On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is the fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats > on the issue. Republicans believe that winning the war, helping Iraq > be a free country, is an important goal that we need to see through to > completion. Democrats- not so much. And independents think you BOTH are wrong. If we leave tomorrow, it's not a defeat. If we stay for another 5 years and Iraq reaches some made up set of benchmarks....that's not a victory. > So Iranian nuclear ambitions, Venezuelan provocation, Nigerian > violence, China and India's growth, and Russian machinations have > nothing to do with the rise in oil prices and the subsequent > inflationary effect on goods around the world? The ethanol push has > nothing to do with the dramatic rise in corn prices in the last two > years? > > And I disagree that everyone knew the economy would survive. According > to Obama, we have been in the worst economy since the Great > Depression. That goes way beyond mere hyperbole into the realm of the > fantastic. Actually, that wasn't Obama who said that, that was certain economic indexes that had fallen to Great Depression levels. I guess I should have said that *I* always knew the economy would survive. My undying faith is in the American system, never in the temporary stewards of that system. As for reckless domestic spending, Bush is "Democrat-lite" on that > front. The only difference between Bush and Obama is that Obama would > raise taxes instead of cutting them and spend even more on domestic > programs, giving the economy a double-whammy of falling revenues and > higher deficits. Yeah, that's a plan with success written all over it. You mean Obama would actually PAY for his spending? Crazy. > The Poles and Ukrainians don't think it's idiotic, not anymore. I'll > bet the rest of the Europeans come around when Iran declares itself a > nuclear power. It's their asses we're protecting, not ours. Yes, and we should quit protecting their asses. -- I am the maker of rules, dealing with fools I can cheat you blind, I can read your mind ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266930 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
