Comments on: Bush Cuts Funding For Democracy Initiative, One Week After Touting Program In SOTU Speech http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:36:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: batteries http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-2/#comment-5284092 batteries Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:23:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-5284092 should I give money to fight AIDS, famine and maleria. Should I stop propping up dictatorships around the world. should we stop the import and sale of conflict resources. No, there is only one way I can bring democracy to the world, I’ll invade a country that has not posed a threat to America in 13 years, spend $1.8 Trillion ans drop more bombs than all the wars combined. But seriously what else should we expect, the Millennium Challenge Account was never seen by the Bush administration as a serious effort to fight poverty and democracy promotion. If they were really wanting to bring democracy to the world they WOULD stop propping up dictators. They would insist on corporate responsability around the world, and they would uphold international law and prosicute <a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/acer/aspire-2020.htm" rel="nofollow">acer aspire 2020 battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/acer/btp-33a1.htm" rel="nofollow">acer btp-33a1 battery</a> american war criminals. The very same war criminals that are now advising the presidential candidates. should I give money to fight AIDS, famine and maleria. Should I stop propping up dictatorships around the world. should we stop the import and sale of conflict resources. No, there is only one way I can bring democracy to the world, I’ll invade a country that has not posed a threat to America in 13 years, spend $1.8 Trillion ans drop more bombs than all the wars combined.

But seriously what else should we expect, the Millennium Challenge Account was never seen by the Bush administration as a serious effort to fight poverty and democracy promotion. If they were really wanting to bring democracy to the world they WOULD stop propping up dictators. They would insist on corporate responsability around the world, and they would uphold international law and prosicute acer aspire 2020 battery,acer btp-33a1 battery american war criminals. The very same war criminals that are now advising the presidential candidates.

]]> By: Great Frybread King http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-2/#comment-4255744 Great Frybread King Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:35:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255744 This is no different than when Shrub issues signing statements after praising the benefits of democracy, the rule of law, and checks and balances. This is no different than when Shrub issues signing statements after praising the benefits of democracy, the rule of law, and checks and balances.

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-2/#comment-4255559 Fred Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:32:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255559 51 kilo basically embraces the role of TROLL. I guess he thinks he's playing a part in forming some kind of troll alliance....wonder if he's eastern or western division troll brigade. 51 kilo basically embraces the role of TROLL. I guess he thinks he’s playing a part in forming some kind of troll alliance….wonder if he’s eastern or western division troll brigade.

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-2/#comment-4255464 Wayne Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255464 Comment by Kilo — February 6, 2008 @ 8:38 am And who says Republi-trolls are devoid of humor? **rolls eyes ** Too bad you missed the point of this thread and my post. I won't bother trying to explain to you. Comment by Kilo — February 6, 2008 @ 8:38 am

And who says Republi-trolls are devoid of humor? **rolls eyes **

Too bad you missed the point of this thread and my post.
I won’t bother trying to explain to you.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255411 The Republic of Stupidity Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:21:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255411 The Talking Point Fax-o-matic line is probably down. Comment by Wayne — February 5, 2008 @ 9:53 pm It must really, really, really suck to be a troll these days, having to defend this endless river of BS that flows from the WH . The Talking Point Fax-o-matic line is probably down.

Comment by Wayne — February 5, 2008 @ 9:53 pm

It must really, really, really suck to be a troll these days, having to defend this endless river of BS that flows from the WH .

]]> By: questioneverything http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255406 questioneverything Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:08:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255406 What a surprise! What a surprise!

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255403 Wayne Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:03:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255403 This guy probably didn't evenknow what was in his speech before he read it at the SOTU. I mean, come on. One of his latest "Bushisms" "I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands." GW Bush—on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008 The guy is a drunk. And he has been a puppet, an evil f-king puppet for sure, but a puppet none the less. He's an imbecile. This guy probably didn’t evenknow what was in his speech before he read it at the SOTU.

I mean, come on. One of his latest “Bushisms”

“I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands.” GW Bush—on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008

The guy is a drunk. And he has been a puppet, an evil f-king puppet for sure, but a puppet none the less. He’s an imbecile.

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255399 Wayne Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:53:13 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255399 I notice a very telling absence of trolls from this thread. I guess there are some things they can't find the stomach to defend. Naw. The Talking Point Fax-o-matic line is probably down. I notice a very telling absence of trolls from this thread.

I guess there are some things they can’t find the stomach to defend.

Naw.
The Talking Point Fax-o-matic line is probably down.

]]> By: Tired of being lied to http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255382 Tired of being lied to Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:21:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255382 Sadly, Bush's SOTU speak will most likely go into the history books and the cuts will be a footnote, at best. That's the pattern of a deceitful, lying, despot. Be able to point to what you said as the historical evidence, and not what you did (or did not do). If you <em>read</em> what was said in Germany in the 1930's, it doesn't sound all that bad. What <em>happened</em> was tragic. Folks, we are in it up to our necks, and Romney-Mc-Huckabee want to keep us there (or dig us in deeper). Sadly, Bush’s SOTU speak will most likely go into the history books and the cuts will be a footnote, at best. That’s the pattern of a deceitful, lying, despot. Be able to point to what you said as the historical evidence, and not what you did (or did not do). If you read what was said in Germany in the 1930’s, it doesn’t sound all that bad. What happened was tragic.

Folks, we are in it up to our necks, and Romney-Mc-Huckabee want to keep us there (or dig us in deeper).

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255381 katy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:18:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255381 <em>Yeah he did that with the clean coal plant in Minnesota. Comment by Guido OBGYN Lover — February 5, 2008 @ 8:51 pm</em> there too? FutureGen had the rug pulled out from under, here in central illinois... http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/30/future-gen/ Yeah he did that with the clean coal plant in Minnesota.
Comment by Guido OBGYN Lover — February 5, 2008 @ 8:51 pm

there too?
FutureGen had the rug pulled out from under, here in central illinois…
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/30/future-gen/

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255378 had enough Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:09:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255378 <em>Hitler made up words that weren’t really words as well? Comment by dbadass </em> Well no, but could it be Bush fakes stupidity as act while he steals from our treasury, and rapes our democracy? You have to admit he has gotten just about everything he wants except for privatizing social security. Hitler made up words that weren’t really words as well?

Comment by dbadass
Well no, but could it be Bush fakes stupidity as act while he steals from our treasury, and rapes our democracy? You have to admit he has gotten just about everything he wants except for privatizing social security.

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255372 dbadass Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:57:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255372 Comment by had enough — February 5, 2008 @ 8:53 pm Hitler made up words that weren't really words as well? Comment by had enough — February 5, 2008 @ 8:53 pm

Hitler made up words that weren’t really words as well?

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255371 had enough Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:53:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255371 If for once Bush was a man of his word, I think we would all be shocked. Not only do we hear constant lies but he is so Hitler like while giving these speeches. If for once Bush was a man of his word, I think we would all be shocked.
Not only do we hear constant lies but he is so Hitler like while giving these speeches.

]]> By: Guido OBGYN Lover http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255369 Guido OBGYN Lover Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:51:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255369 Yeah he did that with the clean coal plant in Minnesota. Bush will dine with Satan and the other Pharisees for an eternity. Oh well. Yeah he did that with the clean coal plant in Minnesota.
Bush will dine with Satan and the other Pharisees for an eternity. Oh well.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255351 MapleStreet Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:36:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255351 Not only the hypocritical bait and switch , but if our goal is promote democracy, how come we're torpedoing Taiwan ? Not only the hypocritical bait and switch

, but if our goal is promote democracy, how come we’re torpedoing Taiwan ?

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255330 sacopenapa Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:08:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255330 The United States Historical record on "Democracy promotion" is a disgrace. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Blovia, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua, Greece, Philipines and many many more countries had military dictatorships that were financed and supported by the USA. Judging by its record alone, one can centaily say the the US hates democracy! Watch "War on Democracy" a recent documentary by John Pilger. You Tube it!!!! The United States Historical record on “Democracy promotion” is a disgrace. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Blovia, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua, Greece, Philipines and many many more countries had military dictatorships that were financed and supported by the USA. Judging by its record alone, one can centaily say the the US hates democracy! Watch “War on Democracy” a recent documentary by John Pilger. You Tube it!!!!

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255308 Doc Rock Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:47:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255308 <a href="http://www.allhatnocattle.net/bushforked.jpg" rel="nofollow">Forked tongue</a> Forked tongue

]]> By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255295 ucsbclassics53 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:32:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255295 Yes, the only bush pieces of truth were that he loves baseball, he is a sports fan, and ummmm "Thanks for having me," Bush told the chancellor. "I'm looking forward to that pig tonight." Yes, the only bush pieces of truth were that he loves baseball, he is a sports fan, and ummmm “Thanks for having me,” Bush told the chancellor. “I’m looking forward to that pig tonight.”

]]> By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255284 joe cantwell Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:21:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255284 so, has anyone done a study to find out if it’s true that every time duby touts a program or benefit in the SOTU it is cut or de/underfunded soon after? wonder what the stats are on that… Comment by katy — February 5, 2008 @ 6:47 pm good point katy. in "bushwhacked" molly ivins wrote that bush's m.o. as governor of texas was to do exactly that. so, has anyone done a study to find out if it’s true that
every time duby touts a program or benefit in the SOTU
it is cut or de/underfunded soon after?

wonder what the stats are on that…

Comment by katy — February 5, 2008 @ 6:47 pm

good point katy. in “bushwhacked” molly ivins wrote that bush’s m.o. as governor of texas was to do exactly that.

]]> By: WaltinTexas http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-4255275 WaltinTexas Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:10:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/millennium-challenge-bush/#comment-4255275 #23, Bob- OK, 3 times it is. My favorite is the, "haves and have mores" comment. Of course, he's a representative of 'middle America' according to Karl. #23, Bob- OK, 3 times it is. My favorite is the, “haves and have mores” comment. Of course, he’s a representative of ‘middle America’ according to Karl.

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