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Octafish

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19. Crazy

Tue May 28, 2013, 11:13 AM

May 2013

From Winterboy:

One Bush becomes a head of the WWI War Industries Board (enriching his family and friends); a second Bush later brokers weapons investments for Nazi Germany (enriching his family and friends); and a third Bush creates the largest annual defense budget in world history (enriching his family and friends)!

SOURCE via Way Bac: http://web.archive.org/web/20040315023134/http://www.winterboy.com/dejavu.html

PS: Those interested in preserving history before it is scrubbed by the good folks at your local data collection center should download their own copy of the 520 page e-book.

PPS: The sample above was from before a fourth Bush lied America into a war (enriching his family and friends)!.

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Before the Internet, did you know there were so many crazies in the world? [View all] raccoon May 2013 OP

I figured that one out 40 years ago. hobbit709 May 2013 #1

About that long ago for me too madokie May 2013 #10

Or maybe the Internets have made some of them more crazy BlueStreak May 2013 #2

I sure didn't! I knew there were some (got a nasty response to my LTTE twice) BlueCaliDem May 2013 #3

Me neither. Conspiracy theory people never crossed my path. graham4anything May 2013 #4

Me neither... pipi_k May 2013 #5

I'm a native New Yorker, so, yes. nt msanthrope May 2013 #6

I certainly did. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #7

I'm from SlowHio and experienced it's small towns from all areas, so . . . yes, I did. HughBeaumont May 2013 #8

Family cookouts took care of it for me. nt NCTraveler May 2013 #9

Yeah. Neoma May 2013 #11

maybe they just play it on the internet hfojvt May 2013 #12

I knew there were some, but I never realized how many and how crazy. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #13

Yes, I knew there were a lot of crazy people in the world, smirkymonkey May 2013 #22

Back in the mid-70s, I had naively believed that they were all concentrated in Arkansas Art_from_Ark May 2013 #40

The semi-literates, IMO, pale in comparison to the willfully ignorant and uninformed. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #41

I personally think there is a strong connection between semi-literacy Art_from_Ark May 2013 #42

Yep, we knew there were crazies! Some were my friends and relatives! Sancho May 2013 #14

Yes, I grew up in Crazyville and moved away the day I graduated High School. Tikki May 2013 #15

Me neither. I had no idea. stevenleser May 2013 #16

The Internet has proliferated crazy. Pragdem May 2013 #17

Sort of, what I didn't know... hootinholler May 2013 #18

Crazy Octafish May 2013 #19

That's a great quote by Crazy George Dubya at that site. Major Hogwash May 2013 #37

No. HappyMe May 2013 #20

Nope. But I bought all that of, by and for the people stuff hook, line and sinker in school. raouldukelives May 2013 #21

Nope LeftInTX May 2013 #23

YES!!!! burrowowl May 2013 #24

NO! zappaman May 2013 #25

Yes. temporary311 May 2013 #26

Yes bigwillq May 2013 #27

nope Marrah_G May 2013 #28

Nope. Not even a little bit. Zoeisright May 2013 #29

Yes. When Reagan was elected and re-elected HERVEPA May 2013 #30

Unfortunately, Yes. I was a regular newpaper reader - not just the Enquirer. dballance May 2013 #31

As it turns out, quite a few crazies here at DU Silent3 May 2013 #32

The internet was actually pretty cool until AOL got on it. Then things went fucking downhill fast. Poll_Blind May 2013 #33

I'd lived in the south, so yes I did. Warpy May 2013 #34

Yes. What I never guessed was just how horrible the "sane" people are. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #35

opposite for me. Notafraidtoo May 2013 #36

Wrong. There is only one. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #38

How many of you think you come over at *your* best on the internet? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #39

Had my suspicions, but didn't figure on them finding each other, which WWW access has accomplished. VOX May 2013 #43