Stupid Americans?

[Big Shed]

Bush has a speech impediment--he's got his tongue over his eyeteeth and he can't see what he's saying.

That's a cracker HB, must remember that one

[rrich]

How did we get in the mess that we're in?

Well it all goes back to the extremists. One set of extremists won a major Supreme Court decision in January 1973. (Roe v. Wade) This win set off the other set of extremists. The battle has been going on ever since.

As with most extremists, everything is decided on the basis of for or against their position. In the eyes of the extremist, nothing matters except the candidates position on this issue. In this election the outcome is going to be decided by whichever side can motivate more or their extremists to vote.

The choice of a running mate (as we call them here) or Vice Presidential candidate is usually more of a "Living Insurance" policy than anything else.

This absurd brand of politics is going to continue until the issue is resolved and chiseled in granite. When there is a constitutional amendment that explicitly defines the issue, the current foolishness will stop. Only to be replaced by some other issue with equal extremes.

[Greg Q]

That's right Waldo, Americans are so insular most of them don't know where the rest of the world is. It must be the only country in the world that has a "World Series" with only American teams in it

That's not true...there are at least two Canadian teams in the league, and they have just as many Cubans as the other teams.

George W.'s enduring legacy will be the living demonstration that America was founded on genius...and that a mere fool can't wreck it overnight. (It takes almost two whole terms for that)

I miss Nixon. Hell, I miss Eisenhower.

[wheelinround]

Would Wood that links only mild this is what she really is like

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...-stripper.html

and her daughter

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...-daughter.html

[Greg Q]

Who here remembers Dan Quayle? or Spiro Agnew? or Clinton's veep? (Who the hell was that?)

It's only McCain's age and Obama's inexperience that makes running mates a thing in the first place. McCain's 72 year old, tortured bones make me worry about Palin's inexperience in international affairs. As was pointed out, a president only gets to flex muscle in the international arena. I can just imagine Putin licking his chops at the prospect of a Palin presidency.

Somebody please tell me that teaching creationism is outside of the Federal juridiction.

[Woodwould]

My initial comment of "Unbelievable!" was a really a poke at the Septics, but also to voice my disdain of the on-going tabloid muck-raking and not the actual subject of the muck-raking.

It's no surprise Palin and her family are being misrepresented and libeled - unfortunately it's all part and parcel of politics and the current state of the media. Still, if she can't weather it, she should have kept her head down in the first place. Maybe her hunger for power is overriding her sense of family values in which case she deserves everything coming. It's unfortunate for the rest of her family though.

McCain is such an old coot he needs someone with a bit of fire under them to bolster his campaign. What a circus!

[Honorary Bloke]

Somebody please tell me that teaching creationism is outside of the Federal juridiction.

Yes, it is outside the federal jurisdiction (for now). Local option or state option (depends) and not too many takers, really. But the (very) few who do it get a lot of press.

[rrich]

George W.'s enduring legacy will be the living demonstration that America was founded on genius...and that a mere fool can't wreck it overnight.

You're being much too kind.

[Howdya do that]

I was listening to the radio a while ago. Commenting on the fact that the same party has been in the white house for 8 years Obama said

"you can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig"

[Greg Q]

Longer than that when you consider that Clinton did a fairly good impression of a moderate republican President. You've got to go way back to fellow woodworker Jimmy Carter for an example of a true democrat administration. As a President he made a pretty good woodworker too, I must say.

If McCain can safely ignore the religious right* he might do a pretty good job. Funny how I'd vote differently if I was an American though. Beats me why they hate each other enough to not want better health care, education, and a functioning social security system. Then again they can't afford the debt load they've got now...get ready for some high speed print runs down at the mint pretty soon.

*This requires not dying though. Palin apparently made inquiries when she was Mayor regarding the banning of certain unspecified books from the library. She was stymied in that, but I find the story...worrying. I like the huntin'/ fishin' /shootin' /teenage pregnancy/ firing your political enemies caper, its just the fundamentalist thing that has me wondering. All things in moderation.

[STAR]

First time I have come into this section. For my political fix I look at ozpolitics. I am surprised that the instigator of this post is a political person because when he first joined us I made a political comment about the Irish and the British and he gave me and possibly others the impression that he was not into that stuff.

It is all good fun, as my comment to him was also. Maybe, I put my answer in the wrong area, should have posted here.

[dazzler]

Waldo I am shocked, shocked I tell you!! Where did you ever get the idea that America wants to rule the world? I've a good mind to send you to your room with no tea.

I heard waldo was hiding weapons of mass destruction......and has some oil......better whack him instead

[rrich]

Beats me why they hate each other enough to not want better health care, education, and a functioning social security system.

There in lies the problem. Those are all Democrat things and Democrat things are not spouted from the Pulpit. I know people that can't rub a couple of pennys together but will tell you that "The Lord Provides." And their front lawn is covered with Bush Chaney signs. Go figure.

[Waldo]

This whole thing going on over right now, would it be fair to say that it draws the nations interest more so because that it's like travelling 3 ring circus full of great fanfare and carefully choreographed lines and chest beating?

It annoys the out of me with the amount of airtime on the news given to this and what had me nearly throwing up was Obama's SWMBO on some midday show (can't remember her name ) dancing around.

Get it over and done with 'coz I don't care about it. Or is this part of the Australia/US free trade agreement that we have to import this stuff on to our TVs each night. We had cactus Olympics coverage from Ch. 7 ( SBS) and now it's the 3 ring circus.

Bring out the WOMD

[Greg Q]

I heard Matt Damon being interviewed on some radio show today, and he liked it to some bad Disney movie plot...Alaskan hockey mom becomes President after chain of improbable events. That's maybe why its so compelling...like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

Trouble is there are way too many friends and family on that train. Oh, and strategic allies too, like it or not.

Rrich, I know those are all Democrat things...which is too bad because in a perfect world you'd have the Republicans running education and the Democrats doing health care and a (God help me) separation of church and state. Hey, wait a minute....