Their 'Whiny Hiney' sign kind of makes for good reading, and deep thought, doesn't it? I think you are right on this one Danr, as I noticed these people were washed and had their hair combed. No drug pipes were in display and there were no paid supporters of the Democrats to be found. It's a sad thing when this type of person is allowed to assemble and post such signs for everyone to read and think about. I'm glad you found and posted this picture as I would have missed seeing it if you hadn't done so. Thanks Danr.:hug:
Just for the record. Solely being non-commercial does not necessarily qualify for Fair Use. Neither does acknowledging the source of material substitute for obtaining permission. http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html Having said that, I think this one was snapped just for you. :thumb:
so which of these actions are worthy of your support: 1. Failing to build a real international coalition prior to the Iraq invasion, forcing the US to shoulder the full cost and consequences of the war. 2. Approving the demobilization of the Iraqi Army in May, 2003 – bypassing the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reversing an earlier position, the President left hundreds of thousands of armed Iraqis disgruntled and unemployed, contributing significantly to the massive security problems American troops have faced during occupation. 3. Not equipping troops in Iraq with adequate body armor or armored HUMVEES. 4. Ignoring the advice Gen. Eric Shinseki regarding the need for more troops in Iraq – now Bush is belatedly adding troops, having allowed the security situation to deteriorate in exactly the way Shinseki said it would if there were not enough troops. 5. Ignoring plans drawn up by the Army War College and other war-planning agencies, which predicted most of the worst security and infrastructure problems America faced in the early days of the Iraq occupation. 6. Making a case for war which ignored intelligence that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. 7. Deriding "nation-building" during the 2000 debates, then engaging American troops in one of the most explicit instances of nation building in American history. 8. Predicting along with others in his administration that US troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq. 9. Predicting Iraq would pay for its own reconstruction. 10. Wildly underestimating the cost of the war. 11. Trusting Ahmed Chalabi, who has dismissed faulty intelligence he provided the President as necessary for getting the Americans to topple Saddam. 12. Disbanding the Sunni Baathist managers responsible for Iraq's water, electricity, sewer system and all the other critical parts of that country's infrastructure. 13. Failing to give UN weapons inspectors enough time to certify if weapons existed in Iraq. 14. Including discredited intelligence concerning Nigerian Yellow Cake in his 2003 State of the Union. 15. Announcing that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, below a "Mission Accomplished" banner – more U.S. soldiers have died in combat since Bush's announcement than before it. 16. Awarding a multi-billion dollar contract to Halliburton in Iraq, which then repeatedly overcharged the government and served troops dirty food. 17. Refusing to cede any control of Post-invasion Iraq to the international community, meaning reconstruction has received limited aid from European allies or the U.N. 18. Failing to convince NATO allies why invading Iraq was important. 19. Having no real plan for the occupation of Iraq. 20. Limiting bidding on Iraq construction projects to "coalition partners," unnecessarily alienating important allies France, Germany and Russia. 21. Diverting $700 million into Iraq invasion planning without informing Congress. 22. Shutting down an Iraqi newspaper for "inciting violence" – the move, which led in short order to street fighting in Fallujah, incited more violence than the newspaper ever had. 23. Telling Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan about plans to go to war with Iraq before Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Good one Stu Joe! I think that is what the President of the U.S. (regardless of who it may be) needs to say to people more often!
I took these to class and without too much trouble they converted the above statements into something very similar to what might have been said during Harry S. Trumans administration and the conflict with Korea. The conclusion is that it's all just so much smoke and mirrors and actually has nothing to do with making a change or improving on the situation. If all a person or organization can do is complain, then they might as well give up and try something else they might be good at . In other words your argument fell on deaf ears for the most part. You might want to thinks about taking uup anothe cross and heading down anothe path. Just a suggestion from the class.:thumb:
thank you Danr, I'll be sure and show them this cartoon tomorrow. I'll report the reaction and/or response.
You know it's ironic. You castigate conservatives for being uncaring, yet you've made fun of the mentally handicapped with your link and have, in the past, mocked homosexuals (you keep bringing up how disgusting the supposed gay relationship between Jeff Gannon and George Bush is). It was a famous man who said "Deal with the log in your own eye before you mention the speck in someone else's."
Well, Danr I showed this post of your's (http://www.funny-tshirt-shop.com/ima...rode_large.jpg) to the class and received many comments. Most of which I don't think I should post here on this forum. I'm sure there must be rules about using such words as they called you. Our Prof, came up with a cool answer that I can tell you about, and it was something about like this; after looking at the picture for a short time, he said " well any body should be able to tell it's the usual crowd headed to a Democatic convention." I ask him to explain his answer and all he said was it should be self-evident. For someone smarter than me, I guess that would explain it, I'm not sure. Hope you have a good day Danr and remember to stay off of that buss.
The class in question is an AP course by the title of "U.S. Government & Politics Seminar" and it's taught by Prof. David Arase. Dr. Arase just happens to be the nephew of Noam Chomsky and a very smart Jewish boy. Like Noam he aslo got his Phd from U. of Penn. Oh yes, maybe you have heard of his assistant, because he is from the middle east, Dr. Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud. Boy that is a mouth full, but you have to learn his whole name before the end of the first week in class. I guess that is some kind of test (HaHa). Great class and we appreciate your being part of the learning experience. Thanks Danr:hug:
Not a very good comparison but any way here are some other reasons you should not support Bush: Emergency Management: They completely failed to manage the first large-scale emergency since 9/11. Despite all their big talk and hundreds of billions of dollars spent on homeland security over the past four years, this administration proved itself stunningly incompetent when faced with an actual emergency. (Katrina Relief Funds Squandered) Fiscal Management: America is broke. No wait, we're worse than broke. In less than five years these borrow and spend-thrifts have nearly doubled our national debt, to a stunning $8.2 trillion. These are not your father's Republicans who treated public dollars as though they were an endangered species. These Republicans waste money in ways and in quantities that make those old tax and spend liberals of yore look like tight-fisted Scots. This administration is so incompetent that you can just throw a dart at the front page of your morning paper and whatever story of importance it hits will prove my point. Katrina relief: Eleven thousand spanking new mobile homes sinking into the Arkansas mud. Seems no one in the administration knew there were federal and state laws prohibiting trailers in flood zones. Oops. That little mistake cost you $850 million -- and counting. Medicare Drug Program: This $50 billion white elephant debuted by trampling many of those it was supposed to save. The mess forced states to step in and try to save its own citizens from being killed by the administration's poorly planned and executed attempt to privatize huge hunks of the federal health safety net. Afghanistan: Good managers know that in order to pocket the gains of a project, you have to finish it. This administration started out fine in Afghanistan. They had the Taliban and al Queda on the run and Osama bin Laden trapped in a box canyon. Then they were distracted by a nearby shiney object -- Iraq. We are now $75 billion out of pocket in Afghanistan and its sitting president still rules only within the confines of the nation's capital. Tribal warlords, the growing remnants of the Taliban and al Qaeda call the shots in the rest of the county. Iraq: This ill-begotten war was supposed to only cost us $65 billion. It has now cost us over $300 billion and continues to suck $6 billion a month out of our children's futures. Meanwhile the three warring tribes Bush "liberated" are using our money and soldiers' lives to partition the country. The Shiites and Kurds are carving out the prime cuts while treating the once-dominant Sunnis the same way the Israelis treat the Palestinians, forcing them onto Iraq's version of Death Valley. Meanwhile Iran is increasingly calling the shots in the Shiite region as mullahs loyal to Iran take charge. Iran: The administration not only jinxed its Afghanistan operations by attacking Iraq, but also provided Iran both the rationale for and time to move toward nuclear weapons. The Bush administration's neocons' threats to attack Syria next only provided more support for religious conservatives within Iran who argued U.S. intentions in the Middle East were clear, and that only the deterrent that comes with nuclear weapons could protect them. North Korea: Ditto. Also add to all the above the example North Korea set for Iran. Clearly once a country possesses nukes, the U.S. drops the veiled threats and wants to talk. Social Programs: It's easier to get affordable -- even free -- American-style medical care, paid for with American dollars, if you are injured in Iraq, Afghanistan or are victims of a Pakistani earthquake, than if you live and pay taxes in the good old U.S.A. Nearly 50 million Americans can't afford medical insurance. Nevertheless the administration has proposed a budget that will cut $40 billion from domestic social programs, including health care for the working poor. The administration is quick to say that those services will be replaced by its "faith-based" programs. Not so fast... "Despite the Bush administration's rhetorical support for religious charities, the amount of direct federal grants to faith-based organizations declined from 2002 to 2004, according to a major new study released yesterday....The study released yesterday "is confirmation of the suspicion I've had all along, that what the faith-based initiative is really all about is de-funding social programs and dumping responsibility for the poor on the charitable sector," said Kay Guinane, director of the nonprofit advocacy program at OMB Watch.." (More) The Military: Overused and over-deployed. Former Defense Secretary William Perry and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned in a 15-page report that the Army and Marine Corps cannot sustain the current operational tempo without "doing real damage to their forces." ... Speaking at a news conference to release the study, Albright said she is "very troubled" the military will not be able to meet demands abroad. Perry warned that the strain, "if not relieved, can have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military. (More) With military budgets gutted by the spiraling costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the administration has requested funding for fewer National Guard troops in fiscal 2007 -- 17,000 fewer. Which boggles the sane mind since, if it weren't for reserve/National Guard, the administration would not have had enough troops to rotate forces in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly 40 percent of the troops sent to those two countries were from the reserve and National Guard. The Environment: Here's a little pop quiz: What happens if all the coral in the world's oceans dies? Answer: Coral is the first rung on the food-chain ladder; so when it goes, everything else in the ocean dies. And if the oceans die, we die. The coral in the world's oceans are dying (called "bleaching") at an alarming and accelerating rate. Global warming is the culprit. Nevertheless, this administration continues as the world's leading global warming denier. Why? Because they seem to feel it's more cost effective to be dead than to force reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. How stupid is that? And time is running out. Trade: We are approaching a $1 trillion annual trade deficit, most of it with Asia, $220 billion with just China -- just last year. Energy: Record high energy prices. Record energy company profits. Dick Cheney's energy task force meetings remain secret. Need I say more? Consumers: Americans finally did it last year -- they achieved a negative savings rate. (Folks in China save 10 percent, for contrast.) If the government can spend more than it makes and just say "charge it" when it runs out, so can we. The average American now owes $9,000 to credit card companies. Imagine that. Human Rights: America now runs secret prisons and a secret judicial system that would give Kafka fits. And the U.S. has joined the list of nations that tortures prisioners of war. (Shut up George! We have pictures!) I could go on for another 1,000 words listing the stunning incompetence of the Bush administration and its GOP sycophants in Congress. But what's the use? No seems to give a fig. The sun continues to shine in this fool's paradise. House starts were up in January. The stock market is finally back over 11,000. But don't bother George W. Bush with any of this. While seldom right, he is never in doubt. Doubt is Bush's enemy. Worry? How can he worry when he has no doubts? Me? Well, I worry about all the above, all the time. But in particular, I worry about coral. by Stephen Pizzo Stephen Pizzo is the author of numerous books, including "Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans," which was nominated for a Pulitzer.
I will take this list and your major concern to class and we will discuss the topics. Thank you very much for the material and I will report back on our findings next week. Just wondering danr, do you really believe that one man, even when he's the President can cause the trouble you seem to think exists. Should not the governing bodies that are in Washington do something besides collect their pay, shake hands and kiss babies? Is it only one side that is bad and the other side good? Just where does the blame lie, if not with the people themselves who have elected these individuals to represent them in Washington? Who do you know who is doing anything to imprive the situation, or is it only something we can sit back and complain about?
