Bob Calco wrote: > <http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/bush_or_obama_the_quiz.html> > > 1. President Bush was famous for lacking "intellectual curiosity", while > President Obama has been called "the smartest guy ever to become President." > Which one reads more books, Bush or Obama? > Well Georgie has to. You know? How else is he going to pass SAT's?
> 2. Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil. In contrast, > Obama was a Harvard educated lawyer. Which industry contributed more than > five times as much as the other to politicians: the oil & gas industry or > lawyers/law firms? > They've already made their killing. Now they'll sit tight for say 5 years and start preparing the next one. > 3. Bush's Christian faith was at the core of his political identity, and he > was considered to be in the grip of the "religious right", while Obama is > considered more open-minded. In fact, Obama has said, "my faith is one that > admits some doubt." Which one refers to Jesus more in public speeches? > Beats me. Do you have any statistics? By which firm? What did they measure? Was it only the "Jesus" word, or general reference to religion? Did they only took those references that justified executive action (kind of "Jesus told me to wage war") or they didn't make distinctions? Shit! Science is hard! I'd rather hear some bullshit numbers! > 4. Bush was criticized for excessive federal spending and running up huge > deficits. Bush's deficit in 2008 was the largest in history. In fact, > President Obama said, > > "It's a little hard for me to take criticism from folks about this recovery > package after they've presided over a doubling of the national debt... What > I won't do is return to the failed theories of the last eight years that got > us into this fix in the first place." > > Whose deficit was more than triple the size of the other's: Bush's 2008 > deficit or Obama's 2009 deficit? > Of course! I only care for how much money they spend! I'd never ever think about where they spend it, or why. That's not important! > 5. While Obama criticized Bush for "a doubling of the national debt", the > federal debt held by the public went from 35.1% of GDP in 2000 to 40.8% of > GDP in 2008 -- an increase of 16% as of fraction of GDP. What is it > expected to be in 2016 under Obama's budget plan? > Should we consider GDP's contraction on account of the recession? Or just the numbers? BTW, where do you get these numbers from? A thorough person like you should definitely add references (preferably web references, preferably to official sites) to every number he bul.. exposes here. > 6. Obama criticized Bush for Guantanamo, military tribunals, wiretaps, > troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and "signing statements". Which one of > these Bush practices has Obama ended? > None I guess. But hey! It's USA, torture, spying and para police operations and murders are part of the "american way of life". Aren't they? > > Answers: > > 1. Bush. Obama started reading a book in April and had not finished it by > June, putting him on a pace of no more than 10 books per year. Bush read 40 > to 95 books a year while President, plus reading the complete Bible every > year. Shit! He's a veritable scholar! 90 books a yer plus the Bible! No wonder he had no time to rule and left it to the oil barons. > Bush scored 1206 on his SAT, putting his IQ in the 125-130 range, > smarter than 95% of the population and in the company of Lincoln, Rousseau > and Thackeray. He graduated from Yale and earned an MBA from Harvard. > I'd like to see a certified copy of those papers. Certified!!! > 2. Law firms. In the 2010 cycle so far, Lawyers/Law Firms have contributed > $33,779,866 so far (81% to Democrats), and the Oil & Gas industry has > contributed $6,293,631 (34% to Democrats). In the 2008 cycle, the numbers > were $233,499,989 (76% to Dems) from lawyers and $35,564,322 (23% to Dems). > In all, lawyers contributed about six times more to politicians than the Oil > & Gas industry. > Sources? > 3. Obama. Per Eamon Javers at Politico, "As president, Barack Obama has > mentioned Jesus Christ in a number of high-profile public speeches -- > something his predecessor George W. Bush rarely did in such settings." > LOL > 4. Obama's 2009 deficit, the largest in US history. It was more than three > times that of Bush's record 2008 deficit. Per the Congressional Budget > Office, the 2008 deficit was $455 B, and the 2009 deficit was $1,417 B. As > a fraction of GDP, it was the largest deficit since 1945. > So you finally gave us a source! (no web reference though) > > . Guantanamo is still open and probably will be into 2010 and maybe longer. > . Obama is keeping military tribunals and clandestine wiretapping programs > Really? In the land of the free? Go figure! He's probably still afraid of terrorists. You know, if you are afraid then you are allowed to throw freedom and democracy out the board. > . Obama plans to keep most troops in Iraq until the summer of 2010. Even > then, he is talking of keeping about 50,000 troops there (compared to about > 124,000 now). The number of US troops in Afghanistan has increased from > 37,000 in January 2009 to 62,000 by August 2009, and Obama is expected to > send over 30,000 more. Total number of US troops in both Iraq and > Afghanistan has increased under Obama so far (from about 184,000 in January > to 186,000 in September). Naaahhh! The US interfering, invading, and generally messing with other far, far away countries? I can't believe it! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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