[BWest]

China is keeping a close eye on the next 2 election cycles with great interest. There is alot at stake for China riding on the outcome of the next presidential election. China's short and long term economic, political, military as well as global influence will be determined to a large extent by who is in the White House. China does not care much for the present administration. They would much rather have a president who would continue in the footsteps of the Bush administration. While President Bush was in office, China quietly began to aggressively step into the role the US had played in Africa for the last 40+ years. Africa recieved a very clear message from the Bush administration during the crisis in Liberia not to expect US intervention for any humanitarian or political crisis while GW is in office. Liberia begged the US for assistance in controlling the rebel factions from toppling the govt. in GW's first term. Not only did the US string along Liberia of promises for months on end, but they also allowed a humanitarian crisis to spiral out of control. No other country, African or otherwise, intervened because they were all told by the US that they would assist Liberia. Liberians have always had a special affinity for Americans due to there long history with the US. The Liberians and the rest of Africa, finally came to the realization that the had only two viable options for assistance and partnerships. The EU and China stepped into the void left by GW. It has been known by everyone, that Africa holds tremendous resources, some which are not found in the US. Gold, silver, diamonds, coal, rare earth metals etc etc are some of Africa's untapped resources that need certain expertise to get at. China simply went to African nations and started building roads, rails, airports and other vital infrastructure. In a few short years, China is now the undisputed king of investment, infrastucture development, mining and for the first time ever, political/economic and soon military investment and influence. China has a stated policy to displace the US and EU in every area including military, in all of Africa. They recieved a big assist from the Bush administration who as usual, failed to see the long term consequences of their policies. While China is now a commited partner with African govts., private enterprise and people as a whole, we are investing in large tracks of sand covered land with hostile people walking all over that sand. The present administration has had to sramble to reopen the closed lines of communication in Africa and try and make up plausible excuses as to why we decided Africa has not been worth anything for 8 years. China is pumping cash and resources into Africa like GOP congressmen pumping white house page boys on Friday nights. China is in love with the idea of another 8 year grace period to bury us even further in the Sahara. One country with a coherent long term goals vs another with short sighted whirlwind tours around the globe. Thanks GW, I'm sure it's not that hard to learn Chinese. Best Bet-invest heavily in Rosetta Stone stock.

[brooks85]

China is keeping a close eye on the next 2 election cycles with great interest. There is alot at stake for China riding on the outcome of the next presidential election. China's short and long term economic, political, military as well as global influence will be determined to a large extent by who is in the White House. China does not care much for the present administration. They would much rather have a president who would continue in the footsteps of the Bush administration. While President Bush was in office, China quietly began to aggressively step into the role the US had played in Africa for the last 40+ years. Africa recieved a very clear message from the Bush administration during the crisis in Liberia not to expect US intervention for any humanitarian or political crisis while GW is in office. Liberia begged the US for assistance in controlling the rebel factions from toppling the govt. in GW's first term. Not only did the US string along Liberia of promises for months on end, but they also allowed a humanitarian crisis to spiral out of control. No other country, African or otherwise, intervened because they were all told by the US that they would assist Liberia. Liberians have always had a special affinity for Americans due to there long history with the US. The Liberians and the rest of Africa, finally came to the realization that the had only two viable options for assistance and partnerships. The EU and China stepped into the void left by GW. It has been known by everyone, that Africa holds tremendous resources, some which are not found in the US. Gold, silver, diamonds, coal, rare earth metals etc etc are some of Africa's untapped resources that need certain expertise to get at. China simply went to African nations and started building roads, rails, airports and other vital infrastructure. In a few short years, China is now the undisputed king of investment, infrastucture development, mining and for the first time ever, political/economic and soon military investment and influence. China has a stated policy to displace the US and EU in every area including military, in all of Africa. They recieved a big assist from the Bush administration who as usual, failed to see the long term consequences of their policies. While China is now a commited partner with African govts., private enterprise and people as a whole, we are investing in large tracks of sand covered land with hostile people walking all over that sand. The present administration has had to sramble to reopen the closed lines of communication in Africa and try and make up plausible excuses as to why we decided Africa has not been worth anything for 8 years. China is pumping cash and resources into Africa like GOP congressmen pumping white house page boys on Friday nights. China is in love with the idea of another 8 year grace period to bury us even further in the Sahara. One country with a coherent long term goals vs another with short sighted whirlwind tours around the globe. Thanks GW, I'm sure it's not that hard to learn Chinese. Best Bet-invest heavily in Rosetta Stone stock.

africa is a waste of American resources. Stop being so stupid, stop, right now.

[BWest]

Yes, why waste resources in Africa when we can waste them in Iraq and Afganistan? I didn't see your logic at first but know I see what your talking about. ( I had to drop 20 hits of acid first, but my brain came around to your point of view)

[BWest]

The USGS estimates that Africa holds 30%plus of the world's mineral deposits with 60 known rare earth minerals like gold, silver, natural diamonds, platinum, Palladium, URANIUM, maganese, chromium, nickel, bauxite, cobalt, lead, TITANIUM, tungsten, vandium, zirconium not to meantion COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS. Africa is either 1st or 2nd in WORLD PRODUCTION of 20 of those 60 minerals found in Africa. 2/3rds of the worlds platinum and palladium are found in Africa. China has signed agreements to mine, explore and export these RARE earth minerals with over 20 African countries in the last 6 years. We will have enough sand to supply China's needs for the next 1000 years. Brooks85, you sir are today's complete and total brainless idiot. You are a waste of the earth's resources, even if it is only moonshine that you consume. The world is no place for a drunken hayseed such as yourself. Please do not reproduce (knock off your sister in them parts) as we already have an excess of hillbillies-polite folk refer to it them as "The Republican Party".

[BWest]

I guess the internet is down in the "conservatives" part of the world. HMM, I wonder why GW did not find it important to secure new supplies of metals and minerals that the USGS calls CRITICAL to the US economy, national security and enviromental protection. I guess this is another of his wonderful longterm plans that have left us AGAIN behind first world countries like India, Pakistan and China who all have agreements with African countries to export these minerals. How much damage can one person do in 8 years. Sarah Palin is attempting to break all the records starting in 2012. GOP, China needs your help, I'm sure you will come through again if given the chance.

[andywend]

TRILLIONS of dollars are being added onto our country's CC, our health care system is going to be totally dismantled, the unemployed are being FINANCIALLY BRIBED to remain unemployed and homeowners are being financially encouraged to default on their mortgages all by the Obama administration, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

The republicans are absolutely powerless to stop any of it and yet brain-dead liberal democrats like BWest continue to mentally masturbate about how bad George W Bush and Sarah Palin are.

When liberals are told what bad a shape our country is in, their only response is Obama inherited this mess and its not his fault even though he has wasted TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS with the unemployment rate still double what it was during the worst times of the Bush administration.

When Bush became president in 2001, he also inherited an economy that was in shambles just like Obama. Instead of the financial bubble bursting, Bush had to deal with the internet bubble bursting. Bush could have taken the Barack Obama route and said everything is Clinton's fault and do nothing to solve the problem. Instead, Bush and the republican congress implemented a whole series of measures to combat the weak economy and turned it around very quickly even with the 9/11 tragedy making the whole process that much more difficult.

A message to BWest and all the other brain-dead useless liberal democrats out there:

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO POWER!!!! STOP BLAMING PRESIDENT BUSH for everything!!!!!. Obama has had over 19 months in office along with a congress that will do anything he asks. He has spent an INSANE AMOUNT OF MONEY and our country's problems continue to get worse and worse. Start holding your people responsible and they might start doing a better job.

[lyon804]

TRILLIONS of dollars are being added onto our country's CC, our health care system is going to be totally dismantled, the unemployed are being FINANCIALLY BRIBED to remain unemployed and homeowners are being financially encouraged to default on their mortgages all by the Obama administration, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

The republicans are absolutely powerless to stop any of it and yet brain-dead liberal democrats like BWest continue to mentally masturbate about how bad George W Bush and Sarah Palin are.

When liberals are told what bad a shape our country is in, their only response is Obama inherited this mess and its not his fault even though he has wasted TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS with the unemployment rate still double what it was during the worst times of the Bush administration.

When Bush became president in 2001, he also inherited an economy that was in shambles just like Obama. Instead of the financial bubble bursting, Bush had to deal with the internet bubble bursting. Bush could have taken the Barack Obama route and said everything is Clinton's fault and do nothing to solve the problem. Instead, Bush and the republican congress implemented a whole series of measures to combat the weak economy and turned it around very quickly even with the 9/11 tragedy making the whole process that much more difficult.

A message to BWest and all the other brain-dead useless liberal democrats out there:

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO POWER!!!! STOP BLAMING PRESIDENT BUSH for everything!!!!!. Obama has had over 19 months in office along with a congress that will do anything he asks. He has spent an INSANE AMOUNT OF MONEY and our country's problems continue to get worse and worse. Start holding your people responsible and they might start doing a better job.

The problem with all of this bailout is the people are not getting any of it or little of it. This money is being funneled to Obama cronies. What is happening under this Obama adminstration is the greatest heist in American History of the middle class and the libbies that are getting a few crumbs thrown there way will continually blame George Bush. The blame game will continue to the end of time with the brain dead libbies. Unreal the ignorance of many. That's why I am in favor of IQ testing in order for people to produce. We have enough waste and irrelevance in this country already.. Problem is those people breed fastest. I realize my proposal is communism, but since we are already in full swing socialism I don't think it is too much to install an IQ test for people to reproduce and last, but not least...VOTE.

[andywend]

Lower income people continue to reproduce in much greater numbers than higher income people.

The first thing that needs to happen is forced birth control for anyone collecting government assistance. If you can't financially support yourself, then there is no logical reason why you should be having children. It makes all the sense in the world which means liberal democrats will strongly oppose this.

If something along these lines were passed, there would be many people on government assistance who would refuse to submit to tubligations/vasectomies and that would certainly be their right. However, refusal to submit to birth control procedures would result in forfeiting the assistance.

Having an IQ test to vote is a no-brainer but will never happen. When republicans tried to push for electronic fingerprinting when voting to ensure people did not vote more than once, democrats strongly opposed it for the simple reason that the vast majority of people who vote multiple times, vote democratic. Also, if fingerpriting was implemented, deceased people could not vote and democrats have always gotten at least 98% of the dead vote.

Our founding forefathers made it crystal clear about who should be allowed to vote and who should not:
1. Blacks were not allowed to vote (blacks vote primarily democratic to the tune of 90%+)
2. Women were not allowed to vote (majority of women vote democratic)
3. Reading and writing requirement to vote (illiterates vote overwhelmingly democratic)
4. Poll tax to vote (lower income people vote primarily democratic)
5. You had to be a landowner (non-landowners vote primarily democratic)

If it wasn't for socialist liberal democrats constantly amending the constitution, the democratic party would cease to exist.

[lyon804]

Lower income people continue to reproduce in much greater numbers than higher income people.

The first thing that needs to happen is forced birth control for anyone collecting government assistance. If you can't financially support yourself, then there is no logical reason why you should be having children. It makes all the sense in the world which means liberal democrats will strongly oppose this.

If something along these lines were passed, there would be many people on government assistance who would refuse to submit to tubligations/vasectomies and that would certainly be their right. However, refusal to submit to birth control procedures would result in forfeiting the assistance.

Having an IQ test to vote is a no-brainer but will never happen. When republicans tried to push for electronic fingerprinting when voting to ensure people did not vote more than once, democrats strongly opposed it for the simple reason that the vast majority of people who vote multiple times, vote democratic. Also, if fingerpriting was implemented, deceased people could not vote and democrats have always gotten at least 98% of the dead vote.

Our founding forefathers made it crystal clear about who should be allowed to vote and who should not:
1. Blacks were not allowed to vote (blacks vote primarily democratic to the tune of 90%+)
2. Women were not allowed to vote (majority of women vote democratic)
3. Reading and writing requirement to vote (illiterates vote overwhelmingly democratic)
4. Poll tax to vote (lower income people vote primarily democratic)
5. You had to be a landowner (non-landowners vote primarily democratic)

If it wasn't for socialist liberal democrats constantly amending the constitution, the democratic party would cease to exist.

Telling it like it is or how it should be

[BWest]

No clue as to what GW totally ignoring the chance we HAD in Africa to help secure our national security and economy has to do with the above bowel blast on whose fault the shitty economy is. China's activities in Africa during the Bush administration mearly points out one of the many faulty, ill concieved policies that GW pursued that have imperiled our nation's long term security and economic prosperity. Anyone who wishes to acquire URANIUM (used in nucleeeer devices) needs only to ask China (who inturn asks us-NOT) for as much as they can pay for. I'm meerly pointing out what former Joint Chief of Staff, Colin Powell (remember him-the only person who with any kind of brain), told his boss 7 years ago. I'm feeling very safe these days thanks to the wonderful work of GW. Maybe the Chinese will let us back in the game?