Worst Americans Options

[ComradeRed]

FDR's plans caused a hell of a lot of trouble down the line. Here's an official 1973 Senate Report: http://www.freedomsite.net/93-549.htm

Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency. In fact, there are now in effect four presidentially-proclaimed states of national emergency: In addition to the national emergency declared by President Roosevelt in 1933, there are also the national emergency proclaimed by President Truman on December 16, 1950, during the Korean conflict, and the states of national emergency declared by President Nixon on March 23, 1970, and August 15, 1971.

These proclamations give force to 470 provisions of Federal law. These hundreds of statutes delegate to the President extraordinary powers, ordinarily exercised by the Congress, which affect the lives of American citizens in a host of all-encompassing manners. This vast range of powers, taken together, confer enough authority to rule the country without reference to normal Constitutional processes.

Under the powers delegated by these statutes, the President may: seize property; organize and control the means of production; seize commodities; assign military forces abroad; institute martial law; seize and control all transportation and communication; regulate the operation of private enterprise; restrict travel; and, in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all American citizens.

FDR killed and imprisoned people for political advantage and threatened to undermine the most important Constitutional protections of rights through schemes like court packing.

FDR's "reforms" prolonged the Depression (the only thing FDR did differently from Hoover was in lowering the tariff, probably a good thing--Hoover himself was a supporter of big government, as can be seen in his own campaign slogan "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage"). FDR's economic policies were based on the erroneous assumption that unemployment and inflation were inversely related. (Anyone who believes this can look to the 1970s, where higher inflation led to high unemployment, not lower employment) so the Depression ended in spite of, not because of, FDR's policies.

Depressions (which occur when demand doesn't align with supply) always end naturally. As warehouses sit with unsold goods, companies lower their prices and wages so eventually the economy returns to the original level of output (albeit with lower prices). As workers become unemployed, they become willing to work for lower wages so eventually they all have a job again (albeit at a lower wage). The fact that FDR ended the Depression in what? 10 years?--is not impressive at all, but in fact shows that his New Deal policies were probably a failure.

[kimmytree]

George W. Bush.

[ichigofan]

George "Dubya" Bush..He single handedly imposed his religion and morality onto our government, started a war over basically nothing, ignores actual issues like The Missile warfare going on in North Korea which is ACTUALLY a threat to America! Im glad that his presidential stay is almost over I hope that we can survive the next 2 years

[cashmere deer]

Call me slow, but I think foreign policy and the current "War on Terror" do more to create hatred than a documentary film. Care to offer anything to substantiate your opinion?

I find it rather interesting that you are choosing a person who expresses a political perspective over the likes of Aldrich Ames, Ted Kaczynski, Charles Manson, Tim McVeigh or even Lee Harvey Oswald.

Same here. I don't think Moore is such a bad guy. You may dislike him but to label him as one of 'the word americans ever' is a bit harsh. Sure he's got his opinions but that is all they are and they haven't really lead to anyone being hurt.

[*Teenage Mutant Ninja Meg*]

Michael Moore. He pretty much shaped modern liberalism into a philosophy of anti-American hate.

imo, michael moore is an amazing human-being. sure he bends the truth sometimes and fiddles with his camera to make something look worse than it is, but at least he has the guts to speak his opinion no matter the cost. plus, he has done some astounding documentaries.

being canadian, i'm not familiar with many "bad americans" other than george w. bush. he just repulses me. all he appears to care about is money and power, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it, even if it means killing innocent people in the process. i'm highly apposed to war, so that's another reason why i really dislike him.

another reason why i don't like george bush is how he handled september 11 and the new orleans flooding. when the two places were hijacked and flown into the trade centers, he had people helping within hours. whereas, when new orleans was flooded, it took him days to get help in, what i believe, was one of the worst disasters i've been alive to see. that information just reinforces my accusation of him being money-hungry. new york is a weathly state and, for the most part, you see weathly people there. new orleans on the other hand is a poor state.

that's basically all i have to say about that.

[kimmytree]

^ I completely agree with you.

I dont think he reacted that great with the 9/11 attacks, but he definately handled it better than he did New Orleans last year.

He literally sickens me.

[sw33t_rouge]

George Bush- the killing's of innocent live's.

[magicfann]

i`d hafta say i hate emo kids the most...


uh

emo kids WITH macs

yep, that should do it

[Smoogrish]

George Bush, for being so goddamn biased against the guerillas in Lebanon. I mean yeah, they're killing Israelis, but the Israelis are killing them too. Pretty soon there won't be a Lebanon and Israel will still be trying to catch the guerillas.