Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush

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Originally Posted by Tref

Hope for an end to poverty, hope from being sent to die in Bush's endless war, hope for better health care, hope for better race relations, hope from being lied to, hope for bluer skies and clean drinking water, hope for a return of our Constitution and our rights as citizens.

End to poverty? How much money has been transferred from the haves to the have nots? And yet is hasn't done much of anything for poverty - it's still around. If hope for ending poverty means more handouts, there isn't much hope to end poverty.

Endless war in Iraq? All things point to things going exceptionally well over there right now. Violence decreasing, Iraqi soldiers taking over more and more, removing 500 metric tons of yellow cake uranium and moving it to Canada (that they hadn't removed earlier due to fears of sabotage)....endless? Hardly.

Better health care? Doubtful. Again, government involvement typically makes things worse. Matter of opinion, I suppose.

Better race relations....how?

Bluer skies and better drinking water? Yes, as a republican I fully admit that I am against clean air and clean water.

Constitutional rights? I still don't understand this beyond the uproar of FISA, which as you stated, Obama voted for. And perhaps Guantanamo detainees, but they never were US citizens, so I don't understand the ruling. Maybe one or two are/were - I don't recall.

Hope from being lied to....I'm sure Obama will be completely honest about everything.