Are You Better Off (Safer) Than You Were 4 Years Ago?

[mopaul]

are your teen age sons safer? your bank account? your city? your nation?

the answer is, no.

[nookiemonster]

1. Hell no!

It's also very hard to contemplate the future, if there is one, with this cabal in charge.

It sucks having to live day by day.

[maine_raptor]

2. Safer, no

But it's so nice knowing so many Bushies are richer.:sarcasm:

[malaise]

3. No one on the planet

is safer. Indeed we are all worse off.

[B Calm]

4. If I knew then (4 years ago) what I do now, I would have taken my

investments and put them under my mattress!

[fasttense]

I jump every time there is a storm warning now. I've taken money out

of the bank because I'm afraid they will collapse. I'm hording food and have all sorts of emergency kits. I feel very threatened by the incompetence of the government. Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. To be honest, I've never felt "unsafe."

No more than usual.

[LuCifer]

6. Uh yeah, safer...

...I mean, hell, they found those WMD's in Iraq, caught Bin Laden, did all they could to stop 9/11 from happening, and did SUCH a SUPERB job doing all they could AS FAST as they could helping the Katrina victims...what's not to like? :SARCASM:

Lu Cifer, FUKU to the animal shoots in New Orleans, I only wish they could shoot back. Assholes!

[Impeach_Shrub]

7. Are you kidding? How about going back 5 1/2 years ago, to find

the safety we remember. Oh boy was Bill Clinton a magnificent president by comparison. We could find jobs, we had a surplus, he didn't piss of the entire world, he didn't engage in war for private profit, he didn't rob the poor to give to the rich, he didn't lose billions of dollars like Shrub supposedly just misplaced from the Iraq funds, all the poor man did was get a blow job, and, which man didn't?

[drdtroit]

11. "all the poor man did was get a blow job, and, which man didn't?"

Evidently. none of the repukes. And therein lies the problem.

[Mutley]

8. Hell no!

I haven't felt safe since 2000.

[shaniqua6392]

9. I wonder how comfortable the people are

who are watching the storm Ophelia hover near Georgia and the Carolinas are right now knowing that Mike Brown is STILL in charge of FEMA???

[cooolandrew]

10. yes

This is one thing we really need to drive home to neocons safety is their main concern from government. Our mantra must be... America is not safe.

[AverageJoe]

13. Welcome to DU, coolandrew!

:hi:

[nookiemonster]

14. You got it. The cons touted security ad nauseum.

Once again, the Bush rule applies. Safe = unsafe.

BTW, Welcome to DU!

:)

[newyawker99]

16. Hi coooolandrew!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[all.of.me]

12. oh my god no

i've never been more ready to take my children to another country. ever. i actually have never even considered it! but now i am looking into it. we deserve better that what we are getting here.

i have a 15 year old daughter. i do not feel safe for her. i don't believe they will only require males for a draft. she turns 18 about the same day she graduates. hello, new zealand!

my bank account - there ain't much in it. i keep my money at home. if you meant finances in general, i don't think my income is safe. with prices shooting up out of the roof, i don't know how much more i can cut back. gas went down 10 cents yesterday. whoopee! still to high at 3.09. i told my kids i'd like to see it back under a buck. that won't seem too high to me.

my town is safe. this is a great place to hide out.

my nation - not safe. it is clear that we are not prepared for a major disaster.

[NewJeffCT]

15. but, but, but 9/11 changed everything

and we all know 9/11 was 100% Clinton's fault because he turned down the Sudan's offer of Osama's head on a platter 3 times while the Clenis was in Monica's mouth... (shhh, don't mention ignoring that 8/6 PDB, allowing the Hart-Rudman report to collect dust, disbanding Able Danger, or neocons blocking the ID'd terrorists ID's from going up the chain, etc, etc)