Both Bush's did way more than Clinton ever dreamed of doing, tho. You have to agree with that.

Bush, Sr. started the campaign (which takes time and cooperation from Congress--nothing in WA is overnight), Clinton did nothing, and Bush, Jr. followed up when the terrorism campaign led us to flush out potential problem countries in the Middle East.

If Saddam could have accounted for destroying the weapons we had documented during Bush, Sr.'s presidency, as the UN declared needed to be done, we would have never gone to war there. End of story. Do the crime, you do the time.

Even our prisoners here sometimes get put off for years. On a much larger scale (a world scale), I can imagine it taking even more time. Especially when you go thru 8 yrs. of standing around about the issue.

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I didn't know you already had him try one on...

No, he said he had to put that one up in the closet so that Perry wouldn't have to compete for originality.. ;p

rofl.. he had been working out in the hotel exercise room and was riding up on the elevator with only a tank top on.

Richard Simmons.

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I met him, lol.. He has a lettuce bowl tattoo..

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Think the point of what he typed was that Republicans said no, and even some democrats; probably b/c they saw that this bill would produce no real results this year and we'd just be that much more in debt.

Now is not the time to beautify parks and give more money to Acorn and the like. Where is the money that he said he'd give to the people anyway--you know, the tax cuts? Did you take a look at the list of expenditures? Which ones do you see helping the economy in the short-term?

If this had just been about increasing a little cash for renewable resources, I think you would have seen a different picture. But there were so many unnecessary expenditures, it was ludicrous.

No one stated whether or not it would pass, but given the ridiculous spending measures contained, we're just happy the Republicans stood up when called upon.

Oh, btw) Loved World of Warcraft myself Lynann)

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Thx Deb.. just felt like playing a little while I had my coffee and procrastinated hitting the books. :D

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Lol.. sounds pretty equal to me)

I see what you're saying. However, isn't this what global economics is all about? I mean, the strongest should be worth more, right? Let's say that I have diamonds, you have gold, but Paul has quartz. Is it fair that Paul's quartz should be the same worth as our diamonds and gold? There is value in what resources a country can provide, and it should be labeled as such, but not drug thru the mud like a big scam. Perhaps I'm looking at it wrong, and I'm very interested to hear what you have to say. So please don't take it the wrong way) Oh, and btw.. what's up with Luxembourg? How did they beat out the inflated USD? (Top ten richest countries)

Also, spending as much money on the war as we did just to keep someone from shutting off the oil doesn't seem logical, especially when that time and money could have been spent here through increased production (or alternative resources), or on oil from other countries. I can't imagine that being the reason for any sane decisions, although it could have been a bonus in the total scheme of things.

I think there was a lot to gain for ourselves and for the Iraqis...and Israel (perhaps in the long run, to prevent him from becoming a mini-Hitler) by taking Saddam out, not only oil. However, like you pointed out...oil accessibility was almost assuredly a part of the reason we went there to take an insane dictator out instead of to places like Africa (that and the fact that Africa's turmoil isn't as centralized and our efforts wouldn't have solved the problems like our efforts in Iraq did).

But oil is more of a survival topic in itself these days, not just a greedy thing. We saw what it was like to have limited control over it last year. I know a lot of Americans have abused its use--not me tho..I drive 10 mins. to where I need to go at any given moment of the day, drive a van, not an SUV, etc... But I still had to quit my job and go back to school because of those prices. Gosh, and that was even after Saddam was gone.

I am glad the people of Iraq can choose to have an education and are free-er than they once were, that millions more don't have to die because they disagree with Saddam, and that Israel is somewhat safer from the repeated threats made by Saddam. To me, that was worth it, and I'm glad we weren't selfish and self-preserving when it came to going there. But I see your point about adding in the accessibility of oil. :)

Haha.. right now, I have 656 posts, and you have 565.. sorry, was funny. I'm easily amused.