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to: Gary Britt
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2006-08-11 18:06:02
subject: Re: If terrorism doesn`t scare you, maybe Bush will

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I do agree that Cheney's a chickenshit. Wonder what else we agree on?


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44dcd5c4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Cheney's non-service in the Vietnam war is as irrelevant to his
> qualifications to be vice-commander in chief as was Kerry's four months of
> boat driving in Vietnam was to his qualifications.
>
> Better to be a "chickenhawk" than a "chickenshit".
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44dcc3c0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I  sure the neo-hystericlists can deal with the 'pain and fear
>>transference' . It's not liberalism that gets there panties in a twirl
>>over that realization. It's those like Cheney that 'had better things to
>>do than serve' when given the opportunity that are now the are 'warriors'
>>of the far right.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:44dc98f1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> What crap.  Was that Harry "we killed the Patriot Act!!!
Yeah!!!!" Reid
>>> he was quoting as the sane voice keeping us safe.  Was that the British
>>> Government with far more and wide spread wire tapping abilities than
>>> even Republicans would allow Bush and all without judicial involvement
>>> whatsoever that this putz was bragging on for stopping this plot?
>>> Wasn't it reported yesterday that NSA communication surveillance played
>>> a significant role in this matter with the NSA picking up and forwarding
>>> to the Brits various surveillance info.
>>>
>>> I'm not scared of Bush.  I'm scared of guys like this Putz and those who
>>> think as he does.  Rather than support a return to sanity about the
>>> global war on terror which definitely includes Iraq, he is desperate to
>>> make people afraid NOT of the enemy who wants to melt the skin from our
>>> children's bodies but afraid of Bush.
>>>
>>> Its classic liberalism can't deal with the pain and fear transference.
>>> Rather than be concerned about the real bad guys over which they have no
>>> control and therefore feel powerless in their chickenshit thinking to do
>>> anything about, they irrationally transfer their fear to something a
>>> *lot* more friendly and over which they do have some *control*, i.e.
>>> their own elected representatives.  Then in an irony of all ironies,
>>> while this putz is pissing his pants and so panic stricken that he is
>>> engaging in all sorts of irrational psychological defense mechanisms he
>>> tries to claim with a straight face that its not he, not the real bad
>>> buys, but Bush and his supporters that are scared and fear mongering.
>>>
>>> Send the putz and those like him to re-education camps.  They'll thank
>>> us later.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:44dc7ec7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/redeye/red-081106-greenfield,1,7
827791.column?coll=chi-news-hed
>>>>
>>>> Published August 11, 2006
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scared yet? Well, you may be soon.
>>>>
>>>> What we almost certainly will see in aftermath of the
alleged plot to
>>>> blow up several planes en route to the U.S. is a thunderous response
>>>> from President Bush and other Republican leaders.
>>>>
>>>> With the midterm elections less than three months away, they will
>>>> attempt to scare Americans into re-electing Republicans or
risk facing
>>>> instant annihilation at the hands of an evil and murderous enemy.
>>>>
>>>> Choose us and live. Choose them and die. Your call.
>>>>
>>>> Nice way to end the summer, isn't it?
>>>>
>>>> Believe it or not, Thursday was actually a good day.
Everbody in his or
>>>> her right mind knows there are always terrorists plotting
to attack the
>>>> U.S., so it didn't bother me that some people were discovered to be
>>>> doing just that.
>>>>
>>>> What made it a good day was that at least one government, even if it
>>>> was the British government, knew how to foil a massive
terrorist plot.
>>>>
>>>> But back to the fear. President Bush gave a brief speech
Thursday on an
>>>> airport tarmac in Green Bay. In the speech he brought up
9/11, which,
>>>> of course, for him, is a synonym for fear.
>>>>
>>>> Then he moved on to the real point he was trying to make,
which is some
>>>> people (read: Democrats) think the world is made up of
sugar and spice
>>>> and everything nice.
>>>>
>>>> "It is a mistake to believe there is no threat to the
United States of
>>>> America," he said. "And that is why we have
given our officials the
>>>> tools they need to protect our people."
>>>>
>>>> Scaring the public has worked so well for so long that you
can't blame
>>>> him, really. Except when you consider that it's immoral and
>>>> unpatriotic.
>>>>
>>>> Now, even if you're a great admirer of President Bush, do you really
>>>> think Democrats or any adult in this country believes that
"there is no
>>>> threat to the United States of America" from terrorists?
>>>>
>>>> It's a patently absurd statement, but with just a short
time allotted
>>>> for his speech, President Bush chose to try to scare the public into
>>>> believing that Democrats, if in charge, would fight terrorists with
>>>> love beads instead of guns.
>>>>
>>>> The good news is Bush doesn't have the political leverage to scare
>>>> Democrats into rolling over anymore. Just nine days after the 9/11
>>>> attacks, South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, then the
Democratic leader in
>>>> the Senate, said: "We want President Bush to know-we
want the world to
>>>> know-that he can depend on us. We will take up the president's
>>>> initiatives with speed. We may encounter differences of
opinion along
>>>> the way, but there is no difference in our aim."
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, current Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry
Reid (D-Nev.),
>>>> said: "The Iraq war has diverted our focus and more
than $300 billion
>>>> in resources from the war on terrorism and has created a
rallying cry
>>>> for international terrorists. This latest plot demonstrates the need
>>>> for the Bush administration and the Congress to change
course in Iraq
>>>> and ensure that we are taking all the steps necessary to protect
>>>> Americans at home and across the world.''
>>>>
>>>> Hard to believe the contrast, isn't it? The Democrats, at least ones
>>>> not named Joe Lieberman, know better than to trust
President Bush ever
>>>> again. I don't think the public will get fooled again by
Bush's scare
>>>> tactics.
>>>>
>>>> But like it or not, it's the Bush administration that is most
>>>> responsible for keeping us safe from terrorists right now. It's also
>>>> our job to keep an eye on the Bush administration.
>>>>
>>>> Don't ever forget that, no matter how scared you get.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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