I think there is no American president who comes anywhere near Bush the Less in utter indifference, the attention span of a snail darter, with no inclination to read or to write or to think, utterly venal. Darts thrown at any page of any community’s telephone book would have found us a better president. We will still be suffering from these evil, stupid, and unconstitutional wars for at least a century. Probably very much longer. The rip-tides, the waves, the holocausts that will yet inevitably follow will make our angst, bewilderment and just sheer terror of the present seem like a pale prologue when we experience the karmic horror to come. We can do little, now, to limit or prevent all this. In the play, Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the two dull and stupid men who set in motion the horrific final scene of death of Hamlet, Laertes, Hamlet’s mother, the Queen, the King, and others, are in a small boat, headed for England and, they think, safety. They bear a sealed note, giving them safe conduct, they think. Actually, the note directs that they be immediately killed. One of these two look-a-like’s to Bush the Stupid, turns to the other, and says, “there must have been a time, somewhere in the beginning, when we could have said “No!.” The essence of Shakespearian tragedy, or for that matter the Greeks, is just so. We reach a point where we no longer have the capacity to turn back, to turn around, to repent. These wars that we let this madman lead us into have long since pushed us past the time when we could have said, “No!” Ed Firmage

Richard, all of these events are emperically true.
But also just as emperically true are the following:
The 9/11 terrorists entered and trained in the US when Clinton was president.
Prior to 9/11 was the first WTC bombing, the USS Cole, Riyadh, etc.
The asset bubble started in 1995.
Obama voted for warrantless wiretaps.
The stock market first cratered in March of 2000 thus starting the recession which followed, when Bush took office in Jaunary of 2001.
The Enron fraud ocurred under Clinton’s watch and was caught and prosecuted under Bush.
Barney Frank said he wanted to “roll the dice” with how Freddie and Fannie are managed.
Kerry, Clinton, Edwards etc all voted for Iraq.

No doubt a lot of crap has happened in the last 10 years or so. No doubt Bush missed a lot. But also no doubt there is a lot of blame to spread around including Bush, Clinton, Greenspan, Congress of both parties, Bernanke, Summers, Geithner, etc.

Any other attribution is Kool Aid drinking.

It has been almost a year and you are still whining? You are a broken record. Let’s focus on the current administration. Things like insulting the mentally handicapped or misspelling a word that would have run Dan Quayle out of town on a rail. Or how about calling 1 republican vote a bi partisan effort among both parties? If you are loving the show thus far you are a crazed lunatic and should be locked away in a padded cell. You and everyone who thinks like you are voting for the downfall of our society because you think there are rich dupes out there not paying any taxes while you should the entire burden for the US. Bush did a better job than Obama has done thus far and he is looking to do worse by his own reports. If you see this as false please let me know why you think so. The health care reform just added another half trillion in earmarks and pork to get it past the Senate. We will be paying upwards of 3 trillion or more for this plan. Believe me it won’t be worth a dime.

I thought the deal was that when things go really badly (healthcare bill) they point the finger at someone else and dodge any responsibility.

Bill Clinton presided over several catastrophes and has consistently deflected responsibility.
The asset bubble started under his watch (1994, go back and look at the charts, http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/2009/Feb/pe-ratio_image003.gif)
The stock market crash of 2000 was under his watch.
A recession immedately followed this crash.
The Cole, WTC #1 and Riyadh happened under Clinton’s watch.

So where is the blame, where is the accountability and where is your rage for Clinton?

And Bubba got a hummer in the Oval Office from a plump intern too! How could you forget that brew?

When Bill Clinton left office with those high approvals, the catastrophe that followed him was apparent to only a few lefties, (and, of course, the PNAC).

He was President the whole time the ’supreme’ court was deliberating bush v. Gore, and could have been more of a player in that crapticle.

Who knew the dem vp pick would have become such a republican?

James,
I will take you answer as being non-responsive.

Where we went wrong is not saying NO to the Supreme Court when they picked our president using ridiculous arguments.

Larry Bergan :Where we went wrong is not saying NO to the Supreme Court when they picked our president using ridiculous arguments.

And what’s the Constitutionally proscribed method to say “no” to the Supreme Court, Larry?

jdberger:

The guilty parties in the Supreme Court can be impeached and should have been.

James, i don’t think I will have to worry about my head exploding here any time soon. I see just as much misinformation coming from you as I do from some of the conservative talk show hosts. The only difference is I think you actually believe what you say is true. You need to part ways with your CNN and MSNBC so you can find real truth not something that is run through the propaganda mill afew times.

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I think there is no American president who comes anywhere near Bush the Less in utter indifference, the attention span of a snail darter, with no inclination to read or to write or to think, utterly venal. Darts thrown at any page of any community’s telephone book would have found us a better president. We will still be suffering from these evil, stupid, and unconstitutional wars for at least a century. Probably very much longer. The rip-tides, the waves, the holocausts that will yet inevitably follow will make our angst, bewilderment and just sheer terror of the present seem like a pale prologue when we experience the karmic horror to come. We can do little, now, to limit or prevent all this. In the play, Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the two dull and stupid men who set in motion the horrific final scene of death of Hamlet, Laertes, Hamlet’s mother, the Queen, the King, and others, are in a small boat, headed for England and, they think, safety. They bear a sealed note, giving them safe conduct, they think. Actually, the note directs that they be immediately killed. One of these two look-a-like’s to Bush the Stupid, turns to the other, and says, “there must have been a time, somewhere in the beginning, when we could have said “No!.” The essence of Shakespearian tragedy, or for that matter the Greeks, is just so. We reach a point where we no longer have the capacity to turn back, to turn around, to repent. These wars that we let this madman lead us into have long since pushed us past the time when we could have said, “No!” Ed Firmage

Larry Bergan :jdberger:
The guilty parties in the Supreme Court can be impeached and should have been.

keep on huffin’ the jenkem, Larry…

Every time jdberger pulls out the jenkem argument, you know he’s got nothin’.