anyone have a list of all the crap that bush has done?

[southernleftylady]

i dont know if you do or not.. maybe we can start one ...
war, evident, education, health care, economy all that important matters.. how badly has he screwed us? we need a compiled list!

[notadmblnd]

1. Funny you mention it. I was just e-mailed this.

George Bushs' resume. It pretty much lays it all out for ya.

--OFFICIAL RESUME--
GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

--LAW ENFORCEMENT--
* I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for
driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty,
paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for
30 days.

*My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not
available. Too bad.

--MILITARY--
* I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.
* I refused to take a drug test or answer any
questions about my drug use (cocaine). * By joining
the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid any
combat duty in Vietnam (unlike John Kerry).

--COLLEGE--
* I graduated from Yale University with a "C-"
average, and little help from my rich father. * I was
on the college cheerleading team.

--PAST WORK EXPERIENCE--
* I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.

* I began my career in the oil business in Midland,
Texas in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't
find any oil in Texas, so the company went bankrupt
and shortly after I sold all my stock.

* I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a
"sweetheart deal" that took land using Texas taxpayer
money--with a little help from Daddy Bush.

* With the help of my father and our friends in the
oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was
elected governor of Texas.

--ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS--
* I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and
oil companies--making Texas the most polluted state in
the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los
Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America! What
an achievement...

* I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the
tune of billions in borrowed money (similar to what
Arnold is doing to California).

* I set the record for the most number of executions
by any governor in American history. Yes, I really
like electrocuting people...

* With the help of my brother Jeb, the governor of
Florida, and my father's appointments to the U.S.
Supreme Court, I became President after losing over
500,000 votes--despite Al Gore actually receiving the
MOST number of votes of any election in the history of
America.

--ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT (2000-2004)--
* I spent former President Bill Clinton's budget
surplus and effectively "bankrupted" the U.S.
Treasury--creating the largest deficit in the nation's
history. To accomplish that, it took a lot of really
hard work. Remind me: Where does the buck stop?

* In my first year in office, over 2 million American
lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.

* I set the all-time record for being President at the
time of the biggest drop in the U.S. stock market.

* I set the all-time record for most days on vacation
in any one-year period. After taking off the entire
month of August, I presided over the worst security
failure in U.S. history on Sept. 11th!

* I set an all-time economic record for most private
bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period in American
history.

* I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the
richest of any administration in U.S. history. My
"poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has an oil
tanker named after her!

* I presided over the HIGHEST gasoline prices in U.S.
history. Please remind me where the buck stops.

* I invaded and occupied two countries at cost of over
one billion dollars per week.

* I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a
12-month period in American history.

* I set the record for most campaign fund-raising
trips by a U.S. President. I even beat out Bill
Clinton. Ha ha!

* I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for
receiving the most corporate campaign donations and
"gifts".

* One of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over
the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S.
history, Enron.

* I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton
against investigation or prosecution. (NOTE: More time
and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky
affair than has been spent investigating one of the
biggest corporate rip-offs in the history of this
country).

* I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S.
history and refused to intervene when corruption
involving the oil industry was revealed.

* I created the Department of Homeland Security, the
largest bureaucracy in the history of the United
States government. Do you feel any safer?

* I've broken more international treaties than any
other President in U.S. history.

* I am the first President in U.S. history to NOT
PARTICIPATE in the international Human Rights
Commission.

* I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.

* I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S.
"prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused
to abide by the Geneva Convention.

* I am the first President in history to refuse United
Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S.
election).

* I set the record for fewest numbers of press
conferences of any President since the advent of
television (I have a problem giving speeches without
lots of teleprompting and coaching). I have a problem
speaking.

* I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the
World Trade Center attacks and WITHIN less than a year
later made the U.S. the most hated country in the
world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world
history.

* I have set the all-time record for most people
worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public
venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
protests against any single person in the history of
mankind--even Marie Antoinette. I won't let it get to
my head.

* I am the first President in U.S. history to order an
unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military
occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the
will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S.
citizens, and the world community.

* I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and
support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops
and their families -- in wartime.

* In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our
reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on
our British friends. Weapons of mass what???

* I am the first President in history to have a
majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the
biggest threat to world peace and security.

* I am supporting the development of a nuclear
"Tactical Bunker Buster," a Weapon of Mass
Destruction, while I blame other countries for doing
the same.

* I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring
Osama Bin Laden to justice. However, I am good at
weapons of "mass deception!"

* During the Iraq War and Occupation thousands of
American troops were injured and killed. I did not
have the time to attend any of the funerals for our
fallen soldiers but I did have the time to attend more
than 43 fund-raising events of the Republican party.

--RECORDS AND REFERENCES--
* All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are
now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for
public view.

* All records of SEC investigations into my insider
trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in
secrecy and unavailable for public view.

* All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my
Vice-President, attended regarding public energy
policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for
public review.

****PLEASE NOTE: I am still very good friends with
Trent Lott, David Duke, Newt Gingrich, and John
Sununu. However, I will have to lock them all in a
closet during the Republican National Convention. I
hope you will all understand...

[Cronus Protagonist]

8. That resume is full of inaccuracies - send this one around instead

This one is kept updated, has supporting links and nice pics to go with it. It's also been vetted for accuracy and all important statements are supported.

http://cronus.com/bushresume

Thank you.

Swiftboat Veterans for Bush

JFK - Drop Bush Not Bombs! - FUCK BUSH
http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[dave123williams]

2. What I'd like to see is....

What I'd like to see is a timeline that shows the terror alerts Ridge has issued above embarrasing reports/damaging news about this administration. Let's see if there's a correlation; let's see if we can't describe a pattern of sewing fear for political advantage.

It shouldn't be too difficult.

[nyhuskyfan]

3. Look in the "Politics and Government" section at Barnes and Noble...

There's a whole wing on it.

It's a great idea, though. Quick talking points on any number of subjects, easily referenced in one place. It'd just be an exhaustive process.

Economics
* Inherited the first surplus in 20 years, and turned it into the largest deficit in history.
* Threw the entire surplus away before September 11 even happened
* Passed the first wartime tax cut in the history of organized civilization
* Oversaw a decrease in over a million jobs
* Missed on their post-11 jobs creation projections by 7 million jobs.
* Created a decrease in wages (the average created job pays $9,000 less than the ones that were lost).

This could go on a while...

[NMDemDist2]

4. here's a pretty good one, broken down by issue

http://www.thousandreasons.org/the_top_ten.html

[sheelz]

5. Try One Thousand Reasons to Vote Against George Bush

actually has 1509 reasons and counting.

http://www.thousandreasons.org/listB.html

[kayell]

6. Another detailed list

http://www.wage-slave.org/scorecard.html

Only updated through Oct 2003, but so detailed it's still a great resource. The author says that he is busy working to get Kerry elected, so the scorecard hasn't been updated since then.

[dave123williams]

7. I suppose one of the problems is...

I suppose one of the problems is that this jackass has done so much wrong, on so many fronts (and then smirks about it) that it's a little flabergasting to answer the question. There's just so <b>much</b> ground to cover in answering it...

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Here's just some of his first year's accomplishments....

STATE OF THE PRESIDENT
In George W. Bush's First year in office he:
1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million. 3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training. 4. Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources. 5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water. 6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters. 7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001). 8. Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks. 9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws. 10. OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and logging. 11. Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure-to the post of United Nations Ambassador. 12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation. 13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance. 14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents. 15. Suspended rules that would require hard rock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands. 16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing. 17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters. 18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement. 19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers. 20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property. 21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work. 22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra). 23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing. 24. Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure - to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. 25. Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million. 26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List. 27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps. 28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety. 29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming. 30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds. 31. Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach. 32. Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive - to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. 33. OK'd Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a controversial plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida. 34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling. 35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments. 36. Gutted White House AIDS Office. 37. Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers' rights and safeguards for the environment. 38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments. 39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior. 40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality. 41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program. 42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear reintroduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness. 43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects. 44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can. 45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah. 46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit. 47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans. 48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills. 49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants." (Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press.") 50. Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. (Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.) 51. Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action - to direct the Office of Personnel Management. 52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect. 53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards. 54. Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children. 55. Is pushing for development of small nuclear arm to attack deeply buried targets and weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton - attorney responsible for the recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act- to federal appeals court judgeship. 57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building. 58. Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught School children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship. 59. Appointed John Bolton - who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the U.N. - to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. 60. Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto - for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency. 61. Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of church and state - to a federal judgeship. 62. Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a federal judgeship. 63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars. 64. Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor - to head SEC. 65. Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs - for Drug Czar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.) 66. Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy Secretary of the Interior. 67. Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science 68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U. S. against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII. 69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents. 70. Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills. 71. Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for Solicitor General. 72. Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental considerations - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington Post, May 18, 2001.) 73. Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines and gas pipelines. 74. Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve. 75. Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions. 76. Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist as his replacement. 77. He refused to release the Reagan papers 78. He refused to release his own Governor papers - they had to threaten legal action in Texas to get them released 79. He refused to release Cheney meeting notes - now it's gone to the courts 80. His tax bill favors corporations, wealthy minority - not the common person 81. He's pulling every political trick in the book - so much for being a Washington outsider 82. He has an illegal shadow government, and hides behind executive privilege. 83. He lied about knowing Ken Lay, the CEO of ENRON. 84. He directed the FBI to “back off” their investigation of the bin Laden family. 85. He pledged $43 million to the Taliban less than six months before 9/11 86. He reneged on a campaign promise to prohibit storage of additional radioactive waste at the Yucca Mountain facility. 87. He promised $20 billion to assist New York City with cleanup, relief and rebuilding efforts, and later shorted the city by $9 Billion. 88. He pledged to get bin Laden “Dead or alive,” and failed.