This.....

 

“At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [sept. 11, 2001] and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country,”

 

- Dennis Milligan, GOP Chief, Arkansas.

 

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/191942

 

 

Ermmm WHAT!?!...And that's quote is not out of context in any way either. The article doesn't even make light of him saying such things. A bit worrying I feel :(

 

A lot of people will fall in line and give up freedom if they feel the fear. They believe the lies.

 

Worrying, worrying, worrying.

I agree with him. The whole country was together right after 9/11. Things don't happen over night, they need time, it's only been 6 years. That's nothing when you look at the big scale of things. President Bush is doing good for the most part, every President will always get picked at.

President Bush is doing good for the most part

 

I don't think I know many statements where I disagree more. During his administration your country (and the world in general) has suffered it's biggest downward fall....and your country is being looted by the criminals in charge Washington.

 

 

Also...

 

So, another 9/11 would be handy then?

 

That's what he's saying.

It wouldn't be handy, and I don't think anyone wants it to happen again. But look, it took a 9/11 for us to wake up.

 

There have been other downfalls from Presidents as well, I can't take what anyone says seriously about our President anymore because everyone hates him. Even if they don't know anything about politics (not that you don't) it's always "Oh Bush sucks!". There's downfalls w/ every country's government, but I wouldn't say we're being looted, we've definitely been through worse. There are different periods of time each country needs to work through.

How far off the deep end are we?

 

Gazebofloss,

From what I have seen, some Republicans are quite rational, and some are not wrapped too tightly. I'm not surprised that the Chief (strategist?) of the Republican Party of Arkansas would say such a thing, as this seems in the line of their party's extremists (though, thay rarely blurt it out so bluntly).

Since Nixon was not above creating a "crisis" for re-election purposes, I would not put it past the current administration to do the same. Yes, I am concerned! While I find it unlikely that they would orchestrate a 9-11 style attack event, they might attempt and attack on Iran, or a major assault on a group within Iraq, timed to coincide with the 08' election. (taken from the pages of the Nixon administration's playbook..)

Given the monkey business theat went on between Bush and Enron, and with the Haliburton scandals, "looted" might be a word for some of it. Add to that "gross incompetence"! We have a huge national debt., & the war bill will be around 1 Trillion Dollars when it's all said and done - yes, there's a problem!!

 

I did get a chance to speak to my representative in Washington a few days ago. He was of the impression that the president is not wrapped too tightly, and added that the president would not budge on the war issues one bit. I'm beginning to wonder if Bush is slipping into Nixon's paranoid mode, the results of which would not be good.. The high-ranking ex-CIA officer I had a chance to speak with some time ago was of the opinion that this administration were "The Crazies" when he had been in the CIA during the Ford and Regan administrations. He went on to say that at that time, nobody trusted them to a position where they could make any real decisions, "And now they're in power!!" - those were his words, not mine.

If they are capable of manufacturing evidence for a war with Iraq, what else??:thinking:

Well, I hope nothing happens, though they are capable of anything. Let's all hope they don't try anything that awful!!

It wouldn't be handy, and I don't think anyone wants it to happen again. But look, it took a 9/11 for us to wake up.

 

It really depends on what you mean by "wake up"?

9/11 provided the government (any many other governments) with the perfect pretext for an almost endless "war on terror" which has also sucked freedom from us left right and centre.

And I'd say many people were blinded by 9/11 - not woken up.

Although, now....people ARE starting wake up to the real truths of 9/11 - and in unprecedented numbers.

Hold on tight, seriously.

Bad ideas and bad men, but how far are they willing to go is the question. I feel they are opportunists, and used 9/11 to the hilt. Without a disasterous event like it, they may not be able to do the damage they've done.

It's a murky thing, the hijackers and their connections, and their having gotten so far unstopped..

I feel they are opportunists, and used 9/11 to the hilt. Without a disasterous event like it, they may not be able to do the damage they've done.

It's a murky thing, the hijackers and their connections, and their having gotten so far unstopped..

 

Well, I'm sure it's not hard to find out my strong feelings about that..;)