George Bush Is Evil, Evil, Evil Because He's Having His Inaugural Despite The Tsunami

[NATO AIR]

what kind of shit is this? i guess all those people who tried to shake the specter of death and suffering and party a bit on New Years are evil and unseemly too... man these anti-bush folks are off their fucking rocker...
you can just hear them now...

"America's evil people, evil evil evil... if we don't bow down to the UN and let them waste our national security resources (that we so nicely redirected to help the tsunami relief, not the UN), we're not "team" players."

http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum-diary.asp
JAN. 4, 2005: THOSE EXTRAVAGANT REPUBLICANS
Have you also heard these media complaints that it is unseemly for George W. Bush to spend $30 to $40 million on his inaugural festivities in the aftermath of the terrible natural disasater in South Asia?

Some points of reference.

January 1993. War rages through Bosnia. Massacres and mass rapes – “ethnic cleansing” has forced Muslim Bosnians to flee their native towns. Sarajevo is a city under siege with electricity, water, and other necessities of life sporadic at best. Bill Clinton spends $33 million on his first inaugural.

January 1997. In the aftermath of the 1996 Rwandan massacres, an estimated 3 million refugees are living crowded into camps in desperate need of external humanitarian assistance. Following the Rwandan war, Zaire is now spinning into civil war and brutal violence. Bill Clinton spends $29.6 million on his second inaugural.

My point? Well I don’t have one really. This is a big planet, rife with violence and human suffering, to which Americans have consistently responded with generosity. At the same time, the United States is a lively, competitive two-party democracy that fights a grueling presidential election every four years – after which the winners naturally wish to celebrate their victory.

Inaugural festivities are a ritual of American democracy. They are attended by tens of thousands of people, and so they are unsurprisingly expensive. But the taxpayer does not pay the bill for these celebrations: the parties do, with funds they raise from willing donors. The taxpayer does pay for security – of which there will be more than ever in 2005 – to enable peaceful demonstrators to come and express their views. That’s part of the ritual of democracy too.

And guess what? This marvelous country can afford it all, including the cops who make it possible for the protesters to protest and the voluntary donations so that the celebrators can celebrate – without in any way compromising its contributions to humanitarian relief or its national defense.

So could these Dems quit their carping please. They gave themselves a party when their guy won. Turnabout is fair play.

 

[TheEnemyWithin]

That's so STUPID. You know, those nations hit with the tsunamis are corrupt hellholes and we sent boatloads of money and aid anyway. Is this what we get back in return?! Aaaarrrrgghhh. :chains:

 

[Hobbit]

And if he didn't have his inaugeration, the libs would be accusing him of turning into a dictator by bypassing the system. He can't win.

 

[insein]

Anyone for leaving the UN? Just throwing it out there. Cant we get the GOP to make that a focal point in the next election. I think that'd be a winning platform to run on as long as they could deliver. We'd save the American people a shitload of money. We would severly hinder the enemy's politcal stance in global politics. We could create a modern organization that didnt waste time with beuracracy, corruption etc and actual accomplished something. We'd also be able to allow only civilized nations into the fold. Dictators need not apply.

How come the no brainer ideas always take the longest to come about. A college Football Playoff and the End of the UN. Great ideas that we take forever to happen because of a few people making alot of money.

 

[no1tovote4]

Anyone for leaving the UN? Just throwing it out there. Cant we get the GOP to make that a focal point in the next election. I think that'd be a winning platform to run on as long as they could deliver. We'd save the American people a shitload of money. We would severly hinder the enemy's politcal stance in global politics. We could create a modern organization that didnt waste time with beuracracy, corruption etc and actual accomplished something. We'd also be able to allow only civilized nations into the fold. Dictators need not apply.

How come the no brainer ideas always take the longest to come about. A college Football Playoff and the End of the UN. Great ideas that we take forever to happen because of a few people making alot of money.

I just think we should veto everything. Stay a member, kick them out of the US let them move to Paris, then veto every single thing ever put forward. Let them spin their wheels and die an ignoble death.

 

[dilloduck]

And if he didn't have his inaugeration, the libs would be accusing him of turning into a dictator by bypassing the system. He can't win.

Exactly------no point in debating even anymore other than to do some venting. Anything bad that happens in the world is the GOPs' fault and facts are only a minor detail. It's getting sooooooo boring.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Exactly------no point in debating even anymore other than to do some venting. Anything bad that happens in the world is the GOPs' fault and facts are only a minor detail. It's getting sooooooo boring.

Not just boring. We are facing a systemic system of lies that has impact.
We need to learn how to have bigger impact in this media-run war.

Now, if everyone who attended the innaugural brought a big symbolic can of peas to donate...

or perhaps a bottle of French whine...er, wine?

 

[Bonnie]

Exactly------no point in debating even anymore other than to do some venting. Anything bad that happens in the world is the GOPs' fault and facts are only a minor detail. It's getting sooooooo boring.

The Dems are realy scrounging the bottom of the barrel on this one..........What will they do if Bush gets Tax or Social Security reform passed.........Hang themselves in public???

 

[Fmr jarhead]

The Dems are realy scrounging the bottom of the barrel on this one..........What will they do if Bush gets Tax or Social Security reform passed.........Hang themselves in public???

That would be a good start.

 

[tim_duncan2000]

I just think we should veto everything. Stay a member, kick them out of the US let them move to Paris, then veto every single thing ever put forward. Let them spin their wheels and die an ignoble death.