<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Joe,<br><br>How do we know Bush was the worst president, we weren't alive for most of them. I do think he was one of the worst. But Harding and A. Johnson, and Jackson were pretty awful too. <br><br>I think Jackson might have been worse. Harding more ignorant, and Johnson more of an alcoholic.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/11/09, Joe Campbell <i><philosopher.joe@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Paradox<br>To: "lfalen" <lfalen@turbonet.com><br>Cc: "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com><br>Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:40 PM<br><br><pre>We just finished eight years of one of the worst two term presidencies <br>in US
history. This man started a war for no damn reason that we as <br>still stuck it, ran up the deficit (which Clinton got down to zero <br>after it was run up by previous Republican administrations), and left <br>us in the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. And you <br>see fit to place the blame on a man who has been in office for about a <br>month and any Democrat or liberal you can think of.<br><br>What is wrong with you? For all the talk from conservatives about <br>personal <span>resonsibility</span> I see little of it. If you don't think that <br>Bush deserves any of the blame for our current economic troubles, then <br>you have a serious problem.<br><br>And what on earth does the color of the president's skin have to do <br>with any of it? If you want a color free society, then stop talking <br>about race in discussions where it is totally irrelevant.<br><br>You and others voted for an idiot. Twice. And now were're paying
the <br>price. It is just that simple.<br><br>Joe Campbell<br><br>On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:45 AM, lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com> wrote:<br><br>> People are right to celebrate the election of Obama as a historic <br>> event. It truly is. It has been along hard struggle to archive the <br>> equality that is stated in the constitution. A lot of brave men have <br>> been involved in the struggle. Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Booker <br>> T. Washington, Medger Evers, King and may others. Some have given <br>> their lives. This is a bitter sweet victory, but wont be truly won <br>> until the color barrier is completely erased. A time when ones color <br>> is no more of an issue than being Irish or German and race is not <br>> even mentioned. The tragedy is that Obama's economic views are so <br>> horribly wrong. What he is doing will prolong the recovery. I will <br>> be in the poor house before the economy
recovers. Already people are <br>> saying medical care will have to prioritized. An old codger like me <br>> will be considered to have lived long enough. Any ailment will be <br>> allowed to run its course.<br>> Obama blames Bush, talking about the failed polices of the last <br>> eight years. Bush certainly bares some of the blame. The main cause <br>> however lays with Acorn, Obama himself, Carter, Franks Dodd and <br>> Clinton. Franks and Dodd were warned about the problem with Freddie <br>> and Fannie and said that everything was fine. Dodd and Obama are the <br>> two largest recipients of contributions from Freddie and Fannie. <br>> Thes are now the people in charge of fixing the problem. This is <br>> like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.<br>> Obama calls for a bipartisan effort to pass his program. If he want <br>> bipartisan support he first needs to rain in Rham Emanuel. Emanuel
<br>> wamts to take the census away from the Commerce Department and put <br>> it under his control This is to politicize it. The goal is to ensure <br>> democratic control forever. Obama is saying to the republicans in <br>> essence "I want to destroy you and I would like this to be a <br>> bipartisan effort". The Republicans would have to have a death wish <br>> to go along with it. totally aside from the harmful effect to the <br>> country.<br>> Roger<br>><br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving
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