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Photographs of Bush speaks to U.N. General Assembly, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, making a 'thumbs-down' gesture from the AP
President Bush addressed the United Nations General Assembly today. While he covered terrorism and Russia's invasion of Georgia, his main goal was to reassure the world that the U.S. was working to fix its economy. Some of his remarks:
Our nations must renew our commitment to open economies, and stand firm against economic isolationism. These objectives are being tested by turbulence in the global financial markets. Our economies are more closely connected than ever before, and I know that many of you here are watching how the United States government will address the problems in our financial system.Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemed to criticize Bush's bailout plan. And Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the LA Times, "The imposition on the U.S. economy of the years of heavy military engagement and involvement around the world ... the war in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the U.S. economy...In recent weeks, we have taken bold steps to prevent a severe disruption of the American economy, which would have a devastating effect on other economies around the world. We've promoted stability in the markets by preventing the disorderly failure of major companies. The Federal Reserve has injected urgently-needed liquidity into the system. And last week, I announced a decisive action by the federal government to address the root cause of much of the instability in our financial markets -- by purchasing illiquid assets that are weighing down balance sheets and restricting the flow of credit. I can assure you that my administration and our Congress are working together to quickly pass legislation approving this strategy. And I'm confident we will act in the urgent time frame required.
The world economy can no longer tolerate the budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets here in the United States, and by the U.S. government."
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wow cool - a lecture on barn door closing given by the guy who left the barn door open! neatly done, geeeeeooooorge!
and that Ahmadinejad quote - clearly the ravings of a madman ; dis-missed!
man, everyone in the audience must have been giving little chuckles to themselves while turning their heads down in disbelief when this man was talking cause that's what I'd do. His rating was 28% BEFORE the wall street thing. I wonder what it is now.
Wow! Gothanmist quotes the nut job from Iran as if he were a credible critic of the US Administration.
Normally, I would ask if you don't see anything wrong with that but knowing the source, I know it's not worth asking that question.
Why can't i have a quote from Ahamdinejad?
Who cares what Ahmadinejad thinks? He's one of the few world leaders with his head buried in the sand deeper than Bush's. Inflation in Iran estimated at up to 30%. Unemployment over 15%. It's a wonder the Iranian people don't take him out and string him up.
Is he spending the whole day talking about how to fix what he did to the economy or will he have time to drop in at Ground Zero to alternately weep and look determined?
I liked it at the end when George Bush said "the economy is strong, I'm right about the economy just like I'm right about clay aiken sexually preferring females, trust me on this!"
"Bush Speaks to U.N. General Assembly"
That POS doesn't 'speak'. He mangles real words and invents others then drools out the whole incoherent mass in crazy sentences that usually have no meaning.
Try, "Bush Garbled to U.N. General Assembly".
haha ^
Basically most Americans know Ahmadinejad from translated out of context quotes from the US news media. So basically, the way I see it, none of us really know what is going on with him, or the country he kind of leads... and just because we are afraid of him from how he is projected in the US media does not mean we should ban him from our country or censor his speech. To do so would be un-American and hypocritical to everything we stand for. So good job Jen for using a quote from him that doesn't paint him as a "looney" like the rest of the media!
yes jen! good job on not painting the man that has called for our destruction and the destruction of israel as a looney! you fucking whacko balumbum
Screw them both. They're both madmen and idiots, and the sooner they disappear from power the better.