Re: Unlike Bush, bin Laden keeps his word


"Derf" <derf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:10:45 -0500, trudogg <trudogg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>>2. Do you think FDR was a good president?
>>
>>...not really. FDR was a product of his times, and he did a lot of
>>things to this country that still haven't been made right. I think we
>>would be better off now if he had died sooner...
>
> The mind boggles. You would've preferred that FDR do what
> differently?
>
> --
> regards, Fred

Fred,

In only two areas would I have preferred FDR had acted differently:
(1) I wish he not signed Executive Order # 9066 (the Relocation Order),
consigning loyal Japanese American citizens to what amounted to
concentration camps during World War II.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154
....and...
(2) Since he was obviously in very poor health, I wish he had delegated
authority to negotiate in his behalf at Yalta in April 1945. Perhaps we
could have avoided the resulting "give away" of territorial rights to the
Russians.
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c04.html

Other than that, FDR initiated programs, which were undoubtedly illegal at
the time, but which helped to get Americans working again and feeding their
families following the disastrous depression of the 30s. During this time,
fully 25% of the working population was unemployed, the result of failed
fiscal policies of the Coolidge administration.

"The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and
one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. The
depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors
played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for
the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution
of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation
that took place during the latter part that same decade. [NOTE: If any of
this makes anyone uncomfortable, it SHOULD.] The maldistribution of wealth
in the 1920's existed on many levels. Money was distributed disparately
between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture
within the United States, and between the U.S. and Europe. This imbalance of
wealth created an unstable economy. The excessive speculation in the late
1920's kept the stock market artificially high, but eventually lead to large
market crashes. These market crashes, combined with the maldistribution of
wealth, caused the American economy to capsize."
http://www.gusmorino.com/pag3/greatdepression/

Barbara


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