Posted on 06/30/2002 9:37:31 AM PDT by ginle
THE world outside the US is now getting used to the fact Americans have a fraudulently elected nitwit as their president, but George W. Bush excelled himself this week with a "long-awaited" definitive speech on Middle East policies that stretched even the weirdest imaginations. BRUCE WILSON in London reports:
US embassies around the world moved to "explain" the batty future Bush saw for Israel and Palestine, but nothing could disguise that the bedbug was running the White House and anything could happen next. Hey, look. Even Tom Cruise is worried. In London this week he said he wanted his adopted kids brought up outside the USA because of what happens inside the USA. He listed terrorism and street crime, but very cogently he listed corporate crime as a reason not to bring up kids in the old US of A.
Now, Tom Cruise is not a Grade A rocket scientist. In fact, he is a Grade A Scientologist. On the whole, though, I would say he was brighter than George W. Bush (along with my neighbour's catatonic cat) and it was most intriguing that he named corporate crime as a reason not to want to grow up in America.
The WorldCom affair comes after the Enron affair while the Andersen affair simply defies belief. It has become perfectly clear that major US corporations have been running out of control, throwing billions of dollars into a kind of international financial black hole.
In vain you ask (as I tried to do), well, where has the money gone? I mean, if you back a loser at Randwick, then you know where your money went. If these companies have lost billions – $US3.8 billion in the case of WorldCom – why hasn't somebody won it? Or got it? Where has it gone? Or, more to the point, did it ever exist?
Of course it did, said the Doormouse. Otherwise, it could never have been lost and 17,000 people sacked for the lack of it. This is Alice in Wonderland stuff, capitalism rattling around like a high-velocity round in a mental vacuum. Where was government? Where was control?
Twenty years ago, when I lived in Washington, the US was said to have a trillion-dollar-a-day economy that was so strong not even government could screw it. Now, you have to ask if things have turned, that apparent fraudsters like WorldCom can screw government.
Dubya Bush seems reluctant to address these issues. He is a Texan (although not by breeding) and there they let things take their course, execute mentally deficient minors, and generally behave like good old boys, taking the Chevy to the levee.
If it were not for September 11, Bush would be in serious political trouble in America. He may be yet, in the mid-term November elections. His shocked nation rallied around him as the personification of The Flag when the atrocities stunned us all. His personal rating broke all records.
Since then, though, what? On this side of the Atlantic he is seen as a kind of strange joke. Britons try to understand him, but in Europe they simply think of him as a sort of circus act. The Middle East pronouncement was so absurd they didn't know whether to laugh or simply ask the US senior political attache over for a commiserating drink.
These concerns are based on the belief – that seems to be proven – that Washington itself is a divided city. Colin Powell, in State, is trying to plead reason over the clamouring voices in Defence, led by Donald Rumsfeld, clearly a man not always entirely in control of his senses.
Bush is listening to Rumsfeld, and other strange voices – not least the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. And, as he does, the US looks more and more to be a long way away from the rest of the world.
Dormouse. It's spelled that way for a reason.
No, No, Bruce, Gore LOST the election.
Now, Tom Cruise is not a Grade A rocket scientist. In fact, he is a Grade A Scientologist. On the whole, though, I would say he was brighter than George W. Bush (along with my neighbour's catatonic cat) and it was most intriguing that he named corporate crime as a reason not to want to grow up in America.
You're right on that one. Cruise is smarter than your neighbor's cat (I think). I disagree with you about W. though.
He is a Texan (although not by breeding) and there they let things take their course, execute mentally deficient minors, and generally behave like good old boys...
Stay out of Texas, Bruce!! Your life could be in danger.
It sounds like a promotional piece for Chapter Seven (The Joy of Arguing with Liberals...'You're Stupid') of Ann Coulters new book.
Since then, though, what? On this side of the Atlantic he is seen as a kind of strange joke. Britons try to understand him, but in Europe they simply think of him as a sort of circus act.From what I've seen, that's how Europeans see Americans, period. That's been true for years, no?
And if you think Bush's pronouncements are unreasonable, you have to have been brainwashed by Arafat and friends. Can Israelis, in all fairness, accept a known terrorist as the head of the new Palestine? I couldn't, and I don't think you could either.
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From some of the statements, you are probably correct. However, the Australians seem to have a fair dose of Anti-American sentiment. I spend a lot of time in Thailand and have learned to avoid European andAustrailian travelers. They say< , "Oh, are you American?" when you say yes, you are frequently subjected to a spew like this article until you rudly excuse yourself (rather than punching them as you really wish).
Contrary to the critics' caricatures, Mr. Bush is intelligent, with an awesome memory, great management skill and a tremendous emotional I.Q.
Watch out Nicholas, Harold (It is Good to be King) Raines will get you!
I'm sure you would, Bruce. But Tom is not as bright as George W. Bush. Neither are you, as you have amply demonstrated.
George Bush is a great man and a brilliant man--in contrast to you.
Your article demonstrates this contrast far more certainly than you would wish.
“You might just as well say,” added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe.’!”“It is the same thing with you,” said the Hatter ....
I believe most of the people of the world have a very poor grasp of history. And from what I've been reading of Oz news articles, leftism seems to have badly infected that country as well as ours. Not enough Gerry Jacksons of The New Australian down under apparently.
Why is this 6 year old, low post article listed under “Popular Articles” on June 7, 2008?
Something screwy going on right now. My tagline got screwed up and I just pulled it. Other articles are listed as active/popular and date back a few years also.
Gremlins are out .......
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