tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.comments2011-03-28T21:10:49.285-04:00Megan Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026400952243006192noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-47125232356116810562009-02-15T21:57:00.000-05:002009-02-15T21:57:00.000-05:00where did you go?otinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-41491890218954090642009-01-26T19:54:00.000-05:002009-01-26T19:54:00.000-05:00Megan, check out www.jerseymcjones.blogspot.com He is very left wing,while I am more of a libertarian. He is a childhood friend of mine that I have not seen in 20 years, he is very bright and also entertaining. If you visit his site you may pull some more readers back to you!otinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-20286005151507759772009-01-25T17:40:00.000-05:002009-01-25T17:40:00.000-05:00I wish we could get more people to read these things! It takes time and energy to make these posts. I am new at this, I'm not very computer literateotinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-67463284605654086282009-01-25T10:39:00.000-05:002009-01-25T10:39:00.000-05:00I actually just had a long conversation about that with a friend of mine. Since 9/11 and the War in Iraq are the defining factors of his eight years in office, President Bush might prove to be a great President a few years down the road, or a complete failure. As you said, it depends on if Iraq stabilizes itself into a functional democratic society or not. The only thing we can do is wait and see a few years down the road. I was actually thinking of doing more research to try and write a post about this whole topic.Megan Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026400952243006192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-50426925448721707442009-01-24T22:37:00.000-05:002009-01-24T22:37:00.000-05:00You know what is interesting? The Bush administration will not be judged in history for many years. If Iraq were to become a thriving society(democratic) and the countries around were to become democracies, then Bush will be vindicated and look like a foreign policy genius. If Iraq falls back into a tribal rule then he will have perpetrated the largest blunder in U.S. foreign policy since vietnam. I personally think that Iraq was a blunder, I feel that if we just went in and got Bin Laden, and made an example of him, the battle in the war on terror could have stopped right there. I hope this country can get it's shining light back, finally putting an end to all this division amongst our citizensotinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-47749865606075288582009-01-23T22:05:00.000-05:002009-01-23T22:05:00.000-05:00I guess what I was trying to say is that to the average American, life really doesn't change much when presidents change. Policies change, the way we are viewed on the world stage changes, but me getting up and going off to my job doesn't change. Now I know that you might say that jobs may be lost without change, but I say that even if we switched presidents 2 years ago, the banking collapse would have still happened. The machine has gotten too big for it's parts and an overhaul of the system is needed. I believe in the founding fathers visions, but I also think that we need to examine the way things are done. I pay in 14'000 in taxes and get 2000 back. I know people that pay in 1000, have 2 kids and get 2000 back. Now that is crazy!otinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-20691036503662746082009-01-22T19:41:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:41:00.000-05:00It does not matter who the President is - it just matters what he does. You're right when you say very little can be accomplished by one man, but collectively people can make changes here and there that will have an overall societal effect on the way things are. Integrity and accountability is key over these next four years and thereafter, for the people as well as the government.Megan Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026400952243006192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-62937720254419377822009-01-22T19:29:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:29:00.000-05:00www.wizardofotin.blogspot.comotinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-91051476323596263242009-01-22T19:25:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:25:00.000-05:00It really doesn't matter who the president is. The country will function as it always has. Slight policy changes may occur but overall very little can be accomplished by one manotinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158978490041796686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-23405672594310863692008-09-11T11:38:00.000-04:002008-09-11T11:38:00.000-04:00Well said Roomie!! Love you :)Rachaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05268217380991331984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189108442784592764.post-12781174223320149372008-03-23T17:17:00.000-04:002008-03-23T17:17:00.000-04:00Give 'em hell 54th!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com