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Posted on Sep 20, 2007
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Anyone considering a bid for the presidency these days should keep records of their college (and, to be extra-safe, high school) report cards handy, judging by President Bush’s take on the state of the nation’s economy and the relation of that topic to his own educational history.

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By DennisD, September 23, 2007 at 12:28 pm Link to this comment
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#101756 by GW=MCHammered on 9/21 at 6:46 am

You said it all. Bu$hI called Reagan’s you can have it and spend it too philosophy, voodoo economics, what is he calling Bu$hII’s?

Sounds like Bu$hit economics to me or just “no child left a dime”. Unless they happen to be rich of course.

There’s a sign post up ahead - next stop - The American Economic Twilight Zone.

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By kevin99999, September 22, 2007 at 9:35 pm Link to this comment
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This man is nothing but an empty suite.

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By boggs, September 22, 2007 at 5:18 pm Link to this comment

The only lesson Georgie had to learn regarding economics was which day BIG DADDY would give him his allowance.
He was also concerned as to how fast BIG DADDY could send help to keep him out of jail, and out of Viet Nam.
He purchased the pig farm in Texas to look like anything other than the “girlieman” cheerleader he had always been.

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By purplewolf, September 22, 2007 at 2:27 pm Link to this comment

What’s a cowboy without his horse? The wannabe fake cowboy,fake president,fake christian and fake ruler of the world,none other thanGeorge W.Bu$hit,that’s who. What would John Wayne say?

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By jose casta, September 22, 2007 at 1:25 pm Link to this comment
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How about Mr. Bush releasing ALL his transcripts to be able to corroborate what he said?

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By 911truthdotorg, September 21, 2007 at 7:19 pm Link to this comment

I just read that little georgie is afraid of horsies.

What a disgraceful coward in every possible way.

President Bush may like to be seen as a swaggering tough guy with a penchant for manly outdoor pursuits, but in a new book one of his closest allies has said he is afraid of horses.

Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, derided his political friend as a “windshield cowboy” – a cowboy who prefers to drive – and “the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life”.

He recalled a meeting in Mexico shortly after both men had been elected when Mr Fox offered Mr Bush a ride on a “big palomino” horse.

Mr Fox, who left office in December, recalled Mr Bush “backing away” from the animal.

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By GW=MCHammered, September 21, 2007 at 7:46 am Link to this comment
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Under Bu$hCo Tyranny:

Wages all but froze
(masked by extensive credit)
Gas prices tripled
Homes doubled
(then plummeted)
Federal Debt skyrocketed
National Savings Rate below zero
Canadian dollar now equals US dollar
Healthcare un-afffordable and under caliber
War Machine vampire-ing even off our children’s future

Sick of living under his megalomanic delusions yet?

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By John Borowski, September 21, 2007 at 4:17 am Link to this comment
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One conundrum that I can’t resolve is if Bush has occasional visits from a god, why is he so rude that he doesn’t invite the worlds’ religious leaders to witness this momentous event? The second puzzling conundrum is why the worlds’ religious leaders don’t show any interest in attending this momentous occasion.

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By Trigger finger, September 20, 2007 at 5:53 pm Link to this comment
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He actually believes he got an ‘A’. What’s worse, his professor is even believing it now, and so do I.  I don’t give a damn what that report card says! He says he got an ‘A’, he got an ‘A’

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By John Borowski, September 20, 2007 at 1:01 pm Link to this comment
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This is part of and article by Henry CK Liu                                 The professed mission of the SEC is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets while facilitating capital formation. Claiming to be an advocate for investors, the SEC proclaims on its website: “As more and more first-time investors turn to the markets to help secure their futures, pay for homes, and send children to college, our investor protection mission is more compelling than ever. As our nation’s securities exchanges mature into global for-profit competitors, there is even greater need for sound market regulation.” 

The SEC declares that “the laws and rules that govern the securities industry in the US derive from a simple and straightforward concept: all investors, whether large institutions or private individuals, should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it, and so long as they hold it. To achieve this, the SEC requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public. This provides a common pool of knowledge for all investors to use to judge for themselves whether to buy, sell, or hold a particular security. Only through the steady flow of timely, comprehensive, and accurate information can people make sound investment decisions. The result of this information flow is a far more active, efficient, and transparent capital market that facilitates the capital formation so important to our nation’s economy. To insure that this objective is always being met, the SEC continually works with all major market participants, including especially the investors in our securities markets, to listen to their concerns and to learn from their experience. The SEC oversees the key participants in the securities world, including securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds. Here the SEC is concerned primarily with promoting the disclosure of important market-related information, maintaining fair dealing, and protecting against fraud.”
It is now clear that material information about the true condition of the financial system along with material information of the financial health of major banks and their financial company clients have been systemically withheld, over long periods and even after the crisis broke, from the investing public who were encouraged to buy and hold even at a time when they should have really been advised to sell to preserve their hard-earned wealth. The aim of this charade has not been to enhance the return on the public’s investment, but to exploit the public trust to shore up a declining market and postpone the inevitable demise of wayward institutions.

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