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  • May 2, 2013, 11:43 AM
    excon
    Hello again, smoothy:

    Quote:

    Again... an attack on an Embassy before you even kill the Embassador and anally rape him... is an act of war...
    Yes, we ARE at war with them.. You didn't know that?

    Excon
  • May 2, 2013, 11:47 AM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, smoothy:

    Yes, we ARE at war with them.. You didn't know that?

    excon

    Obama doesn't call it that.. it would offend his Muslim brothers. He doesn't give a hoot if he offends most Americans.
  • May 2, 2013, 11:48 AM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello again, tom:

    Nobody is denying that he HAD chemical weapons.. The question is, did he have them when Curveball SAID he had them.

    Powell spoke of more collaboration besides'curveball' . And the Army found the physical evidence of the mobile labs . That's when the narrative changed to the nonsense that they were used to fill helium balloons .
    Quote:

    These were buried in the ground... Who knows how long?
    Yes ,that's one way to hide them from inspectors .
    The Iraq Survey Group, ISG, led by Charles Duelfer a former deputy chief of the U.N arms-inspection team found “hundreds of cases of activities that were prohibited” under U.N. Security Council resolutions.

    The job of the inspections regime was to verify, based on the active cooperation of Iraqi officials, that Iraq had destroyed its weapons and was actively complying with multiple UN disarmament resolutions. Saddam Hussein's regime did no such thing.The uncontested fact is that there were unaccounted for weapons and bulk agents found by the US after we invaded . Weapons Saddam claimed were destroyed . And that doesn't even address what we know was moved out of the country .
  • May 3, 2013, 06:55 AM
    paraclete
    Old debates, look if it can be proven they used a WMD nuke them otherwise
  • May 3, 2013, 03:12 PM
    talaniman
    Enough of this revision of history. The right has been blasting Bush for years and now that he has a library they all rush to make him a MT. Rushmore candidate.

    Lets get back to a jobs program, and argue about trickle down economic recovery that the fat greedy b@stards who stole the money are being protected by the TParty and right wing gun toting loony's.
  • May 3, 2013, 03:51 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by talaniman View Post
    Lets get back to a jobs program, and argue about trickle down economic recovery that the fat greedy b@stards who stole the money are being protected by the TParty and right wing gun toting loony's.

    At last Tal you have the reason for gun ownership, not to protect yourself but to protect that theiving 1%
  • May 20, 2013, 07:53 AM
    speechlesstx
    Apparently the sequester hasn't put a dent in funding prison poetry.

    Quote:

    Prison poetry website awarded $75,000 NEA grant

    Thanks to sequestration, there is not enough money in the government coffers to keep “the people’s house” (aka the White House) open for tours. You’ll be pleased to know, however, that there’s plenty of money — $75,000 worth — for prison poetry.

    According to CNSNews.com, a new website that features readings of poems written by current inmates was launched this week with the help of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

    Among the podcasts available to visitors of prisonpoetryworkshop.org are recitations of poems like “Ghetto Bastard,” “Fenced Jewels,” and “A Gangster’s Prayer.”
    Now if they just had some bagpipes to play during the recitals.
  • May 20, 2013, 08:28 AM
    tomder55
    Maybe he can invite them to the White House to perform during his next taxpayer funded White House Concert.
    Carole King White House Concert, With Billy Joel and James Taylor, Will Be Broadcast on PBS - Playbill.com
    Somehow these concerts continue to survive the sequester . But we don't have 'Fleet Week' here in NY this week.
  • May 20, 2013, 08:28 AM
    talaniman
    Fix it, if it's a problem. Write the congress and throw rocks at them.
  • May 20, 2013, 03:37 PM
    paraclete
    You should be able to get up a petition for no more White House concerts quite easily
  • May 20, 2013, 05:45 PM
    tomder55
    I shouldn't complain. I actually do like the' In Performance at The White House ' series .
  • May 20, 2013, 06:38 PM
    paraclete
    Yes almost as good as the West Wing isn't it? You like the show, I like the soap
  • May 21, 2013, 02:40 AM
    tomder55
    The Emperor is preparing for his post-Presidency career. He wants to be the next Ryan Seacrest .
  • May 21, 2013, 06:39 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    The Emperor is preparing for his post-Presidency career. He wants to be the next Ryan Seacrest .

    Sounds more fun than cutting brush in the wilds of Texas.
  • May 21, 2013, 07:04 AM
    speechlesstx
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Sounds more fun than cutting brush in the wilds of Texas.

    Former President George W. Bush hosting second Warrior 100K bike ride for wounded veterans

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...35_634x712.jpg
  • May 21, 2013, 07:05 AM
    tomder55
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Sounds more fun than cutting brush in the wilds of Texas.

    And if that's all he's done since leaving office I'd agree .
  • May 21, 2013, 07:15 AM
    tomder55
    Yes he's done that every year. He was also heavily involved in Haiti relief .He wrote a memoir ,dedicated a Presidential library ,and is in the process of creating the George W. Bush Presidential Center... which will include a "Freedom Institute" focused on a broad portfolio of topics, including the expansion of democracy abroad, education reforms, economic growth, global healt ,women’s rights.
  • May 21, 2013, 07:25 AM
    Wondergirl
    Don't forget his painting.
  • May 21, 2013, 08:16 AM
    tomder55
    I didn't... nor the fact that he's a prolific reader. But I considered both recreation and relaxation.
  • May 21, 2013, 08:20 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I didn't .... nor the fact that he's a prolific reader. But I considered both recreation and relaxation.

    Actually, his art has been highly praised, so it's more than mere relaxation. It's a kind of Grandma Moses thing.
  • May 21, 2013, 08:28 AM
    tomder55
    Thanks I'll have to see if I can find some photos of them.
  • May 21, 2013, 08:39 AM
    speechlesstx
    Exclusive: See President George W. Bush's paintings: 'People are surprised' | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News
  • May 21, 2013, 08:39 AM
    Wondergirl
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  • May 21, 2013, 09:03 AM
    NeedKarma
    How sweet, he paints cute little doggies.
  • May 21, 2013, 09:08 AM
    Wondergirl
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    Other stuff too --

    Attachment 43504
  • May 21, 2013, 09:10 AM
    excon
    Hello again,

    If only he'd have discovered his talent a little earlier... Well, one can dream, can't one?

    excon
  • May 21, 2013, 09:17 AM
    Wondergirl
    Art therapist Rachel Brandoff says, "What's really interesting is that these paintings are coming from a former president,” which she said, “gives us a very different lens [with which] to think about him… I think the key takeaway from these paintings is that every person has many sides to them.” Brandoff added. “We need to remember that… nobody's one-dimensional.”

    An Art Therapist Analyzes George W. Bush's New Paintings – Flavorwire
  • May 21, 2013, 09:21 AM
    tomder55
    I'd say he has a way to go before he is compared to Grandma Moses. But I see the style simularities.
  • May 21, 2013, 09:57 AM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I'd say he has a way to go before he is compared to Grandma Moses. But I see the style simularities.

    Her style is called Primitive. His also is very basic and from the heart, something from everyday life. I'm betting he will get past painting doggies.
  • May 26, 2013, 03:26 PM
    paraclete
    Yes primitive that about sums him up

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