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March 19, 2007

Trump: Bush is the Worst President in History

I'm not a huge Donald Trump Fan but this time I agree with almost everything he said...


1) The Administration Lied. Face it. They said they were absolutely, without a doubt sure that Iraq had WMD. Why say absolutely, without a doubt when you don’t know for sure? That’s a LIE. What else has the administration been lying about?

2) Support our troops? For what? To kill innocent people and be killed? Support our troops by bring them home, saving their lives, and giving the Iraqis their country back.

3) Having travel considerable recently, yes it’s true a lot more people from around the world hate Americans after the war then before. It’s embarrassing to say that one is an American while traveling.

4) Who is benefiting from the war? Is it really that hard to figure out? Gas prices doubled from $ 1.3/gal in Jan 03 (a few months preceding the war) to $ 2.6/gal today. The Military-Industrial Complex has taken in billion of dollar of tax revenue and paid it out to their stockholders. Who owns Gas Company Investment? the Bush Family. Who owns Military-Industrial Complex Investments (e.g. Halliburton): the Cheney Family. Halliburton's (Symbol: HAL) stock rose from $10 at the start of the war (March 2003) to $40 (March 2006).

Update: This is a quote from the New York Times: "From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Cheney received “deferred salary payments” from Halliburton that far exceeded what taxpayers gave him. Mr. Cheney still holds hundreds of thousands of stock options that have ballooned by millions of dollars as Halliburton profited handsomely from the war in Iraq."

March 01, 2007

New York Subway

I’m wearing a flat hat, gloves and a black hoodie, sitting on the 2 train, heading downtown.

Passenger: Are you cold?
Me: Umm…
Passenger: ARE YOU cold?
Me: Uhhh...a little.
Passenger: Those gloves of yours are pretty ratty.
Me: Oh, yeah... well...umm... I purchased them about 3 years ago from a street vendor in DC for $ 5.
Passenger: At least you’re able to hold not to them. I pay $50 a pair and loose them every other month.
(silence)
Passenger: Are you bald?
Me: Ummm...partially
Passenger: I thought so. Do you like your Hoodie?
Me: I wear it all the time.
Passenger: I just purchased one today. Do you want to see it?
Me: Ummm...sure
(He shows me his new hoodie.)
Passenger: What do you think?
Me: Why did you purchase a pink one?
Passenger: They didn’t have a white oone.
Me: Oh....okay

Proceeding with a monologue, he told me how much money he makes cutting hair, how far he walks a day and that his boyfriend gave him $400, all fifties. And as if I didn’t believe him, he took the 50s out of his sock and counted them for me.

Announcer: Next stop Chamber Street.
Me: That's my stop... nice meeting you...