Is it just a coincidence that the title of Bush’s radio speech on March 8, 2003 when he makes the assertion “We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq.” is:
“IRAQ: DENIAL AND DECEPTION“

Bush is probably the most honest and decent president we have had in the last 30 years. If he says Saddam had WMDs, then I believe him, even though we have searched and searched and turned Iraq upside down looking for them and haven’t YET found them. I won’t be surprised if we finally find some WMDs over there in 10 or 20 years of continous occupation.

As for the allegation that Bush suggested we paint a U.S. warplane to look like a U.N. plane and then use the plane to draw fire from Iraqi batteries is just insane. We all know that Bush, given his many prodigous talents, doesn’t have the creativity to come up with an idea like that. That kind of creativity can only be a product of the liberal media in their attempt to make Bush look like a warmonger and liar.

So I say, let’s ignore these press reports. The media is just jealous of Bush’s popularity with the American people.

Those are the same memo extracts that every website/news source is using, where is the actual memo they came from? My point was why won’t the Gray Lady, or any other media outlet publish the memo if they have it.

Comment by squegeeboo

To squegeeboo,
You’re welcome. Because of the great number of orphans produced by WWII, the Japanese penal system has been very lenient towards juvenile deliquents. Until a few years ago, there weren’t even any set punishments for murderers under 16. The age for being sent to reformatories has since been lowered to 14, but that still doesn’t cover 12-year old killers.

Just because it makes my skin crawl when I hear people talk about democracy vs republic:

A republic is a form of democracy -other types of democracy include: Constitutional monarchy (Spain, UK, etc.), and parliamentary democracy (Italy, Canada, India).

The US is a representative democracy aka republic:

Representative democracy is a political system where the people vote on government members, who are then expected to make decisions in accordance with the interests of their voters. It is called representative because the people do not vote on government decisions directly, but elect representatives to decide for them. This form of government has been increasingly common in recent times, and the number of representative democracies experienced such explosive growth during the 20th century that the majority of the world’s population now lives under representative democratic regimes (which are sometimes also referred to as “republics”).
Wikipedia: Democracy

The United States is a constitutional republic, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in the United States Constitution. Specifically, the nation operates as a presidential democracy.
Wikipedia: United States of America

Anyways, goodnight, I look forward to anouther full day of Ryan insulting me tomorow.

Yes, that’s why the USA is an indirect democracy…

technically, the senate is supposed to represent our states, not the population.

This sentence makes no sense. Your senator represents your state, but not its people? Further, the people of each state elects their senators -again, the very definition of a democracy.

So that leaves the House as democratically elected representing the people, while the rest, Supreme Court, Pres, Senate are either not elected by popular vote, or are not representing us.

Senators are elected by the people of their state to serve six year terms.

Again, “periodically free-held elections” -the very definition of a democracy.

You didn’t know that you can cast a vote for your senator every six years? What state do you live in, anyway?

#102 Like I said, the electoral college votes for the president. The electoral college does not have to follow the popular vote, and in several cases thru out our nations history they have not. This means that your vote might not matter, depending on who is in the electoral college. The Electoral College, the way the president is elected, is why Gore lost, and it has happened a few other times in history also. The supreme court sided with electoral law, as opposed to the popular vote beacuse we are a country of laws.

#103 I said either not elected popularly, or not representing us, the senate represents the states, not us. There for the second half of the or applies, not the first half, funny thing about or’s it means either A, B or both A and B, in this case it just meant B, way to not understand simple logic.

Wiscoduk
#104 It disgusts me that a president has the power to add little notes to a bill like that, no president should be able to, laws are made by congress, accepted/vetoed by the president, and that is how it should be, and no, until I googled it earlier this evening I had no idea what the PNAC was, however, from reading/posting on this site I now know. Just because I’m conservative (actually a Neo-Libertarian) dosn’t mean I follow Bush blindly.

Lora
#109 Thanks for the extra info on Japanese capital punishment, was unaware that their minors are under 20, not under 18

The New York Times is reporting on yet another confidential British government memo that details a discussion at the White House between President Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair and senior-level aides on January 31, 2003. In sum, the memo outlines……

Comment by squegeeboo

To squeegeeboo,
It is true that Japan has the death penalty, however it is never used on juveniles, which used to mean under 20. Nowadays some judges find a gray area between ages 18 and 20 and occasionally mete it out to particularly vicious killers in that age range. The death penalty is also very seldom ordered for someone who has murdered just one person. And don’t take this as my passing judgment on Japan’s practices; I am only stating the facts here.

Comment by mighty aphrodite

Mighty Hypocrite,
Since you brought up Japan–a country whose history and culture I know much better than you–, I was merely adding another fact that may have also been taken into consideration when deciding whether to use the A-bomb or the contingency plan. I really don’t need someone with such a poor grasp of English and who tends to use the same little chestnuts in a futile attempt to make his/her points even after they’ve already been disproven to question my intelligence. And, by the way, you never did answer my question of whether you were involved in any petitions concerning Rwanda.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/

Quick question squegee. What is your opinion of Bush’s under-publicized “signing statement” after the official signing of the Patriot Act? No time for a waste of time debate. Just curious what your thoughts are.

P.S. – Did you really not know what the PNAC was?

The senate isn’t elected by popular vote? Are you utterly retarded? When you get old enough to get on the internet without parental supervision – then consider coming back moron. Right now, you’re just wasting everyone’s time with your stupidity.

Were you always this stupid, or did you have to work at it.

When I vote, I don’t cast a vote for an ‘electoral college’, I vote on the CANDIDATE. The electoral college is just a ‘check’ in the system that permits the government to re-shuffle the votes based on ’state boundaries’ regarding HOW those votes get counted. But a claim that you don’t vote on the president is utterly retarded!

And gore didn’t lose, the supreme court gave bush the victory. Gore wone the popular vote nationally and in florida – but the republicans interfered with that vote and the natural processes around it.

MORON.