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http://loosers.hn.org/www/wwiiol/waronterror.wmv

**You get CNNNN over there? It was a wonderful series. Much was local
humour, but, of course, we always enjoy laughing at the stupidity of
the average American.

Much of the "stupidity" associated with Americans is actually frivolous
pursuit of our own interests that is exceedingly well disguised.
Usually the "smart ones" end up losing.

**Yep.



Watching that clip again, makes me realise how Dubya got voted in -
TWICE. I guess stupid Americans got a President with the same level of
intelligence.

I voted for him one time and regret it now.

**I admire your forthrightness. Exactly what qualities in Dubya did you
see that everyone else on the planet could not?


As Lionel pointed out I was comparing Bush to his successor, the current
Texas governor.

**I take your point and it seems quite reasonable. Were Texans aware of
his previous shakey history, before voting for Dubya?


Certainly those with keen interest in politics were. For example, when Larry
Flynt (Hustler publisher) announced his highly publicized "investigation" of
an abortion Bush had paid for in Houston some years earlier, it was no news
at all to many politically active Texans. Overall, the national exposure
that resulted from the presidential campaign wasn't actually not as juicy as
it could have been.

I believe that Bush was elected governor because four years of hard
drinking, chain smoking, Harley riding biker started to scare the average
Texan. Even if bigger is better.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors...hards-p01.html




I knew Bush's business and military "accomplishments" before he was
elected governor in TX. But surprisingly he did a good job keeping the
democratic process going and was generally well liked and respected in
Austin (the Texas state capital). Beyond politicians, he did a credible
job across cultural, religious and ethnic boundaries. His ability to
communicate in spanish is admirable (trust me on this)and his benign
attitude toward Mexico and Mexicans demonstrated that he had a mind of
his own and that he wasn't afraid to take a stand. When Bush became the
president and his sidekick Rick Perry took over, many Texans realized
just how effective Bush was. Below are some examples of just how bad it
can be.

Governor Rick Perry speaks :-)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=IIVQ3L0UQVI9

Rick Perry governs:

http://www.sierratimes.com/03/05/13/ap_chickendems.htm

and again, a couple of months later:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in565622.shtml

Compared to the above, Bush was downright brilliant.

And I wasn't the only one on the planet BTW. : -) I'm too lazy to check
but I believe that Texas population alone exceeds that of Australia and
many of the 23 million *documented* Texans were in a prime position to
observe the same kind of things as I did.

**Yikes! It seems that the bar for public officials in Texas is very low
indeed.


You must not be familiar with Lousiana, then!


Cheers,

Margaret