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Fri Dec-31-04 11:57 AM
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Idiot Logic: Don't criticize Chimp, or we might 'look bad' to the world |
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A caller on C-Span (I know, I know) made a familiar claim that we shouldn't criticize Chimp's inaugural speech because it makes us look bad in the eyes of the rest of the world.
In other words, if we just shut up, the rest of the world won't notice what an incompetent, arrogant, greedy, idiotic, spoiled, narcissistic, reckless, phony, selfish fuckwad he is.
Isn't it nice to know people care what the rest of the world thinks?
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Fri Dec-31-04 11:58 AM
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1. If we DONT criticize him, we look worse. |
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Sat Jan-01-05 09:41 AM
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24. Exactly- we have to let the world know that at least SOME of us |
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Fri Dec-31-04 11:58 AM
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The illegal invasion of Iraq took take of that.
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President Kerry
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:10 PM
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13. among oh so many other things... |
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Kyoto global warming treaty, ABM treaty, ICC, Geneva convention,
shall i go on? Aside from our sane half of the population, there is no reason for the world to accept us. They do 'cause they have to. Sorry world! :mad:
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Fri Dec-31-04 02:56 PM
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Took care of that. :silly: And I agree with you on all the above.
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Fri Dec-31-04 11:58 AM
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3. I thought we didn't do "global tests" |
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Now "they're" worried about what the world thinks of us?
Blech!
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:02 PM
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4. The caller must have been living in a cave the last four years |
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Bush is hated and ridiculed world-wide already
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:04 PM
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Why would you accept $$ from someone you hate?
Let's be honest, America is always respected in the world when it comes to receiving aid.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:07 PM
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8. in times of need you don't choose. |
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We happen to have more than just about every other country in the world, and at least as far as this gov't, we're not particularly generous. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:21 PM
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15. You're right, about that. |
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But I think you should also acknowledge or at least consider that what makes us a rich nation able to give is the same reason many don't like us. After all, our evil corporations are making contributions that dwarf what most govts will be able to give.
Pfizer alone is sending 35 million.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:25 PM
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16. What does Pfizer have to do with criticizing Chimp's inaugural speech? |
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I think most people, at least in Europe, recognize that Chimp and his followers are dangerous idiots, but they also recognize that they are not the entirety of the U.S.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:08 PM
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9. I would accept cash from someone that I hated if... |
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the people in my country were starving and had no jobs or hopes of any without some cash inflow.
I just found something out about these World Bank loans that are made to Third World Countries. The contracts to do the "work" for which they receive the loans are usually awarded to companies like Haliburton. Therefore, Hallibuton gets up to 95% of that loan, TAX-FREE before he country gets one red dime.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:12 PM
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don't be blaming Cheney...er, Halliburton for lining up some backup work in Asia. They may never get around to rebuilding Iraq, since the war won't be over for many years to come, if ever.
How do you expect these poor multi millionaires to eke out an existence in the meantime, without some sort of income they can depend on?
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Fri Dec-31-04 08:32 PM
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21. Right! You are right! |
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Shame on me for even mentioning it. Poor Haliburton has to get its billions from SOMEWHERE. Let me go spank my typing hand for even writing such an idea. <sarcasm off>
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:08 PM
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11. You can't buy respect |
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But people would take money from the devil if they or their families were in need.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:04 PM
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5. Ah, the conservative C-SPAN caller |
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:05 PM
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to get people like this to move to low lying areas near the coast.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:08 PM
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I have enough of them here already.
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:09 PM
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12. Just like they never criticized Clinton for the same reason |
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Fri Dec-31-04 12:13 PM
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14. Duh American dont have to |
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He is doing just fine on this Tsunami issue
While UN call on the world to give more He talk about 20 million line of credit While EU call to relook at the debts of Indonesia He talk about 20 million line of credit While EU call for a conference He talk about lending support to this call While the world top up in Aid He talk about leading a coalition of 4 countries While the world rushes in man supply and equipment He move in 3 carrier group While the world was hard at work in the affected countries He talk about sending his brother and friends to tour the region While people around the world donate generously ( Americans included ) He talk about promise of more aid While UN talk to Powell on how US can help He talk about adding UN to his coalition of countries
All this falsh around the world on CNN with million following the news
Wasnt Karl Rove with him at the ranch. He need Public Relation Adviser bigtime
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:42 PM
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After the invasion of Iraq, WMD lies, Abu Gharib, aid for the tsunami victims I don't think the world will think of us in much worse terms then they already do. Anytime they see that smirking son of a bitch on TV they have to think what evil fuckers we are for reelecting him.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:44 PM
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20. The Innauguration should be a very historical moment, indeed. |
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Fri Dec-31-04 09:43 PM
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22. bush is a fucking idiot and the |
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USA should be embarrassed as a country to have a chimp as a president(sic).
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Sat Jan-01-05 12:19 AM
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Right wing logic is an oxymoron
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Sat Jan-01-05 09:44 AM
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25. I see that attitude here all the time too |
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Sat Jan-01-05 09:53 AM
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Thing is, America said nothing bad about Bush and the rest of the world just came to the conclusion on their own that Bush is an incompetent, self-serving, arrogant, idiotic, abusive, callous and pathetic dick.
:hi:
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Sat Jan-01-05 10:20 AM
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27. I want the world to know most Americans see through him |
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that's right - MOST AMERICANS SEE THROUGH THAT PHONY INCOMPETENT PIECE OF SHIT.
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Sat Jan-01-05 10:52 AM
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28. Too late - that boat sailed four years ago |
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The world knows what a fuckwad King George the Wannabe is already. All that is left now if for real Americans to convince the world that Dim Son does not represent the rest of us. BushyBot is an idiot, he has millions of idiots just like him but there are still plenty of real Americans here fighting tooth and nail to take back our country. Wouldn't it be a hoot if we had to turn to France and Spain again (just like the founding fathers) to get help in saving us once again for an evil monarch?
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Sat Jan-01-05 11:58 PM
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29. Americans criticizing their government are protecting the US ... |
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Trust me -- people in other countries watch Americans protesting Bush, and know that the entire US population isn't too brainwashed or scared to speak out. It makes it a lot easier for moderates to defuse tensions by pointing out that Americans are indeed trying to fix things in their own country, and that it's wrong to take things out on people who have been misled and betrayed.
My friends overseas tell me there are places in the world where, if it weren't for that news footage, people would think that all Americans approve of Dubya. (I think that the US was a little bit too successful crafting its image as a place where the people control the government ... because some outsiders just assume that everything that the US does, even the frightening or ruinous stuff, is by the will of the American people.)
So, basically, criticizing Bush will help reverse the damage to America's reputation.
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Sun Jan-02-05 02:56 AM
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I have friends in Canada, England, New Zealand, and Australia. They say the same thing.
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Sun Jan-02-05 04:14 AM
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Edited on Sun Jan-02-05 04:14 AM by Brundle_Fly
already.
edit to say. Never Worse..
present company not included.
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Sun Jan-02-05 09:03 AM
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32. When a foreign magazine/paper runs a headline that shouts, |
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"How can 59 million people be so dumb?" Don't you think that we might look bad to the rest of the world? Just my opinion.
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Why is it ok for the Right to say "I dont give a fuck what the rest of the world thinks" when it comes to our militaristic ways, but when it comes to criticisim, suddenly everyone is supposed to be quiet little mousies?
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