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Spiffarino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-12-05 06:13 PM
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The Five Morons - Paul Craig Roberts on our rulers.
We Have Nothing to Fear But Bush Himself
by Paul Craig Roberts

Suppose you are the party responsible for invading a country under totally false pretenses. Suppose you had totally unrealistic expectations about the consequences of your gratuitous aggression.

What do you do when, instead of being greeted with flowers, you find your army is tied down by insurgents and you have no face-saving way to get out of the morass? If you are the moronic Bush administration, you blame someone else.

Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice, Cheney and Bush blame Syria and Iran for the troubles that they brought upon themselves. The Iraqi insurgency, say the Five Morons, is the fault of Syria and Iran.


You can read the rest here: http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts94.html
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-12-05 08:37 PM
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1. Very good article
I wish the five morons would read it.

:kick:
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Spiffarino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 01:36 AM
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3. Me too
Trouble is, the only ones who actually can read are far too evil to be swayed by it. The others, I think, are just garden variety idiots.

It's hard to believe Roberts was a Reaganite. He really seems to despise these people.
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nightperson Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 03:47 AM
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5. He's talked about the hate mail he gets
Edited on Sun Feb-13-05 04:13 AM by nightperson
from "conservative" deep thinkers :eyes: who likely weren't old enough to vote when Reagan appointed him. At this point, seems like they're just inspiring him:

"The Bush administration, which already held the world record as the most deluded government in history...

Why didn’t Americans realize that it is dangerous to put a buffoon in charge of the US government who hasn’t a clue about the world around him, what he is doing or the consequences of his actions?...

The American people should be scared to death that they have put in power such deluded people."
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dbeach Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-12-05 08:43 PM
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2. Jesus Loves you! Bush does not!..quick laff at
First Baptist Church somewhere:
Jesus loves You
Bush Does Not!

http://www.rense.com/
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idlisambar Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 02:36 AM
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4. And this is from a former Reagan cabinet member
These are bizarre times.
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Spiffarino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-13-05 10:38 AM
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6. I think this is the third article from Roberts I've posted
...but there are other Repubs and former Repubs who are coming out saying the same things. I never cease to be amazed at how little oxygen they're given in the media.

Oh wait...
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