Wednesday's Child said:
Bush sure has his faults, but I shudder every time I think how close it was that Al Gore was President on 9/11.
Al Gore is Clinton with his zipper up.
McCain may be the man in 2008. Not bad.
What do you like most about Bush?
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Bush sure has his faults, but I shudder every time I think how close it was that Al Gore was President on 9/11.
Al Gore is Clinton with his zipper up.
McCain may be the man in 2008. Not bad.
About the only thing I ever liked about him was the Missile Defense policy, other than that, he's garbage.
Jo Canadian said:I saw this topic kicking around on another forum and the results were quite interesting. There's gotta be some quality about him that isn't that bad...Nobody is 100% detestable. Maybe it's his choice brand of beer that you admire, or something in his policies*, or, or...or maybe he gives you a reason to scream the "fu<k" word at the TV, and not look crazy.
So in all Fairness What do you like most about Bush?
*Apparently those people do exist
I love studying foreing languages, so I really enjoy trying to decipher whatever Bush says.
What is there not to like about GW?
He liberated 50 million people. I like that.
He nominated two sane people to the Supreme Court.
He put Bolton in that den of thieves the UN.
He is protecting Canada as we cannot do it ourselves with our decimated military.
He is supplying aircover to our troops in Afghanistan as we cannot send 6 warplanes there.
Imagine if the USA had a Dithers or Cretien in the Whitehouse during 9/11.
(Shudder!)
He liberated 50 million people. I like that.
He nominated two sane people to the Supreme Court.
He put Bolton in that den of thieves the UN.
He is protecting Canada as we cannot do it ourselves with our decimated military.
He is supplying aircover to our troops in Afghanistan as we cannot send 6 warplanes there.
Imagine if the USA had a Dithers or Cretien in the Whitehouse during 9/11.
(Shudder!)
zoofer said:
haha..good point...did you know that after the Asian Tsunami we needed to borrow planes from Russia I believe to get all of our equipment over there... :lol:
I thought Canada was supposed to be a G8 nation!!
My Opinion Regarding President Bush
:arrow: My Opinion Regarding the President of the United States
In relation to His Excellency the Honourable President of the United States (his formal title in Canada as the Head of State of the United States), I respect him for the fact that he managed to be elected by the people of the United States not only once, but for a subsequent term — that in itself deserves a degree of respect.
However, I do not agree with a great many of his decisions in administering the United States thus far; for example, I am opposed to, or at least highly critical of, much of the events that have taken place in Iraq (while I support the action taking place in Afghanistan); I would have liked to see the President be more supportive of the Kyoto Accord, but it was his prerogative to say "no" — even if I disagree with his decision, I can respect his opinion on the matter.
:arrow: What I Like Most About the President
I would have to say that the thing that I like the most about President Bush is the fact that he can maintain a strong façade, even under extreme pressure; with his citizens' approval of his administration at quite a low level (unless that level has risen since my most recent check), and with so many within his country so enraged about the situation in Iraq and the Middle East in general, I give the President credit for the general calm that he has been able to keep over the population of the United States.
:arrow: My Opinion Regarding the President of the United States
In relation to His Excellency the Honourable President of the United States (his formal title in Canada as the Head of State of the United States), I respect him for the fact that he managed to be elected by the people of the United States not only once, but for a subsequent term — that in itself deserves a degree of respect.
However, I do not agree with a great many of his decisions in administering the United States thus far; for example, I am opposed to, or at least highly critical of, much of the events that have taken place in Iraq (while I support the action taking place in Afghanistan); I would have liked to see the President be more supportive of the Kyoto Accord, but it was his prerogative to say "no" — even if I disagree with his decision, I can respect his opinion on the matter.
:arrow: What I Like Most About the President
I would have to say that the thing that I like the most about President Bush is the fact that he can maintain a strong façade, even under extreme pressure; with his citizens' approval of his administration at quite a low level (unless that level has risen since my most recent check), and with so many within his country so enraged about the situation in Iraq and the Middle East in general, I give the President credit for the general calm that he has been able to keep over the population of the United States.
yes, I have also been concerned with the Iraq war, as well as the outsourcing, and the illegal immigration issue which the administration has not been able to fix...these are importaint issues for the United States. I also strongly support the war in Afghanistan, and while I do question the Iraq war, I stand solidly behind the president till the troops come home. As I have mentioned before I voted for Mr Bush in 2004, because I felt that handing over the nation to Kerry while we were at war was going to be a mistake.
The Kyoto Accord
The Kyoto Accord was not meant to work for one country in particular — it was designed to work on a co-operative front, by setting a global standard instead of one per country — if more countries had opted in, then it could have been far more successful to this point, in my opinion; but that would be a matter for another thread, I suppose.
:arrow: Returning to the Topic
I'm not sure what people mean when they said that the President has been unsuccessful in resolving problems relating to "social security" — I have never heard this issue come up in Canada; what does that mean, exactly?
(Sorry if this makes me sound stupid, by the way!)
The Kyoto Accord was not meant to work for one country in particular — it was designed to work on a co-operative front, by setting a global standard instead of one per country — if more countries had opted in, then it could have been far more successful to this point, in my opinion; but that would be a matter for another thread, I suppose.
:arrow: Returning to the Topic
I'm not sure what people mean when they said that the President has been unsuccessful in resolving problems relating to "social security" — I have never heard this issue come up in Canada; what does that mean, exactly?
(Sorry if this makes me sound stupid, by the way!)
Social Security
But what does the Social Security program in the United States do?
Exactly what is His Excellency trying to fix?
But what does the Social Security program in the United States do?
Exactly what is His Excellency trying to fix?
In the US right now reforms are needed to address social security problems for people about to retire and also younger workers so they can set aside more money for retirement. social security is the largest social program in the US.
Pension Plan
I see; but in what sense does the program need to be repaired?
Are the pension rates just extremely low, or are some people being denied pension altogether? Now that I know what it means, I would agree that this would be a very serious issue, and that it would need to be repaired as expediently as would be reasonably possible.
...however, is Social Security really the "biggest" social program? Then again, I suppose the United States is considerably less "socialist" than their neighbour to the North.
I see; but in what sense does the program need to be repaired?
Are the pension rates just extremely low, or are some people being denied pension altogether? Now that I know what it means, I would agree that this would be a very serious issue, and that it would need to be repaired as expediently as would be reasonably possible.
...however, is Social Security really the "biggest" social program? Then again, I suppose the United States is considerably less "socialist" than their neighbour to the North.
FiveParadox
Social Security in the United States, is a program of the United States federal government that provides retirement income, health care for the aged, and disability coverage for eligible workers and their dependents.
Despite what you hear, Social Security is not in crisis, to give you an understanding, if the government wants to fix Social Security, they could increase the federal income tax by 0.5% to 1% per year and the problem is solved. That isn't to say it should be the course of action, I am only attempting to give you an understanding of the magnitude.
There are certain things in my opinion that shouldn't be privatized, Social Security being one of them. My main argument for this is if successful investing isn't challenging enough, even for the well-informed, a potential plan to privatize Social Security would turn that responsibility over to novice investors across America. The market will dictate my pension, I say no thanks, when I'm old and gray I want some sort of "social security" and not wondering what the Dow Jones Industrial Average is doing.
Social Security in the United States, is a program of the United States federal government that provides retirement income, health care for the aged, and disability coverage for eligible workers and their dependents.
Despite what you hear, Social Security is not in crisis, to give you an understanding, if the government wants to fix Social Security, they could increase the federal income tax by 0.5% to 1% per year and the problem is solved. That isn't to say it should be the course of action, I am only attempting to give you an understanding of the magnitude.
There are certain things in my opinion that shouldn't be privatized, Social Security being one of them. My main argument for this is if successful investing isn't challenging enough, even for the well-informed, a potential plan to privatize Social Security would turn that responsibility over to novice investors across America. The market will dictate my pension, I say no thanks, when I'm old and gray I want some sort of "social security" and not wondering what the Dow Jones Industrial Average is doing.
hey isn't this thread about what we like most about Bush. There's a billion threads to debate his policy out there. give the guy a breck.
I like his Laugh.... It has a quility which is just... phrat boyish...
I like his Laugh.... It has a quility which is just... phrat boyish...