<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I am no fan of Bush. But let us get our facts straight.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Bush administration is not the first, nor will it be the last to use, "illegal<BR>NSA wiretaps, Gitmo, waterboarding, extraordinary rendition, extreme <BR>expansion of executive power, or signing statements."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Congress voted for and passed the Patriot Act, and the Democratic Congress has not reversed it. Democrats also voted to dedicate resources and military efforts in Iraq instead of going after UBL. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 1/4/09, Paul <SPAN>Rumelhart</SPAN> <I><godshatter@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Frank RIch on W<BR>To: "g. crabtree" <jampot@roadrunner.com><BR>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 12:09 PM<BR><BR><PRE>It was well written, but it skimmed over some of the more egregious
effects of his presidency. No mention of the "Patriot" act, illegal
NSA
wiretaps, Gitmo, waterboarding, extraordinary rendition, extreme
expansion of executive power, or signing statements.
Can't film critics form opinions like everybody else?
Paul
g. crabtree wrote:
> Brilliant? Shocking news flash, Frank Rich still doesn't have anything
> good to say about the Bush presidency. Who'd a thunk it. Isn't
this
> pretty much the same piece that Rich has been writing for the last
> eight years? If your "heartbreaking reality" is dispensed by a
third
> rate theatre critic via the New York Times Op-Ed page, life must be a
> never ending series of sorrows.
>
> g
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* keely emerinemix <mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com>
> *To:* vision2020@moscow.com <mailto:vision2020@moscow.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:28 AM
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Frank RIch on W
>
>
>
> Brilliant analysis, heartbreaking reality --
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04rich.html
>
> Keely
> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
>
>
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