

Reply to Thank goodness for blogger fact checking... in Politics JoeUser Forums

When a person running for president tells the voters he met his obligation while serving in the military and did not obey regulatuions and attend drills that is relevant!

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If we learned anything last year with regards to the media and bloggers, it is that the days of ideologically driven "mainstream" reporting are numbered. When CBS tried to smear Bush with blatantly phoney National guard documents it blew up back in CBS's face as Internet users posted on-line how the documents were obviously forged. CBS was dead wrong to use these documents. However, the facts were correct. Bush did get in and out of the guard

Reply to Fear and Loathing In America in Politics JoeUser Forums

Yes, Iraq was a fools quest. Day after day we see that the Iraq Army and Police fail to keep order. This is a no win situation. Sec. Powell was correct Mr. Bush you broke it and do not know how to fix it! Our brave military are paying the price for the Bush preemtive war. javascript:editor_insertHTML('message',' ')

Reply to What the Democrats need to do next in Democrat JoeUser Forums

You hit the nail on the head. We do need new solutions to existing problems. For the war on terrorism we need to find out why there is a worldwide jihad being conducted by the Islamic world. Simply attempting to put Western-style democracy in place by force of arms may not be the right solution. We need to have an evenhanded policy in the Middle East that demands a session of violence against Israel by the Palestinians and Israel's return to its

Reply to America in War and Decline in Current Events JoeUser Forums

One of the most fundamental mistakes we are making is to ignore both our trade deficit and our national debt. Those who say the debt does not matter are dead wrong. As the debt grows and interest rates return to more historic averages, the interest that we will be obligated to pay all the spiraling debt will consume a greater and greater portion of the annual budget. That interest will take the money necessary to deal with Social Security, Medicare,

America is still unprepared in Politics JoeUser Forums

Yet another report sheds light on the fact that the United States is not doing all that it needs to do to prepare our country against attack. The latest revelation is a review of the ability of our states to deal with a bioterrorism attack. That report shows that only a handful of states are believed to be able to adequately deal with such an attack. About two we

Reply to More Troubles for Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

thatoneguyinslc The fastest way to obtain a copy of my book, Four More For George W? by Gene P. Abel (ISBN 1-4140-7634-7) is to call my publisher toll free at 888-280-7715. It is also available from other book retailers. Please let me know your thoughts about my book. I am trying to secure a Literary Agent to republish it with an added section on policy changes for a Bush second term. It has received some very supportive reviews includi

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solnac I sent George a copy of my book, "Four More For George W?" and I hope Laura will read it to him.

Reply to More Troubles for Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

I would be happy if Bush could learn to recognize water when he saw it. Laura could read him a book about it.

Reply to More Troubles for Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler I agree with the Bush policy of a multilateral approach in dealing with North Korea. I also agree that we need to limit liability claims and to simplify the tax code. That's three things that I can think of off the top of my head that I agree with President Bush on. That should make you ecstatic!

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It is not the Bushies who have won and the others have lost. It is that we have ALL lost. Pointing out the results of the policies we are following is not Bush Bashing, it is telling it like it is. It is the Bush supporters that claim the reality of the policies we are following is Bush Bashing!

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drmiler In case you have not noticed, the bulk of the ground forces are from the Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. Thus my statement does reflect the situation and the fact the Sec Def again had his facts wrong. This is the type of person Bush is keeping for his second term. Great Judgement, Mr. President!

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drmiller How is my statement wrong? The fact is that we do not have the needed equipment 20 months after starting the war. The Sec Def said it was the inability to increase production. The companies who make the armor said DoD did not ask them to produce more and that they could produce more. What about all the other issues in my Blog? Blind support is what you have for an inept administration!

More Troubles for Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

The Bush administration just can't seem to get it right. Several days ago, the Secretary of Defense told the troops that the reason they couldn't provide more armored vehicles was that they couldn't produce them. This appears to be incorrect. The company that the Army contracted with could increase production and other companies could've produced additional vehicle

Reply to US Troops Ask Rumsfield Million Dollar Question, Get Answer in Politics JoeUser Forums

You live in a dream world. The states have no money and the repairs are NOT GETTING DONE. The Fed has pushed cost down the chain to the states like Homeland defense.In addition , most of the cost to educate our children is a state/local cost. The Fed provides about 5% of the total education cost. Again, when these major systems begain to fail, you and people like you will be looking for someone to blame. Look in the Mirror!

Reply to US Troops Ask Rumsfield Million Dollar Question, Get Answer in Politics JoeUser Forums

As I said, I cover all these questions in my earlier Blog. As to Social Security. Every State pension plan has opted to invest their trust fund in equities (Index Funds) as a means of producing added income. If this has worked for 50 states why not for Social Security. The advantage over establishing individual accounts is it avoids the high cost of maintaining small accounts. In fact for the person earning 25-35K, the cost to maintain the individual

Reply to US Troops Ask Rumsfield Million Dollar Question, Get Answer in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiller No, the fire did not begin in 2004 or even four years earlier in 2000. However, we have done nothing to fight the fire or prevent new fires from starting. Like you, George W. is ignoring the issues facing us such as Social Security and Medicare, trade, jobs, the deficit, rebuilding our roads, schools, dams, water/sewer systems and the electrical grids. All these issues will not go away. If you want to look at my suggestions to res

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drmiler I do not think you have a clue. First, you need an objective to solve the problem. If you been following the Bush plans for a second term you would see that he has no intention of meeting his stated objective of reducing the deficit by half. He's talking about converting Social Security to a partially privatize plan which will require trillions of dollars to implement. He has not come up with one cent to do that but inte