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Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 4:49:45 AM

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"The Legacy of Bush II" By Robert Scheer
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080205_the_legacy_of_bush_ii/

Curb your enthusiasm. Even if your favored candidate did well on Super Tuesday, ask yourself if he or she will seriously challenge the bloated military budget that President Bush has proposed for 2009. If not, military spending will rise to a level exceeding any other year since the end of World War II, and there will be precious little left over to improve education and medical research, fight poverty, protect the environment or do anything else a decent person might care about. You cannot spend well over $700 billion on “national security,” running what the White House predicts will be more than $400 billion in annual deficits for the next two years, and yet find the money to improve the quality of life on the home front.

The conventional wisdom espoused by the mass media is that Bush’s budget is a lame-duck DOA contrivance, but that assumption is wrong. The 9/11 attacks have been shamefully exploited by the military-industrial complex with bipartisan support to ramp up military expenditures beyond Cold War levels...

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John McCain, who previously distinguished himself as a deficit hawk and was almost in a class by himself in taking on the rapacious defense contractors, has thrown in the towel with his inane support for staying in Iraq till “victory,” even if it should take a century.

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Smooth, McCain - a hundred years, eh? Wait, where's my wallet...?

What I think would be kind of hilarious is if John McCain actually won. 4-8 more years of this warmongering bullshit would so totally destroy this country that the destruction of the Republican party would be assured by mere virtue of the fact that the continued existence of the country itself would be in doubt.

Frankly, I like it!

Make those that caused the problem pay the price. I can see certain heads on pikes if things went really badly. That's how history is: extremely unforgiving!

And the Dems are not a lot better on this either. Keep in mind that the next president will have to repair what Bush II has completely fucked up. The fix will not be easy. People are going to suffer economically for years to come. And some geniuses will blame the current president and not the predecessor.

I wouldn't want the presidency at this time, if ever. Someone is going to eat a very big shit sandwich and have to pretend to enjoy it.

I might just vote for McCain as the choice with the funniest, most tragic outcome!

Stick a fork in this country, it is well done.

Edit: I must be tired, I forgot the link - sheesh!

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 5:05:21 AM

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I dont know the details of this budget, however it would seem like a good idea for the current incumbent to produce a plan which will severely damage whoever succeeds him.

If its McCain (as it seems he will get the nomination now) then the struggles McCain will face in office will only make his predecessor look better on a "you thought I was bad? see what this guy's doing" basis.

If its any Democrat then the struggles she/he will face in office will be put down to the "general irresponsibility" of Democrats, and blamed more specifically on the influence of "big bad Bill" or the "naivete" of "that black guy" (with an implication about black people in general for good measure).

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 5:14:50 AM

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Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlkG9t2Z4m8UfIya6iQ3-TfTPhRwD8UJT6N00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush on Monday would produce eyepopping federal deficits, despite his attempts to impose politically wrenching curbs on Medicare and eliminate scores of popular domestic programs.

The Pentagon would receive a $36 billion, 8 percent boost for the 2009 budget year beginning Oct. 1, even as programs aimed at the poor would be cut back or eliminated. Half of domestic Cabinet departments would see their budgets cut outright.

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Oh, it's a huge motherfucker to be sure.

I think I have passed the point of shock and I moved into a resignation phase. I may tentatively start implementing a Plan B or C while looking over my shoulder and laughing my ass off at the general stupidity of the American people.

It's sad because I am comfortable here. But I definitely know when to make for the lifeboats, if even at the last moment. I can travel light if need be.

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 5:33:11 PM

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Wow, no one wants to discuss the probably single most important economic issue in the next election?

Figures...

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 8:36:45 PM

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Lol, writings been on the wall for a looooong time in that regard. To be blunt, I'm half expecting another "terror attack" at some point in the next year, at which point we get to live under marshall law for perpetuity.

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 10:13:27 PM

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i tend to agree with grey. but what can we, the little people do? seriously, when all the money is gone, theres only so much room to stock pile. move back to the land? theres some things that cannot be stock piled, like meds and physical therapy equipment for growing children, and gas. i work on these things and try to plan ahead, but since theres no forseeable end...
where i come from its pretty much marshal law, but after the supplies run out, its really gonna get bad here.
i cant travel light, but i am prepared to fight

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 10:38:43 PM

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The country is in serious financial trouble, propped up almost entirely by Asian (read: Chinese) buying of bonds to support the national debt. Whoever wins the presidency is going to inherit a big mess, so cast your votes carefully.

If John McCain wins, I believe he will preside over the ruin of the USA. It seems as though the GOP is in the hands of a coalition of military extremists and religious fanatics, and America is slowly being crucified by them. In the eventuality of another GOP win, I'm seriously considering moving out of the country. Where? I'm not sure, yet.

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 10:39:57 PM

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Personally, I'm find with deep domestic spending cuts. I'm only bothered because we're not cutting the military budget too.

Feds should keep their hands out of my cookie jar, period, far as I'm concerned.

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 10:40:27 PM

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Churro, it's not just the military budget it's also "re-building Iraq."
What have we spent, $300B so far?
And not rebuilding from "bomb damage" either, that was minimal and mostly on Saddam's palaces and military targets, but "rebuilding" from 30 years of neglect by Saddam!
They're fucking "Nation Building!"
Everytime they build a power plant they hold a press conference with ribbon cutting. And we're (Taxpayers) supposed to be "happy?"
Then there was something on the news about 5 or $9 Billion in us currency that just "dissapeared." What the hell is that all about?
And Lou Dobbs said we have 85,000 Troops in Germany, 10,000 in Itally, 10,000 in England and on and on!

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/7/2008 11:18:44 PM

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Stephann:

The only thing you really have to decide is whether you want to vote for BIG military, oil, coal, health insurance, pharma, and media...or...if you prefer to vote for BIG oil, some military, some pharma, some media, and maybe some universal healthcare.

Democrat, Republican, etc - if they're in office they got there because some corporations put them there and they now owe their masters favors. But what else will they do? Sometimes, they even help their constituents when they can. It's actually a smart thing to do. But who will actually do it?

But their hands are in your cookie jar. Forget about trying to win that battle.

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RE: Empty Pockets: The Legacy of Bush II - 2/8/2008 1:41:46 AM

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quote:

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Lol, writings been on the wall for a looooong time in that regard. To be blunt, I'm half expecting another "terror attack" at some point in the next year, at which point we get to live under marshall law for perpetuity.

I agree.

Honestly, I've just stopped reading all the "budget plans" etc. I've stopped trying to keep up to date with all the news regarding the Bush Debacle and the long term effects. I don't need the news to tell me what's going on in this country, I'm living it.

Every time I DO read these things, my blood pressure skyrockets....

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