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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:13 PM
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George W. Bush "Kept Us Safe"?
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For example:

During George W. Bush's Presidency, thousands of soldiers died in Iraq--a war we now know without question to have been waged as part of an ideological program, not out of necessity. Those thousands of soldiers each had parents, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children, and hometowns dragged through the cruel stop-gap policies imposed on service men and women by George W. Bush.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers were injured, only to return to the squalid conditions and cruel indifference of a veterans' care medical system that fell through the cracks of America's for-profit healthcare racket. The tragedy of our injured soldiers came to light during George W. Bush's Presidency.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, the number of Americans living in abject fear for lack of health insurance reached the tens of millions. As a result of this crisis of fear, a private medical relief agency initially set up to fly doctors to remote jungles in South America began flying relief into poor American communities. This happened during George W. Bush's Presidency.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, the NSA spied on the private citizens, thanks to the willing participation of major American telecom companies, a major violation of the most fundamental Constitutional rights Americans thought protected them from KGB-style domestic surveillance.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, the citizens of nearly all American foreign allies began to view the United States as a hostile threat to world peace, safety, and security as a result of (1) the preemptive invasion policies of Dick Cheney and (2) the torture-of-prisoners policies of Dick Cheney.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, job security for working communities dropped, underemployment reached historic highs, and earned wages for worker output stagnated.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, Bernard Madoff was arrested for running the largest financial Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding private citizens, retirement funds, and not-for-profit organizations out of billions of dollars.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, the United States impeded global cooperation to lower carbon emissions levels, thereby heightening a general fear over the destructive potential of global warming.

During George W. Bush's Presidency, the United States economy tipped into the deepest economic crisis since the 1920s, hastening experts to describe the housing and financial market meltdown as a potential global economic 'depression.'

During George W. Bush's Presidency, pet food produced in China was discovered as the cause of deaths for American dogs and cats contaminated by toxic melamine, resulting in a nationwide panic.
(Much more)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/george-w-bush-kept-us-saf_b_206264.html

Yeah! I felt safe. NOT!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:14 PM
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1. Michael and Jeffrey Derderian kept us safe after The Great White Concert...
Michael and Jeffrey Derderian kept us safe after The Great White Concert...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8423760&mesg_id=8423760

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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:17 PM
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2. The "us" in that oft repeated statement must refer to Bush's base
The Haves and the Have-Mores.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:18 PM
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3. As long as you ignore 911. And Katrina.
And the wee financial melt-down.

And...
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:18 PM
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4. Yeah, why bring 9/11 and Katrina into the fantasy? That would just confuse these idiots.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:20 PM
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5. Disregard 9/11 and anthrax and Gateway sniper and Katrina and
etc. etc.

Oh, and more people hate us around the world than ever before, yippee!
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:30 PM
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6. Sort of, after the Mulligan
he took on 9-11. Oh and the anthrax.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 04:32 PM
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7. Just how safe are all those women who the OBGYN's want to show their love to?
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 06:25 PM
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8. K&R
:kick:
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 06:31 PM
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9. Proving A Negative...
This is one of the worst lies the corporate media loves to echo...cause its one you can't prove.

Listening to cheney and the other war criminals, you'd think they took over on 9/12...that they didn't fall asleep at the switch for 10 months prior and ignored FBI warnings and PDBs about an impending attack. The corporate media was too busy chasing down a Democrat's sex life to care either. While booshie spent more days on vacation than on the job, 20 terrorists were able to carry out their plans in virtual daylight. And booshie's response? He invades two countries. Now that's really made us "safe".

I sure feel "safe" when I go to the airport and have to remove shoes and belts...or read how paranoids can now carry weapons into national parks cause "ya never know". Yeah, we're a lot "safer"

:puke:
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