September 5, 2005
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Okay, I'm getting sick of seeing this bulletin in my myspace inbox thingie. STOP SENDING IT!!! IT SHOWS REAL IGNORANCE ON YOUR PART!!
"We're paying almost four dollars a gallon for gas, there's a national disaster, and the president is on vacation, there's a war, but all W wants to talk about is golf, and there's a general depression in everyone's face.
Who does George W. Bush think he is? He's off enjoying himself while the southeastern half of the country is in mortal peril, and the rest of the country is in financial devistation, what with gas prices, and everything else. I don't see how much longer we can last under his reign of terror.
--I don't know if any of you agree or not, but if you do, repost this, but add something to it, give it your own opinion.--"
Yeah....vacation. Since your definition of "vacation" is the only one you know of, that MUST be what he's doing. Heck, in the UK, I don't think the word has much of a use. We say "holiday" to mean "vacation." Just because you have a definition means one thing to you, assuming that word means the same to everybody is just plain freakin arrogant.
Just because he goes home for a while means he's sitting on his back deck, reading a newspaper and sipping margaritas. The guy hates working at the White House and prefers to do his stuff at home. Hey, he's the prez. He can do that if he wants. Just because you turn on the news and he's talking about his golf game or whatnot, does NOT mean that's all he's doing. I vote we pass a bill saying all presidents must have a webcam around them at all times in the office so maybe people will comprehend that it's not all fun and games. Besides, it's a stressful job, being the president. And apparently having several years work in politics makes people dumber and dumber, which would explain why the good majority of presidents enjoy golf. They've become so moronic that they think it's actually fun.
"There's a war." Wow. What a vague statement. No crap there's a war. Is he supposed to totally reign over it? Ever heard of Veitnam? Presidents called air strikes instead of the high generals, proving to the world that politicians are dumb, especially when it comes to military. I'm getting sick of the war too, believe me. But we're there now; we're going to be there a while because if you stop building a house when the foundation is only half-built...it's gonna fall down. And God-forbid should the next president order a full removal of US troops, I truly pity the poor John Does that'll get run over by ragheads with RPGs. Anyway, all the president has to do in this "there's a war" statement is listen to his military advisors who say "hey, we need more _____" and then do it.
$4 gallon gas. Yup. That really does suck for those of you who drive. Hey genius...when's the last time you checked the air pressure in your tires, turned down the air conditioning a little bit, carpooled, walked/rode your bike instead of driving for 3 minutes, taken public transportation, etc. Of course you haven't. You're too busy complaining. Besides, what the heck is Bush supposed to do? Yeah, he released the reserves. But yeah, big deal. People (i.e. you) think this is good. Congratulations, you get an A+ in ignorance. The reserves will last us about two days. After that, there's not much he can do about the whole thing. He's negotiated and all that stuff, but all you ever choose to see is golf. There is one thing he could do, and that's ask Congress to declare war on the OPEC. But it's not like that's gonna happen. Besides, I love the fact that you're complaining about gas prices, since this whole war was "a war for oil."
What national disaster? It's localized. Way to try to trump it up. You almost slipped that one past me. First, it's not his responsibilty. It first rests on the shoulders of the governor before being passed to the president. So it's not his fault that he's following one of the primary statutes of the Constitution: STATES' RIGHTS!!! And to morons like Michael Moore. WE HAVE MEN AND EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE!!! IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR A WHILE!!! You should all shut your piehole for three minutes and LOOK STUFF UP before you say it.
Yay! Ignorance! Honor roll!!
"There's a general depression in everyone's face" WHERE!?!?!? WHERE IN THE FREAKING COUNTRY IS THERE A DEPRESSION?!!?!? HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED UP THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER AND LOOKED AT THOSE MAGICAL LITTLE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES ETC???????? Granted, things are not perfect, and could greatly use some improvement. BUT! We're on the rebound, and you would know this if you would read a newspaper instead of the moveon.org homepage. Things have been slowing going down the crapper for a while now (no thanks to Clinton). If any of you morons ever took an economics class, you would know that effects on the economy AREN'T IMMEDIATE!!! They can take up to several years to take effect. This inflation problem you keep touting around ISN'T BECAUSE OF BUSH!!!! It actually started in '98. That means Clinton was in office for several years, and was coasting on the sometimes-accidental boons of Bush Sr. for the first couple years of his presidency. So the inflation started around 1995 and we didn't have a real inflationary problem for about three years.
Oh, and "devastation" has two "a's" and one "i," numbnuts.
And, now, my favorite part of the post: "I don't see how much longer we can last under his reign of terror."
You are truly amazing, and I applaud you for making me laugh so much. "Reign of terror"? Yeah, you know, since he re-instituted slavery, prima noctis, controlled genocide, planned another Crusade, started his own Inquisition in Texas, prepared armies in the north to attack Quebec and Ottawa, and other atrocious acts.
Seriously, is anybody in mortal fear for his life or something he holds dear? If you are, my apologies, I didn't realize that people as fragile as you existed. I'll admit I'm a little wary about Bush, since he's not the brightest crayon in the box, but hey, what president in the past century was smart? So logically, you only fear his policies. And you only have reason to fear those if you're an abortionist or woman that wants one, or if you're "rooty-tooty fresh 'n fruity." Those of you who think you're in a reign of terror are merely experiencing collective aggravation of having his prez for so long, and from people like me annoying the crap out of you, and proving you wrong every day I'm conscious.
Maybe I'm just mentally adding something to this sentence, but I dunno, "I don't know if any of you agree or not, but if you do, repost this, but add something to it, give it your own opinion." The way this came across to me was "Hey, if you agree with me, pass this along and add your own thoughts, but if you disagree, shut up!" But maybe I'm just thinking of this the wrong way. But still, it sure does seem to say that.
The whole bulletin pisses me off, not only because of the points I touched, but it shows how illogical people are. Blaming everything on Bush is a HUGE logical fallacy. I don't remember its whole name, but it's an offshoot of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy ("after this therefore because of this" fallacy). So, just because Bush is president, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING IS HIS FAULT. See, we have this magical branch of government called the "Congress," which doesn't do SQUAT. But even in light of this fact, some blame for the "horrible state our country is in" is actually your and my fault. So stop whining about how bad Bush (supposedly) is and start doing stuff to lower gas prices and such.
So, do us all a favor and get yourself some education, preferably some logic, economics, history of the Constitution, political science, and American history. You'll thank me after you realize how asinine you've been. Also, be a little optimistic for once. That's one of the biggest things that pisses me off about the left. It's seems to always be doom and gloom out of these people's mouths.
But before I post this, I wanna point out that I'm not a "Bushie" or whatever they're called. I like the guy less and less every day, but I agree with most of his ideology. But mostly I like to have my own interpretation of the new "11th Commandment." You know, "Thou shalt be nice." I'm just taking a neutral stance and showing how messed up some people's thinking is.
Just think of me as a non-violent modern-day version of the "Hak'en"
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