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Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - Speedy - 03-08-2025
A golden oldie as relevant now as then.
https://theonion.com/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-prosperi-1819565882/
WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that “our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.”
“My fellow Americans,” Bush said, “at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us.”
Bush swore to do “everything in [his] power” to undo the damage wrought by Clinton’s two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.
During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - pdq - 03-08-2025
I loved that one, Speedy. A real classic.
Speaking of unforseen (:RollingEyesSmiley5
consequences, in my “Reuters Daily Briefing email today”Jennifer Piggott proudly supported Donald Trump, but she says she wouldn’t have if she knew he was going to cut her job and that of more than 125 others workers at the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Political analysts are parsing cuts like these as they search for signs of a backlash against Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to shrink the government. Here is the latest summary on the legal efforts to block Trump’s executive orders on federal workers, frozen funds, transgender protections and more.
Face, meet leopard.
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - pdq - 03-08-2025
Unrelated, I saw this today:
Pretty sure that’s the Matterhorn:
… which is…y’know…in Switzerland, not Canada.
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - pdq - 03-08-2025
More leopard:
Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he’s now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him his job.
“I think a lot of other veterans voted the same way, and we have been betrayed,” said Hooven, who was fired in February from a Virginia medical facility for veterans. “I feel like my life and the lives of so many like me, so many that have sacrificed so much for this country, are being destroyed.”
What bothers me about these I never thought the leopard would eat my face people most is that many of them were cheering on face-eating of others by voting for Trump.
Very little sympathy from me, unfortunately.
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - special - 03-08-2025
pdq wrote:
Unrelated, I saw this today:
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Pretty sure that’s the Matterhorn:
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… which is…y’know…in Switzerland, not Canada.
They also use photos from Georgia to refer to the other Georgia. Who needs Geography? History? Arts and culture? Science and Math? Politics and Philosophy? I love the poorly educated!
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - $tevie - 03-08-2025
pdq wrote:
More leopard:
Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he’s now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him his job.
“I think a lot of other veterans voted the same way, and we have been betrayed,” said Hooven, who was fired in February from a Virginia medical facility for veterans. “I feel like my life and the lives of so many like me, so many that have sacrificed so much for this country, are being destroyed.”
What bothers me about these I never thought the leopard would eat my face people most is that many of them were cheering on face-eating of others by voting for Trump.
Very little sympathy from me, unfortunately.
They assumed that only the leopards of color and the leopards with Hispanic accents were going to get their faces eaten. Oh, well.
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - Lux Interior - 03-08-2025
Re: Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over - bfd - 03-08-2025
War creates opportunities for big money financial gains. Follow that money as more conflicts start popping up around the world… and watch where it lands.