"George-The-Lesser; Pretender-to-the-throne, and King that wouldst be", is travelling the country... trying to scare Americans into believing that Social Security needs to be "reformed". (Read: "gutted", "eviscerated", " pillaged", "vandalized", and "raided" by Wall-Street thieves.) Still avoiding his REAL job, (running the country, administering the war, and balancing the budget) , He has again resorted to the "same-old" scare-tactics of old. Remember when we were told: "If Kerry gets elected, America will be attacked by terrorists again!!" (Although Al Jazeera T.V. has frequently quoted Al Queda's Zarkawi as PREFERING Bush as president, in order to further their Jihad) Lies and distortions of facts and figures are repeated "ad-nauseum"; to intimidate and frighten Americans into allowing "investment-bankers" and "fund-managers" access to the Social-Security fund. "If you tell a lie LOUD enough and OFTEN enough, people will believe anything you tell them!!" Bush/ Cheney/ Rove and Co. have even pressured Alan Greenspan to make public statements encouraging "reform".... with NO specific details of any "Plan". Have ANY of Bush's fiscal predictions EVER been correct?? This "fiscal-conservative" has bankrupted our economy; borrowed BILLIONS to pay for an endless, un-necessary war; given tax-cuts to the "very-rich"; allowed "out-sourcing" of millions of American jobs; threatened our environment with favors to corporate-polluters; and now wants to gamble or Social-Security system on vague promises of future "gains"!!! There is a "bumper-sticker" circulating America that "says it all": It reads: GOT FEAR?............. About 10 years ago, I invested a meager amount in a "low-risk" Mutual Fund. Under the Bush Administration, my fund has LOST nearly half of it's value; I would have made more interest by putting it in a SAVINGS ACCOUNT!!! Bush's un-defined plans do NOTHING to address the enormous debt that he has amassed, borrowing against the Social-Security Fund. Projected "Transition" costs are in the TRILLIONS; and "administrative" fees of such private investments often range from 20 to 30% !!!! The projected "shortfalls" in the fund can EASILY be corrected with small corrective changes. Raising the "caps" on income to make ALL tax-payers contribute will EASILY make it "solvent". Every "recognized" expert on the Social Security System, and nearly all economic-experts agree that such "privatization" is risky, and NOT a "sure-thing". Where is the "track-record" of Bush's "wonderful" fiscal achievements??? Republican "Talking-Heads" often try to shift the economic-blame to Bill Clinton.... "The Wall Street "crash" BEGAN under HIS administration"!! The same argument might be used to blame Bush: "Wall Street investors KNEW Bush was coming into office, hence the "crash"!!!!! In the latest episodes of "Iraqi-Chaos", an Italian? journalist and her intelligence-officer were today attacked by "Friendly-Fire".. Just WHAT IN THE HELL IS "FRIENDLY-FIRE"???? "GEE, I'M SORRY THAT I KILLED YOU???" "I WAS SMILING WHEN I BLEW-UP YOUR CAR"??? "HAVE A NICE DAY; BEFORE I KILL YOU"???? MAYBE JUST USING BULLETS WITH LITTLE "SMILY-FACES" ON THEM!!! Another instance of attrocities against Iraqi prisoners has surfaced. At a prison called "the Salt-Cave", a prisoner was stripped-naked and chained outdoors until he died of hypothermia. (By the C.I.A.) Anybody hear about this on "Mainstream-Media"??? I thought not.... ESPECIALLY FOX NEWS!! The incompetance, and blind-stupidity of this administration is without precedent. The only thing that they are GOOD at, is "lining-the-pockets" of their corporate-contributors and friends. If you have ever seen or read a good mystery, the most important "clues" to the crime are usually the trail of money. The "trail-of-money" that starts at the White House leads DIRECTLY to gas & oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, investment-bankers, and weapons-manufacturers. Having looted the ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET-SURPLUS, Bush is now seeking to "spin" our Social-Security Fund into the hands of his investment-banker-buddies. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!! SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!
- posted by Dave @ 2:27 AM