Comments on: BOO Bush

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:10:48 +0000

Tololy:

I think his comment is really more "racist" than "Islamophobic," even though branding things as "Islamophobic" has enjoyed a certain trendy currency in recent months.

On the other hand the second part of your comment is, to be quite frank, absurd and completely beneath you.

By: Tololy

Tololy — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:56:15 +0000

Tommy, I am positive you know this already but I will say it all the same, your comment reeks of islamophobia. I now understand the type of mentality that chose Bush for president.

By: G.

G. — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:59:03 +0000

Well,Bush has been good to Jordan !! There’s a free trade agreement,annual economic and military aid to Jordan.

Here is what U. S. Ambassador David Hale said on the on the 5th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks, U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Amman, September 11, 2006:

"Thank you all for coming today. I thank in particular our distinguished Jordanian guests who have joined me, General Khaled Al Sarairah, the Chairman of the Jordan Armed Forces Staff, Lt General Mohammad Al Etan, who is Commander of the Public Security Directorate, Major General Awwad Saleem Al Masaid, the Chief of Civil Defense, General Jamal Al Shawabkeh, the Chief of the Counter Terrorism Force in the Jordan Armed Forces, and Mr. Karim Al Masri, the Acting Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Welcome to all of you.

This is a poignant moment for all Americans but it’s also a poignant moment for Jordanians and particularly for our Jordanian staff, who as I was walking through this building today reminded me that it was five years ago as they were greeting newly arrived Ambassador Skip Gnehm when they got news of the attacks on 9/11. So all of us, I think today in particular, remember those moments.A year ago, we were joined by representatives of the families of Jordanian victims of the attacks on 9/11, and they joined me in planting an olive tree in the back garden. Olive trees as you know are symbols of many things, including symbols of life, and we thought it was appropriate in a way to contrast what we’re doing with the acts of terrorists who of course hold life in pure contempt. I’m happy to report that that tree is flourishing. But in addition to celebrating life and commemorating the victims of 9/11, this is also time to speak of our resolve. And this year as I said we are honored by the presence of the leaders of Jordan’s fight, and in our common fight, against terrorism. We are truly partners in the global effort to defeat the forces of terrorism who target us — whether Jordanians or Americans or other peace loving people — because we are voices for moderation, we are voices for tolerance, we are voices for co-existence, and we are voices for peace.
full speech:

http://amman.usembassy.gov/User/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsId=1184

By: Peter S

Peter S — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:50:13 +0000

I say we go back to referring to Bush by the nickname his critics gave him when he was governor of Texas–"Shrub"

By: Sewmouse

Sewmouse — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:03:40 +0000

George Walker Bush is an embarassment to his country, and should be, if he isn’t already, an embarassment to even his closest family members.

This man has repeatedly shown that he hasn’t a single clue about what the office of President of the United States entails, he also has quite clearly shown that he has no understanding of the basic fundamentals of the United States Constitution - a document he TWICE swore with his hand upon a Bible (Allegedly his "holy book") to "Protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic" - a document he is said to have called a "G** damned piece of paper" - a document he has violated and attempted to eviscerate during his entire ill-gotten term of office.

George Walker Bush knew quite well that Saddam Hussein had no "Weapons of Mass Destruction", nor any viable nuclear weapons program, and that there was NO connection between Al Queda and Saddam Hussein - but George Walker Bush was determined to invade Iraq on whatever flimsy excuse he could possibly find from his first day in office, and Osama Bin Laden handed him the excuse wrapped in gold paper and tied with a lovely silver bow on 9/11/01.

Thankfully, now that there will be a Democratic majority in both houses of congress in late January, this man with all the blood of American and Iraqi soldiers, and innocent Iraqi men, women and children will become answerable to the congressional oversight that he has thus far avoided due to our own "sectarian" squabbles here in the USA.

I apologize to you, Tololy, for the inconveniences and unpleasantness that George Walker Bush’s presence in your country is causing you and your fellow Jordanians. Unfortunately, George Walker Bush has created such an enormous amount of ill-will in the world that there is a substantial possibility that someone would try to assassinate him.

Pray for us please, Tololy, that during the next 2 years a candidate emerges who can find a way to encourage peace in all places. That the extremists and violence-mongers on both sides of our ocean can become less than the buzzing of a gnat, and that the voices of sanity, of reason, of sensibilty, are once again the voices that are heard worldwide.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:03:49 +0000

You noticed me wearing my Bush mask while sitting at a stoplight in my ‘74 Toyota? Crap, my cover is blown!