Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for May 24, 2013
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May 30, 2013
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The Truth About The Nixonian Presidency of Obama Obama: ...and please close the door on your way out. Aide: Yes, Mr. President. Obama: I thought he'd never leave. POOF Nixon: Now we can get down to business. Nixon: So! You should personally order burglaries, buggings, and IRS audits of your enemies! Obama: Hmm. Instead: if I discover that low-level IRS agents have been taking improper shortcuts in assessing the political purpose of charity groups, I'll fire the IRS chief. Nixon: Same thing! That's JUST as Nixonian! Nixon: Next, you should treasonously undermine a peace process! And order an illegal secret bombing campaign! Obama: Nah> How about if the state department changes the wording of a memo describing an attack on an embassy. Nixon: Same diff. Tomatoes, to-mah-toes. Nixon: Then, have your Justice Department illegally seize the telephone records of leak-reporting journalists. Obama: THAT I'll do! Except it's LEGAL now, and the opposition party has been criticizing me for not doing it ENOUGH! Nixon: LEGAL?! You disgust me! I'm going back to haunt Dick Cheney! Obama: Wait! You'll love my drone program! Nixon: Nixon out! Obama: Damn, THAT'S legal, too!
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A few things you might not know about Nixon:
—OSHA created
—EPA created
—Clean Air Act passed
—CETA – Got lots of poor kids good jobs
—Title IX – Major step toward equal rights for women
— Opened relations with China
—Improved relations with the Mideast and began peace talks there
— Initiated détente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union (tried to end the cold war)
—Ended the Vietnam war (though did escalate it first)
— Started to give more power to states to make their own laws
—Launched the War on Cancer
—Started school desegregation
—Reduced inflation (until it rose again as a result of the oil cartels)
—Reduced the crime rate
—Created the Supplemental Security Income Program
—Established the Consumer Product Safety Commission
—Signed the National Environmental Policy Act
—Signed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972
—Established the Council on Environmental Quality.
And he did all these things while cutting billions of dollars in government spending.
He was a criminal and an arrogant bastard, but it seems to me he was firmly on the side of the people rather than big business. I’m not aware of any other president who created so many protections for the working man, the free market, the environment, world peace and the general welfare of the people in such a short time as Nixon did.