leonard,

Leonard,

Thanks for providing Dan the US Government 101lesson.

“The saddest experience that I have ever had as a Cardinal fan is seeing W with the birds on bats on his chest that opening day a few years ago.”

Sorry to read that, Dan. Personally I think some of the tragedy this team has seen in the very recent past, i.e. the deaths of Darryl Kile and Josh Hancock, were much sadder than seeing an unpopular President wearing the birds on the bat.

If people want to rant about politics, go for it. It’s your right to express an opinion, but do it somewhere else. This blog is intended for fans of Cardinal baseball. Thanks, dg, for the interesting post about two men who love the game.

I agree Jason!! I am sure if we look into Dan’s past we would find several down falls. Bush is trying to keep our country safe. I don’t agree with everything he has done but it sure beats what we could have had in the office. NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRUE NIGHTMARE!!!

What a great honor for Mr. La Russa. I’d give anything to meet with the President. It would be a great honor to shake his hand and say “thank you” for all your hard work. Now, as far as his policies, I don’t agree with a lot of them…(ie: global warming (BS), Medicare subsidies, immigration reform…just to name a few. However, standing pat and resolute against global terrorism has been his strongest asset.

Dan, your talk is boring. Approval ratings? Pffft–who cares! You’re part of the sheep that probably blames Bush for high gas prices, rising food costs, etc…whatever man. How about educating yourself and learn a little before spewing your uneducated blather.

1) The baseball team W co-owned was the Texas Rangers, which, coincidentally or not, happens to be one of the worst teams in baseball over the last ten or twenty years. The Rangers were responsible for one of the worst contracts in sports history, the A-Rod $252M albatross. For those of you who are concerned about skyrocketing salaries in baseball (and if you aren’t you should be), our grand President’s former team was one of the main causes of this ridiculous state of affairs

2) What were Bush’s successes? I mean, other than policies that benefit the upper 1/2 of 1% of the population in terms of income (and of course, the military-industrial complex that now has complete dominion over our government) at the expense of the rest of us.

The war=FAILURE (and an impeachable crime)

The economy=In the toilet due to pandering to the Federal Reserve, investment bankers, and the rest of the elites who don’t give a damn about everyday working Americans and would sell us down the river in a heartbeat

Education system=In decline, due to the budget cuts W needed to fund his military-industrial projects (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.) Your kids and my kids are getting crappy public school educations, but hey, at least Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil are enjoying record profits!

Diplomacy=Tattered, due to W’s arrogance and willingness to act unilaterally (and wrongfully) in affairs that have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE USA!

Job market=Crap, thanks to overspeculation in the housing market encouraged by W’s buddies in the Federal Reserve and their Wall Street flunkies. Not to mention a continuation of Clinton’s crappy NAFTA reforms and the outsourcing of American jobs overseas. Whatever happened to “Made in the USA”? It got replaced by “Made in China,” “Hecho in Mexico,” etc. AT THE EXPENSE OF THE AMERICAN WORKER

Civil liberties=Dwindling, thanks to Boogie Man intelligence laws that let authorities spy on whomever they want whenever they want. Whatever happened to the 4th Amendment? Our founding fathers are turning in their graves thanks to the likes of Alberto “I can’t remember” Gonzales and the rest of the goons hired by our great president (who as several people pointed out will certainly go down in history)

Need I remind you of Katrina and the Federal government’s subpar handling of it?

Need I remind you of the partisan bickering that now characterizes this nation, thanks to divisive figures such as W’s “mentor” the despicable master criminal and slimelord Karl Rove?

Need I remind you that virtually every business opportunity W got involved with FAILED? Including his supposed service to his country during the Vietnam War. His actions were a DISGRACE to this proud nation

I paid $3.89 a gallon for gas today. Gas was less than $1.50 a gallon before our grand president and secret society member King George II took office nearly 8 years ago. Isn’t that terrific?! Obviously, there’s no questioning success

3) Screw Bill Clinton too! For God’s sake people, you shouldn’t support ANYONE blindly–even the President. That’s not patriotism, that’s lemming-like stupidity. Are we fourth graders or adults? When the President does something good, you praise him. I’m still waiting for that to happen.

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
(A great president, thank you very much)

4) Nobody gets to tell anyone else what they can or can’t say on here–unless it’s a site moderator. So if you’ve got a problem with what I’m saying, too bad. It’s a free country

5) I love baseball and the Cards. I’ve been a fan since ‘82. Tony’s doing a great job this year so far isn’t he? I don’t blame him for dropping everything and meeting the President.

All the best to all of you, and God HELP America

The simple fact that ANYONE …can defend ol bushie boy or his cronies…is unbelievably funny. W is for WORST EVER!!!! And YES…while inane little moron is a good start for describing his inability to lead…it still falls HORRIBLY short in describing what he actually is…GO CARDS !!!!!

dg-

Wow is all I can say. I thought this was a baseball blog.

Dan - if you are going to call someone an “inane little moron” you should at least be able to express yourself with proper grammar. In your comment #16 you say, “Sports EFFECTS politics, politics EFFECTS sports” Well it might be true that “Sports AFFECTS (verb) politics, politics AFFECTS sports” or that “politics has an EFFECT (noun) on sports” But your point about our “moron” president is not very EFFECTIVE if you cannot master a simple concept like nouns and verbs.

LOL…..I’m continually amused at all the “left leaning psychos” that appear on every msg board in America no matter what the topic is. Spike, cut down your drivel, my kids are getting an excellent education in central Illinois. Maybe you should consider moving to a different district, one that maybe isnt so concerned with whether or not 5 year olds can operate a computer….you say you’ve been a fan since 82??? Heheheh…I have shoes older than you sonny….GO CARDS!

Rome is burning, Mark, and the Mad Emperor is fiddling away.

By the way, thanks for the ad hominem remarks. God bless you too. At least you’re not a Cubs fan