Letter to the Editor
Bush’s legacy
Published Friday, July 18, 2008
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To the editor:
Now that petroleum investments have returned to world class profitability, our favorite rich Texas oilman has finally found his desperately needed legacy. And good thing, too, since the whole “War Hero” thing didn’t pan out so well.
If he could just get all these protected areas drilled and sold on the world market, what a Golden Boy he’d be then!
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Republicans have been fooled. Conservatives have been fooled. This man Bush has done more harm to this nation than all it's enemies throughout it's history. And he did it with the help of the Democratic Party. Who do these people represent?
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Wishing for the murder of the President. newsminerbrainminers, you are a real peice of work.
Newsminerbrainminer, You wishing for the president to be shot is sad and your saying so in this forum is just plain stupid. No matter what you think of someone you should not wish for their death, especially the president. What is the matter with you? You may not agree with him on any issue, but wishing for him to be shot is extreme to say the least. As for the writer, Bush's legacy stands in the fact that he stood up against terrorism after Sept 11, 2001, or did you forget that part. It's real easy to be the Monday morning quarterback but hard to be the person who has to make life and death decisions. When and if Obama gets elected, will he sit down with terrorists who killed thousands of Americans or will he take action? If I had to bet on it today I would say that a return to the days of the Carter administration is near. When and if Americans are attacked and killed again Obama will want to sit down with them and try to figure out what we as Americans did wrong to provoke such an attack and how we can placate the terrorists so they will not attack again. The world changed after 9/11 and we as Americans need to accept that fact. I won't even get in to the fact that Pres. Bush is not the only one to blame for oil prices these days. Do some homework, research, and get the real facts. Our government and the environmentalists have put us in the bind we are in today. If it's going to take 7 to 10 years from now to pull oil out of the ground then let's go back 7 to 10 years or even more to see who is to blame for our situation. I'll bet if you do some non biased research you will find that the real people to blame are those who blocked ANWR and the continental shelf to oil exploration many years ago, and that goes way beyond Pres Bush.
Anthony D. Koehler
newsminerbrainminer---
Big words for an anonymous small man.
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As for the letter to the editor, you certainly are welcome to your opinion, or Keith Olberman's, or the DNCs. It's too bad that you feel the need to be reactive and to parrot others, rather than to actually look at the the problems facing our nation. It's so easy to blame Bush, what with hate and disrespect being the order of the day for the left.
History will be more understanding of the President.
newsminernewsbrainer, your lucky because if you lived in some other countries you yourself would be dead with your comment made about the president. We have lost the word Respect for the office of our President, Governor, and those in Authority. I realize Respect is a two way street but you never wish Death on even your worse enemy because that might come back to you sooner than you realize. As for drilling in ANWR its not the President fault just look who has been Blocking the Votes in the House and SEnate!!
newsminersbrain, good job. What you put in print is enough to send you to prison for about 10 years. The DNM should forward your posted comment to the FBI at once & you would be in a cell by the end of the day.
well...newsminerbrainminers also called for the destruction of our city when he/she/it wrote:
"WOW. You all make me wish the "terrorists" would nuke this town! And here I thought only Texas was a good place for terrorism!!!
IDIOTS!!!" posted July 11 at 3:42 a.m.
so now you know the MENTALity of this "person"...
all we can hope is that newsminerbrainminers gets back on their MEDICATION, and soon...
Sorry, can't blame the DNC or Libs for Bush's follies. HE has had 8 years to perfect them on his own. He is one who has not learned from his decade of mistakes and poor decision making. Sad, but true.
newsminerbrainminers,
Enjoy your time with the Feds.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscod...
Sorry Agamemnon, the president has very little authority without congress. Some things he can do, most others require their approval, the old checks and balance system. For instance, the president cannot declare war, it's an act of congress. For all his faults, congress went right along with him in it. Do I like Bush? He wasn't the worst we've had. Do I agree with everything he's done? Not a chance, but I'm not blind or naive enough to think all this is one person's fault either.
The office of the President of the United States is the highest office anyone can hold in the USA. Did President Bush abuse that office? Only history will tell. After 9-11 Americans wanted revenge, not 100% of all Americans but enough to boost the Presidents ratings up and make him look like a hero. The WMD that we were looking for didn't show up as the bombs and nukes that everyone wanted but the weapons were there in the form of men that hated us enough to kill without any remorse. They didn't need to build weapons, they used our own jets to accomplish their mission. Saddam Husain,(forgive my spelling), said this would be the Mother of all wars, he was correct. I would imagine he's rolling over in his grave laughing at us. The WMD are still the people that hate us and they are not finished yet. Seems like everyone needs a scape-goat to blame so their hands still remain clean. We have no one but ourselves to blame for this energy mess we're in.
As for wishing the President "Dead", when I was growing up, anyone saying anything close to that would have been in jail before the sun went down.
actually kids, all i said was I am surprised someone has not and I wish they had. especially back when he was killing so many innocent people. It seems fair! I also wish it was sunny today, but I can do nothing about that either. I have just never seen a leader hated so much worldwide and it would have been nice if someone had put him out of our misery or impeeched him for war crimes. Saddam and and GW needed the same treatment!
Grow up! And stop defending this piece of dung!
G-Dubya's god told him the Alaska's senior citizens make too much money on Social Security and he should help relieve them of their burden.
Grow up, that sounds funny coming from you.
While wishing someone was dead or would get dead might not be a crime, I wouldn't mind the FBI looking into it.
When did Bush kill anyone? When did Bush authorize killing any innocent people? What war crime did he commit? Have any proof?
Very well said Mr. Koehler. Shame on the Daily News Miner for not removing the ridiculous comment by newsminerbrainminers. His comment and user profile should be forwarded to the FBI post-haste. We have had a president for 8 years now who has had the guts to stand up and protect his country, despite public opinion and for that simple fact alone we should be thankful. Before that what did we have? A president who stood by and did nothing while the WTC center was bombed the first time, the USS Cole, Kobar Towers, the US Embassy, and lets not forget the cowardly way he handled Somalia. Maybe he was to busy trying to figure out what the meaning of IS is. I do not agree with a lot of the policies of the current administration but when it comes to defending this country, he is on point.
Dead on SteveO
Mike, your absolutely right. The answer to your question is- He works for defence contractors, giant oil corporations and most of all, the private central banks that took this country over and who want the few remaining hold out populations. By the way, the Dems work for the same criminals, remember Clinton's fake Kosovo war? Clinton also signed the order preventing the FBI from investigating Osama in 1996. Bush only reauthorized it in Jan, 2001.
How many know that Bush sr. and the Bin-Laden family were two of the largest shareholders in the Carlyle group on 9/11 (Wall Street Journal & BBC). Did you know that GW. Bush received $13 million from one of Osama's older brothers in 1976, to bail his failing oil venture out of bankruptcy? Or that GW bush's grandfather Prescott Bush was a top money launderer for the NAZI's. He laundered money through the Union Bank in New York, which had its assets seized in 1941 under the trading with the enemies act. Prescott Bush sold his one and only share in the bank for $1.5 million in 1951 and became a senator the next year.
What are you talking about newsminerbrainminers? Name one person President Bush has killed. Wishing someone had killed the President is just as bad as saying it yourself. As for comparing Saddam and President Bush, are you out of your mind? These are two very different leaders and to compare the two only shows your extremism and hate. Did President gas his own people, did President Bush kill all those who did not agree with his policies? If this was true you wouldn't be alive to spew your hate filled rhetoric. Get educated, stop watching CNN, MSNBC, CBS, and ABC and believing everything you hear. The reason the world hate's President Bush lies in the fact that he won't roll over and turn the other cheek when faced with adversity or when our country and our way of live is being attacked. Do you live your life trying to be what others want you to be or are you your own man and stand on your principles. Why should we conform to the standards that other countries would set for us. We are a world leader and we lead from the front.
As i recall, osama was blamed for the towers coming down, not saddam. Also as i recall, osama was hiding in afghanistan, not iraq. Also, congress did NOT go along with a declaration of war, they voted to enforce and back the united nations. Bush alone gave the order to attack the iraqi people. 20 years from now, when we are out of this mess, the children of iraq will only remember the americans killing there mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. As for our children, they will be told that bush was a hero and great protector and they won't understand why the iraqi's want them dead.
You know every morning when I get to work, this is the first site I go to because I think everyone logged on here educates me in some way each time. It's really quite impressive some of the knowledge some people research just to prove another wrong. But has anyone noticed that THIS topic has been repeated at least 3 times a week, with the same arguments, I wish we could move past this. I personally don't agree with the Bush administration but they will be gone soon, and as soon as we pick a new President who makes a decision on what to do about the war and economy we can all start arguing and tearing that administration apart, until then, there are so many more productive discussions we could be having. Just my opinion though.
Wishing Bush dead well that’s just stupid. Wishing his impeachment or tried and convicted of his crimes that is more like it.
Who did Bush kill, well let us just start with shock and aw, Do you suppose that all those bombs we dropped hit guilty people. Considering the true facts we know now. That there were no weapons of mass destruction and all the other lies told, then it seems to me a lot of people most likely innocent of the charges leveled at them by Bush died in the first few days of that war. I doubt all the bombs we dropped hit their targets, the bad guys with WMD’s. I am pretty sure a lot of people died in those days. I doubt most of them were guilty of anything more than living in Iraq. How soon we forget about the bombs dropped on the schools and weddings.
I have watched Countdown and Keith Olberman for several years and have never heard him wish for George Bush’s death. Comments like that are just as stupid as the guy who is wishing for GW”s death.
Adkoehler66 where do you get your news Fox? Or is it Ann Coulter or Rush Limbough? Ha Ha Ha! I know it’s hard for people with tiny minds not to be brain washed by the rhetoric but please change the channel.
Bush’s legacy well how about under his administration 4 airplanes were hijacked from this country on the same day and used as weapons against us. If you actually read and listen to the news you would know that there were warnings to this administration about the very thing that happened. They were ignored.
And then instead of finishing the job in Afganistan we went to war in Iraq.
Not a judgment, just a point, but don't the Iraqi's always want someone dead? It seems to be a cycle in much of the middle east. We're friends, we're not friends, we're friends, we're not & it continues on. The infighting between neighboring countries & factions is even more dramatic. Thats just how it seems to be.
newsminerbrainminers, do you even follow world news? Off the top of my head Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Kim Jong Il of North Korea, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Adolf Hitler of Germany, Benito Musselini of Italy. All leaders that were and are hated worldwide at least as much if not more than Bush. If you thought before you posted you might not come across as sounding so foolish.
"Grow up! And stop defending this piece of dung!"
Coming from the poster child of maturity, I see?!
Hind-sight is such a convenient tool. If i had known gas was going to be over $4.00 a gal. six years ago I wouldn't have bought that $25000.00 boat that just sits in the garage now because I can't afford to take it out and with just two payments left. Can I blame that on President Bush?
No, I would ask what Cheney and ENRON and the rest talked about behind closed doors though.
"Who did Bush kill, well let us just start with shock and aw, Do you suppose that all those bombs we dropped hit guilty people. Considering the true facts we know now. That there were no weapons of mass destruction and all the other lies told, then it seems to me a lot of people most likely innocent of the charges leveled at them by Bush died in the first few days of that war. I doubt all the bombs we dropped hit their targets, the bad guys with WMD’s. I am pretty sure a lot of people died in those days. I doubt most of them were guilty of anything more than living in Iraq. How soon we forget about the bombs dropped on the schools and weddings."
And I'm sure all of those in the WTC were guilty of..... living in American. I'll never forget the innocent ones who died, I just don't show remorse for those in Iraq, and they show no remorse for us. Suddam Hussein was assisting Afghanastan in their efforts to attack the US. Maybe if YOU WOULD HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH you would have known that Afghanistan terrorists were being harbored in Iraq. If Iray was doing nothing wrong, will you please explain to me why SoDamn Insane was found in a hole in the ground!?!
I'm sure you're one of those people who were all about going to war, until reality hit and you realized we couldn't just nuke the entire country and that this was going to be a long fight. HYPOCRITE!
"Adkoehler66 where do you get your news Fox? Or is it Ann Coulter or Rush Limbough? Ha Ha Ha! I know it’s hard for people with tiny minds not to be brain washed by the rhetoric but please change the channel."
Our opinion isn't yours.... that doesn't mean I have a little brain, it just means I'm educated enough to make a decision on my own, rather than allowing people like yourself to force your beliefs on me. If you want to force your beliefs on someone, Iraq / Afghanistan /Iran would like to keep you! Move there! Remember, if you don't agree with them, you'll be prosecuted and killed.
"Bush’s legacy well how about under his administration 4 airplanes were hijacked from this country on the same day and used as weapons against us. If you actually read and listen to the news you would know that there were warnings to this administration about the very thing that happened. They were ignored."
There were warnings years before this happened you fool! Bush was in office for.....ohhhhh..... 9 MONTHS when this happened!?! YOU'RE the uneducated one if you believe that you can blame the Bush adminstration for the ignored warnings. Start with your fellow Democrate Bill Clinton..... he could have done something if he wasn't entangled in his own "personal" ventures.