From: goobs23_nospam_@hotmail.com
where do they get their figures from??? do these people *actually* waste
time looking up percentages?
everyone knows that there is no point generalising and that 90% of people
believe that over 2/3rds of all statistics are made up.
it's true! i know, it happened to a friend of my great uncle's
sister-in-law!
goobies ;o)
"Practical Mystic" wrote in message
news:AFcId.17966$wi2.1238@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> As to the majority of us Citizens being stupid, are YOU aware that
> 68% of Bush Supporters believe we found WMD in Iraq? At 52% of the vote,
> that makes
> slightly over 1/3 of voters so ill informed as to believe the EXACT
OPPOSITE
> of what
> really happened. Make your own judgment. I think Stupid(?) no, Ignorant
and
> out of touch
> for sure.
>
> As to attacking Iraq, it was a sham built upon lies and innuendo (look it
> up). We all see that
> now. Your only case is "Saddam was a bad guy. He was mean to his own
> people." With
> that for criteria we should invade half the Globe. Why pick Iraq? No
reason
> but Oil. It's
> the only difference between Iraq and any of a dozen African nations, just
> for starts.
>
> So now Iraq is supposed to be some haven for Alcaida. Not then. Maybe now.
> Back
> then Saddams Iraq was on Bin Ladens shit list just below the US and Saudi
> Arabia.
> It was a Secular government and Bin Laden wants all Arabic countries
> governed like
> Iran, a Muslim State run by the Malas and Omans. He was after Iraq, just
not
> on the top
> of his list. Saddam never trained, gave refuge to, or other wise supported
> Alcaida. They
> were enemies. The weak innuendo and half truth used by the Bushistas to
say
> differently
> only worked because of the near complete ignorance of Americans to the
> issues along with
> the fact that Iraq was already seen as an enemy.
>
> Was Bush stupid? No, crazy like a fox, never stupid. Was his Cabinet
stupid?
> No.
> Following a Nutt Job, maybe, but not stupid. Were the American Public
> stupid? No.
> Ill Informed, Ignorant and therefore easily led certainly, and still are.
>
> So Bush had to do something after 911. True. He did, we were and it was
good
> until
> we started chasing rabbits. The action in Afghanistan was correct, proper,
> measured and
> effective. We should have had a few more troops in and we should have done
> our own fighting
> instead of allowing the War Lords to let Bin Laden escape. But, all in
all,
> what we did there was
> both appropriate and professionally done.
>
> Instead of finishing the job, co-President Chaney decided we needed to
> attack Iraq. Ignoring
> the facts, the judgment of previous Administrations, World Opinion, UN
> mandates and the
> Long Term good interests of the American Public, he began a campaign to
sell
> his war to the
> American People. I lost track of how many ideas were floated in November
of
> 2001, but they
> finally got some traction on WMD and squelched any Media debate on the
> topic.
>
> Now you know the rest of the story. That's how I remember it. Were you
> paying attention? I
> know you were here then. Care to discuss it? Or will you just make fun or
> change the subject?
> That's the common Neo-Con response since you can't stay with the facts
> because the facts
> don't support your case. (See Condy Rice and her Senate hearing transcript
> with Senator
> Feinstein for one example.)
>
>
>
> "cr" wrote in message
> news:YDRvd.89$2_4.24@okepread06...
> > So you're saying the stupidest man in the world twice won the election
for
> > the most powerful country in the world???? Does that mean that
a
> > majority of the people in this great land are stupid? Well count me in
on
> > that "stupid" majority.
> >
> > As far as attacking IraK?, let's review again the pictures, sadness,
3000
> > lives lost on 9/11 - would you have your president stick his head in the
> > sand like an ostritch, "play like" it never happened, say "tsk tsk" boys
> > will be boys - NOT - there is no country on the world maps that is named
> > "TERRORIST", where all those kind congregate, which would be easy for US
> > to
> > wipe out - the only alternative is to look at those countries who
harbor,
> > support and finance terrorism - Afghanistan and Iraq to name a few - and
> > as
> > far as I am concerned that includes Iran AND Saudi Arabia!
> >
> > What would the American people have thought if the president did
nothing!
> >
> > But isn't it great to live in a land of such diversity that all sides
are
> > allowed to voice their beliefs in a CIVIL way?? though some of the
> > carrying
> > on about dubya has been severely less than civil.
> >
> > Say did those liberal Hollywood/entertainment-group nuts ever move
> > overseas
> > like they have promised the last two elections if dubya won??
> >
> > Hmmmmm...........
> >
> > Anyhow.........God Bless America, hooray for the good ol' 1st amendment
> > guaranteeing our freedon of speech.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Clar
> >
> > P.S. It's also sad that many people boil the elections down to "the
lesser
> > of two evils"............. gee whiz, if you believe a certain way then
> > support the candidate who most closely represents those beliefs.
> >
> > P.P.S - My conscience is clear, I sleep well at nights, have no regrets.
> >
> >
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> > ========================
> >
> > "Daniel Pelchat" wrote in message
> > news:Abd9d.5369$pF5.69859@wagner.videotron.net...
> >> Everywhere around the world, people don't understand
> >> why Americans would vote for Bush again. It's
> >> obvious he's dumb and idiot. He had no reason to
> >> attack IRAK and still can't agree with that. A guy
> >> who can't see he made a mistake is an idiot. He
> >> lied to the American people and they're happy with
> >> that. Even if Kerry changed his idea, he's still
> >> sincere and I think it's the less bad choice.
> >>
> >> It's my opinion and don't answer dumb things like
> >> f*ck you or other impolite things. Try to be
> >> creative a little.
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >> Rick wrote:
> >> > "George W. Bush is stupid, and he appeals to stupid people."
> >> > -- Ralph Barbieri, 9/30/04
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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