Comments on: When Satire becomes Ironic http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/ Humor and Hypocrisy from the World of Politics Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Treece http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-33857 Treece Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:41:26 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-33857 I honestly believe that had Bush NOT been in office, 9/11 would NOT have happened. It's simple really: he didn't listen to President Clinton about the "terrists". Bush proves two things: 1) That one man CAN change the world and 2) Even an idiot can be the President if he is connected enough. So sad. Shut up, and give Obama a chance. I honestly believe that had Bush NOT been in office, 9/11 would NOT have happened. It’s simple really: he didn’t listen to President Clinton about the “terrists”. Bush proves two things: 1) That one man CAN change the world and 2) Even an idiot can be the President if he is connected enough. So sad. Shut up, and give Obama a chance.

]]> By: jeff http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-24660 jeff Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:35:30 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-24660 holy crap frank patton. why are you not running for office? you have just got it all figured out. it was barney frank and chris dodd's fault for the greatest economic collapse in history. totally. it wasn't the years of deregulation of the banking industry during bush's time in office. and you are so right about the LA national guard...they should have been called BACK FROM IRAQ to help with katrina. let me type that one out again because it seems like maybe you forgot about this detail...called BACK FROM IRAQ! forget trying to bring the iraqi people freedom. or wait...i'm confused...shouldn't the national guard be doing that too? whoever you're getting your news from is an idiot. sincerely, jeff holy crap frank patton. why are you not running for office? you have just got it all figured out. it was barney frank and chris dodd’s fault for the greatest economic collapse in history. totally.
it wasn’t the years of deregulation of the banking industry during bush’s time in office.

and you are so right about the LA national guard…they should have been called BACK FROM IRAQ to help with katrina. let me type that one out again because it seems like maybe you forgot about this detail…called BACK FROM IRAQ! forget trying to bring the iraqi people freedom. or wait…i’m confused…shouldn’t the national guard be doing that too?

whoever you’re getting your news from is an idiot.

sincerely,
jeff

]]> By: Q marks the spot - Treasure Map 5 (Feb 2009) « Quaerentia http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-23319 Q marks the spot - Treasure Map 5 (Feb 2009) « Quaerentia Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:35:14 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-23319 [...] Ouch!! When Satire becomes Irony - looking back at The Onion’s 2001 predictions about the Bush Presidency, it is shockingly prescient. I guess when originally written, they didn’t really believe it would all turn out like this. [...] [...] Ouch!! When Satire becomes Irony – looking back at The Onion’s 2001 predictions about the Bush Presidency, it is shockingly prescient. I guess when originally written, they didn’t really believe it would all turn out like this. [...]

]]> By: Rey http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-22647 Rey Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:31:42 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-22647 Frank, are you being ironic? Bush's policies created approximately three million net jobs, while Clinton's created approximately 23 million. While Bush was running for re-election, he was at great risk of being the first full-term president EVER to have ZERO job growth during his term of office. Bush, like Hoover, pushed for deregulation and tax cuts for the rich, and, like Hoover, caused a Depression. The Louisiana National Guard was in Iraq during Katrina. The "school buses" cite is so laughable I can't even believe Freepers are still pulling it out, but please realize your argument there calls for school bus drivers to be the first responders in times of national emergency. FEMA, run competently, could easily have provided the necessary services during Katrina, as it did many times before for hurricanes during previous administrations. Concerning 9/11, it happened. Congratulating Bush for no subsequent failures to protect us is like congratulating the captain of the Titanic for no crashes since 1913. Frank, are you being ironic? Bush’s policies created approximately three million net jobs, while Clinton’s created approximately 23 million. While Bush was running for re-election, he was at great risk of being the first full-term president EVER to have ZERO job growth during his term of office. Bush, like Hoover, pushed for deregulation and tax cuts for the rich, and, like Hoover, caused a Depression.

The Louisiana National Guard was in Iraq during Katrina. The “school buses” cite is so laughable I can’t even believe Freepers are still pulling it out, but please realize your argument there calls for school bus drivers to be the first responders in times of national emergency. FEMA, run competently, could easily have provided the necessary services during Katrina, as it did many times before for hurricanes during previous administrations.

Concerning 9/11, it happened. Congratulating Bush for no subsequent failures to protect us is like congratulating the captain of the Titanic for no crashes since 1913.

]]> By: Frank Patton http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-21836 Frank Patton Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:59:14 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-21836 To piggyback on Ben Woodward's comments, the first six years of the Bush administration saw the greatest increase in job creation (over 2 million new jobs), the lowest unemployment figures, and the highest stock market averages. The collapse of the housing sector was due to lending practices started in the Clinton administration and accelerated by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd in the Democratic congress. Banks were forced to make questionable loans or face stiff penalties. Most banks were smart enough to package them up and sell them off to Wall Street. Bank regulators went to Barney Frank several times to warn of the problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but were ignored. This economic meltdown is the fault of the House Banking Committee and Wall Street. Also, many of the comments here from the "hate Bush" crowd are so shallow and uninformed. Don't repeat what you hear from your friends, don't take the easy way--go out and get the facts! The Katrina disaster could have been avoided if the governor of LA and mayor of N.O. had acted before the storm hit. The LA National Guard should have been called in. The 200 school buses that sat flooded in a parking lot should have been used for evacuation. Most of the people left behind bet that they could ride out the storm and lost their bet. Concerning 9/11, over two dozen potential attacks have been thwarted since 2001. I only hope that the next seven years are as safe. To piggyback on Ben Woodward’s comments, the first six years of the Bush administration saw the greatest increase in job creation (over 2 million new jobs), the lowest unemployment figures, and the highest stock market averages. The collapse of the housing sector was due to lending practices started in the Clinton administration and accelerated by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd in the Democratic congress. Banks were forced to make questionable loans or face stiff penalties. Most banks were smart enough to package them up and sell them off to Wall Street. Bank regulators went to Barney Frank several times to warn of the problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but were ignored. This economic meltdown is the fault of the House Banking Committee and Wall Street.
Also, many of the comments here from the “hate Bush” crowd are so shallow and uninformed. Don’t repeat what you hear from your friends, don’t take the easy way–go out and get the facts! The Katrina disaster could have been avoided if the governor of LA and mayor of N.O. had acted before the storm hit. The LA National Guard should have been called in. The 200 school buses that sat flooded in a parking lot should have been used for evacuation. Most of the people left behind bet that they could ride out the storm and lost their bet. Concerning 9/11, over two dozen potential attacks have been thwarted since 2001. I only hope that the next seven years are as safe.

]]> By: Ben Woodward, CFA http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-21776 Ben Woodward, CFA Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:03:26 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-21776 Reagan cut taxes and increased the deficit so that liberals could not increase spending. Americans and President Clinton really enjoyed the benefit of that plan! But by the second term, Clinton while having dalliances with interns allowed his lieutenants to run amuck; it was Rubin/Greenspan and friends that started the loose atmosphere at the Fed, the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission that planted the seeds for the economic disaster of today. True, “W” didn’t slow this, but most today never to bother to realize that many seeds were planted before “W”. “W” wasn’t the sharpest crayon in the box, but a little investigation shows that some of what ails us started before “W”. His primary fault was being too lazaire faire about these issues. So now Obama plans to spend, spend, and spend some more to increase the deficit so much that no one including the dreaded conservatives will ever be able to cut taxes or reduce the size of government. I expect that at the logical conclusion of this tact, no one, save the welfare recipients will enjoy the benefit of that plan! Never ever in all of history has spending of others people's money on other people been economically successful over the long run; in fact it eventually destroys economies....so spend, spend, spend is not likely to work this time either! Reagan cut taxes and increased the deficit so that liberals could not increase spending. Americans and President Clinton really enjoyed the benefit of that plan! But by the second term, Clinton while having dalliances with interns allowed his lieutenants to run amuck; it was Rubin/Greenspan and friends that started the loose atmosphere at the Fed, the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission that planted the seeds for the economic disaster of today. True, “W” didn’t slow this, but most today never to bother to realize that many seeds were planted before “W”. “W” wasn’t the sharpest crayon in the box, but a little investigation shows that some of what ails us started before “W”. His primary fault was being too lazaire faire about these issues. So now Obama plans to spend, spend, and spend some more to increase the deficit so much that no one including the dreaded conservatives will ever be able to cut taxes or reduce the size of government. I expect that at the logical conclusion of this tact, no one, save the welfare recipients will enjoy the benefit of that plan! Never ever in all of history has spending of others people’s money on other people been economically successful over the long run; in fact it eventually destroys economies….so spend, spend, spend is not likely to work this time either!

]]> By: rambler american http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-21075 rambler american Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:27:46 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-21075 Bush once famously said that he was a uniter, not a divider. How prophetic were those words. 80% of Americans believe that he was a failure. Bush once famously said that he was a uniter, not a divider. How prophetic were those words. 80% of Americans believe that he was a failure.

]]> By: penfold http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/19/when-satire-becomes-ironic/#comment-21058 penfold Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:39:36 +0000 http://politicalirony.com/?p=3445#comment-21058 Bush's incompetence upsets me Bush's idiocy upsets me Bush's style of Rovian politics that divided the country upsets me But more than all of this, Bush's total inability to understand why people are angry upsets me. Katrina a "disappointment", no WMDs a "disappointment", the partisan nature of politics a "disappointment". The mark of a good man is not always getting it right but being able to take responsibility for things. He's not a man, he's a worm. Bush’s incompetence upsets me
Bush’s idiocy upsets me
Bush’s style of Rovian politics that divided the country upsets me
But more than all of this, Bush’s total inability to understand why people are angry upsets me. Katrina a “disappointment”, no WMDs a “disappointment”, the partisan nature of politics a “disappointment”.

The mark of a good man is not always getting it right but being able to take responsibility for things. He’s not a man, he’s a worm.

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