Politics

I recently read an article about how Hamas was seizing all the aid supplies pouring into Gaza in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion. I began to read the comments regarding the article and came across the following “joke” and thought it to be quite topical… even though it borders on being somewhat racist.

What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?

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(Originally written on January 21, 2009)

As the world begins to embrace the new administration of Barack Obama, I felt the urge to collect my thoughts on the prior eight years and the legacy of the Bush administration. While never an ardent supporter of Clinton and his policies, I decided to support George W. Bush in his efforts to become the 43rd president of the United States when it became apparent that John McCain would lose the primary. During the election, Bush ran on a more traditional Republican platform of fiscal responsibility and a stance of neutrality on the world stage. However, as we close the door on the Bush years, he will forever be remembered as a war-mongering president who presided over the worst terrorist attack on American soil and what could eventually amount to the worst economic crisis on American soil. While it could be argued that Bush was not directly responsible for either of these events, failures in his administration have tainted these events as we look back at the last eight years.

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