Comments on: George Bush and the Fate of our World http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world Awaken, Remember, Love Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ellen http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-112 Ellen Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-112 Well…now that this has disintigrated into a discussion about politics, I have to reply to Janet Schmidt’s comments “Do you know that there has not been a new oil refinery built in our country in 30 years? Not because we don’t need them-we do, but because the extreme envirementalists won’t allow it. As a matter of fact, the oil companies explained that this is one of the main reasons that we don’t have enough and cheaper gas.” Although this is true, please remember that oil companies “donate” lots of money to evironmental lobbyists and are in favor of creating a shortage so that the price as a commodity goes up. It’s in their favor to create this shortage. I work in the accounts payable department of an oil company and I see all manner of dinners & gifts for the governmental affairs department, which is the group that goes to Washington to lobby politicians. My company wouldn’t be spending this money if it did not have a payback!! I’m not really political either, but this is what I see in my own line of work. Please check it out so you believe me!

]]> By: Clive http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-111 Clive Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:21:10 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-111 In answer to an earlier comment regarding oil, there is simply not enough of the stuff left to satisfy future demand. There are 2.5billion people in China and India, coming on line, building roads, cars and industry and demanding their share of the world’s oil resources. The USA uses 20% of world oil supplies for less than 5% of the world’s population. What was realised at the end of Clinton’s administration was that oil supply was too old and would no longer grow to meet this new demand.
Your current administration knows this and has spent the past 5 1/2 years trying to secure access to the last remaining supplies. This may sound dramatic, but in the last 150 years that we have been using oil, there is only 35years worth left.
The past 5 years must have seemed quite bewildering, but all that has happened was done to keep the status quo. The American Way of Life is Not Negotiable > remember this quote! This is the path you are on. This administration and the next will follow this path to secure the last remaining supplies; if this fails a huge economic recession will be engineered to cut demand on a global scale.

]]> By: Clive http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-110 Clive Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:47:20 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-110 Something else I note since 2000, is that your government has encouraged people to spend themselves into huge debt, to keep your economy afloat. When people are so heavily in debt, they live in fear of so many things.
There is the potential for dark times ahead. A further conflict involving the US in the Middle East would be much more devastating for the world. It is not so much Bush that I worry about, but the person that comes after him, if you continue along this path.

]]> By: Clive http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-109 Clive Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:26:33 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-109 Sadly I fear the world can not wait until 2008.
What happened in 2000 that Erin speaks of was a ripple effect, that many people picked up on.

]]> By: Rani http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-108 Rani Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:04:23 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-108 My goodness, its amazing how many of you guys seem to have totally missed the point.

War is not a solution to anything – full stop. It manifests hate, rage, violence, fear – nothing but negativity. The problem with the way people think is that they fail to recognise that there are other alternatives – and always have been. Winning a war is at the expense and repression the other ‘side’. How does that bring light and love to the world?

To argue based on party politics to mean seems to completely defeat the essence of what Erin was getting at – living life is more than just working within our existing paradigm! And that includes politics – who cares what the Democrats/Republicans do/have done? They mean nothing, they’re only a response to the level at which the rest of the country is functioning.

]]> By: Millsley http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-107 Millsley Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:38:17 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-107 I’m sure that the oil companies would LOVE to make gas cheaper for you Janet! I don’t even need to comment on how fast and how high the gas prices have been driven, but the demand for gas has still kept rising, even while the prices have increased dramatically.

Sure, the oil company’s PR man might tell you that a bunch of dirty liberals are keeping the consumer from getting cheap gas, but step back, take a look at the situation, and imagine what YOU would do if you were in charge of a highly profitable oil company.

“If our country had never gone to war, where would we be? Beginning with the Revolutionary War, how about the civil War?”

I agree, those wars are legitimate. But what has our war created? Two very unstable governments who have actually in one case voted in the same people who had controlled them before we stepped in. Well, a lot of US war-related corporations have been doing really well! While the poor who actually fight the war have lost their family members and friends…

“some feel more compassion for people in foreign countries than they do for “needy” people in the USA??? If the USA is such a bad palce to live, I recommend all that hate it so much do something real simple…leave.”

Or perhaps we feel compassion for both? Most liberals you encounter that say all these “hateful” things, we don’t hate the US – we hate the situation it’s in and we are trying to change it. I feel privileged to grow up in such a wonderful place.

George Bush is no president, he’s the face of the presidency. The ability to change a few parts of a bill being passed into law has been used 313 times in the collected time of all US presidents. George Bush himself has used this power over 300 times. Personally, I don’t think any man that speaks or acts like George Bush has the common sense to know what changes would be best for the people of the US… over 300 times. Man, I wonder what it’s like to have a president in your pocket.

What happened to America being PROUD and CONFIDENT? The latest feeling that I’ve been getting from our government is FEAR. We fear so much around us that it is self-fulfilling. It’s tearing me up inside. I just can’t WAIT till 2008!

]]> By: ChefSalad http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-106 ChefSalad Fri, 26 May 2006 19:14:59 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-106 While I personally don’t agree with abortion, I have no choice but to support choice lest we create new evils. Abortion is like drugs; nobody says they’re good but making them illegal isn’t going to stop them. It will simply move them underground, creating new breading grounds for criminal activity. Are coathanger abortions done by mob barbers really what you want? Because that’s the result of outlawing abortion.

]]> By: Janet Schmidt http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-105 Janet Schmidt Wed, 03 May 2006 15:32:27 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-105 The mother’s “rights” began when she had unprotected sex. She had a right to say no, a right to make sure she didn’t get pregnat, etc.
That has absolutely nothing to do with war. If our country had never gone to war, where would we be? Beginning with the Revolutionary War, how about the civil War? We might be two nations now. And slavery would have been practised much much longer. By the way, did you know that the Republicans, NOT the Democrats, were the ones who were for the civil rights movement in the ’60′s, not the Libs.

]]> By: margaret robertson http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-104 margaret robertson Wed, 03 May 2006 02:40:59 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-104 Janet, I understood that George Bush was a friend of Osama Bin Laden and allowed him to have safe passage out of the USA after 9/11. Your last paragraph begins with “so don’t be too quick to judge” and yet the whole of your comment is obviously a judgement on everybody who disagrees with your politics. The dilemma for many of us is how to balance the ‘rights of the individual’ against the rights of all people. Abortion is such a huge issue. Do we sacrifice the rights of the mother for the rights of the embryo? If a person believes, that in some circumstances, abortion is the only option is he/she then to be thought inconsistent if he/she believes killing thousands through a war is wrong?
We do indeed need to wake up. Not only to what our governments are doing but to the part we can play in bringing about peace and justice.

]]> By: L.D. Alford http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-103 L.D. Alford Tue, 02 May 2006 18:00:21 +0000 http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/02/george-bush-and-the-fate-of-our-world/#comment-103 I am in total agreement with Janet Schmidt…I think our military did find the worst WMD of all: Saddam…..which no one every talks about…I am sure once Ben is taken out..he will be forgotten as well.

Concerning political parties: I think we need to change to: The Liberal Party and the Conservative Party and maybe: I don’t know which side of the fence to be on today party. Has anyone noticed Congress is not doing anything anymore but hanging out on TV Shows and doing camera interviews to bash someone. If 8 years is all a president can serve,why not 8 years for all of Congress…..our government seems to always be out-of-touch with the real world..not matter which party is in office. There probably wouldn’t be much difference if we alternated parties in control every 2 & 4 years without holding elections…I can on bet not too much would change…..and what is with all this “hate” stuff going on….some feel more compassion for people in foreign countries than they do for “needy” people in the USA??? If the USA is such a bad palce to live, I recommend all that hate it so much do something real simple…leave.

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