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   From: nsmontassoc@yahoo.com   
      
   On 3/12/2012 7:30 PM, Northerner wrote:   
   > Why not?.   
   >   
   > He was the worst democratically elected leader in the history of the   
   > modern, Western world.   
   >   
   > He should do a tour and issue an apology in every damn country of the   
   > world.   
   >   
   > It all fell to pieces, on his watch.  It's about time pseudo tough   
   > guys like him and Cheney come clean on that, at least.   
   >   
   > Think of it:  9/11, War in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina aftermath, 2008   
   > meltdown.  The Big Four, all on Bush.   
      
      
   In all fairness to Bush, the seeds of the 2008 meltdown were sown long   
   before Bush. The ultimate blame falls on Saint Ronnie who began the   
   idiotic march of deregulation that set the stage for the overreach and   
   collapse. We took the traffic lights off of the corporate world and   
   guess what happened!   
      
   The biggest folly was the repeal of the Glass-Steagal act by Gramm-Leach   
   and signed by Clinton. This accelerated the collapse by allowing banks   
   to foolishly gamble with other peoples money and investments, especially   
   in the mortgage markets.   
      
   The sad thing is republicans to this day are resisting necessary   
   re-regulation such as Dodd-Frank. Unfortunately this is setting the   
   stage for the next collapse which will occur in a few years as the banks   
   and financial institutions have learned nothing and continue with their   
   shenanigans. We're screwed!   
      
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