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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 08:52 AM

    I'm sick of this...

    ..."Bush has kept us safe since 9/11" bullshit.

    No, Bush terrorized his own country from within after 9/11.

    Everything Osama bin Laden wanted to happen to the U.S. pretty much happened after 9/11.

    Bush & his cabal of idiots have ruined America's economy, military, ruined housing, privacy rights, jobs & international moral standing, etc. All after 9/11.

    So please stop with the bullshit "Bush has kept America safe after 9/11" when, in fact, Bush has done anything but.

    Oh yeah: Bush has also ruined the Republican party in the aftermath of 9/11. So it ain't all bad.

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