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Brian Campbell 12/22/2010 5:17:00 PM
Many Democrats including John Kerry and Hillary Clinton were demanding we confront Saddam. Then when we went in there the very ones who said we should complained -because it was popular. I'm glad the mad man is dead and can't use WMD or any kind of weapons, on the kurds and children and whoever else he felt like torturing. Then he gave his generals awards for the torture and mass killings.
As for the economy. Financial experts predicted a possible depression after 911, but President Bush was smart enough to cut taxes and brought the economy roaring back. President George W. Bush also had such great forsight that he warned Congress about loaning money to people that could not afford it. Yes, this little known fact is what would have prevented the Mortgage meltdown but Barney Frank and his other no common sense friends pushed legislation ahead. Do your homework and you will see Barney Frank had a lot to do with our present financial problems.
Sure, President Bush made some mistakes like not protecting our borders, but history will prove that overall he was a VERY GOOD President!
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Samuel S. 11/06/2009 6:05:00 AM
this article has many incorrect facts Hoover was not responsible for the Great Depression ok the people were. because they bought too much on credit and couldnt afford to pay it back. sound familiar ? yes that happened not so long ago. the housing market crashed because during Clinton's presidency yes thats right clinton, he decided to pass a bill granting EVERY person who had a social security number over the age of 21 a loan. LOANS that they had no money to pay with. why do you think the banks refuse you duh because based on your income you can pay it off in the set and fixed amount of time. now for the whole war in Iraq/Afghanistan ok bush only sent the marines and the whole "weapons of mass destruction" yes we all know its a hoax onl an excuse to go anyway. duh. and keeping the troops over there BLAME CONGRESS ok people they are the ones who fund the war over there NOT THE PRESIDENT basic seveth grade knowledge. and the democrats saying "oh the war in Iraq we're going to pull out" yeah right. the democrats we're in control of congress since 2004 and during those four years they did not bring up a bill to bring the troops home. they dont care about the people if they did they wouldnt support abortion, and they only care about your votes thats all that matters to them another term in office, another term of a secure payment, job, thats all they care about
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kalanzi david 07/25/2009 1:19:00 PM
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HIS EXECCELLENCY
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Bill Cliton 04/16/2009 9:28:00 PM
Look we all know that Mr. Obama is a gay idiot, back stabbng moran that wont to take our money and give it to your brain washed free loaders. This Moran could not find his his left nut, so why dont you CNN preverts go and fine your on country and leave the rest of us smarter than you idiots alone. Why didnt you sorry asses show up at the TAX rallies? Oh I forgot, you idots dont come out when the truth comes out, like the wimps that you all are you get scared and hide. I never expected anything less. Your ture colors "YELLOW BACKS"
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krystal_lyte 03/21/2009 9:16:00 PM
If i ran into bush in the hardware store i'd say 'still lookin for the WMD-40?" what a asshat
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ben 03/06/2009 12:46:00 AM
You are a real jerk and a clown. No way to talk about a former President who saved your ass and mine from further attacks on this country. Get a life.
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splkey 03/04/2009 8:34:00 PM
The author of this article needs to "get a grip" and grow up! I do not care what an former U. S. President has done, he/she still deserves the respect given to the office, and that includes calling the person "Mr. President" or "Ms. President," whichever the case may be. Further, how insulting to this country and its citizens that the author is so haughty as to declare that he/she is better than a former U. S. President, by declaring that he/she is embarrassed to state from where he/she is. I do not agree with one thing the current President is doing, but I would still afford him the respect the office deserves. The author of this article needs to grow up!!
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Jack Kennedy 02/17/2009 11:40:00 AM
interesting that the affirmative action prez can not put a stop to the LIBERAL VITRIOL AND HATE
I thought that obama was going to make all you America haters be happy and want to stop being divisive.
But, after reading the simplistic vitriol from jim schutze, it is apparent that he and his fellow America haters are still out to persecute the true American patriots
It is unfortunate that you liberals get to benefit and prosper from and during the time of True Americans such as Bush.
Bush did more to try and get along with liberals and democrats and all he got as LIBERAL VITRIOL AND HATE
Liberals - just say THANK YOU to any and every vet (including Bush) you see and then STFU
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g. varner 02/12/2009 10:47:00 PM
George Bush ruined the global economy? Surely you only write to stir up controversy because you can't be that stupid.
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Daniel 02/10/2009 8:14:00 PM
Well I don't think W was the smartest of men, but I think this country's continual bad mouthing of this guy is even worse. Everybody wants to blame him for this economic disaster, but its not his fault. Thank Clinton for that. While your at it thank all the morons at the banks who actually gave the money to the people they knew could not afford it. As far as I'm concerned, Saddam made a threat to the U.S.. real or a bluff, I don't care. What if it had been real, and the guy attacked us.Then you'd be complaining that the Bush administration did not do enough. If Gore had been elected, 09/11 would have still happened, and we would be in a lot worse shape; because the inconvenient truth about Gore is he would have taken the action that everyone in America wanted after the attack, and Saddam would still be killing his own damn people.
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Craig 02/08/2009 5:58:00 PM
You voted for him for governor? Sheesh.
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David Whitten 02/06/2009 2:53:00 PM
I loved your article. Yes, my father was a Minister of Music in Southern Baptist churches across west Texas. Hence, I was dragged to Glorieta near Sante Fe on many occasions. As I grew up, I loved Canyon Road and the restaurants in town. The old Sante Fe was much different & satisfying. The beautiful people ruined this wonderful city.
Since I live about 15 miles, line of sight, from Crawford, I can assure you that your life will be influenced; however, you might not notice the fighter jets and Black Hawks buzzing around since Dallas is so dense with activity. In Waco, we noticed the bees buzzing around the Crawford hive since air traffic tends to be noticed. Perhaps, I should have used "flies & feces" for this metaphor.
My wife, who works in the Waco City Secretary office, would often encounter Secret Service Agents on a fairly frequent basis, but not much was noticed for me. Even though I drive to Gatesville to work on a daily basis, I never observed any activity in McGregor where his Coffee Shop shrine was located.
One day, after returning from a Oz Fest in Dallas, I noticed "George Bush Parkway" as a street sign for Highway 84. My friend, who knew I hated the man, had a huge belly laugh as we drove beneath the sign. I was livid. I have often fantasized about throwing him the bird, but have feared the consequences of such behavior in the arena of Homeland Insecurity. So, I guess we have something in common. I hear he will be keeping his pseudo-ranch in Crawford. If you find him buying toilet paper in Tomb Thumb, please let me know. I need to laugh as much as possible.
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Attila 02/05/2009 3:51:00 PM
By the way, the Clinton administration had us in economic crisis and Bush inherited that from HIM, then things got better for those who forget history. For those with common sense, Glen Beck and Hannity of Fox news have the views of the true American Spirit for which I fought in the MARINES. I hate hearing about how we shouldn't have been in iraq-have you people lost your minds?! Do the words "Saddam Hussein"(obama's middle name)mean anything to you, or his butcher sons we gladly killed? We removed a modern day Stalin because of Bush-thats a GOOD THING.
Fighting for weak people who stick up for the "rights" of our ememies who when capture Americans, chop off their heads, and drag their bodies through the streets-where's our rights as troops in the eyes of the liberal media and "left" citizens. Now I guess you all are glad Gitmo in Cuba is closing so we can turn loose those we fought so hard to capture and make pay for thier crimes against our country. I guess nobody cares or remembers 9/11. Here are 2 poems I will put up for you to read-read carefully, for they represent what the Marines, and generally the military thinks of US citizens:
....WORDS FROM A MARINE
"Take a man and put him alone,
Put him twelve thousand miles from home.
Empty his heart of all but blood,
Make him live in sand, in mud.
This is the life I have to live,
This the soul to the gods I give.
You have your parties and drink your beer,
While young men and women are dying over here.
Plant your signs on the White House lawn;
"Lets get out of Iraq".
Use your signs and have your fun,
Then refuse to use a gun.
There's nothing else for you to do,
Then I'm supposed to die for you?
There is one thing that you should know;
And that's where I think you should go!
I'm already here and it's too late.
I've traded all my love for all this hate.
I'll hate you till the day I die.
You made me hear my buddy cry.
I saw his leg and his blood shed,
Then I heard them say, "This one's dead".
It was a large price for him to pay,
To let you live another day.
He had the guts to fight and die,
To keep the freedom you live by.
By his dying, your life he buys,
But who gives a FUCK if a Marine dies! ....
We are those un-forgiven few.
The few who were born, a sheep dog amongst sheep. Unaware of what life held for us. We were then forged in the fires of hell. Raised up in the hands of the gods, to ward off bad elements. To stay the wolves from the flock at nigh while the sheep sleep. Baptized in the chaos of combat. Ridiculed by those we protect. The unthankful flock feels that we are relics of a past era. They see no danger because we keep it from them.
We chose this.
And yet, as the flock turns their heads from us. As they dismiss us, taking the freedoms as if it cost the sheep dog nothing, not a word of gratitude. For it is easy to maintain such things, right? We will continue to pay for the passage of the many.
With the skin of our backs.
The tears of our souls.
And the blood of our veins.
For we are few, and we are beaten and trodden upon.
We are few, but we are blessed for having known such good
company.
We are few, but we are strong.
We are few, but we are proud.
We are few, and we are brothers.
And as brothers, we carry this burden together.
As brothers, we drink, and we sing together.
As brothers, we stand, and we fight together.
And, all too often� as brothers, we bury our brothers.
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attila 02/05/2009 3:27:00 PM
We should impeach obama bin laden who refuses to even wear an American flag pin or salute OUR flag-and who wants to negotiate with iran who are a bunch of islamofacists. We need somebody tough to deal with those rotten middle-eastern people. Violence is the only thing they understand and CERTAINLY the only thing they respect-show weakness(like Bill Clinton), and its all over. Do it the Marine Corps way!
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Joseph 02/05/2009 3:19:00 AM
You're the biggest idiot I have ever read. Please keep your little opinions to yourself. You're the worst writer in the United States, coward!
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Joseph 02/05/2009 3:17:00 AM
You're the biggest idiot I have ever read. Please keep your little opinions to yourself. You're the worst writer in the United States, coward!
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CR2 02/03/2009 2:39:00 AM
This talk about how Bush protected the country is inane. 9-11 happened under his watch after he was warned about it in numerous memos and briefings. Read Richard Clark's book.
September 11th wouldn't have happened if we had a competent person in the Oval Office.
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Matt 02/02/2009 7:31:00 PM
Unfortunately, the Bushes are going to to be the Dallas area cocktail party sensation of 2009 and will continue to be an integral part of the wealthy social circles. It will not matter if Mr. Bush is dragged to the Hague. There are still people who believe our current economic situation is the fault of laws "forcing" banks to lend to minorities and that the hippies were the reason we lost the Vietnam War. Take a look at the Welcome Home George and Laura signs. Makes me want to puke.
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Knute 02/02/2009 5:02:00 PM
Hoover didn't start the great depression.
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Raine Devries 02/02/2009 12:21:00 AM
On 17 January 09, a UK paper wrote a good article about the POSITIVE things President Bush has done and perhaps the nay-sayers might want to spend some time reviewing this:
IN our recent book Not In My Name: A Compendium Of Modern Hypocrisy, my co-author Chas Newkey-Burden quotes none other than Bob Geldof as saying, �You�ll think I�m off my trolley, but the Bush administration is the most radical � in a positive sense � in its approach to Africa, since Kennedy�.
Chas goes on to say: �Sir Bob contrasted this to Europe�s �pathetic and appalling� response and Clinton�s record, �He did **** all�.�
Many aid charities have echoed his praise for Bush. Bono, too, has had many good things to say about him.
None of this is good enough for your modern hypocrite, though. For them, Bush will always be the devil incarnate.
Funny, isn�t it, how people who contribute no more to the cause than buying a wristband should feel so comfortable hurling abuse at a man who has done more than most to help Africa.
The fact is, that for the past eight years, George W Bush (who hands over the most powerful position in the world to Barack Obama on Tuesday) has been the whipping boy � �a scapegoat; one who is singled out for blame or punishment� � of the West.
Curiously, and somewhat hypocritically, he has been abused for both imaginary sins and real virtues.
An alleged half-wit (the kind who majors in history at Yale and graduates from Harvard) who reads two serious books a week.
A supposed Christian killjoy who has conquered a hefty drink habit. A crazed warmonger who, quite rightly, did not fight in America�s vile war against Vietnam.
Mocked for being a loyal husband to a smart, attractive wife while his priapic predecessor treated women like dirt.
(How strange that the black feminist writer Toni Morrison, defending Clinton after he was revealed as a rampant, misogynist he-slut, called him �our first black President. Blacker than any actual black person who could ever be elected in our children�s lifetime.� What an insult to black men!)
A sexist, racist Neanderthal who has promoted blacks and women to heights no Democratic administration has ever dreamed of. (The mind boggles when one imagines what Bill Clinton would have tried to do to beautiful, brilliant Condoleezza Rice, but making her Secretary of State wasn�t one of them. Making her his secretary, ready at hand to sexually harass, more like.)
Indeed, if W had not promoted the excellent likes of Rice and Colin Powell to their unparalleled positions of black power in the US, I find it very hard to believe Obama would be about to become America�s first true black President.
(And no, Toni, it�s not about being a self- righteous, sexually incontinent swindler, as you strangely and somewhat self-loathingly seemed to believe back then.)
It was the �racist� Bush who got white America used to seeing black Americans in high office � I don�t recall good ol� boy Bill having much use for them except to wheel out that old fraud the Reverend Jesse Jackson (himself famous for cheating on his wife with a cast of thousands, including the singers Nancy Wilson and Roberta Flack) for that cringeworthy White House pray-in after Bill was caught sticking his cigarillo where he shouldn�t.
After being roped into a further prayathon with Chelsea and Hillary Clinton, the Rev Jesse described the First Lady as pained and humiliated but not shocked by her husband�s antics.
With friends like that, who needs enemas?
(And while we�re at it, can the British chattering classes stop bleating on about the singular racist ignorance of Americans compared to we oh-so-civilised Europeans? They�re about to get a black President; the best we could do was put a black man on the shortlist for the awesome task of playing the 11th Doctor Who. And even then he got passed over for the wonder of Whitey! And while we�re on Doctor Who and politics, it�s sad that while 6.1million Britons watched BBC TV to see the new Doctor being announced, only 1.3million saw the next President of the USA being announced. And we dare laugh at the Yanks for being politically ignorant and obsessed with celebrity!)
So... it was the �homophobic� dastard Dubya who, mysteriously, signed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Act which allows the rollover of pensions from a dead gay person to a partner without taxconsequences � as has always been the case for straights.
Nothing he does is so petty that Bush-haters won�t nitpick at it.
I remember being stunned by the Fahrenheit 9/11 film, in which Bush was roundly mocked for... taking a holiday!
(Funny how puritanical people get when it comes to a man they like to accuse of being an uptight Born-Again.)
And remember the mixed infants playground-quality jeering � BUSH NEEDS TO GO POTTY � when in 2005, during a UN world summit, Bush made the unforgivable error of passing a note to his Secretary of State saying: �I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?".
Firstly, can I say how refreshing and charming I found it to see a privileged white man � the most powerful man in the world! � ask the advice of his black female subordinate, assuming, without any threat to his status or masculinity, that she knew more about such things than he.
And secondly, let�s not forget that there were more than 150 �world leaders� there � prime ministers, presidents and monarchs � some of them probably not democratically elected.
Let�s be honest, some of them probably filthy rich, corrupt, unelected feudal Islamist potentates.
And Arab pride is apparently so pathetically fragile that its honour can be �insulted� at the tiniest perceived slight.
Who knows what a firestorm a President peeing without permission might have caused among these delicate desert flowers?
Why, they might have done something really butch and Carrie Bradshaw-ish like throwing their shoes at him!
The great Natan Sharansky � who learned a thing or two about humanity during years banged up in Soviet labour camps � once said to Bush: �Mr President, I see you as a dissident. Dissidents believe in an idea. They suffer a lot. But history proves them right.�
It remains to be seen how history will deal with Dubya, but chances are its verdict will be much fairer � and thus far more favourable � from the ocean-going snobs, suck-ups to Islamic terror and all-round hypocrites who have been so eager to transfer all their own weaknesses and demons on to the shoulders of this really rather decent man.
Modest, too. At his final White House press conference the President joked to journalists that they had �misunderestimated him�.
He critiqued himself robustly for rash rhetoric and defended himself handsomely from those armchair rescue workers who pilloried him over Hurricane Katrina: �Don�t tell me the response was slow when there were 30,000 people pulled off the roofs right after the storm passed.�
He praised Barack Obama � and warned him that Islamofascism is the greatest threat to peace and progress.
I leave the last words to my co-author: �Bush was a true maverick. The most powerful man in the world, he quite rightly didn�t care what the superficially superior yet basically self-loathing European dinner party set thought of him.
�It�s a dangerous world and he understands the dangers better than most. It wouldn�t surprise me if, in a few years, Bush is being widely missed.�
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2141868.ece
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BabyBoomerBobby 02/01/2009 3:17:00 AM
I wish I had a residence in the former president's new
neighborhood. No not because I want to be close to him,
but rather I would allow any family survivor of any of
the Iraq fiasco deaths or disabilities to stay with me so
that they could have the opportunity to see him and let
him know that his poor decision to invade and occupy Iraq
cost lives and limbs that were worth much more than all
the egocentric and arrogant attacks for oil in the name
of democracy.
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CR 01/29/2009 5:57:00 PM
The worst president we've had?! Hardly.
As for that title, just wait....I think our current prez has a pretty good chance on winning it.
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Claire 01/25/2009 6:57:00 PM
Great thoughts. But, consider this.........we should all be writing bush thank you notes. I'm thinking that if bush had not done such a bad job as president, we would not have Obama as our President today. bush helped the people of America wake up and step up on election day. Do you know of an address for bush?
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clifton webb 01/24/2009 5:55:00 PM
I have a suggestion to help you get over your derangment. Move back to where ever it was you came from. You pretty much define your character when relating the story of when you were a child and your mother advised you how to avoid people you 'hate'. Hate? You were the son of a clergyman and you are talking about hating? You obviously have a life time of experience of hating.
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Joanne Weigel 01/23/2009 1:57:00 AM
You are a real jerk and not a great command of the english language if all you can manage is a cuss word in every sentence.
You get paid for that? If you realized who was really in control while he was in office, maybe you wouldn't have voted the way you did. The democrats had control. He wasn't perfect, but his hands were tied at every turn. I'd like to see you go through what he did with little or no support for 8 years.
Next time, walk in a person's shoes before showing yourself to be a idiot.
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Tracy 01/22/2009 8:46:00 PM
Despite attempts by some who try to rewrite history or are totally ignorant, I want to thank you for your many accomplishments. The lies about your economy being bad for 8 years deliberately misrepresents that your economy was very good from 2002 through 2007. For most of your Presidency, the Bush economy was better than that of your predecessor. Many people blame you for the housing crisis. What these people fail to mention was that for most of your Presidency, ownership was at an all time high giving higher numbers of people a chance at the American Dream, and so it is statistically normal for them to get hurt when the economy changed. You rallied this nation after the worst attack on American soil since 1941, and perhaps ever. As you reminded us, others may have gone back to normal after 9/11. You never did. Yet you also made sure that Arabs and Muslims in America were treated with dignity. You understood that freedom and liberty are gifts from Almighty God and millions of people in the Middle East are praying that your vision succeeds. Some accuse you of shredding the Constitution. What you did was help save all of our lives, so that your critics could have the freedom to criticize you at the top of their lungs. That does not sound like censorship to me. It sounds like democracy and liberty. You appointed first-rate judges. Justice Sam Alito is a fine legal mind, and Chief Justice John Roberts might be one of the greatest intellectual titans the court has ever seen. It is strict constructionists that respect the Constitution the most, by simply obeying it. Some said that you ruined our relations with the world, partly because of your support of Israel. The world does not hate us. The world�s socialist, communist, and Islamofacist governments publicly hate us, while privately yearning to be us. They are already burning your successor in effigy, which tells me that the responsibility of the President is to do what benefits America, and only America. Our relations with Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Israel, Australia, India, and Japan have never been stronger. I could spend hours praising your 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, in addition to your many fine qualities in terms of how you treated every day human beings. When your critics declared that the Iraq War was lost, you doubled down, ordered a surge, and brought in General David Petraeus. Not only did you hire the best and brightest, you let them do their jobs, and get those jobs done right. If anybody wants evidence that America is still a beacon for the world to admire and emulate, just look at your successor. Only in America could his election be possible. As expected, your graciousness and kindness towards him and his family is sincere. Some say you were a divider and not a uniter. This is totally false. You reached out to your critics, and they never accepted your hand of friendship. Your political enemies were the ones who polarized this nation. Your successor mentioned the other day that he thinks you are a good person. His critics need to hear this over and over again. Despite their obsession with division, you remained kind to the end, and were able to unite people that were willing to let decency override partisanship. Some point to your low poll numbers, but it is easy to have high polls when consequential decisions are avoided. Some of your predecessors let the polls lead. That is the life of a follower. Leaders will always be controversial. History will vindicate you, because as Winston Churchill said, �I will help write it.� Part of this is selfishness on my part. I believed in you, so vindicating your Presidency will vindicate me as well. I was right to support you, and have zero regrets. I shall continue to let my friends know how lucky they were that America was led by President George W. Bush. As you leave, just know that while you are no longer leading the free world, you will forever be my President.
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Elyse McKenna 01/22/2009 12:18:00 AM
The fact that you are able to be alive and well today to write such a spiteful article is thanks to our Former President, Mr. George W. Bush. Without him, our past 8 years could have cost you and numerous other innocent civilians your lives. He is human, just like the rest of us. He makes mistakes, just like the rest of us. But the immature and ridiculous thing is, the great man could not get even five seconds of silence and respect so he could board his helicopter and return home after the most strenuous years of his life. Had it been former President Bush that flubbed up during his oath the world would never had let him live it down. But since it was the "great" Obama, the blame was placed on his nerves or the Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Had it been Bush, the blame would have been placed on how "unintelligent and inept" he is to rule our country. This is blasphemous behavior by my fellow U.S. citizens. In short, when or if you should have the honor of running into our great former President, I would hope you could muster respect and dignity like he did for eight years and look him in the eye and say "Thank you Mr. President for protecting my country."
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LCH 01/21/2009 5:58:00 PM
You seem very insecure and sarcastic Jim. People who love Texas always come home. I'mthinking you should not disgrace us by living here.
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Mike McK 01/19/2009 8:13:00 PM
You know, travelling around the country, I find that a lot of people think that Texans are ignorant rednecks. I always try to set them straight when I can. Your editorial doesn't really help those of us trying to dispell the stereotype.
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Kaitlyn 01/19/2009 8:05:00 PM
George W. Bush coming back to Texas does not "gall" me, it does not make me cringe. It does not make me ashamed to tell people where I am from.
Reading this article makes me ashamed of where I am from.
I am a college student in Charlotte, NC at a small liberal arts university and as a conservative I am obviously in the minority here. Hell, the whole campus is shutting down and canceling classes tomorrow to watch Obama take office. I miss Texas, but not in the way you'd think; I miss the attitude, demeanor, and integrity of Texans that seems a little less abundant here. There is something about our people-our state-that makes people want to stay there... or come back there.
Regardless of your politics, President Bush's return to his HOME will no doubt jeopardize Dallas' reputation. But I have one thing to say to all those who are so caught up in their own "duty to Dallas" that they find themselves daydreaming about the exact combination of scathing words they will use to hurl at a man who just wants to disappear:
If anyone can endure this 'burden,' if anyone can take this lemon and make lemonade, if anyone can grit their teeth and bear it silently and valiantly...... it's Texas.
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anorm 01/18/2009 1:55:00 AM
I will say "Welcome Home, Mr. President". I will say not everyone in Dallas is a complete ass and not all are Democrats. There are alot of Independents and (dare I admit it??) Republicans in Dallas and I, for one, am sick of being browbeaten by loud obnoxious people shouting hopenchange. In case people don't know, The Bushes lived in Dallas in the 80's and both their children went to public school here(my daughter was in Jena's class). They are not moving back to Dallas just for the Presidental Library, this is their HOME so get over yourselves, bitches.
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Frances Schwartzwald 01/15/2009 11:17:00 PM
Wonderful column! I loved reading you in the late, much-lamented Times Herald, and didn't know you were still available to me. Great work!
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Sandy 01/15/2009 11:03:00 PM
I just had to share something I recently found out thanks to my aunt in Colorado. President Bush is moving to the same zip code that I live in. It's also the same zip code as the Home Depot I work at(Josey and Forest Ln). You can also find Hispanic looking men waiting to for people to stop and offer them work. Good ol' 75229.
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Sue 01/14/2009 4:49:00 PM
Unfortunately spitting in the face of George W. Bush is not an option. That is the only appropriate reaction to that scum of the earth who tried daily for eight years to destroy our wonderful country. Our reputation is shot, our economy is doomed, millions of people have suffered and died because of this disgusting CIC. Spitting is too good for him. How embarrassing to live in the town that will house the Dumbya "libary". As if the JFK assassination didn't shame our city enough.
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Dick 01/14/2009 4:34:00 PM
I would say, "Mr. President, thank you for keeping us safe after 9/11".
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Texjazz 01/14/2009 2:36:00 AM
My response to W's (and Cheney's) return to Dallas will be on the back bumper of my car... "Get thee behind me."
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IreneAdler 01/13/2009 12:28:00 AM
I guess I'd rather that he'd be retired here than that he'd still be president and in the White House. And we all have to make sacrifices for the good of the nation. Cowboy up, Dallas! Bend over and take one for your country!
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Not a Bush basher. 01/12/2009 10:25:00 PM
A counter point:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/986rockt.asp?pg=2
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amfh 01/12/2009 7:54:00 PM
I've given thought to what I'd do or say should I encounter Bush on the street. I'd look at him, refuse his hand if offered and spit at his feet, then turn away shaking my head in disgust.
If I were in someone's place of business during the encounter, I would not, of course, spit. I would merely look him up and down, sneer and then turn away shaking my head in disgust.
Here's a website: http://www.fingersalutetobush.org/ I plan to contribute my photo soon.
As a native-born, 59 year old Dallasite, it galls me no end that the "man" is coming here to live.
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Steven R 01/10/2009 7:40:00 PM
I'm reminded of the scene in Frost/Nixon, when Reston is finally comes face to face with the boogie man of the 60's. After blowing hard all through the movie about how he'd lay him low if given the chance, when it comes and he's confronted with the Ex-President's hand to shake, he hesitates only a moment before he grasps it and, nodding deferentially says, "Mr. President". And Nixon/Kissinger murdered countless millions of southeast Asians and then turned around and supported regimes who killed millions more. Those guys make W look like a piker.
Oddly, I've wondered too, what I would say to The Man. I guess most of us who live in Dallas have had that thought. But, like Reston, I'd probably cave.
Seriously though, Jim, you need to get better placement for your stuff on the web page. With all the talk of the demise of newsprint, you ought to have your own button across the top. It needs to read News Blogs Schutze Restaurants Etc. If anybody's earned a shortcut, it's you.
It's hard to miss your column in the newsprint version. Not so much here.
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Steven R 01/10/2009 4:43:00 PM
I'm reminded of the scene in Frost/Nixon, when Reston is finally comes face to face with the boogie man of the 60's. After blowing hard all through the movie about how he'd lay him low if given the chance, when it comes and he's confronted with the Ex-President's hand to shake, he hesitates only a moment before he grasps it and, nodding deferentially says, "Mr. President". And Nixon/Kissinger murdered countless millions of southeast Asians and then turned around and supported regimes who killed millions more. Those guys make W look like a piker.
Oddly, I've wondered too, what I would say to The Man. I guess most of us who live in Dallas have had that thought. But, like Reston, I'd probably cave.
Seriously though, Jim, you need to get better placement for your stuff on the web page. With all the talk of the demise of newsprint, you ought to have your own button across the top. It needs to read News Blogs Schutze Restaurants Etc.
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Keith 01/10/2009 12:44:00 AM
Great Article. Thank God I moved from Dallas to Houston ten years ago. At least we have the "good" Bush down here. They used to go to my restaurant, Molinas, on Sundays. Very nice to everyone. I didn't introduce myself. Too many Secret Service and I don't know what to say to a former president that wouldn't be totally cliched and lame.
Anyway, Bush has to move to Dallas because its the safest and most conservative city in Texas. He can't move here because of all the New Orleans people he screwed from Katrina live here. Sure as hell can't live in Austin. They'd drag him from the street and hang him.
Good Luck Guys.
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Roadside 01/10/2009 12:07:00 AM
"At this point in history, Dick Cheney is a global symbol for real evil."
Hey Jim, whats your KOS kiddie and DU account names? It would be nice to know the moonbat kook behind the name.
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Lemastre 01/10/2009 12:05:00 AM
Jim: Your chance of inadvertently encountering George Bush are practically zero. First off, he will live in a soon-to-be gated enclave of rich Republicans in north Dallas, surrounded by a Secret Service detail that will probably clear out the Home Depot store and parking lot before George is allowed on the property.
I suspect most of us who aren't in the media don't run into celebrities all that often, anyway. During the years Bush lived in Dallas, enjoying his free Rangers tickets (not the Rangers, just the tickets), I lived not too far from his place, geographically speaking, and never set eyes on him. We just didn't travel the same paths, I guess. I never saw Dick Cheney when he was here, either, although I now suspect Cheney might purposely keep out of sight of everybody. I once encountered Dallas Mayor Eric Jonsson at Goff's hamburgers on Lovers Lane. I don't recall whether Harvey threw him out or not.
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Roadside 01/09/2009 11:53:00 PM
The stock market crash of 1929 didn't cause the Great Depression, the father of the American welfare state, FDR did.
A month after the stock market crash of 1929 the unemployment rate was 5% in the following month (Nov.), climbing to 9% in December and subsideing to 6.3% in June of 1930 when the real cause of the depression was passed, the Smoot-Hawley tariffs. The tariffs resulted in massive unemployment and began the Great Depression. More than a year after the stock market crash but only 5 months after Smoot-Hawley, unemployment hit double digits for the first time in the 1930s and stayed there due to the interventionist policies of Hoover and FDR. Recessions typically last about 1 to 2 years but it was the interventionalist policies of Hoover and FDR that dragged us into a depression that lasted until WWII pulled us out of it.
Unfortunately Bush took up the mantle from Hoover and initiated a trillion dollar bailout which will be followed by Obama's own trillion dollar, America busting intervention. And so history will repeat itself.
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Martha McSweeney 01/08/2009 10:49:00 PM
This was the most hilarious, yet truthful column from Schutz. I rejoice that living in the depths of East Texas, I shall likely never encounter Shrub, but in the event that I do on one of my pilgrimiges to Jimmy's, I'll carry an extra piar of the very shoes I used to muck out the cow's stall.
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matt 01/08/2009 9:53:00 PM
The saddest part of all this, for me, is realizing that I live in just about the ONLY city in the U.S. that would welcome G.W. Bush with open arms. It's sickening.
If I saw him in Home Depot, I'd probably just hand him a box full of screws, and tell him, "Just returning the favor."
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Halbert Albert 01/08/2009 9:08:00 PM
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(then Junior wakes up)
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HALLELUJAH! THE END IS NEAR!!
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Julia 01/08/2009 9:07:00 PM
Tourists? Ask Midland about that.
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/07/07/the_presidents_childhood_preserved_for_history/
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Joseph 01/08/2009 9:07:00 PM
You do nothing, you turn your back and go about your business.
Why waste your time on him.
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Halbert Albert 01/08/2009 9:06:00 PM
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Reuben L Owens 01/08/2009 8:43:00 PM
CatBird writes: "President Bush is a true and noble man is a deceptive and ignoble world."
So... how would that be any different than calling him a "Naive Idiot"?
And the *real* victim here isn't the people who voted for him who are now jobless and homeless, but rather poor George W. Bush (aka St. George) who gets to live in some palacial mansion in North Dallas for the rest of his life?
And it the "deceptive and ignoble world" that is responsible for all the dead Iraqis and American Soldiers who died in an idiodic war, not poor George, the simpleton.
Great. That should be a comfort to all the families of those dead soldiers. It wasn't George's fault. It was the world's.
What a bird-brain!
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latasha 01/08/2009 8:38:00 PM
Hey, my response to your column is "relax". He was the president for 8 years and only he and and now Obama know what's really going on in the twisted world of politics on this globe. Live and let live. Let him be. Stop the hate. The hate that was stirred when he got into office never stopped and it has taken on a life of it's own. Let him fade and do good philothropic things like his dad is doing and old Bill C. is doing and let it rest. Let's focus on Obama now ok? Keep your shoes on, too == feet tend to smell.
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Jake 01/08/2009 8:10:00 PM
I think Jim brings up a lot of good points. The problem is with perception. Bush moving to Dallas is like having a staged cattle drive through downtown daily or tumbleweed dropped by the truckload on city streets or asking all residents to wear 10 gallon hats. It perpetuates a stereotype that cripples the city�s ability to move forward. By the way I�ve heard the �Move to California� bit enough. I live in a city that overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama and has been blue since the 2006 election. I think CA is already here.
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Jake 01/08/2009 8:04:00 PM
I think Jim brings up a lot of good points. The problem is with perception. Bush moving to Dallas is like having a staged cattle drive through downtown daily or tumbleweed dropped by the truckload on city streets or asking all residents to wear 10 gallon hats. It perpetuates a stereotype that cripples the city�s ability to move forward. By the way I�ve heard the �Move to California� bit enough. I live in a city that overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama and has been blue since the 2006 election. I think CA is already here.
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John on a Carphone 01/08/2009 7:20:00 PM
I predict W's pet nickname for Schutze will be "mosquito." Or as W says it, "mos-KEET-er."
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No One Special 01/08/2009 4:39:00 PM
Of course,Bush, and Cheney will all be fine no matter what they call him.
The Bush's have been funneling money from Arms deals (and other deals)for years.
I mean Prescott Bush was helping the NAZI's for crying out loud...
Hello?
If anyone can read the signs and signals and not the beauracracies of government.
They would know that the Illuminati and the Knights Templar have been running the world for decades.
The Bushes are part of this as well as the Clinton's...
(Hello Obama? Did you know that? Are you reading?)
Oh yes, many.many other wealthy and influential people and movers and shakers know all about this and have been part of it for decades as well.
(I mean, when they did the stock market crash in 1929...do you really think that it was an accident? Of course not. Not when you have one organization making and creating and hoarding all the money in the world and they can dole it out and and recall it all back in whenever they need a vacation!)
They are all connected...so in reality...
It does not matter who you vote for ar wave your little flag for...
They WILL NOT be in control.
In any case...
Good Luck to all in theses modern times...as indeed...
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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Karen 01/08/2009 3:52:00 PM
Did you read "The Case of Murder Against George W. Bush" by Vincent Bugliosi?
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Catbird 01/08/2009 3:24:00 PM
President Bush is a true and noble man is a deceptive and ignoble world.
His primary mistake and the reason he is nearly universally hated is that he really and truly governed from the actual center.
ie: allowing the worst enemy of American publication education that the senate has to offer to write the �No Child Left Behind Act� (translated: No Child Gets Ahead) and invading Iraq because he actually believed his advisors when they told him that Muslim culture would embrace the concept of Democracy in the way Christian culture has.
Had he forgotten his promise to create a �new tone� in Washington and taken the path blazed by Ronald Reagan, then he would have been the most popular president in American history. He would have been an authentic conservative.
But like I said, President Bush is a true and noble man.
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Reuben L Owens 01/08/2009 2:23:00 PM
I also have to agree with PlanoDave, Jim. This president doesn't give a rat's ass about *anybody's* opinion... never has and never will!
Which is why Bush is a superior human being... a lesser person would succumb to the notion that they are singularly responsible for the worst economic disaster in the history of the world.
Thankfully, Bush is unburdened by these triffling facts.
And PlanoDave is correct about the direction of I-10 west (I looked it up!)... however, I'm uncertain as to what it has to do with Bush, unless he's suggesting Bush should move there... which kinda makes sense because San Francisco recently honored him by naming a sewage plant after him. No doubt they'd want to throw him a parade! (you know how festive those San Franciscans are!!)
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Bob 01/08/2009 4:31:00 AM
The American Taxpayers pay the secret service to protect ex-presidents from shoes and other embarassments like this (unfortunately) true article. One could start a Home Depot conversation with a question like, "Where DID you spend the Viet Nam war?" W liked to give people nicknames. That's your opportunity. How much will he be charging for his motivational speeches, perhaps it should be speech! Will Laura have the courage to help him rehearse? It took her eight years to teach him to read at third grade level. Will the visiting crowds be pro or con W? Should be fun.
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HurlingShoes 01/08/2009 2:33:00 AM
PlanoDave is right. Shrub has made it clear he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him. He's impervious and self-contained. Shrub's view of the world could be measured by a yardstick stuck in his navel.Three feet in front of himself is about his range of concern and understanding.
The shoe thing is hysterical. However, the cloven hoof beats thing is really scary. Shoes-funny. Cloven hoof beats announcing Cheney is in the vicinity, scary.
Got it. Shoes funny. Hoof beats, run.
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Peterk 01/08/2009 1:48:00 AM
"Say I'm in the plumbing aisle at Home Depot bent forward at the waist searching for a beeswax toilet seal."
you're kidding me right? Jim Schutze leaving the confines of East Dallas to visit an evil big box store. the closest Home Depot to both you and Dubya is north of Northwest Highway. and I don't see you heading that far north
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Gangy 01/08/2009 1:25:00 AM
I've been thinking about what I'll do when I cross paths with W in Dallas, too. I know that the words "war criminal" will be a big part of my response. I am hoping he and Cheney will be tried and convicted quickly and spare our community tensions over how to treat these villains. Thanks for your eloquent and entertaining musings that are sure to start a lot of conversations among Dallasites.
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PlanoDave 01/08/2009 12:46:00 AM
What makes you think that President Bush would give a rats ass what you think about him, Jim?
Now if we were talking about Carter moving here, that would be cause for concern.
BTW, I-10 West will get you to California.
