Blogcritics: Comments on Saying Goodbye To President Bush

Comment by mike

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 23:35:37 EDT

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:51:49 EDT

well put Mark

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:30:30 EDT

true, we did get 9/11...but then we got a long slow buildup to the invasion of iraq...that was the straw that broke the back of the camel that dawn wishes mike would hump...so to speak.

Comment by Dawn

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 19:31:50 EDT

True dat Al, the company I worked for USED the 9/11 tragedy as an excuse for filing bankruptcy. Mike, I know we are supposed to be all civil to one another, but go hump a camel. Truly and sincerely.

Comment by Al Barger

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 19:07:14 EDT

Mr. Larkin, your misanthropy is noted. However, stopping bad guys from killing and raping rates as a more critical function for government than providing free stuff to everybody. Dawn might be struggling financially, but at least she's not getting killed by terrorists. Of course, you're working on the premise that the costs of our defense are somehow the cause of our economic troubles, which is nonsense. Dubya inherited a recession, and then we got hit with 9/11. Note also that those events screwed up not just our emotions but our economy far more than any financial cost of fighting and rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq. On the other hand, at least you get to gloat.

Comment by mike

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:08:19 EDT

Sorry, I can't resist this one. One of the main arguements against the war was that the U.S. could not afford both to "liberate" Iraq and to provide its people with basic needs like healthcare and a functioning infrastructure (see here). Well, now that the cost of Iraq is exploding beyond all expectations, that arguement is truer than ever. We can't build schools and hospitals in the U.S. because we're building them in Iraq. We can't provide heath insurance for Americans because we're up to our necks providing it for Iraqis. Do the math. As the French and the Germans say: you made this bed, you lie in it. The chickens have come home to roost.

Comment by Chris

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:32:05 EDT

As a one income family, I can appreciate the struggles, I don't know quite what to do about it politically yet, but being thoughtful never hurts. One thing we did this year is announce early that instead of buying Christmas gifts we were going to do other things, like take cool pictures of the grandkids and give those as presents.