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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 09/18/2006 : 03:34:16
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Interesting article from The Huffington Post: quote:
Top Ten Worst People in the Bush Administration
1. George W. Bush, President
2. Dick Cheney, Vice President
3. Karl Rove, Chief Political Adviser to the President
4. Don Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
5. Paul Wolfowitz, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense
6. David Addington, Chief of Staff to the Vice President
7. Douglas Feith, Former Under Secretary of Defense and Head of the Office of Special Plans
8. John Bolton, UN Ambassador
9. I. Lewis Libby, Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President
10. Alberto Gonzalez, Attorney General
You know this list is hideous when John Ashcroft can't crack the Top Ten. John Bolton would finish in the top two of almost any other "worst person" list. But this is a murderer's row of incompetents, fool, knaves, and - in the immortal words of the president - evil-doers.
It continues on to explain why these worthies made the list, and gives a pretty good anaylsis of our alledged president.
I wish Arianna would go to a larger font.....
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Ghost_Skeptic
SFN Regular
Canada
510 Posts |
 Posted - 09/18/2006 : 05:39:25 [Permalink]
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This was particularly well said:
quote:
There is nothing George Bush won't do to cover up his own insecurities. The man has been an abject failure in every aspect of his life. He was terrible at school. He was cowardly in the face of battle. He destroyed every business he ran. And he knows it.
But he buries it deep down inside. He puts on his fake swagger and pretends he earned his place in the world. He was born as American royalty and he thinks he built the empire. He has had everything handed to him and smashed it to pieces.
But a man who cared would look to do the right thing. Would look for help. Would admit he has flaws and bring in people who could help him lead. Instead, Bush, for fear of looking inward, has eschewed all change and all help.
His pride is more important to him than the lives of others, than the United States government and the well being of her citizens. And that is inexcusable.
He thinks politics is a game. And that whoever wins the elections is the better man. But it isn't about winning elections, it's about governing. It's about caring for the people of the United States of America. He has such a colossal responsibility - and he does not care.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2006 : 19:00:55 [Permalink]
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/top-ten-worst-people-in-t_b_29603.html
OP link didn't work for me.
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/19/2006 : 01:49:52 [Permalink]
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| And why is Rice not on this list? I would have Ashcroft and Rice both on it but maybe that's because I don't know enough about a couple of them. |
| Edited by - beskeptigal on 09/19/2006 01:51:17 |
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chaloobi
SFN Regular
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Posted - 09/19/2006 : 08:39:21 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
And why is Rice not on this list? I would have Ashcroft and Rice both on it but maybe that's because I don't know enough about a couple of them.
Maybe it's a prejudice thing. Reverse descrimination?  |
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Orwellingly Yurz
SFN Regular
USA
529 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 15:54:36 [Permalink]
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YO: Here's OY's top ten list of assholes OUTSIDE the Bush Administration:
1. Falwell
2. Robertson
3. Dobson
4. Limpbatt
5. Hannity
6. O'Really?
7. Savage
8. Santorum
9. Coulter (maybe she should be at top of list)
10. Dr. Laura (With the face in the toilet bowl; as in the misty light)
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JohnOAS
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Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 17:18:33 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
I wish Arianna would go to a larger font.....
There's no embedded Arianna font on this page or the linked page as far as I can tell.
If you want to bump the font size for your own viewing comfort, there are a couple of options:
For FireFox users:
(I think you're using FF now Filthy, if I remember our last browser discussions)
Control + to increase the fonts
Control - to reduce the fonts
Real quick and easy, you can do it on the fly for pages that are just too damned hard to read otherwise. No settings to change.
Note, you just need the key with the + or - on it, it doesn't matter that the "+" may normally require a shift to get, just use the Control key and the key with +/- on it.
For IE users:
Click on the "View" menu.
Click on "Text size"
Select one of the five values from smallest through largest.
(This setting is generally remembered between sessions).
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 17:25:44 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnOAS
For IE users:
Click on the "View" menu.
Click on "Text size"
Select one of the five values from smallest through largest.
(This setting is generally remembered between sessions).
Of if you have a mouse with one of those fancy scroll wheels, you can spin it while holding down the Ctrl key to change the font size.
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Sago
New Member
USA
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Posted - 09/19/2006 : 18:48:53 [Permalink]
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Why isn't there a section titled "Vent", no rationale required?
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 19:02:38 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
And why is Rice not on this list? I would have Ashcroft and Rice both on it but maybe that's because I don't know enough about a couple of them.
One of Sweden's most prolific writer, Jan Guillou, very recently released a fictional story where he blasts Bush, "Dicky", "Rummy" and Wolfowitz with a vengeance. However, Rice is described as a fairly bright woman trapped by circumstances.
"Madame Terror" is the title, probably not yet translated to English, where a former Swedish military intelligence officer is recruited by "Madame Terror", a female Palstinian military intelligence officer, to command the first submarine[1] of the newly formed Palestinian Navy.
Jan Guillou has a history of harsh criticism of Israeli and American policies and actions in the Middle East.
[1]Built by Russians with a similar propulsion technology as the Swedish sub HMS Gotland that has been eluding the American Navy during the last year outside the California coast...
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 19:10:15 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Sago
Why isn't there a section titled "Vent", no rationale required?
You are perfectly free to start discussions critically analysing the policies of the current American government if you feel that ours lack in critical thought.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 21:22:08 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
Of if you have a mouse with one of those fancy scroll wheels, you can spin it while holding down the Ctrl key to change the font size.
Nice, I didn't know that one. |
John's just this guy, you know. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2006 : 00:04:24 [Permalink]
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New box, John. No Firefox. The 'spin-the-wheel' works except that my font is already at the largest 'View' setting. Ah well.....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2006 : 08:06:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnOAS
For IE users:
Click on the "View" menu.
Click on "Text size"
Select one of the five values from smallest through largest.
(This setting is generally remembered between sessions).
On my unmodified IE box, the text size setting (and the spin-the-wheel shortcut) don't do anything on The Huffington Post except change the size of the red-text headers. A web page has to be constructed in such a way that text-size changing is allowed, and apparently the HP folks don't find that to be necessary. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2006 : 08:39:41 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Orwellingly Yurz
YO: Here's OY's top ten list of assholes OUTSIDE the Bush Administration:
1. Falwell
2. Robertson
3. Dobson
4. Limpbatt
5. Hannity
6. O'Really?
7. Savage
8. Santorum
9. Coulter (maybe she should be at top of list)
10. Dr. Laura (With the face in the toilet bowl; as in the misty light)
OY! (I bet other skeptics have just as good or better lists of this nature.)
I am just shocked that Fred Phelps didn't make your list. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2006 : 09:56:48 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
quote:
Originally posted by Orwellingly Yurz
YO: Here's OY's top ten list of assholes OUTSIDE the Bush Administration:
1. Falwell
2. Robertson
3. Dobson
4. Limpbatt
5. Hannity
6. O'Really?
7. Savage
8. Santorum
9. Coulter (maybe she should be at top of list)
10. Dr. Laura (With the face in the toilet bowl; as in the misty light)
OY! (I bet other skeptics have just as good or better lists of this nature.)
I am just shocked that Fred Phelps didn't make your list.
Or John Hagee. Maybe 10 just isn't enough. |
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