transcript of Bush's State of the Union Address...

@bravo_zulu Said
The original WTC bombing happened while Clinton was in office.

The bombing of American embassys in Africa happened while Clinton was in office.

The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole happened while Clinton was in office.

The U.S. was offered UBL by the Sudanesse government, but Clinton did take the offer.

Operation Able Danger, which identified several of the 9/11 hijackers almost 2 years before the event, including ring leader Mohamad Atta, happened while Clinton was in office.

The intelligence wall, which the 9/11 commission cited as one of the precipitating causes of 9/11, was started by Carter and solidified while Clinton was in office.

North Korea developed its nuclear weapons with technology given them while Clinton was in office.

Al Qaida lost its base of operations in Afghanistan while Bush was in office.

Al Qaida has been fragmented and in large part neutralized, seeing over half of its commanders killed or captured, while Bush was in office.

Lybia gave up it's WMD programs, including a very active nuclear program, while Bush was in office.

Syria was driven out of Lebanon while Bush was in office.

In Iraq a major destabilizer of the Middle East was thrown from office. Since then there have been no less than 3 sucsessful election and a constitutional democracy has taken root while Bush was in office.

Elections have taken place in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Palestine, some for the first time, while Bush was in office.

The U.S. and the major powers of Asia have put considerable pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program while Bush was in office.

The U.S., the major powers of Europe, and the U.N. have put considerable pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program while Bush was in office.

Where those the kind of facts you wanted Reiko to cite?

@lili Said
https://msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379/
Scientific basis for why this discussion will go no where...

@pissyjoey Said

And saying that YOU are a minority yet are not racist cannot really be used as evidence that racism does not exist in America. It would take a very lazy stroll through some literature for you to see to what extent racism exists in the U.S. I could leave you with plenty of sites to find out about race in America, but I guess you would discard them all as unreliable.

@bravo_zulu Said
The original WTC bombing happened while Clinton was in office.

The bombing of American embassys in Africa happened while Clinton was in office.

The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole happened while Clinton was in office.

The U.S. was offered UBL by the Sudanesse government, but Clinton did take the offer.

Operation Able Danger, which identified several of the 9/11 hijackers almost 2 years before the event, including ring leader Mohamad Atta, happened while Clinton was in office.

The intelligence wall, which the 9/11 commission cited as one of the precipitating causes of 9/11, was started by Carter and solidified while Clinton was in office.

North Korea developed its nuclear weapons with technology given them while Clinton was in office.

Al Qaida lost its base of operations in Afghanistan while Bush was in office.

Al Qaida has been fragmented and in large part neutralized, seeing over half of its commanders killed or captured, while Bush was in office.
Lybia gave up it's WMD programs, including a very active nuclear program, while Bush was in office.

Syria was driven out of Lebanon while Bush was in office.

In Iraq a major destabilizer of the Middle East was thrown from office. Since then there have been no less than 3 sucsessful election and a constitutional democracy has taken root.

Elections have taken place in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Palestine, all for the first time, while Bush was in office.

The U.S. and the major powers of Asia have put considerable pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program while Bush was in office.

The U.S., the major powers of Europe, and the U.N. have put considerable pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program while Bush was in office.

@reiko Said
So then why am I not effected? If racism is as bad as you say it is then shouldn't I be denied a home, job and education since I'm not white?

@reiko Said
So then why am I not effected? If racism is as bad as you say it is then shouldn't I be denied a home, job and education since I'm not white?

@pissyjoey Said
Not at all. These things you cite do not disprove racism. Prior to the civil rights movement, many blacks had homes, jobs, and education... does this prove that racism didn't exist then? Likewise, the fact that you and other minorities have these things now does not prove that racism does not exist today. In fact, many free blacks had slaves of their own in the south... does this prove that racism didn't exist? During the apartheid in South Africa, many black Africans owned homes and had jobs... but did this mean that there was no racism in South Africa?

Our history is rought with racial issues... they still echo today. Certainly slavery has been abolished and we see fewer lynchings today, but does this mean that racism is gone too?

@bendover Said
Do the American people ever stop to think WHY so many peoples throughout the world seem to have a hatred for their country? Could it have anything to do with America being the bully. Telling other to "Do as I say, not do as I do."

It's Ok for the USA to have atomic weapons. Hell they are the only country to hav euysed the dam things, twice. But it's cool for Uncle Sam to tell the small nations of the world not to develope atomic weapons. Could that possibly be because then those small countries couldn't be as easily threaten by the "Superpower".

Fight against Terrorism?

Picture the scene. A family living in a darkened house because their countries electricity supply has been destroyed by "smart weapons". During the night their front door is kicked in by a sreaming hoard of men armed to the teeth, painted with war paint and wearing strange foreign clothes, shouting and screaming in a language you don't understand. The father jumps up to sheild his wife and children and six marines blast him to kingdom come.

Are those children terrorised?

Capt Nod*** on NBC News was quoted as saying "In our visits to local families in Bagdad no resistance was encountered, they were no causilties and some colateral damage suffered by the local population.

@bendover Said
Fight against Terrorism?

Picture the scene. A family living in a darkened house because their countries electricity supply has been destroyed by "smart weapons". During the night their front door is kicked in by a sreaming hoard of men armed to the teeth, painted with war paint and wearing strange foreign clothes, shouting and screaming in a language you don't understand. The father jumps up to sheild his wife and children and six marines blast him to kingdom come.

Are those children terrorised?

@pissyjoey Said
Not at all. These things you cite do not disprove racism. Prior to the civil rights movement, many blacks had homes, jobs, and education... does this prove that racism didn't exist then? Likewise, the fact that you and other minorities have these things now does not prove that racism does not exist today. In fact, many free blacks had slaves of their own in the south... does this prove that racism didn't exist? During the apartheid in South Africa, many black Africans owned homes and had jobs... but did this mean that there was no racism in South Africa?

Our history is rought with racial issues... they still echo today. Certainly slavery has been abolished and we see fewer lynchings today, but does this mean that racism is gone too?

@reiko Said
So prove to me today that racism is prevalent. How is it keeping people from jobs? From education?
I didn't get into the school I want. Is it racism? Should I sue?