Comments on TheCoolReport.net: No protest for me

It's always amusing to me how neo-conservatives (m...

2005-01-18T12:50:00.000-05:00

It's always amusing to me how neo-conservatives (much like Bush himself) view what's going on in the world with rose-tinted glasses (or actually... more like blinders with rose-tinted eyes painted on the other side).

I wish term limits were revoked during the Clinton presidency... I MISS HIM. Sure, Clinton made some huge mistakes (all presidents do)... but there's something he had a lion's share of that Bush simply does not: PRESIDENTIAL COMPETENCE. It would be a nice gesture if a large portion of the crowd turned its back to Bush as he cruises by... but in the long-run, it won't amount to much. Bush doesn't care. As long as his personal interests and those of his family/corporate friends are secure, world be damned.

Indeed, our previous presidents have often made tr...

2005-01-16T21:32:00.000-05:00

Indeed, our previous presidents have often made tremendous blunders. Of course, I was in grade school when Carter was in office and my opinions of him were based more on the size of his teeth than on his policy failures. Of course, he did broker the SALT talks didn't he?

The government spent millions of dollars to find out if Clinton was engaged in shady land deals (he wasn't) and to prosecute him for personal failings. Should he have taken greater action against the Taliban? Yes. Hindsight is 20-20.

But Iraq was a case where we could actually see what was coming. The intelligence skewed to match the administrations goals. Did anyone think that introducing democracy into a land that has had no representative government for 1000 years would really work? Especially in a country with Shiite and Sunni muslims? Since America no longer fights wars the war we used to (by completely destroying a counties infrastructure and uniformed fighting force) there is no way to militarily 'win'. The Iraqi's see the U.S. as an occupying Army and there are PLENTY of whack jobs willing to come in from Syria et al to take a crack at us. And when we accidently kill a wedding party, bomb a house full of innocent civilians or humiliate and torture their countrymen, the locals are not going to bake you cookies.

Although I am not a worshipper of the almighty dol...

2005-01-16T13:13:00.000-05:00

Although I am not a worshipper of the almighty dollar either, I find it absolutely amazing how many people turn their back on our president. Never forget who it was that approved NAFTA and - amazingly - he wasn't a republican. Or perhaps I could go into Jimmy Carter's intelligent policies on international trade....
Let's all vote for another president who's biggest claim to fame is the number of women he sexually harrassed and how many affairs he propogated on his family...
In God We Trust has an all new meaning when it comes to the leadership of this country!

I feel like I've let down my family, even though t...

2005-01-15T14:03:00.000-05:00

I feel like I've let down my family, even though they didn't know what I planned on doing. And worse, I feel like I have let an opportunity pass me by which will not come again (at least for this presidente').I don't remember you letting me down as long as you've lived. And I think there will be future, better times to protest against this President. Iraq continues to inch its way towards civil war, while America mulls setting up death squads. The administration continues it's attempts to convince Americans that Social Security is going "bankrupt," and that this "crisis" must be averted by setting up private accounts, so that Americans can gamble their retirement money in the stock market. I foresee occasions in the days ahead where protesting could make a much greater difference, even right in Cleveland...