Tell me if I am wrong. Osama bin Laden accomplished his goal with the

[graywarrior]

help of George Bush, Dick Cheney, the Republican Party and those who voted for this administration in 2000 and 2004.

Flame away. I'm looking forward to freezing and starving this winter. No hope of health coverage, limited jobs, ridiculous gas and food prices. Same shit, different day.

[Eurobabe]

1. I was thinking the same thing this morning

Aiders and abetters to Terrarists. The gang who couldn't shoot straight. Come across the pond Gray, we're going off the grid with Geothermal. And planting a big ass garden.

[musicblind]

2. I have thought that too n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. In 2001 OBL said he would bankrupt this country

Little did he know he would have so much help from our own "elected" officials, i.e. Bush and Co.

[mediaman007]

4. I remember posting in 2003, that bin Laden was going to beat us from

the inside. Just like the fall of the Soviets, we did it to ourselves with our hubris. Our "God Bless America" slogans, like a god would choose sides between his creations. The Republicans are full of it. I'll thank my god that they got their asses handed to them, even though I'm sure that I'll take a financial hit.

[jillan]

5. Those thoughts crossed my mind as well.

[PerfectSage]

6. I remeber doing a google search for bin laden strategy and found a cnn article saying bin laden goal

is to bankrupt America.

[rucky]

7. We've played right into their hands since 9/12/01

Lost our freedoms and our economic stability - because of how we've reacted to the attack. And with every decision they made, Bush/Cheney always found a way to keep us making the sacrifices while their friends get rich.

[graywarrior]

10. And Bush/Cheney will not lose a cent.

They need to be dragged through the streets by a mob. I'll lead--I have pitchforks.

[Peacetrain]

8. That was his goal.. and we met it for him in record time

[BrklynLiberal]

9. From the way it has turned out, it sure appears that Bushco was a tool of Osama.

[krkaufman]

11. Well, kinda like Republicans giving Reagan credit for the collapse of the Soviet Union ...

... I'm sure OBL would like to take credit for this disaster, but it was really of our own making. Unless OBL had hired a lobbying firm back in 1999 to pressure Phil Gramm to loosen regulations.

Our poor economy, lacking a value-added foundation, *is* at the root of this crisis, and though *some* effect can be attributed to Bush's disastrous policies that have driven-up energy prices, the root cause lies mainly in deregulation and unfettered free trade globalization. The foundation of our economy has been shrinking for decades and so the Bush Admin tweaked the dials to spur the housing industry beyond what the underlying economy could support... and then poof!, reality interjected itself.