Your all lucky the internet was mysteriously not working at my house last night and I have to reply to everything in one post so I can be less thorough
My feelings on Bush in Iraq:
I never felt like we were there for the right reasons. Although I agreed that it was good we were there to punish Iraq for breaking UN sanctions and building WMD, we had no right to tell then UN to f off and go it alone. Now, when I found out were lied to, that was where he began to loose his unprecedented approval rating and the country started to divide when every one just wanted to be one nation under god doing right. But the facts are true, the reason we stated for going into Iraq (WMD) was faulty, we didn't have UN support, so 90% of the casualties and the bill are going to american soldiers and the US government.
Keep this in mind, the US didn't have a right to go into Iraq as the following:
1)Iraq didn't pose a threat to the US
2)Iraq wasn't related to 911, the taliban, or al qaeda.
http://costofwar.com/ --Interesting link. Not only does it show Bush as a failure to asses the costs of war, but personally, I never knew it costed so much to go to war?! That's a disgustingly large amount of money.
Bush on the economy
Ok. As I said in an earlier post, do all of you live in the US, or plan to do so for the following years? As it goes now, the economy is going down hill. It can survive for a while as is now, as families use up their resources trying to buy their way out of the poor setup, but as the middle class begins to run out of money, you will see the bad grain that you reap.
•Bush's mandatory overtime pay cut is ridiculously bad for everyone
•Bush's "new economy" is causing a shrinking middle class, a growing poverty class, and even with this tax cuts, the middle class isn't being helped while the wealthy have benefitted the most.
•Bush's "new jobs" that are being created are on average paying $9,000 less per year then that jobs we are loosing to out sourcing by other countries. As it stands, how many jobs have been lost since Bush took office? I don't want to quote a number as I can't recall, but it's a lot. I'll look for it, maybe others can do the same and help me out.
•Bush's terrifs on imports...well when push comes to shove, it's a bad idea, as other countries have started terrifs of their own. I don't recall if it was britain or the EU, but they don't like ours.
Bush on environment/oil/science
Oil...a finite dirty form of energy. But we love it, and are ungodly dependent on it. We can't support or own oil supplies, so we import the rest...which is a lot. You all know about Bush wanting to drill in the wildlife refuge, I'm sure you all have your own opinions about that, so I'll let you decide, but the only think we can agree on, is it's bad for the environment there. But you may think the advantages out weight the destruction of the environment there, so not a topic I want to get into.
Bush has
drastically hurt the science community in the US. It's something we need to find alternative sources to oil, clean, renewable sources that will be cheaper and more ecosystem friendly. This is one thing that I really don't like about him, he hides behind a shield of religious appeal just because he knows he can. It's like the race card only bigger and stronger.