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• Foreign Debt (Score:2)

  by ziggy (25) on 2005.03.08 23:35 (#38749) Journal

  In case you missed it, a recap: Bush is to blame for the massive foreign debt which has existed since before he became President.

  Of course Bush is guilty for the massive foreign debt. Who else would you blame? Dag Hammarskjöld? Winston Churchill? Fidel Castro? Pierre Trudeau?

  Actually, Winston did some pretty indefensible things in his day, like burning all records of Station X before leaving office. But he had nothing to do with the US foreign debt.

  Out of the five people listed here, Bush is certainly the most responsible. Time to pin the tail on the donke^Welephant.

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  • Re:Foreign Debt (Score:2)

    by nicholas (3034)

    Although the original report quoted did state "over the past 10 years", so 50% of that time was donkeys. How long has the US been running a massive foreign trade deficit? Decades?
  • Re:Foreign Debt (Score:1)

    by jplindstrom (594)

    What is Station X?
    
    (No, that's not a Jeopardy answer)
    • Re:Foreign Debt (Score:2)

      by ziggy (25)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_X [wikipedia.org]

      It's the code name for Bletchley Park, the hub of UK cryptanalysis during WWII. (i.e., where Alan Turing helped build the Bombes [wikipedia.org] and Colossus [wikipedia.org].)

      Churchill had all extant records burned just before he left office rather than letting the left-wing government that followed learn about it (and possibly sell secrets to the Soviets).
      • Re:Foreign Debt (Score:1)

        by chaoticset (2105)

        Didn't you hear? There is no history.

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