SaraP said:
Probably so. As a general rule, all politicians are corrupt, greedy and above all power-hungry; you just vote for the ones whose sinister hidden agendas are the closest to your own.
For someone who touts the second ammendment, an ammendment originally designed to help keep the power of government in check, you sure do seem complacent for corrupt leaders in power.
I don't know about you, but supporting a man whose entire success on the political spectrum throughout his presidency is based on the death of 3500 people, a man who has used that event as a method of carrying out a neo-conservative agenda while trampling individual rights to carry out his goal (He wanted to invade Iraq from the beginning, and the Patriot Act is what most people who aren't stupid like to call a TRAVESTY), a man who has basically neutered the reputation of the EPA, a man whose tax breaks have done nothing to help the economy, a man whose spending broke records on deficits, and a man who has alienated every major ally the USA has had over the past 50 years, you support his greed and corruption? I just wanted to be sure.
Oh, as for the original post, what about Hutton's report? Did anyone else think that is the biggest load of crock ever? Do any of the Brits here actually believe it? Frankly, my opinion of the BBC is as high as ever. Did Blair actually think the way he went about things WOULDN'T put Kelly's name in the limelight? He is as responsible for the man's death as anyone, and the fact that the entire dossier was sexed up and yet Hutton totally denies that it was? What the is that all about eh? Do the brits on the board actually buy that the BBC was responsible? I just hope that because they are a public broadcaster that the government doesn't attempt to reign them in. The CBC has aired reports critical of the government before (although the CBC is a fairly liberal network... probably the most liberal in North America, and the current ruling party is liberal...) and have gotten **** over it but they always ran the course.