If we had the Liberals in power in 1860 the civil war would not have happened, or if it did happen after the first serious battle where 7 or 8 thousand troops were killed it would have been called off, slavery would still be here in America if one President did not void certain constitutional rights {honest Abe} Yet today Abe is considered one of the greatest presidents we have ever had, History will place Bush where he belongs. not us!

Compared with the Bush/GOP thoughts my ideas are light-years ahead of their thoughts or yours!

Many of my ideas are basic concepts that Bush and his minions IGNORE like to balance the Budget. That concept may not be NEW but it surely is needed!

i have to agree here.

the last people i know of that had a so called home land security was Germany world war 2, the soviet union. and neither of them cared about anyones rights either. except of course for the leaders.

History will place Bush where he belongs. not us

Very, very well said.

Daniel,
I admit my add kicks in on a regular basis, but I'm not finding your quote (the liberties they take with our liberties). It's well said, though, if I'm lucky it's one of mine but probably not. And I agree with our elongation of the point. I get worried when people tell us stuff is for our own good. I get nervous with a governmet that pokes it's nose in where it really doesn't belong (my bedroom). I get nervous when governments tell us they are better stewards of our money than we are. (the current crazy tax system). On those fronts, I'm pretty conservative. But, I get the most nervous when people (far left and far right) suggest not speaking is better than speaking.

Gene: you are very original, I think. Thanks for your participation here.
Ted's comment, however, was kinda funny. The Move On part. Forgive me, I'm still pissed over the General Betrayus ad.

Last, history will be the judge of Bush, not us. That's true. History is judging Reagan better than I ever dreamed possible. So, perhaps I'm off here. But if I was Bush's defense attorney, I'd be looking to buy a juror or two.

I had a discussion of what LASTING benefits we have from Reagan. The issue that came up was the end to the Soviet Union. After talking about that we agreed that is not as much of a benefit as you first think. They were a known enemy and helped control much of the Islamic unrest. In addition, the seeds of the end to the Soviet Union were sown before Reagan. When we tried to come up with ANY other positive long term benefit from the Reagan Presidency we could not come up with much. What he did leave behind was a $3 Trillion dollar increase in the debt that we are still pay the interest on today. Reagan did not leave much of a long lasting benefit to the U.S. and the added debt is a BIG Negative!!!

i guess you forgot the clinton boom years. that was due to reagon not anything clinton did.

in fact clinton tried to destroy it.

Well, the Soviet Union's downfall was a lack of technology. When an associate of mine was there, who was a scientist, the infrastructure of the Soviet Union was pitiful. This was right before the fall. I think Reagan's timing was great, and he lucked out. But that's a whole 'nother discussion.

I will never forgive Reagan for his initial response to AIDS. Again, that's a whole 'nother discussion.

Congress, the institution, indeed had the same intelligence. That not each & every Senator & Congressman had all the intelligence is a different issue, one having to do with the way Congress conducts its own business. I don't believe the Executive Branch can dictate to Congress which individuals and which committees get which intelligence - I believe that is structured by Congress itself.

To say "Congress didn't have all the intelligence" is highly misleading and would be fair to say only if every Senator & Congressman was entitled to all the same intelligence information and some didn't receive it, or if those authorized to receive it didn't. I've not heard any Congressman say that those authorized to access all the intelligence had anything hidden from them.

Ummmm -- we're off topic here. Perhaps my next article will be why Bill was the best president ever. At least, according to Monica.

I will say this: I'm not sure trickle down works. I'm not sure it doesn't work. I know I think the economy does better when people are spending their own money.

My problem with Reagan centers on divisive issues, like AIDS and Iran Contra, not the typical democratic demonizations of him.

I also just can't stand Nancy. It's that big head thing, I'm sorry, I don't know what it is -- I just say no.

  

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money which was one of the goals of the cold war. to bankrupt them.

No, Congress did not. I'm sorry, this is a matter of fact and record. Briefing reports for congress are blocked out with top secret matters, and at the time much of this info was top secret. The Senate Armed Services Committee complained bitterly they were not shown all the intelligence. If they weren't shown the intel, who was????

In fact, I'm not sure BUSH had all the intelligence. Tenet presented warnings to Rice that their findings of WMD were really off,(Read: SLAM DUNK TENET) prior to the invasion, and she waived him aside.

That's part of my reasoning as to why Bush is one of the worst presidents of all time: his team, at the very least, failed to inform him -- and he failed to seek the information.

I'm sorry, but if you state something as fact, you have to back it up. I was in McCain's office around this time -- and I can tell you --- he insisted information was remaining classified and out of their reach, even behind closed doors.

money and technology go hand in hand. And in driving the Soviet Union towards bankruptcy with programs like star wars, we drove up our own deficit in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

I have. Repeatedly. And they have been Republicans. Let's see: McCain, (Senate ARmed Services Committee), Warner (same committee plus Senate Select Committee on Intelligence), Biden (Democrat)(Foreign Relations), Specter (Veteran Affairs). Even members of the president's party don't like being shut out.