Comments on: Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’

By: balouba

balouba — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:18:00 +0000

Very old paper. But 's it always interesting to check after a while.
So, the crisis left behind by W isn't that bad…
“Not roughly accurate…” Science speaking, well not exactly.
And can I just add that the worst is yet to come.

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:18:48 +0000

To continue the move away from the post…it's very true that we are not in a depression like the '30s. But we are in a situation unlike any in our history. Once we were an agrarian country. Within three generations we went from having the majority of our population working in agriculture and related areas to an industrial economy to something that can unfortunately only be described as “post-industrial”. Yet far too many of us think of that brief period from WWII to the 1960s as though it was some kind of norm. We built an entire national and local infrastructure in that brief period based on the needs of that time and dependent on cheap energy. We don't have the large number of good paying, stable jobs from that time and we are certainly heading away from cheap energy. This change has been so rapid that the changes necessary to adapt aren't being taken largely because it's navigating into unknown waters and we just don't know what to do and there is no such thing as the wisdom of the markets when the goal is a social one. Too few people even acknowledge that the basic unemployment number we are provided with is completely inadequate because it doesn't include information about how many people are actually participating in the employment market. Underemployment and its consequences aren't discussed hardly at all.

What is that social goal I mentioned earlier? Just to somehow have the American middle class in some recognizable form survive these turbulent unpredictable events. That's all.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:54:57 +0000

Agreed, weightman. That statement is not exactly or even roughly accurate.

By: Weightman

Weightman — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:47:49 +0000

“…and whose economic results are a recession the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 1930s.”

Ahem.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:23:05 +0000

“The spectacle offered in Jerusalem deserves to be seen and appreciated: it bluntly exhibits ridicule for the “moderate Arab” states – first and foremost Saudi Arabia – where Bush went to after pouring out his gall at the Knesset.”

And then when Bush did ask the Saudis to increase oil production to help the American economy he was rebuked. Any wonder? IF Saudi Arabia had increased production it wouldn't have lowered oil prices…. but it's interesting to note that the Saudis even refused to go along with Bush and help his image.

By: George Bush » Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’

George Bush » Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’ — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:32:58 +0000

[...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on Bush At the Knesset: Pure â??Hate and Fabricationâ??Here’s a quick excerpt If President Bush’s goal on his last trip to the Middle East was to enrage the entire Arab world – not to mention U.S. Democrats – he could not have done better than the speech he delivered to the Israeli Knesset on Thursday. On of the many examples of Arab discontent posted on WORLDMEETS.US is this from K. Selim, who writes for Algeria’s Le Quotidian d’Oran: “In front of Israeli deputies, the president of the United States indulged in exaltation about ‘the chosen people,’ while expressin [...]

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Xbox » Blog Archive » Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’ — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:26:35 +0000

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By: runasim

runasim — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:55:12 +0000

With friends like Bush, Israel doesn't need enemies to increae peril.

He, and his speech writers just don't understand how to speak in public without inducing worse situations than before.
It' is possible to express support wihtout energizing enemies,. It's called diplomacy.

This may well put the final nail in the coffin of the peace negotiations.

His legacy, indeed.

By: Barack Obama » Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’

Barack Obama » Bush At the Knesset: Pure ‘Hate and Fabrication’ — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:03:52 +0000

[...] Politicker NV | Inside Politics for Political Insiders wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt If President Bush’s goal on his last trip to the Middle East was to enrage the entire Arab world – not to mention U.S. Democrats – he could not have done better than the speech he delivered to the Israeli Knesset on Thursday. On of the many examples of Arab discontent posted on WORLDMEETS.US is this from K. Selim, who writes for Algeria’s Le Quotidian d’Oran: “In front of Israeli deputies, the president of the United States indulged in exaltation over ‘the chosen people,’ while expressing [...]