Let's Think Together
Coincidence or By Design
Published on August 17, 2007 By ThinkAloud In US Domestic
I have been watching from the sidelines for a few weeks now. So many things are happening I can’t help but wonder what is going on. So much nonsense going on I can’t help but wonder where these people are living. In the same universe as the rest of the country?

The more I watch and wonder and go back in time I can’t help but notice a very sad phenomenon. Since early 1980's till now the country, our USA, have suffered several major setbacks and calamities. The list includes: Challenger's disaster, Savings & Loan fiasco, Iran-Contra affair, Successive maintenance -related refinery accidents, First Gulf-War, 9/11 Attacks/war in Afghanistan, Iraq war, Corporate malfeasance epidemic, Katrina-Relief disaster, Columbia disaster, Mine-collapse epidemic, Bridge-collapse/High-way failures epidemic, and now the Sub prime rate/Mortgage problem.

It is really a long list. I may have missed few other calamities. Looking at this list and the presidents in charge at the time the following is very obvious:

From 1981 to 2007 we had 8 years of Democrat's Administration and 19 years of Republican's Administration. All the above calamities occurred during those 19 years of Republican's Administrations. Is that a coincidence or there is an underline cause for that.

Before we can decide which it is, let's examine the root-cause of these problems:

Challenger, Columbia, Katrina-Relief and Bridge-collapse/High-way failures: Gov. Agencies failure in following safety and maintenance rules

Savings & Loan fiasco, Corporate malfeasance epidemic and Sub prime rate/Mortgage problem: Businesses failures in following sound and ethical practices

Successive maintenance -related refinery accidents and Mine-collapse epidemics: Business failure in following safety and maintenance rules

Iran-Contra affair and Iraq war: Foreign policy deceit and lies

First Gulf-War and 9/11 Attacks/war in Afghanistan: Foreign policy and Intelligence failures

Why do Gov. Agencies become incompetent and Bus. follow unsound and unethical practices during GOP administrations?

Is that a coincidence? or is it because GOP Administrations follow their declared and highly admired "Get the Government off our Back" policy?

What is more noticeable is the absence of conservatives’ out-cries about these problems. You would think that those intelligent, thoughtful and patriotic people would care and raise their loud voices and sharpen their biting tongues whenever any of these things happen. But that is not the case. I didn't see anything from the intelligent conservatives regarding the recent problems of mines' collapsing, bridges and high ways failing and lenders reeling.

Are these things normal according to the smart-people's way of thinking?

Does that mean if the simple uneducated fools/idiots come to their senses and let the smart conservative people govern and run the country on a permanent basis this will be the normal mode of operations? i.e. Let things run according to whatever suits the Business Owner and don’t bother Gov. Agencies with responsibilities and competency standards.

If that is not the case, where is the outrage of those intelligent people? Why are they ignoring these major failures on the part of Businesses and Gov. Agencies?

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on Aug 21, 2007
Rosa Parks (1955) did happen. And it happened under a REPUBLICAN president! Go look it up it was done by Dwight D Eisenhower and Richard Nixon


of course, and what did he DO about it? nothing till JFK came in.

this is what is amazing about you guys. Half truths and incomplete data to spin the facts and confuse the issue.

for 6 years after Rosa park and Brown Vs Dep of Ed nothing happens, no laws to correct the problems, no response to the fire in the country.

and what good any link would do? you will dismiss it as "inane".

It is really sooooo amazing that you guys are trying to disbute an obvious fact.

come out of it. i know you are all smart and clever and soo good at links and getting the REAL TRUTH (your truth) not from the Evil MSM, but from your OWN very selective and high-minded sources .... like Fox news.

The Emperor Has No Clothes and every one on the planet knows it. His nakedness cant be covered with spin and deceit. keep that in mind.


on Aug 21, 2007
Keep believing that the democrats are any different than the republicans. dream on! Both parties are concerned with one thing and one thing only. POWER. They can give less that a single frack about you Mr think aloud or me. But you just keep believing that the Democrats will solve all the problems of America, then you too can be as disappointed with the Democrats as I am with the Republicans.
on Aug 21, 2007
you are way to young to be able to answer this


i wish you were right. But guess what? wrong again.

You cant even guess that right.

Carter. Stagflation, malaise, and the sgtart of the S&L crises (yep! It started in the 70s, not under Reagan).


Vietnam started by JFK and S&L started by Carter ...... and stagflation as a result of oil price inflation which started in 1973 is also by Carter

great spin. pull history back and forth to suit false arguments. I said you guys are masters of deceit. no question about that.

no coherent principles in arguing. just spin the facts to suit the moment.

on Aug 21, 2007
Keep believing that the democrats are any different than the republicans. dream on! Both parties are concerned with one thing and one thing only. POWER. They can give less that a single frack about you Mr think aloud or me


I agree with that fully Mr. MM

I wish you keep that in mind. But what i noticed is a continuous uninterrupted stream of Dem bashing and ridicule. so i wanted to show the trend in what happens when GOP takes control. That doesnt mean Dem are faultless or even good. they are just less bad. But i agree 100% with your above statement.

Now can you get any wise smart conservative to say that? You see how they defend the indefensible. It is a shame that people can be that partisan. the country is in big trouble and all the worry about their darling GWB.

Loyalty is an admirable virtue but not if it hurts the country and the people.
on Aug 21, 2007
"they are just less bad."

I think they're equally bad.
on Aug 21, 2007
(Citizen)JythierAugust 21, 2007 13:59:33


"they are just less bad."

I think they're equally bad.


YOU nailed it, Mr think aloud is wrong, The Democrats are not less bad, they both suck equally. 50/50 they just suck differently. kind of like a whore that blows you on one knee and one that blows you on both knees, same result different technique.
on Aug 21, 2007
It's all in an objective point of view.  Both parties suck, but democrats and their weakness on terrorism and their social views make them "more bad" to me. 

Of course someone who believes we should have income redistribution, and treat terrorism as a law enforcement problem will probably think the other way.


on Aug 21, 2007
Vietnam started by JFK


actually JFK and his brother were killed because they wouldn't start Vietnam.

don't let any one tell you otherwise because of all the theory only one benefited from their deaths.

JFK was about to pull those advisories out of Vietnam. when his brother won the Whitehorse he was going to do what him brother was doing. Johnson on the other hand had decided to play ball.


Nixon pulled the troops out of Vietnam. this is what he did wrong. we were never supposed to win that war. we were using it for weapons testing.
on Aug 21, 2007
All I got from this article was 2 things, according to TA:

1) For the past 26 years most Americans have been stupid since the GOP was in control most of this time or did not make all the houses Democrats when they had the chance.

2) Any fact about history that does not coincide with TA's understanding of history is spinning or twisting the facts.

The fact that I am stupid and will twist any facts (according to TA) to contradict him are enough reasons for me to not even bother debating. This article was not meant to be debated, it was meant to be accepted no questions asked. No its, ands, or buts about it. TA is the smartest on this article and no one can beat him. Why even bother allowing replies if you were never gonna accept any information contradictory to yours. This is more proof for me that Democrats never wanna lose because compromise is not a word in their dictionary.
on Aug 21, 2007
Based on how you have expressed yourself in this non-debate, I would suggest (only a suggestion) that you stay on the side lines from now on.
on Aug 21, 2007
Why even bother allowing replies if you were never gonna accept any information contradictory to yours.


i will gladly accept that if you provide any. look at the above comments:

JFK started Vietnam .....
GOP passed the Civil rights laws ....
Dem just raise taxes .....
and Carter is responsible for the oil embargo and the inflation that followed. .....

are these the facts that you want me to accept?

and i am the smartest???? not even close

I will be glad if i am just not a fool to accept false information. provide correct information and i will be the first to accept it. half truths and fact spinning are not correct information.


on Aug 21, 2007
The Democrats are not less bad, they both suck equally


You know MM, that is exactly the genius of the GOP strategists. They get most voters to believe that. then they turn around and say we are better on defense. People really buy that. All the facts and history provide ample evidence to the contrary.

Tell me ONE thing the GOP did in the last 75 years that put this country way ahead of other nations or made it fairer to all citizens. Just one. All GOP actions were and still are to undo what the Dem did. you can call it negative governing.

For GOP, the Gov is the problem and not a force that should be used for doing good. Does anyone deny that this IS the GOP main policy?

how then can you say they are equally bad? the Dem's policy is that Gov should be a force used for the good of the people. They dont usually achieve that in a good way. but they achieve some good.

On the other hand, by definition, the GOP tries to take the Gov out of play completely and leave it to each individual to fend for him/her self.

The rich and powerful of course are able to live with that. they can manage without a Gov. Most of citizens cant do that. they get lost in the process and they lose grounds .

These are the basic policy of both parties. one have good intentions, but not always smart execution. the other get-gov-off-your-back and do-nothing policy.

i dont see both ways as equally bad.
on Aug 21, 2007
but democrats and their weakness on terrorism and their social views make them "more bad" to me.


How exactly are they weak on terrorism?

Because they say the terror base was and still is in Afghanistan and not in Iraq? Because they say terrorism shouldnt make us lose our rights and privacy? because they say a war is no excuse for dictatorship at home? because they say Iraq is a civil war and we should not win it for either side. if we do, the loser will automatically be our enemy. why not leave it to them to settle on THEIR OWN terms. the loser cant blame us and the winner, even if it is not what we want, will be very careful before being against us. Why would the winner be against us? even if they are friends with Iran, they wont be our enemy. we made it possible for them to win. they will never forget that. If they do, we can always remind them .... militarily that is.

In the meantime we can concentrate on the real terror in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Just excatly how is that being weak?

care to explain?

on Aug 22, 2007
How exactly are they weak on terrorism?


Because they believe terrorism is a law enforcement problem, they give terrorists the same "victim" treatment as they do criminals in the U.S.  They believe terrorists should have full rights and access to our civil court system as a citizen does.  I can go on and on, but terrorism and defense is not something that's strong for democrats.


because they say a war is no excuse for dictatorship at home?


LOL.  There is no dictatorship at "home", not even close.  If this is stuff you actually believe, well then....


In the meantime we can concentrate on the real terror in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Just excatly how is that being weak?


We are already in Afghanistan. 

You see the response the top canidates are getting being "warmongers" with regards to Pakistan, they have already upset their left loony base. 




on Aug 22, 2007
You see the response the top canidates are getting being "warmongers" with regards to Pakistan, they have already upset their left loony base.


not to mention the right loony base.
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