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Mon Feb-02-09 12:26 PM
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If you could choose a descriptive name for the "Bush Era," what would you choose? |
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My pick: The Era of Pervasive Stupidity
You?
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:27 PM
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The Era of Staggering Incompetence.
But yours also works well.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:28 PM
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2. Fascism 1.0, American Style |
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I pray that we avoid 2.0 in the coming depression.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:28 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:39 PM
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And I'm gonna use it!
Thanks!
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:29 PM
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4. Something Wicked This Way Comes n/m |
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Mon Feb-02-09 07:46 PM
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61. I like it! i was thinking of something more prosaic, like "End of America" |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:29 PM
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The Treacherous Cretin Adminstration.
In honor of Frank Zappa, who has a song of the almost same name.
-90% Jimmy
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:29 PM
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6. the failure of deregulation n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:32 PM
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7. I'll have to go with "The Great Theft" |
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They weren't happy just stealing all of our money, they had to steal our rights and our lives too.
And so far they've gotten away with it.
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:33 PM
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8. The Criminal Misadministration. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:34 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:34 PM
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10. The "I Didn't Do It" Decade |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:41 PM
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11. My Way or the Highway |
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or Don't Confuse Me With Facts, My Mind is Made Up
or We Make Our Own Facts
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:51 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:54 PM
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13. What can be worse than "Bush Era?" |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:05 PM
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or the "Error of George W. Bush"?
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:48 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:55 PM
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14. The American Dark Ages. n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 12:59 PM
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15. Oooo...that's WAY better than mine. I vote this one! |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:31 PM
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24. thanks, but it's certainly not the most clever. |
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fucktarded caught my eye. it's catchy, playful, and leaves a unique aftertaste.
anything vile can be used to describe this era of swindle.
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:20 PM
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36. True, but yours is the most broadly descriptive of the past 8 years. |
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What it lacks in cleverness or zing, it makes up for in deadly accuracy.
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Mon Feb-02-09 03:09 PM
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explains why i have 3 kids...
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:04 PM
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16. The Conservative Era? |
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The golden age of American Conservatism? 30 years of supply side economics come to full fruition? The last days of the American right? The logical conclusion of conservative thinking? Lots of options there.
I still say Bush was the most successful president ever, in the sense of carrying through the far right ideology of his backers to an unprecedented degree, despite massive unpopularity and the ever looming potential of criminal investigations. I mean, who would have thought in 1999 that the wildest fantasies of the Grover Norquists and Ayn Rands of the world would be almost entirely realized in 8 years?
Any term that sums up the era needs to focus on this reality. No "incompetence era" or "stupidity era" or the "oops, we messed up era" but simply pointing out that the disastrous results of the Bush presidency were actually the desired and stated goals of the far right corporate powers of the world.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:08 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:15 PM
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19. the Plunder Years n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:20 PM
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20. The Era of Incompetence |
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You did one heck of a job Brownie, Bush, Cheney, Gonzalez, Rumsfield, Rice etc.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:25 PM
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21. The end of the beginning. |
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And what a shitty beginning it was.
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:30 PM
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23. "Reign of Error" (from another DU mind, not mine, but fine...) |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:36 PM
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25. The era of corruption and ignorance n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:37 PM
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26. The Era of Failure and Disasters! |
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Mon Feb-02-09 01:38 PM
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28. The Second Gilded Age |
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:00 PM
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30. The Worst and the Dumbest |
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Since people are calling the Obama team "the Best and the Brightest" (to coin a book title). If a definitive book is ever written on the Bush era, it should be titled "the Worst and the Dumbest".
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:06 PM
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In rememrence of all the people we've allowed to be murdered around the world in our name.
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:06 PM
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32. The Era of the Golden Shower. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:08 PM
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33. Thanks for the clever answer sky. |
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You remind me so much of someone I know...
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:10 PM
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35. Are you Sister Sarah? |
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:41 PM
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...as in "steaming pile of"
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Mon Feb-02-09 02:52 PM
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38. The Rise and Fall of the SloMan Empire |
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41. Arrogant Spending and Killing Spree. n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 03:21 PM
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42. 8 Years of the Night of the Long Knives |
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:52 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:47 PM
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46. Massive Fail. No wait, that's too generous... I'll think some more. n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:49 PM
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48. Cringing Donkey, Stampeding Elephant. n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:51 PM
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Edited on Mon Feb-02-09 05:52 PM by mvd
A coup both in the way he stole office and hijacked the country with right-wing extremist, neo-con policies.
Seeing that the Repuke Party is not as removed from Bush as then say (we saw how McCain couldn't differentiate himself,) I think they should just be happy Obama is talking with them.
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:52 PM
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50. Total and Complete Disaster. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:06 PM
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53. "8 years of Idiocracy" |
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:10 PM
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54. The Fake Presidency or Fascist |
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:23 PM
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but wasn't stupidity, more like CUPIDITY.
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:31 PM
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57. The Era of Bad Feelings |
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and its theme song would be World Party's "Ship of Fools"
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Mon Feb-02-09 07:37 PM
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Since we were kept in the DARK about everything while he was in office???
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:16 PM
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64. "The Era of Massive Overcompensation for a Tiny, Tiny Penis" |
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Think of it: big cars, big guns, big talk.
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Mon Feb-02-09 10:39 PM
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65. Era of Misunderestimation. |
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Or, Era of Irresponsibility.
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Mon Feb-02-09 10:52 PM
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67. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" or "Long Day's Journey into Night" |
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Mon Feb-02-09 10:56 PM
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Bush Family Evil Empire Era
Seriously, thank God it's over.
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70. Thanks to Futurama, I already know |
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72. The Stupid Ages.... definitely! |
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73. Government for Dummies |
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77. "Bush's REIGN OF TERROR, CORRUPTION AND MURDER!" |
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Tue Feb-03-09 01:29 AM
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78. The Fourth Reich. n/t |
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Tue Feb-03-09 01:30 AM
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Though I like the "clusterfuck" choice above :)
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