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• • Worst President ever.

  • Originally posted by Vemoi
    

    Originally posted by declaredemer
    

    Most students of history know that George Washington was not only the greatest President of the United States but also one of the world's greatest leaders.  It is not simply because he was the first (or fifth President if you consider the Articles of Confederation).  He was recognized in his own time as best, or "first among men," because of not only his character, command of details, strategic thinking, vision for our great country, but many, many other reasons. 

     

     

    The worst, on July 3rd, pains me to say this.  It is George Bush.  We know this.  We can feel it.  He exploited the attacks of 9/11, which is something that is very difficult for me (and many millions of Americans) to come to terms with.  He exploited it by using our treasury to fund special interests, send money to states that had nothing to do with 9/11, and invade a country for reasons that had nothing to do with 9/11.  Yes, my fellow Americans, as painful as it is to say, he did take advantage of 9/11 for ... politics.

     

    Bush will be judged as the worst President on every measure

    • Public Finance (record debt, "missing," "lost," "unaccounted for" BILLIONS of dollars).*
    • Leadership skills (managed, coordination, communication, control, organization, vision)
    • Economy (recession, housing implosion, RECORD inflation, oil prices).
    • Military (preventing our military from "modernizing";  bad strategic decisions (bad is an understatement);  inadequate care for veterans;  overall bad planning).
    • Corruption (turned the DOJ (Department of Justice) into a political organization, which is JUST disgraceful... Attorney General is such an important position for ALL of our Constitutional rights that it has been suggested HUNDREDS of years ago the position should be an elected one;  Bush shows why this position is so important for all the wrong reasons).
    • Foreign Relations (so bad needs no explanation unless you do not read the paper or have absolutely no background in International Relations, diplomacy, etc.)

    
    

    *Pssssssst... do not tell ANYONE I said this:  the government never "loses" BILLIONS of dollars. 

    
     

    You could take all those points, multiply by about 4, and replace Bush and you get Carter.

    So I vote Carter.

    
     

    I agree Carter is the worst.

  • Posted: 7/03/08 1:22 PM
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• • You could have heard a pin drop

  • Originally posted by Gameloading
    

    Originally posted by mike470
    

    Originally posted by Gameloading
    

    Yup, making fun of a national holiday on the 2nd of july, makes a whole lot of sense doesn't it?

    But to be more serious, the message those stories give is clearly to point towards America's so called ' superiority' over europe, and from my understanding that is not what the 4th of july is about.

    
     

    Jealous?

    Of what exactly?
     

    
    I'd like to stress that I have nothing against patriotism. While I do not share any patriotic feelings, I don't have anything against it. What I do find annoying is arrogance. The stories in the OP's posts smell of "we sure shut up those european bastards! hah!".

    
     

    It would attack France the most becuase if you noticed England was included in the 2nd story about why they always speak english.

  • Posted: 7/02/08 5:39 PM
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• • System requirements for Diablo3

  • Blizz likes it for everyone to play their games. Like wow low requirements. Im gonna guess that D3 will be low too.

  • Posted: 7/02/08 3:54 PM
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• • You could have heard a pin drop

  • This close to July 4, these serve as reminders of all the things we
    >
    > > are celebrating.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > You could have heard a pin drop. You don't say?
    > >
    > >
    > > When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
    > > asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were
    > > just an example of empire building' by George Bush .
    > >
    > >
    > > He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent
    > > many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
    > > freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever
    > > asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
    > >
    > >
    > > You could have heard a pin drop.
    > >
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > >
    > >
    > > There was a conference in France where a number of international
    > > engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
    >
    > > break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying
    > > 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an
    >
    > > aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What
    > does
    > > he intended to do, bomb them?'
    > >
    > >
    > > A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
    > > three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people;
    > they
    > > are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
    > > shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
    > > feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several
    > > thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they
    > > carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and
    > > injured to and from their flight deck.
    > >
    > >
    > > We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
    > >
    > >
    > > You could have heard a pin drop.
    > >
    > >
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > >
    > >
    > > A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
    > > Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
    > > Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a
    > > large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
    >
    > > countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped
    > > their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that,
    > 'whereas
    > > Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He
    > > then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in
    > these
    > > conferences rather than speaking French?'
    > >
    > >
    > > Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's
    > because
    > > the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
    > > wouldn't have to speak German.'
    > >
    > >
    > > You could have heard a pin drop.
    > >
    > >
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > >
    > >
    > > AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
    > >
    > >
    > > Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
    > > plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his
    > > passport in his carry on.
    > >
    > >
    > > 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer
    > > asked sarcastically.
    > >
    > >
    > > Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously ..
    > >
    > >
    > > 'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'
    > >
    > >
    > > The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show
    >
    > > it.' 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on
    > > arrival in France !'
    > >
    > >
    > > The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
    > > quietly explained. 'Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-
    > > Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single
    > > Frenchmen to show a passport to.'
    > >
    > >
    > > You could have heard a pin drop.
    > >
    > >
    > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Posted: 7/02/08 10:36 AM
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• • So mounts at lvl 30....

  • Theres nothing wrong with mounts at 30 i mean who cares 10 levels with a mount less time spent wasted on walking.

  • Posted: 6/30/08 10:24 AM
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