GEORGE BUSH RESIGNS

[ctownguy]

President Bush's Resignation Speech


Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans." Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.

I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: there's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.

I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great
nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out.

Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high. Our
unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.

Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is
whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy
idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil" thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied People Died' crap either. If I was the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and
economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you. And the bastards are all over the globe.

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess
started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor'.

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as well Fedex a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.



In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd
be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane
approaching. I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would
sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of
Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there're
just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

So that's it. God bless what's left of America. Some of you know what I mean.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

. . . ah, nevermind . . .

 

[ctownguy]

. . . ah, nevermind . . .

:00hour :142smilie :mj07: :142smilie :00hour

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

:00hour :142smilie :mj07: :142smilie :00hour

took the smilies right out of my mouth.

You're not going to know about this for another 20 months or so, but if you get a message from an (809) area code, don't call ithe number back.

 

[ctownguy]

took the smilies right out of my mouth.

You're not going to know about this for another 20 months or so, but if you get a message from an (809) area code, don't call ithe number back.

:shrug: :scared

 

[auspice2]

President Bush's Resignation Speech


Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans." Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.

I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: there's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.

I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great
nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out.

Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high. Our
unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.
Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is
whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy
idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil" thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied People Died' crap either. If I was the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and
economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you. And the bastards are all over the globe.

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess
started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor'.

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as well Fedex a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.



In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd
be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane
approaching. I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would
sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of
Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there're
just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

So that's it. God bless what's left of America. Some of you know what I mean.

The above 'article' was written by the kind of obfuscation specialists this white house uses to whitewash the truths now facing our people after 6 years of BS. I've underlined one part of the above article. Now compare it to the facts below.

The entire article is obfuscation at it's finest, complete with condemnation for any 'idiot' that can't comprehend the incredible contributions of this whitehouse. Priceless...LOL Bobby was right, it's an exercise in futility. Wish I hadn't wasted the time now.




Why so many are unsatisfied with the economy
By: Steve Benen @ 6:04 PM - PDT

The right frequently seems genuinely mystified as to why so many Americans tell pollsters how unsatisfied they are with the economy. Bush and his allies frequently say, ?Look at GDP and unemployment rates! You guys should be thrilled! What kind of idiots are you people?? Maybe news like this will help conservatives better understand the widespread discontent.

Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make ends meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion, new government data shows. [?]

The combined income of all Americans (combined) in 2005 was slightly larger than it was in 2000, but because more people were dividing up the national income pie, the average (for each American) remained smaller. [?]

Total income listed on tax returns grew every year after World War II, with a single one-year exception, until 2001, making the five-year period of lower average incomes and four years of lower total incomes a new experience for the majority of Americans born since 1945.

Got that? Income growth not only stopped after Bush took office, but the last five years are unprecedented in the post WWII-era.
______________
Below is the New York Times article detailing the $$ info from the article above.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/b...1a1fd734c999bc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Auspice good try----But truth of matter is the only place your article you posted as credible came up on search was from is liberal blogger on ultra liberal blog--

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/21/why-so-many-are-unsatisfied-with-the-economy/

It's quite understandable that those that frequent that site have had no income growth.

Lets do a little forum test--
Who besides Aupice has had no income growth in last 5 years.

P.S. you have worn out Aupice 1 & 2 on crediblity factor--how bout staarting over as Aupice 3

 

[auspice2]

Auspice good try----But truth of matter is the only place your article you posted as credible came up on search was from is liberal blogger on ultra liberal blog--

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/21/why-so-many-are-unsatisfied-with-the-economy/

It's quite understandable that those that frequent that site have had no income growth.

Lets do a little forum test--
Who besides Aupice has had no income growth in last 5 years.

P.S. you have worn out Aupice 1 & 2 on crediblity factor--how bout staarting over as Aupice 3

[/
Huh? How do I lose credability dogs? Just reporting an article from a left wing site doesn't make one lose credability. Reporting an article that has no factual basis makes one lose credability, regardless if it's left or right wing. If you can show me one factual error in the article than I'll gladly apologize as posting erroronous info ain't my bag. If not, quit attacking the messenger and stick to the message o.k. ??

The article does nothing but restate the $$ figures from The New York Times re average incomes from tax returns filed. I linked the Times article as well.

BTW....it's Auspice not Aupice. Got that Dugs?

 

[The Sponge]

[/

Huh? How do I lose credability dogs? Just reporting an article from a left wing site doesn't make one lose credability. Reporting an article that has no factual basis makes one lose credability, regardless if it's left or right wing. If you can show me one factual error in the article than I'll gladly apologize as posting erroronous info ain't my bag. If not, quit attacking the messenger and stick to the message o.k. ??

The article does nothing but restate the $$ figures from The New York Times re average incomes from tax returns filed. I linked the Times article as well.

BTW....it's Auspice not Aupice. Got that Dugs?

Your rebuttal has been written about a thousand times to this blockhead and im sure it is gonna be written to him again. Everyone is a liberal who disagrees with him. Im sure he takes advantage of every liberal platform that benefits him. The mere thought of debating someone who is instructed to throw the liberal word around like it means something dirty when in fact he doesn't even know why he is instructed to do so, say's it all.

 

[The Sponge]

Same article from a Souther Newspaper

Average Incomes Fell for Most in 2000-5

The average income in 2005 was $55,238, nearly 1 percent less than the $55,714 in 2000, after adjusting for inflation.

Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make ends meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion, new government data shows.

While incomes have been on the rise since 2002, the average income in 2005 was $55,238, still nearly 1 percent less than the $55,714 in 2000, after adjusting for inflation, analysis of new tax statistics show.

The combined income of all Americans in 2005 was slightly larger than it was in 2000, but because more people were dividing up the national income pie, the average remained smaller. Total adjusted gross income in 2005 was $7.43 trillion, up 3.1 percent from 2000 and 5.8 percent from 2004.

Total income listed on tax returns grew every year after World War II, with a single one-year exception, until 2001, making the five-year period of lower average incomes and four years of lower total incomes a new experience for the majority of Americans born since 1945.

The White House said the fact that average incomes were smaller five years after the Internet bubble burst ?should not surprise anyone.?

The growth in total incomes was concentrated among those making more than $1 million. The number of such taxpayers grew by more than 26 percent, to 303,817 in 2005, from 239,685 in 2000.

These individuals, who constitute less than a quarter of 1 percent of all taxpayers, reaped almost 47 percent of the total income gains in 2005, compared with 2000.

People with incomes of more than a million dollars also received 62 percent of the savings from the reduced tax rates on long-term capital gains and dividends that President Bush signed into law in 2003, according to a separate analysis by Citizens for Tax Justice, a group that points out policies that it says favor the rich.

The group?s calculations showed that 28 percent of the investment tax cut savings went to just 11,433 of the 134 million taxpayers, those who made $10 million or more, saving them almost $1.9 million each. Over all, this small number of wealthy Americans saved $21.7 billion in taxes on their investment income as a result of the tax-cut law.

The nearly 90 percent of Americans who make less than $100,000 a year saved on average $318 each on their investments. They collected 5.3 percent of the total savings from reduced tax rates on investment income.

The I.R.S. data showed that the number of Americans making less than $25,000 a year shrank, down by 3.2 million, or 5.5 percent.

Nearly half of Americans reported incomes of less than $30,000, and two-thirds make less than $50,000.

The number of taxpayers making more than $100,000 grew by nearly 3.4 million and accounted for more than two-thirds of the growth in the number of returns filed in 2005 compared with those in 2000.

The fact that average incomes remained lower in 2005 than five years earlier helps explain why so many Americans report feeling economic stress despite overall growth in the economy. Many Americans are also paying a larger share of their health care costs and have had their retirement benefits reduced, adding to their out-of-pocket costs.

The White House noted that during the same five years, income tax rates have been cut under a series of laws sponsored by President Bush. Mr. Bush has delivered a steady stream of upbeat assessments of the economy, saying last fall, for example, ?I?m pleased with the economic progress we?re making.?

Tony Fratto, a White House spokesman, attributed the drop in average incomes to ?the significant wrenching hits that our economy took in 2001 and 2002, so no one should be surprised that what a bubble economy created in the late 1990s and 2000, where economic data were skewed, would take some time to recover.?

Mr. Fratto said the fact that nearly all of the growth in incomes was among those in the upper reaches of the income ladder and that the majority of investment tax breaks went to those making more than $1 million ?is not a very interesting story.?

?There is no question that you will always have distributional concerns with a tax rate, a broad-based tax rate, at the very top of the income scale,? Mr. Fratto said.

He said the more significant issue was the reduction in taxes for middle-class Americans that Mr. Bush won from Congress.

Robert S. McIntyre, the director of Citizens for Tax Justice, said that even though he expected a few very wealthy people to reap most of the tax savings generated by lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains, the size of the savings ?still takes your breath away.?

He said the tax savings at the top, combined with lower average incomes after five years, ?shows that trickle down doesn?t work.?

 

[smurphy]

Thanks Ctown, very fresh. This is only the 5th time that fantastic forwarded email has been posted. Keep up the good work.

 

[Chadman]

Yeah, I read this in the Times as well, I think it was yesterday. Again, we all have to understand that if an article is not posted on one of Waynes two or three approved sources of information, then it doesn't count.

By the way, if it matters, the story is referencing Internal Revenue Service figures. As we all know, that is a bastion of liberal information...

 

[The Sponge]

Yeah, I read this in the Times as well, I think it was yesterday. Again, we all have to understand that if an article is not posted on one of Waynes two or three approved sources of information, then it doesn't count.

By the way, if it matters, the story is referencing Internal Revenue Service figures. As we all know, that is a bastion of liberal information...

I actually read at another site that Fox touched on this today. Don't know what they said but im sure Dogs heard it. Most likely was spun to where this is fantastic news.:00hour

 

[The Sponge]

Thanks Ctown, very fresh. This is only the 5th time that fantastic forwarded email has been posted. Keep up the good work.

Sad part is i think he was the one who posted it last. I wish he would take that T out of his name and put an L. Easier to track.

 

[ctownguy]

Thanks Ctown, very fresh. This is only the 5th time that fantastic forwarded email has been posted. Keep up the good work.

Hey Smurph and Sponge and Chadman, I can always count on you guys.

Do not come in this forum much any more, except to post something like this just to get a rise out of the lefty loons in this forum and once again you didn't disappoint esp from Sponge the Socialist and Comrade Chadman :142smilie :142smilie :mj07:

 

[The Sponge]

Hey Smurph and Sponge and Chadman, I can always count on you guys.

Do not come in this forum much any more, except to post something like this just to get a rise out of the lefty loons in this forum and once again you didn't disappoint esp from Sponge the Socialist and Comrade Chadman :142smilie :142smilie :mj07:

Lovely

 

[smurphy]

Hey Smurph and Sponge and Chadman, I can always count on you guys.

Do not come in this forum much any more, except to post something like this just to get a rise out of the lefty loons in this forum and once again you didn't disappoint esp from Sponge the Socialist and Comrade Chadman :142smilie :142smilie :mj07:

You are welcome in here anytime. I don't think any of us *socialists* mind what you post, just try and make it somewhat fresh.

I suggest you follow this rule for starters:

If you received it in an email, that means it's very old and has already been posted here at least 3 times.

....Hope this helps.

 

[smurphy]

Lovely

:mj07: :mj07:

 

[ctownguy]

You are welcome in here anytime. I don't think any of us *socialists* mind what you post, just try and make it somewhat fresh.

I suggest you follow this rule for starters:

If you received it in an email, that means it's very old and has already been posted here at least 3 times.

....Hope this helps.

Geez smurph, thanks for the info, but evidently it doesn't have to be "fresh" to still get a good response from you guys. I'll try harder next time:142smilie :142smilie

 

[smurphy]

Geez smurph, thanks for the info, but evidently it doesn't have to be "fresh" to still get a good response from you guys. I'll try harder next time:142smilie :142smilie

It doesn't take much to get a reaction. You should check out Raymond's thread and set some loftier goals for yourself.