Bush on CNBC

[bhairava]

SteveD:

Why does war with Iran remain a dictinct possibility on this planet??

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[Bugatti]

Quote from Thunderdog:

I wonder how long it will take the new administration to figure out just how badly he screwed things up since stepping into the Whitehouse. I suspect it will be far worse than it may first appear, what with the reverse-Midas touch and all, and all the things that he touched...

And may I ask....what have you done to help the situation assuming you are a US citizen? Please explain these ''things'' that he touched?...

 

[craigs21]

Quote from Alex_in_Oz:

Watching what is happening in the USA from Australia.

What stops me from feeling sorry for you all is the fact you all voted for the Republicans TWICE!!

Have you forgotten the last Bush so quickly?

It gives me great satisfaction watching it all go down the tubes there in the USA.

Good entertainment ....keep it up!

Hey Ozzy,

If we get into another great depression I am rilly rilly sure you will be rolling in the dough. Right Mate? No spill over in Oz land, right?

I knew Bush was an idiot. I voted republican because the alternative was worse. If you like the big nanny euro socialist model then go for it. I will fight it with my life. If the opposition donkeys want to put up a moderate then I will take a look.

BTW, I did vote for Clinton in 92. Extreme gun control, gays in the military, and HillaryCare woke me up. In 94 I was actively working with others to get rid of the donkey majority in congress.

good luck down there,

 

[Bugatti]

Right... well you are in Australia... the land of unproductivity AND lazyness... in other words unemployable criminals... most discraceful part of ASIA!!! Your satisfaction stems from jealousy...

Quote from Alex_in_Oz:

Watching what is happening in the USA from Australia.

What stops me from feeling sorry for you all is the fact you all voted for the Republicans TWICE!!

Have you forgotten the last Bush so quickly?

It gives me great satisfaction watching it all go down the tubes there in the USA.

Good entertainment ....keep it up!

 

[craigs21]

Quote from Thunderdog:

If you don't think that Big Oil is engaged in oligopolistic price gouging, then we will simply have to agree to disagree and wonder what the hell the other guy is thinking.

As for the rest of your post, are you suggesting that the economy comprises only farmers, "oilmen" and "wise ass 20-somethings teeming in Silicon Valley with million share stock options"? Because I was actually thinking of the vast majority of people in between.

Oligopolistic? How many big oil companies are there in the world? Quite a few when you factor in the state owned companies. You might be able to make a case for refiners having a small amount of power over localized pricing, but not in the aggregate. Besides, we are not just importing crude, we are importing increasing amounts of gasoline. Why? Because regulations and environmental hippies have driven the costs of new refineries through the roof. How many have been built in the last 30 years?

Give me a break.

 

[Pondracer]

Quote from craigs21:

Besides, we are not just importing crude, we are importing increasing amounts of gasoline. Why? Because regulations and environmental hippies have driven the costs of new refineries through the roof. How many have been built in the last 30 years?

Give me a break.

In my opinion the environmental boogie men theory is promoted by Valero, Shell and the others. Less refinery capacity plays in their favor.

More and more gasoline is not the long term solution, but a true alternative will not be implemented until the pain is much higher. It really has to hit the $8 a gallon mark, and stay there.

There are so many ways this country could conserve - and not just in terms of transportation - that it is hard to have much sympathy for a population that consumes as if there is no end in sight. Just the tremendous amount of waste in terms of plastic is astounding.

 

[ByLoSellHi]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/o...em&ex=1205812800&en=f15079df20e3ae9b&ei=5087

 

[stock_trad3r]

George W Bush is a decent president. Not the best, but not that bad either. Since 2002 there hasn't been another terrorist attack the the stock market surged 70%

 

[patoo]

Quote from stock_trad3r:

George W Bush is a decent president. Not the best, but not that bad either. Since 2002 there hasn't been another terrorist attack the the stock market surged 70%

And I suppose you pay attention to Rush Limbaugh too. Take off them rose colored glasses and get a reality check.
This 40 years-a-Republican is voting for the other side. Bush is worse than Carter and I didn't think that was possible.

I just hope Obama ends up like Kennedy and Ronnie, cuz we need someone of that calibur right now.

 

[bigarrow]

If you don't count 9/11 then Bush has done a good job of protecting us from terrorists.