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Comment by Clavos on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:46:25 EDT

Not any wiser, though...

Comment by Dave Nalle on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:25:32 EDT

Maybe he was feeling old. Like 900 years old. Dave

Comment by Clavos on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:32:40 EDT

So Bliff, Why'd you change your handle?

Comment by Dave Nalle on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:55:54 EDT

Learned? Look at the field of candidates for 2008. It's still mostly legislators with no management experience at all. Dave

Comment by Methuselah on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:40:59 EDT

Nixon was more inept than malevolent at domestic policies, IMO, YMMV, etc. Thus illustrating the folly in electing a prez untutored in government functions and practical experience at such management functions as economics, etc. you'd think we'd have learned.

Comment by Clavos on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:30:30 EDT

For that matter, it is probably not Nixons fault either, since he didn't really do anything bad enough to cause it. Oh, but he did: He and his Fed Chairman allowed way to much money to be printed and pumped into the economy, which anyone who has taken basic economics knows is the prime cause of inflation. The stagnation came from the price controls Nixon (and Congress) also mandated in a fruitless attempt to rein in the inflation. The runup in oil prices at the time also contributed.

Comment by Methuselah on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:05:45 EDT

Truth claims: "With his finger on the Nuck button was bad enough but inflation and interest where both in the double digits. I bought my first home in 1980, closed at an intrest rate of 13% and that was pretty good at the time." I am very old, so old that the Number Theory of mere humans is inadequate to express my age adequately, and i remember the 70's vividly, unlike the various Scooter persons of the Bush admnistration and BC itself, who, even if they were mature enough to remember the 70s would surely have forgotten them by now. It was in the Nixon administration that mortgage rates began to rise and house values escalated, doubling in less than 5 years in my neighborhood. Indeed, while the Nixon administration experienced out-of-control inflation, wages remained stagnant, and economists had to invent the expression "stagflation" to describe this double edged sword that wounded US citizens both ways. Carter couldn't solve the problem, but he didn't start it either. For that matter, it is probably not Nixons fault either, since he didn't really do anything bad enough to cause it. I lay the blame for stagflation on LBJ, who was imprudent enough to attempt a "guns AND butter" economy in the 60s. Remember? He was so financially imprudent that he borrowed $10billion to fight his favorite war in Vietnam. How much has the current admin borrowed to fight THEIR favorite war? IMO Carters big error was allowing himself to be mugged by the power and energy interests against his better judgement. Sort of like McCain allowing himself to get mugged by Bush in SC in 2000. YMMV. As usual.

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:02:44 EDT

Sorry ment "Nuke button"

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:01:06 EDT

Zedd, are you to young to know? Carter was an idiot. With his finger on the Nuck button was bad enough but inflation and interest where both in the double digits. I bought my first home in 1980, closed at an intrest rate of 13% and that was pretty good at the time.

Comment by Zedd on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:00:17 EDT

Truth What exactly happened in the Carter administration that caused us to be in such great peril?

Comment by Martin J. Ryan on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:13:23 EDT

Forgot that, Meth. Thanks.

Comment by Methuselah on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:47:23 EDT

At least Carter worked for and achieved peace between Egypt and Israel, and it is still lasting.

Comment by Martin J. Ryan on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:46:28 EDT

Truth-- Carter: Please notice I said "post-presidency." He has good intentions, which I'm afraid G.W. hasn't. Anyway you can have the last word. Gotta go.

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:35:50 EDT

GW is leaps and bounds better than Carter - after the Carter adminstration we are all lucky to be alive

Comment by Nancy on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:01:57 EDT

In any event, Jr. is NOT among the top 40 or so presidents we've ever had, & may just rank at the very bottom of the barrel, but how far down is for those who come after to decide, as we ourselves are too close to really judge, I suppose.

Comment by Martin J. Ryan on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:30:51 EDT

Best President? Too difficult. These guys are all apples and oranges, all of whom had too many bad moments. Their better moments were fewer and easier to remember: Roosevelt for social intervention, Truman for confronting McArthur, Ike for warning us of the military industrial complex, Kennedy for asking something of us & the Cuban missile crisis, Johnson for civil rights, Nixon for going to China, Carter in his post-presidency, Regan for outspending Russia, Bush Senior understanding limits and diplomacy & nicer than Jr., Clinton for no deficit & no loss of American lives in Bosnia. I have senior moments, so I might have missed something.

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:49:13 EDT

thanks Meth (#22) Proves my point, these wack jobs take a little bit of truth and twist it into a line a crap to fit their needs,ie. Radioactive bullets, man made global warming, new ice age in the 1970s the list is long and the scare tatic old.

Comment by Dave Nalle on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:41:34 EDT

Yes, Meth. But we don't use it as bullets as was suggested, or as the payload of 'dirty' weapons as has also often been suggested. It's used to coat the exterior of artillery shells. What's more, alpha particles bounce off human skin. DU is only dangerous if taken directly into the bloodstream or ingested. The only documented cases of DU poisoning in Iraq have been people who have been pierced by shrapnel with DU on it - which generally makes it the least of their problems. The one other documented set of cases of radiation poisoning was a group of Iraqis who used emptied Yellowcake containers (what, Saddam had barrels full of deadly radioactives?) to store drinking water. Dave

Comment by Methuselah on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:31:18 EDT

"Truth": Actually, we do use depleted uranium in Iraq, and IIRC here is no dispute about that. DU is heavier than lead so it's useful in bullets. It emits alpha radiation (helium nuclei), which is generally considered rather harmless in small quantities because the nuclei are 1800 times as heavy as electrons, slow moving, and quickly stopped. Your favorite breakfast cereal is probably irradiated with alpha particles to kill cooties.

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:28:52 EDT

One last question - are you wearing a tin foil hat like DTW 06 (#8) who thinks we are using Uranium tipped bullets?

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:21:57 EDT

Are you trying to tell me you said these same things about Clinton when he sent our Troops all over the world? John McCain is your answer? How about Hillary or Obama since they sat on the sidelines and haven't been to war they are not qualifiied to be President? As for Mr. Ryan - your insights are full of half truths. If you think they are all bad, give em all hell. Who, in your humble opinion, was the best President in the last 50 years?

Comment by Nancy on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:35:40 EDT

Yeah, Martin - that's my stance, too: BushCo has been more egregiously, arrogantly, blatantly corrupt, dishonest, etc. than just about any other administration in US history - & considering that includes the infamous rough-&-tumble 19th century which had some real doozies, that encompasses quite a bit as far as dastardy & evil intentions go. I could handle having troops sent into battle by, say, Republicans like McCain who have done their duty & paid their dues. I can't & won't stomach the kind of bullshit Cheney pulls about 'not having the stomach to fight' from a cowardly little shit like Cheney who hid from service first via FIVE (5) deferrals & then when he couldn't get any more, by hiding behind the skirts of a wife he married for convenience' sake like the yellowbellied manipulative sociopathic turd he is; or by Dubya, who conveniently got Poppy to pull favors & get him appointed to a rich boy's Guard unit, then 'forgot' to show up for his physical, thereby ensuring he couldn't fly so couldn't be sent to 'nam. THAT kind of cowardice is unforgivable, as is that kind of arrogance & gall in urging warfare afterwards, especially when neither one has anyone int heir families serving, hence no stake in the danger. What's that old saying: 'rich mans' fight, poor mans' war'?

Comment by Nancy on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:21:21 EDT

Hells bells, Truth; if I listed 'em all, we'd be here all year! I don't have enough room or inclination to list EVERY single bastard scumbag politician I know or have heard of who should be shot on sight. On the other hand, I don't have enough time to sit & think seriously about trying to scare up names of those I DO think had some integrity.

Comment by Martin J. Ryan on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:15:00 EDT

Give 'em hell, Nancy. Sorry if I upset your tummy, Truth. Anyway, please notice I haven't been defending the Democrats. They just haven't been in office long enough for me to jump down their throats. My truth is that I was born during the Hoover adminstration, and since that time I never once particitpated in any kind of political protest; but rather stood to one side in awe of political cynicism, corruption, ineptitde, and often the downright gullibility of the American voters that seemed to relish swallowing to the last drop what was spoon fed to them every pre-election. But somewhere around 2005 I decided that the Bush/Cheney gang had out-stripped, by a country mile, every previous adminsitration in lying and greed--not to mention their amazing ability to stay on every deceiptful message rthey delivered. It was at that point I started my "whack job" writing if only to let off steam. The problem lies with both sides of the aisle in Congress, and with every calculating presidential candidate that delivers a different message to every region of our country. Anyway our system has been bought off, left and right, by lobbying in the employ of corporate money, and our collective voice has been seriously diminished. If you can't see this, you need new glasses. If the Dems do a good job, I'll praise them. If not--

Comment by The Truth on Cheney's Scooter Takes The Fall, And It's Still About Oil, Folks.

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:14:38 EDT

O.K. you did mention in passing a couple of Democrat thiefs, but you left out several, but the focus was on the GOP. The reason the last decade seems worse is because thats about how far back your memory goes.