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Rick B wrote:

> Is Bush Out of Control?
> By DOUG THOMPSON
> Aug 15, 2005, 05:46
> 
> 
> Buy beleaguered, overworked White House aides enough drinks and they tell a 
> sordid tale of an administration under siege, beset by bitter staff 
> infighting and led by a man whose mood swings suggest paranoia bordering on 
> schizophrenia.
> 
> They describe a President whose public persona masks an angry, 
> obscenity-spouting man who berates staff, unleashes tirades against those 
> who disagree with him and ends meetings in the Oval Office with "get out of 
> here!"
> 
> In fact, George W. Bush's mood swings have become so drastic that White 
> House emails often contain "weather reports" to warn of the President's 
> demeanor. "Calm seas" means Bush is calm while "tornado alert" is a warning 
> that he is pissed at the world.
> 
> Decreasing job approval ratings and increased criticism within his own party 
> drives the President's paranoia even higher. Bush, in a meeting with senior 
> advisors, called Senator Majority Leader Bill Frist a "god-damned traitor" 
> for opposing him on stem-cell research.
> 
> "There's real concern in the West Wing that the President is losing it," a 
> high-level aide told me recently.
> 
> A year ago, this web site discovered the White House physician prescribed 
> anti-depressants for Bush. The news came after revelations that the 
> President's wide mood swings led some administration staffers to doubt his 
> sanity.
> 
> Although GOP loyalists dismissed the reports an anti-Bush propaganda, the 
> reports were later confirmed by prominent George Washington University 
> psychiatrist Dr. Justin Frank in his book Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind 
> of the President. Dr. Frank diagnosed the President as a "paranoid 
> meglomaniac" and "untreated alcoholic" whose "lifelong streak of sadism, 
> ranging from childhood pranks (using firecrackers to explode frogs) to 
> insulting journalists, gloating over state executions and pumping his hand 
> gleefully before the bombing of Baghdad" showcase Bush's instabilities.
> 
> "I was really very unsettled by him and I started watching everything he did 
> and reading what he wrote and watching him on videotape. I felt he was 
> disturbed," Dr. Frank said. "He fits the profile of a former drinker whose 
> alcoholism has been arrested but not treated."
> 
> Dr. Frank's conclusions have been praised by other prominent psychiatrists, 
> including Dr. James Grotstein, Professor at UCLA Medical Center, and Dr. 
> Irvin Yalom, MD, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University Medical School.
> 
> As a recovering alcoholic (sober 11 years, two months, nine days), I know 
> all too well the symptoms that Dr. Frank describes and, after watching Bush 
> for the past several years, I have to, unfortunately, agree with him.
> 
> Conversations over the last few weeks with longtime friends who work in the 
> Bush White House confirm even more what Dr. Frank says and others have 
> suggested.
> 
> The President of the United States is out of control. How long can the ship 
> of state continue to sail with a madman at the helm?
> 
> From http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7218.shtml
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



There is a prime example where the Liberal left lunatics have sunk to 
yet another new low in dishonesty. Thye couldn't defeat him at the 
polls, smear his administration with false tales of malfeasance and/or 
sexual misconduct, or lie enough to defeat his policies; so, now they 
are trying to use lies in an effort to persuade the electorate that 
President Bush is a crazy meglomaniac. The Liberal Left Lunatics fail to 
recognize they are only persuading the majority of the public that they 
are themselves the mentally unhinged and delusional liabilities to the 
political process.

"D. Patterson" <nye@fidalgo.net> wrote in message
news:43022ACE.1030101@fidalgo.net...

> There is a prime example where the Liberal left lunatics have sunk to
> yet another new low in dishonesty. Thye couldn't defeat him at the
> polls, smear his administration with false tales of malfeasance and/or
> sexual misconduct, or lie enough to defeat his policies; so, now they
> are trying to use lies in an effort to persuade the electorate that
> President Bush is a crazy meglomaniac. The Liberal Left Lunatics fail to
> recognize they are only persuading the majority of the public that they
> are themselves the mentally unhinged and delusional liabilities to the
> political process.

While I disagree with the way you've phrased it I do tend to agree with your
conclusions.

I doubt very much that President Bush is a ranting raving maniac,  mainly
because he'll never have to win an election ever again and much of the
stress of being President in his first term is just not there.

He doesn't care what the press says about him,  because he no longer has to
care.

All he has to do is run the country,  and the stresses of that compared to
running the country AND winning an election are trivial.

-- 
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
Barbeques on fire by chalets past the headland
I've watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off Newborough
All this will pass like ice-cream on the beach
Time for tea

President Bush - The Most Hated Human on Earth

George W. Bush, the drunkard, mentally challenged, coke snorting,
complete business failure, habitual liar, and AWOL reservists,  has
managed to accomplish something that no American President, or for that
matter, any American who has ever lived, has achieved.  Today, the
President of the United States of America, George Bush, is the most
hated human being on the planet earth.  In Europe, he is regarded as a
complete religious buffoon who is a truly ignorant individual with the
intellect of a child.  In the Middle East and most of Asia he is viewed
as pure evil in human form. In Central and South America he is
considered an unmitigated, despicable, bum.

You can name any two-bit dictator or tyrant in the world today and none
are despised as mush as George Bush.  Even Osama Bin Laden is far more
popular around the world then President Bush.

The level of anti-Americanism around the world is at an all-time high.
In Europe, the patriarch of America, Anti-Americanism is at historic
record levels.  Yet, if you talk to many of those who voice such
anti-American sentiment, you will quickly discover that in most of the
cases, it is really anti-Bushism that is being projected as
anti-Americanism.

George Bush is truly a hated human being whose foul stench is now
spreading worldwide and by association is crossing over to America
itself.  This, in a constantly shrinking, interconnected world, is not
something that is in America's best long term interest.   Amazing,
absolutely amazing.

xona

There is no low the Democrats will not sink to in their
fruitless attempt to recoup their loss of power.

Even to use a dead soldier's mom! 

"xona" <xona_the_troll@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> President Bush - The Most Hated Human on Earth
>
> George W. Bush, the drunkard, mentally challenged, coke snorting,
> complete business failure, habitual liar, and AWOL reservists,  has
> managed to accomplish something that no American President, or for that
> matter, any American who has ever lived, has achieved.  Today, the
> President of the United States of America, George Bush, is the most
> hated human being on the planet earth.  In Europe, he is regarded as a
> complete religious buffoon who is a truly ignorant individual with the
> intellect of a child.  In the Middle East and most of Asia he is viewed
> as pure evil in human form. In Central and South America he is
> considered an unmitigated, despicable, bum.
>
> You can name any two-bit dictator or tyrant in the world today and none
> are despised as mush as George Bush.  Even Osama Bin Laden is far more
> popular around the world then President Bush.
>
> The level of anti-Americanism around the world is at an all-time high.
> In Europe, the patriarch of America, Anti-Americanism is at historic
> record levels.  Yet, if you talk to many of those who voice such
> anti-American sentiment, you will quickly discover that in most of the
> cases, it is really anti-Bushism that is being projected as
> anti-Americanism.
>
> George Bush is truly a hated human being whose foul stench is now
> spreading worldwide and by association is crossing over to America
> itself.  This, in a constantly shrinking, interconnected world, is not
> something that is in America's best long term interest.   Amazing,
> absolutely amazing.
>
> xona

AKA- Michael Moore, DNC etc.etc.
> 

"William Black" <abuse@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>
> "D. Patterson" <nye@fidalgo.net> wrote in message
> news:43022ACE.1030101@fidalgo.net...
>
>> There is a prime example where the Liberal left lunatics have sunk to
>> yet another new low in dishonesty. Thye couldn't defeat him at the
>> polls, smear his administration with false tales of malfeasance and/or
>> sexual misconduct, or lie enough to defeat his policies; so, now they
>> are trying to use lies in an effort to persuade the electorate that
>> President Bush is a crazy meglomaniac. The Liberal Left Lunatics fail to
>> recognize they are only persuading the majority of the public that they
>> are themselves the mentally unhinged and delusional liabilities to the
>> political process.
>
> While I disagree with the way you've phrased it I do tend to agree with 
> your
> conclusions.
>
> I doubt very much that President Bush is a ranting raving maniac,  mainly
> because he'll never have to win an election ever again and much of the
> stress of being President in his first term is just not there.

And his mental condition relates to his future prospects how?

The guy is a dry-drunk (ask any AA member - they will concur) and totally 
lacks empathy while posessing grandiostiy. But he is highly politically 
useful as a front man for the real decison-makers.

>
> He doesn't care what the press says about him,  because he no longer has 
> to
> care.

But he does. Grandiosity and competition with his father force him to care.

>
> All he has to do is run the country,  and the stresses of that compared to
> running the country AND winning an election are trivial.

See above.

>
> -- 
> William Black

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:36:36 +0100, "William Black"
<abuse@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"D. Patterson" <nye@fidalgo.net> wrote in message
>news:43022ACE.1030101@fidalgo.net...
>
>> There is a prime example where the Liberal left lunatics have sunk to
>> yet another new low in dishonesty. Thye couldn't defeat him at the
>> polls, smear his administration with false tales of malfeasance and/or
>> sexual misconduct, or lie enough to defeat his policies; so, now they
>> are trying to use lies in an effort to persuade the electorate that
>> President Bush is a crazy meglomaniac. The Liberal Left Lunatics fail to
>> recognize they are only persuading the majority of the public that they
>> are themselves the mentally unhinged and delusional liabilities to the
>> political process.
>
>While I disagree with the way you've phrased it I do tend to agree with your
>conclusions.
>
>I doubt very much that President Bush is a ranting raving maniac,  mainly
>because he'll never have to win an election ever again and much of the
>stress of being President in his first term is just not there.
>
>He doesn't care what the press says about him,  because he no longer has to
>care.

Of course he cares. If he didn't he stop lying.


>
>All he has to do is run the country,  and the stresses of that compared to
>running the country AND winning an election are trivial.

mr_antone

I have published your message on my web magazine Politics Plus Stuff as an 
example of anti-Bush opinion. While I agree with the description of Bush as 
a person (the guy is a sick man), I am not able to confirm the international 
opinion.

Here is the problem with the Bush administration. It is based on 
fundamentalism Christianity (not real Christianity - a cult.)

Fundamentalism comes from a tradition of so-called Christians who believe 
that Faith comes from actually believing verbatim in the specific statements 
used in the Bible to describe  the mostly mythical events depicted in the 
Bible.  (Remember that the Bible is a committee-produced collection of 
writings from prehistory - the Old Testament - with a collection of some 
letters from the Apostles, written as they were disappointed by Christ's 
delay at returning from the dead. stacked onto it ) Fundamentalism is a 
misunderstanding of what religion is all about.

As an aside, religion is the use of myth and ritual in a society to help the 
individuals understand their place in the Universe and in society. Organized 
religion is also used by social hierarchies as an ideology to justify 
skimming the surplus produced by subsistence farmers and handing it to the 
aristocracy, but that ideological function a separate reason for organized 
religion. It developed along with early cities when civilization created 
unequal roles for people. As I say, this is an aside.

Creationists did not and do not understand that religion is about individual 
adoption to life and the world, not about replacing science with myth. They 
are looking for absolute and unambiguous  guidance on behavior which can be 
forced on others so that conflict is avoided. Such absolute guidance can't 
be found in the interpretations of myth and allegory so well described by 
Joseph Campbell. Accepting religion as being based on myth and allegory 
permits others to read different things into the Bible, thus creating 
conflict.  Conflict must be avoided, as it is a symptom that their beliefs 
might be wrong. So to contend with the teachings of science that clearly 
contradicted the statements of the Bible and to ignore the evidence given by 
textual analysis of the Bible that, for example, the first five books were 
actually written by four difference authors, they returned to "The 
Fundamentals" of biblical inerrancy.

The "fundamentals" mean redefining religious Faith to cover the precise 
wording of the Bible. In this strange ideology, the basics or fundamentals 
of the Christian faith are the verbatim word-for-word teachings of the 
Bible. There is no  proof of this, and can not be any. proof, so it must be 
accepted on faith.

The purpose of this inerrancy idea is to set the Bible up as a source of 
Truth that counters the teachings of science. It rejects religious teachings 
as mere complements to science and modernism. The religious teachings must 
be superior to science and modernism From that basis, the fundamentalists 
can use modern logic and rationality based on the "evidence" from the bible 
to show that the teachings of Darwin are not true, that there really was a 
real worldwide flood and all living things were saved by Noah, and so on.

The justification for this is that this belief in such "fundamental" 
religion is required to justify social morals and structure as they define 
them.

Here is one problem with this. Anyone who believes the teachings of Darwin 
proves by that belief that they have no 'Faith" in the newly redesigned 
fundamentalist Christianity. [This set of ideas was created in the late 19th 
century as a theological response to the science-based Higher Criticism of 
the Bible that showed that the Bible was not written by Moses, etc.] 
Fundamentalism rejects the higher criticism and forces people to accept 
tradition over science., It also encourages the strongest disbelievers in 
science to speak out and convert others. But it also creates a second class 
who cannot accept the  fundamentalist teachings that contradict the evidence 
provided by science. That class is called "Atheists."

This is my nutshell interpretation of Karen Armstrong's excellent book "The 
Battle for God: A history of fundamentalism"

Bush is the advocate of the fundamentalists. They elected him, and he turns 
around and supports them.

The fundamentalists may have saved Bush from drugs and alcohol, but that 
does not make their idiocy into rational governance. Unfortunately, his name 
and his alliance with Karl Rove has led to him obtaining the position of 
President of the U..S. His lack of comprehension of economics and foreign 
affairs, together with his well-known disinterest in governance has resulted 
in a total disaster for American and for the world in general.


"xona" <xona_the_troll@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1124218912.533061.270830@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> President Bush - The Most Hated Human on Earth
>
> George W. Bush, the drunkard, mentally challenged, coke snorting,
> complete business failure, habitual liar, and AWOL reservists,  has
> managed to accomplish something that no American President, or for that
> matter, any American who has ever lived, has achieved.  Today, the
> President of the United States of America, George Bush, is the most
> hated human being on the planet earth.  In Europe, he is regarded as a
> complete religious buffoon who is a truly ignorant individual with the
> intellect of a child.  In the Middle East and most of Asia he is viewed
> as pure evil in human form. In Central and South America he is
> considered an unmitigated, despicable, bum.
>
> You can name any two-bit dictator or tyrant in the world today and none
> are despised as mush as George Bush.  Even Osama Bin Laden is far more
> popular around the world then President Bush.
>
> The level of anti-Americanism around the world is at an all-time high.
> In Europe, the patriarch of America, Anti-Americanism is at historic
> record levels.  Yet, if you talk to many of those who voice such
> anti-American sentiment, you will quickly discover that in most of the
> cases, it is really anti-Bushism that is being projected as
> anti-Americanism.
>
> George Bush is truly a hated human being whose foul stench is now
> spreading worldwide and by association is crossing over to America
> itself.  This, in a constantly shrinking, interconnected world, is not
> something that is in America's best long term interest.   Amazing,
> absolutely amazing.
>
> xona
> 

"Herb" <herb@mawnpa.com> wrote in message 
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> There is no low the Democrats will not sink to in their
> fruitless attempt to recoup their loss of power.
>
> Even to use a dead soldier's mom!

The Democrats did not bribe this heart broken mother to carry on this attack 
on
the totally unnecessary war in Iraq. She did it entirely on her own and for 
sound reasons. 

Herb wrote:


> There is no low the Democrats will not sink to in their
> fruitless attempt to recoup their loss of power.
> 
> Even to use a dead soldier's mom! 



asshole.

and what Bill said.

self denial of being played for a dolt by our President can only last 
for so many years.

your time is near its end.


-- 


It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the 
other hand,presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still 
both objects are within your power of decision.....you have a right to 
take it upon yourselves to judge of both,and to determine the law as 
well as the fact in controversy.

Chief Justice John Jay, Georgia v. Brailsford, 1794

Herb wrote:
> "xona" <xona_the_troll@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1124218912.533061.270830@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> 
>>President Bush - The Most Hated Human on Earth
>>
>>George W. Bush, the drunkard, mentally challenged, coke snorting,
>>complete business failure, habitual liar, and AWOL reservists,  has
>>managed to accomplish something that no American President, or for that
>>matter, any American who has ever lived, has achieved.  Today, the
>>President of the United States of America, George Bush, is the most
>>hated human being on the planet earth.  In Europe, he is regarded as a
>>complete religious buffoon who is a truly ignorant individual with the
>>intellect of a child.  In the Middle East and most of Asia he is viewed
>>as pure evil in human form. In Central and South America he is
>>considered an unmitigated, despicable, bum.
>>
>>You can name any two-bit dictator or tyrant in the world today and none
>>are despised as mush as George Bush.  Even Osama Bin Laden is far more
>>popular around the world then President Bush.
>>
>>The level of anti-Americanism around the world is at an all-time high.
>>In Europe, the patriarch of America, Anti-Americanism is at historic
>>record levels.  Yet, if you talk to many of those who voice such
>>anti-American sentiment, you will quickly discover that in most of the
>>cases, it is really anti-Bushism that is being projected as
>>anti-Americanism.
>>
>>George Bush is truly a hated human being whose foul stench is now
>>spreading worldwide and by association is crossing over to America
>>itself.  This, in a constantly shrinking, interconnected world, is not
>>something that is in America's best long term interest.   Amazing,
>>absolutely amazing.
>>
>>xona
> 
> 
> AKA- Michael Moore, DNC etc.etc.
> 
> 
> 

fool


-- 

The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both the law 
and the facts.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Horning v. District of Columbia, 1920

There is more to look at.

Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R - CA Dist 50) previously announced 
that he would not run for reelection in 2006 and is asking the FEC to let 
him use his reelection funds for his legal defense.
As the story gets larger, it looks like this is a major Defense contracting 
scandal brewing.
See Josh Marshall 
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_08_14.php#006298
and for the history, go look at Politics Plus Stuff 
http://politicsplusstuff.blogspot.com/2005/08/back-to-randy-duke-cunningham.html

This is on top of the Abramoff scandal and the collapse of the Ohio 
Republican Party into a miasma of corruption.

And let's not forget the $billions the Republicans have paid out as graft in 
Iraq.

Here in Texas the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, 
and now have proven that they cannot govern. Craddick's solution? Go home 
and let the courts sort out school financing. Then, of course, the 
Republicans will kvetch.

Iraq was a voluntary war, probably done to get strategic control (not 
economic control) of the Persian Gulf. The invasion was aimed at Iran and at 
China. It has been handled so incompetently that even if there were a chance 
it might have provided some benefit, that benefit is long gone. Instead Bush 
jr has probably broken Iraq into three mini-nations and give Iran control of 
the Middle East.

Oh, and they haven't caught Osama bin Forgotten yet, either.

What the last five years has proven is that Republicans can't govern. They 
are too busy stealing from the government to bother governing, even if they 
cared to try.

There will be more of the same as the investigations get deeper. Scratch a 
Republican and you scratch a crook.

"gaffo" <gaffo@usenet.net> wrote in message 
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> Herb wrote:
>> "xona" <xona_the_troll@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:1124218912.533061.270830@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>President Bush - The Most Hated Human on Earth
>>>
>>>George W. Bush, the drunkard, mentally challenged, coke snorting,
>>>complete business failure, habitual liar, and AWOL reservists,  has
>>>managed to accomplish something that no American President, or for that
>>>matter, any American who has ever lived, has achieved.  Today, the
>>>President of the United States of America, George Bush, is the most
>>>hated human being on the planet earth.  In Europe, he is regarded as a
>>>complete religious buffoon who is a truly ignorant individual with the
>>>intellect of a child.  In the Middle East and most of Asia he is viewed
>>>as pure evil in human form. In Central and South America he is
>>>considered an unmitigated, despicable, bum.
>>>
>>>You can name any two-bit dictator or tyrant in the world today and none
>>>are despised as mush as George Bush.  Even Osama Bin Laden is far more
>>>popular around the world then President Bush.
>>>
>>>The level of anti-Americanism around the world is at an all-time high.
>>>In Europe, the patriarch of America, Anti-Americanism is at historic
>>>record levels.  Yet, if you talk to many of those who voice such
>>>anti-American sentiment, you will quickly discover that in most of the
>>>cases, it is really anti-Bushism that is being projected as
>>>anti-Americanism.
>>>
>>>George Bush is truly a hated human being whose foul stench is now
>>>spreading worldwide and by association is crossing over to America
>>>itself.  This, in a constantly shrinking, interconnected world, is not
>>>something that is in America's best long term interest.   Amazing,
>>>absolutely amazing.
>>>
>>>xona
>>
>>
>> AKA- Michael Moore, DNC etc.etc.
>>
>>
>>
>
> fool
>
>
> -- 
>
> The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both the law and 
> the facts.
>
> Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Horning v. District of Columbia, 1920
> 

"Rick B" <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote

> The guy is a dry-drunk (ask any AA member - they will concur)

I know some and have never heard one of them say any such thing. 
Incidentally, there is no medical agreement of the definition of addiction 
or alcoholism, much less any professional consensus on whether Bush crossed 
some line, so your character attacks on him are politically suspect. 

Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Here in Texas the Republicans took control of the House of
Representatives,
> and now have proven that they cannot govern. Craddick's solution? Go home
> and let the courts sort out school financing.

You can thank Robin Hood socialism for that.

"James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net> wrote in message 
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>
> Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2%GMe.1614$AT7.1155@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
>
>> Here in Texas the Republicans took control of the House of
> Representatives,
>> and now have proven that they cannot govern. Craddick's solution? Go home
>> and let the courts sort out school financing.
>
> You can thank Robin Hood socialism for that.
>
>
I can thank the idiocy of politicians who are unwilling to develop a 
reasonable tax system to support the critical function of public education 
for that. The current system was forced by the courts on a legislature 
unwilling to tax anyone at all for the clear responsibilities of government.

The term 'socialism' in your statement is mere rhetoric from a person who 
does not believe in society or the government required to make an 
industrialized society work. 

Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net> wrote in message
> news:43039f1c$0$32194$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
> >
> > Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:2%GMe.1614$AT7.1155@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
> >
> >> Here in Texas the Republicans took control of the House of
> > Representatives,
> >> and now have proven that they cannot govern. Craddick's solution? Go
home
> >> and let the courts sort out school financing.
> >
> > You can thank Robin Hood socialism for that.
> >
> >
> I can thank the idiocy of politicians who are unwilling to develop a
> reasonable tax system to support the critical function of public education
> for that. The current system was forced by the courts on a legislature
> unwilling to tax anyone at all for the clear responsibilities of
government.
>
> The term 'socialism' in your statement is mere rhetoric from a person who
> does not believe in society or the government required to make an
> industrialized society work.

Your defense of Robin Hood funding makes your socialist bent clear.

"James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net> wrote in message 
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>
> Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net> wrote in message
>> news:43039f1c$0$32194$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
>> >
>> > Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2%GMe.1614$AT7.1155@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
>> >
>> >> Here in Texas the Republicans took control of the House of
>> > Representatives,
>> >> and now have proven that they cannot govern. Craddick's solution? Go
> home
>> >> and let the courts sort out school financing.
>> >
>> > You can thank Robin Hood socialism for that.
>> >
>> >
>> I can thank the idiocy of politicians who are unwilling to develop a
>> reasonable tax system to support the critical function of public 
>> education
>> for that. The current system was forced by the courts on a legislature
>> unwilling to tax anyone at all for the clear responsibilities of
> government.
>>
>> The term 'socialism' in your statement is mere rhetoric from a person who
>> does not believe in society or the government required to make an
>> industrialized society work.
>
> Your defense of Robin Hood funding makes your socialist bent clear.
>
>
I am sure that you think what you wrote made some sense to someone. Define 
socialist. Make sure that what you define does not also describe insurance.

I have never defended Robin Hood. The problem was that the legislature was 
politically unable to establish a decent tax system to fund education. Robin 
Hood is the rather nasty "kludge" required to get the money required for 
education. There is a block of conservative politicians in Texas who want 
all the benefits of government and don't want to pay for it. 

Rick B <jjayray21@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have never defended Robin Hood. The problem was that the legislature was
> politically unable to establish a decent tax system to fund education.
Robin
> Hood is the rather nasty "kludge" required to get the money required for
> education.

Thanks to socialist judges.