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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they... the thing is, it costs the poor... wait, the poor. There are costs. Please, you're confusing me. Please let me get this straight.
The poor, they have this spirit, and it costs about the same... Okay. It costs something.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit... what was that? Yes I'm glad you're fired up. I'm talking about the poor in spirit. No wait, I'm on to the meek now. It costs about the same to feed the meek as it does to put a man on the moon.

I think. Wait, no, let me check my math.

It costs less to feed the meek than it does to build a missile. Yes, less. So we could have this missile, or we could feed the meek. I guess maybe we could do both if we left Iraq. So missiles, and feeding the meek. Pretty good deal.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst... Wait, I guess we're supposed to be feeding those who do hunger. All that stuff I said about the meek? I meant it about those who hunger. So, we can feed those who hunger. The meek... I guess we don't have to feed them, because they're usually pretty thin and don't eat a lot.

Yeah, right, the meek are pretty easy to feed, I think. So, actually, you know when I said to ignore what I said about feeding the meek? Ignore that. We can feed both those who do hunger and the meek for about what it costs... it costs something. The costs. We could feed them for the costs. Whatever those costs are. Again I think it has to do with the price of Iraq.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Also we could probably feed them. Since we're feeding the hungry and the meek, I guess it wouldn't be too hard just to put down another plate and feed the merciful too. Because of Iraq.

See, we're leaving Iraq. We have all of our food in Iraq. We leave Iraq, we can feed the meek, the merciful, and those who are actually hungry. Pretty sweet deal.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will bring the potato salad. There are costs... Potato salad costs money. We have money going into Iraq for non-potato-salad expenses. We pull out, the costs, you see the costs, we can put that right into potato salad. The peacemakers will bring it.

German style too, if you don't like all that mayonnaise. I like both, actually, so it's cool with me either way.

You can't have a picnic without potato salad.

That's why the peacemakers are so cool.

Rejoice, and have a Fresca. There are costs to Fresca, but I think the meek can handle it. I think they can swing bringing Fresca. Oh, and buns. That's pretty cheap. Fresca and buns. There are costs, but then, Iraq.

The meek shall also bring the meat.

I know I have the meek bringing a lot of stuff now, but the meek are inheriting the earth, I think, so they're still coming out way ahead on the deal.

I'm tired. I haven't slept much in forty eight hours.

Oh shit-- someone has to bring a vegetarian meal.

I guess we'll stick that on the meek, again. I think they're mostly vegetarians anyway. Besides, they're meek, so they probably won't complain. That's what makes them meek.

Costs.

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Bush doesn't speak like this. At least, I've never come across anything from Bush anywhere close to as bad as this, and believe me, if there were anything out there even half that bad from Bush, it would have been posted in this forum by now. Dozens of times. Probably hundreds

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Bush certainly speaks better than Obama was speaking in the video I posted, that's for damn sure. Of course, toothless smokehounds clutching three-quarters empty bottles of Ripple ricocheting off opposing sides of the alleyway on their way to the soup kitchen speak better than Obama was speaking in that video, so I'm damning with faint praise, I guess...

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1) Bush doesn't speak like this. At least, I've never come across anything from Bush anywhere close to as bad as this, and believe me, if there were anything out there even half that bad from Bush, it would have been posted in this forum by now. Dozens of times. Probably hundreds.

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Virus_with_Shoes said:This bumbling idiot has damaged our prestige and diplomatic sway throughout the world but this wont register with you as you're a Canadian who's never even lived in the US.

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Virus_with_Shoes said:This bumbling idiot has damaged our prestige and diplomatic sway throughout the world but this wont register with you as you're a Canadian who's never even lived in the US.

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This keeps getting bandied around like it means something.

Give an example.  Any example.  Please.




Don't strain yourself too hard though, because it really is a load of bullshit.

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Mushmonkey said:

People don't like America.  Ok....  big deal.  All you've posted is an opinion poll.  That's a pretty far cry from any actual, tangible change in anything.

They're still eating big macs and wearing blue jeans, and only an idiot would underestimate or brush off the economic, or military, might of this country.  Christ, look at China!  Who fucking likes China, their human rights record is worse than ours, and people don't like them -- but their prestige and diplomatic sway is as strong as ever because they are a military might, and an economic juggernaut.

The President of the United States could attend an international conference on human rights and wag his dick at the world...  and yanno what, they'd still have to fucking deal with an America that holds the same prestige and diplomatic sway as it always has.  They'd just talk shit about the President.


You are inflating the role of the President.  He is not the nation.  He does not control the nation.  He's never around for more than 8 years.  He can make us the butt of jokes, but he cannot significantly lessen our international clout because our international clout is not the result of the strength of our President but rather the strength of our Nation.

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These suppositions are taken to task in this article by Michael Gerson. Gerson makes three general points: we are not overwhelmingly despised by the whole world as the Dems would claim, we won't necessarily become more popular if we reverse Bush policies, and popularity doesn't necessarily translate into influence.

According to a Pew research poll Gerson cited, several areas of the world love America: Sub Sahara in Africa, New Europe, much of Latin America, India, and Japan. Much of the perception of the world hating America comes from animosity from old Europe and the Middle East.

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