Going OT Re: (no subject)

Quothe Mail List, from writings of Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 11:18:40PM -0500: Yes, Shrub^H^H^H^H^HBush is doing a good job of turning the U.S. into more of a police state; surely Stalin and Hitler would approve of the Patriot Acts I and II... of course, they might not approve of his reasons for some of his actions, which appear to be a result of his fundamentalist religious beliefs. He's also doing a good job of allowing more and more illegal aliens to cross the Mexican border, to pacify his friend Fox in Mexico, as if we don't have enough trouble with overpopulation and illegal immigration already. It appears that the voters were misled during the 2000 presidential campaign, and many of us who voted for the current president didn't get what we were expecting. Let's not forget that his administration also appears to have helped Micro$oft in the antitrust hearings... do you call that good as well? Do you mean like trying to hide that he resembles someone who is a danger to himself and others? Let's face it, anyone who believes that his actions are divinely inspired, and that he's basically a leader of a nation on a mission from his God, is surely more than a few acorns short of an oak tree, if you know what I mean. Any rational person (sorry, extreme religious fundamentalists don't fall into the category of "rational person") knows that there appears to be something seriously wrong, that religious extremists are trying to gain control of this nation with the help of the current presidential administration... if it's not the blasted communists/socialists screwing things up over here, it's the ultra right-wing fundamentalists screwing things up, while the majority of the population appears to be split between agreeing with the extremists or being apathetic. So, you're one of those people who approves of the New World Order? Also, let's not forget that "Bush I" didn't finish the war in Iraq (ok, and Clinton appears to have allowed things to get worse there and elsewhere while he was busy with the ladies, I won't dispute that) Also, don't forget those infamous words: "read my lips, no new taxes," before taxes were increased. He inherited a failing economy and made it worse. Anyway, why stop at Reagan with the blame? Carter, and various predecessors, didn't help the economy much either, as they alternated between excessive social programs and excessive defense spending as "cures" for the economy. Bush came across as too depressed and whiney during too many of his speeches, which had a negative psychological effect on the already fragile economy. Just my two cents worth. -- Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.