tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2291722609945216111..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Aughties, Noughties, Or Just Naughties? The Ten Worst Of The Bush DecadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-70978375705024812362009-12-26T12:34:08.075-05:002009-12-26T12:34:08.075-05:00Joel H.,
In his discussion, Cole clearly placed y...Joel H.,<br /><br />In his discussion, Cole clearly placed your second item as part of the "imperial presidency ensconced," its main outcome.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-72224362604107703412009-12-26T09:11:07.445-05:002009-12-26T09:11:07.445-05:00One remembers that son-of-a-Bush put Karl Rove &qu...One remembers that son-of-a-Bush put Karl Rove "in charge" of New Orleans recovery. Rove, of course, has only <b>political</b> objectives.<br />And now, years later, we can see Rove's objectives accomplished -- a Democratic and majority-black working city has been replaced by a Republican theme park.<br /><br />As to the top ten atrocities of the noughties, I'd put first the offical adoption by the United States government of torture as a means of interrogation.<br /><br />Just barely in second place: the destruction of citizens' Constitutional rights: the mass wiretaps without warrants; the arbitrary, secret and unchallengable no-fly list; the assertion that the President or his assigness can unchallengeably designate a person as an "enemy comabatant" who may be detained indefinitely without charges, and the consequent loss of the ancient right of <em>habeus corpus</em>; "free speech zones"; the innumerable assertions of petty authority (you can't take pictures of public buildings, son), the broad assertions of executive privilege secrecy in the name of "national security".<br /><br />In short, with the eager help of President George W. Bush, his Administration, and the Republican Party in general, the terrorists won.joel hanesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-76202749800229368242009-12-25T09:39:20.319-05:002009-12-25T09:39:20.319-05:00Jay,
There are two replies to your silly remark. ...Jay,<br /><br />There are two replies to your silly remark. One is that the Af-Am neighborhoods were the parts of the city below sea level, and hence were the parts hit hardest when the levees broke. Also, of course, there has been the pathetic policy followup: those neighborhoods have not been fixed up as was promised. In short, policy played a role in this on both the front and the back ends, just in case you are merely ignorant here rather than something else. (sorry to be so unpleasant on Christmas Day, but)rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-74787150119096594872009-12-25T01:56:42.327-05:002009-12-25T01:56:42.327-05:00"Katrina destruction of African-American neig..."Katrina destruction of African-American neighborhoods in New Orleans"<br /><br />Yes that racist Katrina swerved through New Orleans only hitting the houses of African American's.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-91324870269543018222009-12-24T13:10:39.415-05:002009-12-24T13:10:39.415-05:00I like "Noughties" as a euphemism for th...I like "Noughties" as a euphemism for the benefits of the Bush/Republican/tax-cutter economic policies !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-34912361598371911602009-12-23T13:31:09.945-05:002009-12-23T13:31:09.945-05:00It occurs to me that all these labels might be con...It occurs to me that all these labels might be considered to be haughty, if not simply downright old fashioned.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com