Comments on: Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade; Or, the Rise of the New Oligarchs http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EZGOinRI http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-2027 EZGOinRI Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-2027 Thanx Juan...you've applied intellect and integrity to an issue that the neoconservatively enslaved will never understand. Thanx Juan…you've applied intellect and integrity to an issue that the neoconservatively enslaved will never understand.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1953 Anonymous Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00:09 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1953 OK, but I would think Iraq & torture & prisoner/detainee treatment belong at #1... OK, but I would think Iraq & torture & prisoner/detainee treatment belong at #1…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1492 Anonymous Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:08:07 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1492 I'd like to add either number 11 or 1A depending on your view:<br />The murder of the respectability of the position of President of the US...From his dumb-downed ridiculously bogus Texas man persona to his butchering of the English language and middle-school-esque public speaking skills, Bush destroyed any respect the American people had for the President I'd like to add either number 11 or 1A depending on your view:
The murder of the respectability of the position of President of the US…From his dumb-downed ridiculously bogus Texas man persona to his butchering of the English language and middle-school-esque public speaking skills, Bush destroyed any respect the American people had for the President

]]> By: Andy R http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1482 Andy R Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1482 THANK YOU for including the 2000 election as #1. One of the greatest travesties and injustices of our nation's history isn't usually given the emphasis that it deserves. THANK YOU for including the 2000 election as #1. One of the greatest travesties and injustices of our nation's history isn't usually given the emphasis that it deserves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1446 Anonymous Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:30:02 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1446 As soon as someone uses the term "illegal war" I know to tune out. Who makes a war legal or illegal? This is meaningless and ill thought out. As anti-Bush as I am, at least he sounds more coherent than this rant. As soon as someone uses the term "illegal war" I know to tune out. Who makes a war legal or illegal? This is meaningless and ill thought out. As anti-Bush as I am, at least he sounds more coherent than this rant.

]]> By: Don http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1427 Don Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:11:26 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1427 <b>Beautifully stated</b>, you make a strong case. I have thought for years regarding the growing divide in the US, and the need for moderation thereof. Regretfully, I see more and more, there is to be no mitigation in the power grab of the few, the proud, the rich, with their cadre of buffoons to keep them amused and the poor distracted.<br /><br /><b><i>It is time to rise up.</i></b> Beautifully stated, you make a strong case. I have thought for years regarding the growing divide in the US, and the need for moderation thereof. Regretfully, I see more and more, there is to be no mitigation in the power grab of the few, the proud, the rich, with their cadre of buffoons to keep them amused and the poor distracted.

It is time to rise up.

]]> By: M Henri Day http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1363 M Henri Day Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:58 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1363 Best «Ten worst» list for the decade that I've yet seen - and yet for some reason I'm reminded of the purple cow, which I'd rather not have seen ! In any event, thanks for posting, Professor Cole ; let us hope that many more people become cognizant of this odd bovine !...<br /><br />Henri Best «Ten worst» list for the decade that I've yet seen – and yet for some reason I'm reminded of the purple cow, which I'd rather not have seen ! In any event, thanks for posting, Professor Cole ; let us hope that many more people become cognizant of this odd bovine !…

Henri

]]> By: Batocchio http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/top-ten-worst-things-about-bush-decade.html#comment-1362 Batocchio Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4855#comment-1362 Fantastic. Thanks. Fantastic. Thanks.

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