Nominate your favorite part of last night's deceive-a-thon

[wryter2000]

My personal favorite came when he explained that there was no money in the Social Security trust fund, just "a file cabinet full of IOU's." And then, later he said that anyone approaching retirement could switch from stockst to bonds to be safe. Totally ignoring the fact that the IOU's in the file cabinet are bonds.

[CO Liberal]

1. The Part That I Missed

I worked late, and completely missed "The Chimpy Show".

[wryter2000]

I don't blame you

I wasn't going to watch, but we had a neat Bingo game.

[chicagojoe]

2. I always enjoy that STUPID look on his face. n/t

[tavalon]

3. Actually, that's something that pains me

I hate to see an animated version of how low our country has gone.

[underpants]

4. Terry Moran's "on your watch" question

Q Mr. President, your State Department has reported that terrorist attacks around the world are at an all-time high. If we're winning the war on terrorism, as you say, how do you explain that more people are dying in terrorist attacks on your watch than ever before?



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050428-9.html

FINALLY! We hear that expression again.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

5. i like how explained that Gasoline is made from crude oil.......

so to make gas prices come down, we have to get the crude oil prices to come down. the man is a freaking genious.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

24. That Yale business degree and experience as an oil..

..company CEO really come in handy, don't they.

Or not.

[stellanoir]

6. "when you liquify it. . .

when you put it into solid form."

* on natural gas.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3563595

[Done]

7. Did shrub say...

speaking of the terrorists who want to harm us, that we would get them out of "harm's way". Why would we want to get them out of "harm's way"? Don't we want to harm them? :shrug:

[Snap]

17. Thas right!

to fight evil we must harm the evildoers, it's like a law of physics.

[FreedomAngel82]

23. Did he really say that?

Oy! I'm glad I didn't watch that train wreck.

[Done]

27. I found it in the transcript

QUESTION: Mr. President, under the law, how would you justify the practice of renditioning, where U.S. agents who bust terror suspects abroad, taking them to a third country for interrogation? And would you stand for it if foreign agents did that to an American here?
BUSH: That's a hypothetical.
We operate within the law, and we send people to countries where they say they're not going to torture the people.
But let me say something. The United States government has an obligation to protect the American people. It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way.
And we will do so within the law. And we will do so in honoring our commitment not to torture people.

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. Well Osama is certainly "out of harm's way."

And bunnypants was just trying to get out of 'harm's way' on sept. 11th. That's what he told a German reporter he was doing. So is bunnypants admitting he's one of them evil doers will wants to do harm to us. Afterall, 'they never stop thinking of ways to harm us, and neither do we', right Georgie? The idiot makes my head hurt. :banghead:

[trekbiker]

8. he thanked the reporters for thier "Answers" at the end..

[Snap]

18. Hell-O er Bye for now

Me thirsty, me have big glass of sand. And thank all you for your answers vuuuuuuweeeeep!

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. When it was over. n/t

[babylonsister]

10. This frightens me. He's so adamant about changing

what's currently working effectively; is it distraction, or have these criminals already spent our 'future'?

[TheDebbieDee]

11. My favorite part was when he blamed Clinton.....

for the high gasoline prices. He suggested that if a national energy policy had been in effect 10 years ago that Americans would be reaping the benefits of cheap gasoline today!!!!!!!!!!

I hate * SSSSSssssoooooo much!!!!

[NYCGirl]

12. His Ringling Brothers clown make-up job. NT

[susu369]

26. Really, did the make-up artist who does Grandpa Munster do bu$h?

(sorry for the comparison: I love Grandpa Munster)

[dogday]

13. Polls, I don't need no stinking polls to govern the country......

I mean after all who cares what these people think, right?

[Mandate My Ass]

15. Yes, then he took Putin to task for not listening to the polls

in Russia! It was priceless.

Welcome to DU, dogday, cool name. :toast:

[dogday]

28. Thanks for the welcome

Nice to meet ya :toast:

[adigal]

14. When Bush said we need to get a better return on our $$$

because of all the debt we have created in the country.

LOL!!!!!

[Sparkly]

16. When he stopped for an audio transmission after Suzanne Malveau's question

("What hump?")

[oneold1-4u]

19. Maybe easier to understand this

During WWII The US sold millions of dollars worth of war bonds.
At that time you could buy hundreds of things for a nickle and even a penny. One could do their part by just giving up a cup of coffee or a candy bar. At redemption time (10years) every thing had at least doubled in price. A 25cent meal now cost$.75-1.00. The Bonds were LESS than worthless!
Every time the government wanted a dollar to waste or spend they searched for what they could once again profit from raiding, by securing with bonds. * is correct in that the government can no longer give back return value on any federal bonds! The US is in need of a world bankruptcy court! It is rather odd that one US former enemy and greatest populated country, China, is one of the heaviest traders in US bond market. The bonds that went to the market 10 years ago are today selling for far less than dollars removed from SS and so with * revealing their worthlessness to the world he has to hit the American worker with the blame and is still taking out millions daily!
SS was never meant to be a piggy bank for the government and if left alone with true interest over these years it would be more valuable than the 13 original states, Saudi Arabia and Texas with all the oil!
By outsourcing 90 out of every 100 jobs, soon fewer and fewer will be earners paying into either SS or Fed. and State taxes. History will tell us what kind of governments other nations fell into under these conditions. Germany and Russia both attempted to take in more countries to try to keep them afloat.
WHAT IS THE US UP TO TODAY?

[oneold1-4u]

20. "Yesterday when I was young"

I began paying parole taxes weekly in 1952 and take home pay was $37.10 or approx.$148 a month for 4/48 hour weeks! It wasn't a lot but paid the rent,utilities,groceries,clothing, a couple of Dr. bills and once in a while a movie for self and later 1 child. What I receive today in SS will not pay for 10 days of those necessities!
(That was really worth while working for!) No longer have dependent, seldom go to DR., shop at warehouse food marts and 2nd hand stores and receive rent subsidy. Don't go to movies don't own TV (idiot box)and PC is gift of my child and family. When they remove what I do have, I will still attempt to make change, to create something better for my friends and family!
I just can't agree, easily, with solutions, of any person or persons, who have no understanding what working people WORK FOR!

[barb162]

21. None of it. Didn't watch it, that way I don't get upset

It was more important to pull weeds. At least I was accomplishing something rather than getting angry

[Ms. Toad]

22. Fuzzy Math

"First . . . As a matter of fairness, I propose that future generations receive benefits equal to or greater than the benefits today's seniors get.

Secondly. . . propose a Social Security system in the future where benefits for low-income workers will grow faster than benefits for people who are better off. . .

This reform would solve most of the funding challenges facing Social Security."

(Nothing of significance that changes the math removed)

Pay out equal or greater money to everyone, pay out more to the poorest folks, and all our SS funding problems are solved.

Now why didn't I think of that...