tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post116239813045517603..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: The JokerJim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162781143071798892006-11-05T21:45:00.000-05:002006-11-05T21:45:00.000-05:00AWB: really, I think it's very obvious, given the ...AWB: really, I think it's very obvious, given the context, that Bush was the target. Do you really not see, though, that my point was that Kerry's problem is self-inflicted? Anger, not snickering, is the appropriate response to Bush's various war crimes.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I guess we have to believe that Kerry, who for all his other faults has actually risked his precious hide in combat, thinks ill of others who do the same. And, of course, Bush, that courageous defender (once or twice) of the skies over Texas, along with Souder and the whole dreary rest of the neocon chickenhawk brigade, are the best friends a "troop" ever had. I would suggest that, if <B>you</B> honestly believe <B>that</B>, your head might be ... well, not in the sand, but someplace else where the view's not so good.Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162780281831389272006-11-05T21:31:00.000-05:002006-11-05T21:31:00.000-05:00He can't help it, Craig. He's a f*cking moron. . ....He can't help it, Craig. He's a f*cking moron. . .John Goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362896971987049810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162750990983472852006-11-05T13:23:00.000-05:002006-11-05T13:23:00.000-05:00I find AWB's use of the adverb "honestly" intrigui...I find AWB's use of the adverb "honestly" intriguing.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047216597505452161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162690874244578992006-11-04T20:41:00.000-05:002006-11-04T20:41:00.000-05:00If you honestly believe that Kerry meant he was ta...If you honestly believe that Kerry meant he was talking about Bush you have your head in the sand. sheesh.Dan Turkettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091037665533707901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162568834852510032006-11-03T10:47:00.000-05:002006-11-03T10:47:00.000-05:00Forget Kerry, the joke is keeping Rumsfeld!Forget Kerry, the joke is keeping Rumsfeld!itsmecissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316752712956633027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162510506520814722006-11-02T18:35:00.000-05:002006-11-02T18:35:00.000-05:00Idit, idiot, idiot.Kery had a chance to hold the h...Idit, idiot, idiot.<BR/><BR/>Kery had a chance to hold the high ground and he fell, and but hard.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1162401537086769142006-11-01T12:18:00.000-05:002006-11-01T12:18:00.000-05:00I think the republicans are clutching at straws, t...I think the republicans are clutching at straws, there is real anger about the direction of the USA at many levels, not only the war, but also inequality. <BR/><BR/>Soldiers are mostly from poor families, especially in the USA. Why is that? Why aren't rich kids going off to war? What kind of democracy allows this to happen?<BR/><BR/>The fact that the poor are usually not very educated (some are stupid some are normal but none have made the most of their talents by working low paid jobs) reflects the fact that most higher education in the US is very expensive and private. Poor people are mostly excluded from it. The big change now is that unlike the past if you don't have a college degree you are unlikely to get a good job, and blue collar jobs are going to China Mexico and India, making the rich people that own the companies exporting those jobs richer (shareholders are included in this).<BR/><BR/>Increasingly middle income americans are affected too, mostly through their children. Sometimes as there are no good jobs to go to to live like a human being, people are forced to go to the army as it offers training and the only viable career...<BR/>Some become criminals... some become cleaners etc..<BR/><BR/>Whereas C students like Bush succeed based on their parents money not their own efforts, so this is hardly meritocracy. I wouldn't call Bush a smart man. I think he has outsourced the thinking to other unelected people which is a problem in a democracy.<BR/><BR/>As we live in a world were the rich can avoid the army, saying that poor people are the ones fighting the war is not a lie... Just think about it...<BR/><BR/>Both Bush and Cheney avoided going to Vietnam by Bush getting his rich family to intervene for him to guard the fearsome invaders in Texas (i.e. nobody), always at the ready from the bar, armed with several bottles of alcohol. Whereas Cheney used his university study as a reason not to go to Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>If they had fought in a war i would have much more time in listening to Bush or Cheney talk about the necessity of war, the reality is neither has experienced it... and they talk far too much about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com