Bush was a divider

[RIROCKHOUND]

CoolBeans...
You mention the arrogance of the last 8 years.
Did you approve of GWB's job? and were you OK with the direction this country moved during his terms?

Jim, I would like to see more across the aisle workings from both sides, but I heard a great NPR segment by one of the talking heads who basically said in the end the American public only cares if the job is done, not if it was bi-partisan... we'll see how the job ends up....

[Cool Beans]

Problems I had with Bush:
1. Spent way too much money
2. The last year or 2 he seemed to go crazy wasting money.
3. I have mixed feelings with Iraq/Afghanistan. We waited too long to hit Afghanistan and could have handled Iraq better. We tipped our hand way too early, giving them almost a month to get rid of any wmd's. Don't say there weren't any, friends of mine gathered up several hundred 40mm rounds loaded with mustard gas or similar nerve agents. I've seen plenty of satellite images of suspect convoys moving across borders to know they did have em and moved them prior to us attacking.
4. He was for that immigration bill that almost got passed.
5. After 9/11 he was doing great, but seemed to use it to push other crap through.
6.No child left behind........

There are lots of things he made mistakes on, but we should never apologize for being "arrogant" in protecting our country and standing up for America. We seem and are arrogant, because this is the best, strongest and most free country in the world. We shouldn't bow to anyone. If you cross America, it should be known that us arrogant a-holes will kick the living crap out of you.

We seem as a country, too scared to be ourselves and stand up for our beliefs, because we are worried about offending someone. That's part of free speech, you will always offend someone, and it's their God given right to not agree with you. Americans seem to have lost our backbone on things like this. Obama is very PC oriented, it seems he will say exactly what his audience of the moment wants to hear.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Cool Beans

We seem as a country, too scared to be ourselves and stand up for our beliefs, because we are worried about offending someone. That's part of free speech, you will always offend someone, and it's their God given right to not agree with you. Americans seem to have lost our backbone on things like this. Obama is very PC oriented, it seems he will say exactly what his audience of the moment wants to hear.

How can the average American not be scared? We don't have an identity. This country, across the board Dems and Repubs, choose to bend over backwards for every minority organization that complains about something. Every controversial conversation is littered with carefully chosen Politically Correct words - because if you aren't Politically Correct, the NAACP, ACLU, Women's Rights Groups, Mexican Lobbyists or some other group with complain.

Even though every international terrorist to attack this country has been of Middle Eastern descent, I'm not supposed to say the Middle Eastern guy on the airplane two rows in front of me concerns me. Even though every other person on the plane is looking at him with a critical eye. Why?? Because that's just not right and may offend someone.

This country's backbone has been replaced by the Mantra of Tolerance. We've turned into a P$@sy country where everything has to be light and fluffy.

If something pisses me off, I'm going to say it and why. I'm not going to refrain from saying "Asians keep anything that bites their hook" just because there are some that will throw back a 6" sea perch or don't keep shorts. I'm not going to stop saying that woman can't drive just because there are some that are professional NASCAR drivers. I'm not going to stop exclaiming that those on Welfare should go get a job, even though there are some people that have extinguished all other options and tried their hardest. I'm certainly not going to argue when a hear someone say "all men are pigs" because there probably isn't a truer statement.

Stereotypes were not pulled out of thin air. They exist because they're true. Most labels are observationally developed, if it didn't happen, they wouldn't exist.

We're a country that refuses to declare a national language for Christ's sake, even though every single minute detail of business in the country is done in English.

I've ranted enough. I'm going to go back to being a crazy, fluffy, "make everyone happy" liberal. I'm much less angry with those topics.