Pornex, a joke is a joke. It doesn’t matter who you vote for someone will always make fun of your choice. Like I said, some people do like the way things are today. Some like the way things were before W.
Just because I don’t support the current military action doesn’t mean I haven’t supported many others. I also understand the economy was on a down turn when W took over and some things were not in his favor. That said I do prefer the better standard of living that more Americans had 8 years ago.
I have no idea why you brought up some of these issues unless it’s to avoid the current stats vs. the past stats but I think some of your statements are wrong and others are misleading.
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It was the Clinton administration that bombed the fuck out of Kosovo (for no reason whatsoever
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Don’t you remember who’s daddy sent the troops to the region before Clinton was in office? Not blaming daddy Bush for this either since about half of the world and most of the UN wanted something to happen there.
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that same administration sold WMD to Afganistan creating the mess that is today between Pakistan and India.
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I could be misinformed but what exactly was sold? Didn’t the mess start in Kashmir around 1990 when the guerillas started their cleansing raids? The tensions have been going for centuries and US policy doesn’t have a lot to do with that. Although I’m not a big fan of his economic policy towards India, I do think W is handling relations with Pakistan and India quite nicely.
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They are the 2 BIGGEST consumers of oil and gas and you can't blame Bush for that.
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Did you hear this in a bar, read it somewhere or just make it up? Come on, the USA still is the BIGGEST consumer of oil and gas.
China passed Japan last year because their auto production was up by about 70%. You know they’re getting huge amounts of money from the USA. India is using more oil as well but they’re not one of the 2 or 3 biggest as you state above. Where do you think China and India is suddenly getting all this money to boost their economies any way?
Can you name one major conflict in the Middle East (in the last 20 or 30 years) that did not cause oil prices to raise?
The good think tanks usually mention a few factors, war, new demand, trade deficit, hurricanes in our gulf and US investment in foreign countries. Most of these can be heavily influenced by the administration. That doesn’t mean the administration should but they can.
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As far as the huge deficit, that's just a direct result of trying to put democracy in countries such as Iraq.
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Wasn’t the deficit estimated around 660 Billion last year? OK, 85 Billion slated for the war, let’s say the same amount slated for Home Land Security. Doesn’t that still leave about 500 Billion dollars? I’ve seen a lot of different numbers so my number may be off but not that far off to change the fact that most of the deficit has nothing to do with keeping peace.
You have the right to take a joke for what it’s worth or be offended by it. That’s your choice. Please don’t forget, Osama was trained by the US decades ago and he is NOT related to Saddam in any way shape or form.
Let's just make some porn.
