The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

innerSpaceman · 04-25-2006, 05:48 PM

What happened to it is that no one believed it for a second. We invaded that country for oil, pure and simple. Every school girl knows that nasty dictators in countries with no valuable resources do not have their regimes changed by military means costing billions of dollars a month.

So, since the rebuilding of Iraq was designed to pour money into the hands of multinational corporations and not the economy of Iraq, the reconstruction has not gone as common sense would have envisioned it. Contrary to popular opinion, the reconstruction was not bungled by the Bush Administration. It went exactly as they designed. And yet - 3 years later - there is less oil flowing, less electricity, and less employment in Iraq than before the invasion. Most people consider that a failure, but the rebuilding effort was not designed to have more oil flow.

It should have been, and politicians of all stripes and the American people and the Iraqi people have every cause to be outraged that it's not. Because you shouldn't spend billions of dollars a month of the national treasury to have less oil flowing.

It would be heinous enough if Bush were serving the ecomonic interests of the U.S. in invading an oil-rich nation. What he's actually doing is far worse.

Alex · 04-25-2006, 10:32 PM

iSm's post is so thoroughly asinine that I can't even respond. I'm boggled that adults think that way.

So we invaded a country to destroy infrastructure to take out of circulation oil that was already out of circulation but that wasn't really it, baby just wanted to avenge daddy but that isn't really it the monkey just wanted to distract the world away from his machiavellian domestic social policies by controlling the populace through fear instigated through the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center but that isn't it the Infant in Chief is actually a masochist that is willing to implode his own reputation to give money to people who were already billionaires. But that's not it he just made poor decisions since he fell off the wagon in May 2002 due to the stress of 9/11. But that's not it, he's simultaneously the biggest idiot in the world and the most masterful manipulator of world politics ever seen. BUT THAT'S NOT IT HE'S JUST A FIGUREHEAD AND THE REAL POWER BEHIND THE THRONE IS A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS THAT HAVE DESIGNATED HIM TO BRING ABOUT THE END TIMES SO THAT DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE CAN FINALLY REIGN SUPREME!!!!!

But that's not it. Sometimes **** happens and people really want it to be the result of a hidden hand so that they can have someone to blame. It is the same ****ty thinking that results in religion.

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 10:34 PM

Who said I was an adult? I'm still into connect the dots, remember?

Alex · 04-25-2006, 10:42 PM

Yeah, but give me a hundred dots and I can draw you a pretty good kitty cat. Give me a thousand and I can draw you a self portrait. Give me a hundred thousand and a good imagination and I can draw whatever you want.

Did you know that in 1978 former governor Ronald Reagan spent several minutes talking to Gene Simmons? Did you know that each word in the name Ronald Wilson Reagan has 6 letters? Connect the dots.

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Yeah, but give me a hundred dots and I can draw you a pretty good kitty cat. Give me a thousand and I can draw you a self portrait. Give me a hundred thousand and a good imagination and I can draw whatever you want.

Did you know that in 1978 former governor Ronald Reagan spent several minutes talking to Gene Simmons? Did you know that each word in the name Ronald Wilson Reagan has 6 letters? Connect the dots.

Do you know someone who knows Kevin Bacon?

Alex · 04-25-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Do you know someone who knows Kevin Bacon?

Yes, I do. (Really)

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Yes, I do. (Really)

Me, too! Well, actually, Kyra Sedgewick. But she knows him, right?

Nephythys · 04-26-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

iSm's post is so thoroughly asinine that I can't even respond. I'm boggled that adults think that way.

So we invaded a country to destroy infrastructure to take out of circulation oil that was already out of circulation but that wasn't really it, baby just wanted to avenge daddy but that isn't really it the monkey just wanted to distract the world away from his machiavellian domestic social policies by controlling the populace through fear instigated through the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center but that isn't it the Infant in Chief is actually a masochist that is willing to implode his own reputation to give money to people who were already billionaires. But that's not it he just made poor decisions since he fell off the wagon in May 2002 due to the stress of 9/11. But that's not it, he's simultaneously the biggest idiot in the world and the most masterful manipulator of world politics ever seen. BUT THAT'S NOT IT HE'S JUST A FIGUREHEAD AND THE REAL POWER BEHIND THE THRONE IS A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS THAT HAVE DESIGNATED HIM TO BRING ABOUT THE END TIMES SO THAT DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE CAN FINALLY REIGN SUPREME!!!!!

But that's not it. Sometimes **** happens and people really want it to be the result of a hidden hand so that they can have someone to blame. It is the same ****ty thinking that results in religion.

I think I love you.

No- really- that was beautiful. (save for my disagreement on the last bit)

Fvcking poetic-damn

04-25-2006, 05:48 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	What happened to it is that no one believed it for a second. We invaded that country for oil, pure and simple. Every school girl knows that nasty dictators in countries with no valuable resources do not have their regimes changed by military means costing billions of dollars a month. So, since the rebuilding of Iraq was designed to pour money into the hands of multinational corporations and not the economy of Iraq, the reconstruction has not gone as common sense would have envisioned it. Contrary to popular opinion, the reconstruction was not bungled by the Bush Administration. It went exactly as they designed. And yet - 3 years later - there is less oil flowing, less electricity, and less employment in Iraq than before the invasion. Most people consider that a failure, but the rebuilding effort was not designed to have more oil flow. It should have been, and politicians of all stripes and the American people and the Iraqi people have every cause to be outraged that it's not. Because you shouldn't spend billions of dollars a month of the national treasury to have less oil flowing. It would be heinous enough if Bush were serving the ecomonic interests of the U.S. in invading an oil-rich nation. What he's actually doing is far worse.
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04-25-2006, 10:32 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	iSm's post is so thoroughly asinine that I can't even respond. I'm boggled that adults think that way. So we invaded a country to destroy infrastructure to take out of circulation oil that was already out of circulation but that wasn't really it, baby just wanted to avenge daddy but that isn't really it the monkey just wanted to distract the world away from his machiavellian domestic social policies by controlling the populace through fear instigated through the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center but that isn't it the Infant in Chief is actually a masochist that is willing to implode his own reputation to give money to people who were already billionaires. But that's not it he just made poor decisions since he fell off the wagon in May 2002 due to the stress of 9/11. But that's not it, he's simultaneously the biggest idiot in the world and the most masterful manipulator of world politics ever seen. BUT THAT'S NOT IT HE'S JUST A FIGUREHEAD AND THE REAL POWER BEHIND THE THRONE IS A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS THAT HAVE DESIGNATED HIM TO BRING ABOUT THE END TIMES SO THAT DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE CAN FINALLY REIGN SUPREME!!!!! But that's not it. Sometimes ** happens and people really want it to be the result of a hidden hand so that they can have someone to blame. It is the same **ty thinking that results in religion.
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04-25-2006, 10:34 PM	#3
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Who said I was an adult? I'm still into connect the dots, remember? __________________
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04-25-2006, 10:42 PM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, but give me a hundred dots and I can draw you a pretty good kitty cat. Give me a thousand and I can draw you a self portrait. Give me a hundred thousand and a good imagination and I can draw whatever you want. Did you know that in 1978 former governor Ronald Reagan spent several minutes talking to Gene Simmons? Did you know that each word in the name Ronald Wilson Reagan has 6 letters? Connect the dots.
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