Bush Ruins US economy

by Noone Sun May 18, 2003 20:07

Ran for congress and lost.

Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went
bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago
Cubs.

With father's help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.

Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the
most polluted state in the Union.

Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America.

Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions
in borrowed money.

Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.

Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes,
with the help of my father's appointments to the Supreme Court.

Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.

Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.

Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month
period.

Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any
president in US history.

After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the
worst security failure in US history.

Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president
in US history.

In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.

Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in
US history.

Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.

Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any
president in US history.

Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president
since the advent of television.

Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any
president in US history.

Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene
when corruption was revealed.

Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the
national reserves as past presidents have.

Attacked and took over two countries.

Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.

Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to
the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for
protest against any person in the history of mankind.

Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.

My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.

Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history.
(the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice has an Exxon oil tanker
named after her).

First president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union
simultaneously go bankrupt.

Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any
country in the history of the world.

First president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation
of a sovereign nation.

Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the
United States.

Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more
than any president in US history.

First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from
the human rights commission.

First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from
the elections monitoring board.

Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional
oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

Withdrew from the World Court of Law.

Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no
longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors
(during the 2002 US elections).

All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.

My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest
corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron
Corporation).

Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

First president in US history to un ilaterally attack a sovereign nation
against the will of the United Nations and the world community.

First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied
saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)

First US president to establish a secret shadow government.

Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year
made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest
diplomatic failure in US and world history).

With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine
relations in at least 30 years.

First US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.

Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government
contracts.

Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US
law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government
contracts.

Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.

Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our
country at the United States Capital building. After 18 months I have no leads
and zero suspects.

In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any
public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the
United States.

Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other
president in US history.

In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades,
possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.

Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two
years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

Records and References:

At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has
been convenientlty erased and is not available).

AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war.

Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my
fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the
>board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.

Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public
energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review.

by David Rynne Sun May 18, 2003 20:21

Especially those along the line of "First president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation. "

That appears to me to be untrue so the rest of that information is now very questionable

(I'm not trying to defend George Bush)

by hunter Sun May 18, 2003 22:54

but i have seen them on www.truthout.org (you know, yer man William Rivers Pitt's [War on Iraq - Or What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know]website). The facts themselves, come from some woman who did a study of bush or something. As liberal democrats, they would obviously turn a blind eye to some of US capitalism's proxy and 'unknown' wars. But far as I can gather, most of the piece remains true.

by Tania trevolt Sun May 18, 2003 23:24

We get facts through research and investigation also tralling through archives, public record offices and libraries. I can understand why David Rhinehun would be dismayed that such facts are revealed but unfortunately for the likes of Bush, knowledge is power. It's easy to track a high profile twat like Bush and document his failure and misconduct.

by clodagh Sun May 18, 2003 23:28

On studying the graph, under Bushs regieme the US economy has plunged to an all time low. Hitler had a similar effect on nazi germany's economy. But as long as Bush profits himself individually, what does he care about the rest of the country.

by bernadette mary Sun May 18, 2003 23:33

Well you know Wars cost money, it was inevitable that someone had to pay for the War. It looks like the american economy is indeed paying for this war. Americans can be proud the Bush administration so generously bankrupted their country to help fight terrorism in Afghanistan/Iraq, even though this has had little impact on the terrorist network of alciaeda who are actually based in Saudi arabia.

by Albo Mon May 19, 2003 07:47

Can anyone explain why it seems that just at the end of any given presidency (looking at the dotted lines), the thing seems to take a turn, either for the worse or better... Johnson, Nixon (barely) Ford, even Carter "Caught" a fall before he finished up, Bush, and look at the huge fall at the end of Clinton's regime... Reagan seems to be the only one who continues a general trend at the end of a presidency.

by Albo Mon May 19, 2003 07:50

Hang on! If the dotted lines indicate the beginning and end of a regime, then why are they so irregularly spaced out? Each one should be 4 or 8 years long, yet Ford only got three, and the dotted lines are even closer... (only two apart!) What's da stawry loike?

by Chekov Mon May 19, 2003 12:55

but there are smart people pulling his strings. The enormous public deficit is not an immediate problem for the capitalists. The public gets the debt, the corporations get enormous defence contracts. The deficit is used as an excuse for slashing social spending while a culture of fear is created which blinds the people to what's happening and makes them happy to sell the kidney machines for rockets and bombs. It's classic reaganomics. The same people are running the show now as were in Reagan's day, doing the same things and still getting away with it. Maybe it will ruin the capitalist economy in the long run, as some leading capitalists, like Greenspan, fear. Or maybe it won't: the Reagan administration hardly ruined the landscape for corporate capitalism. What is certain is that it will transfer a lot of wealth from the poor to the rich, and after all that's what it is designed to do.

Albo: the uneven spacing of the dotted lines is caused by the different lifespans of the various adminstration. We get
LBJ: 1.5 terms (first term started when he assumed presidency after Kennedy was shot)
Nixon: second term curtailled by impeachement, replaced by vp ford who was not re-elected.
All the other presidents served either 1 or 2 four year terms in full.

by David Rynne Mon May 19, 2003 13:05

Is that supposed to refer to me?

If so, what's your problem?

Because somebody doesn't believe everything they read (even from such a reliable source as an anonymous post on indymedia.ie) and asks for a little bit of clarification on sources should not leave that person open to childish ridicule

by Slick O shoulderpads Tue May 20, 2003 22:12

The unequal spacing is equivalent to the length of term/period of time in office of each president. The spacing corresponds to the different lengths of time in office of each different president. I hope thats cleared that up and taught you something, I know graphs are hard for a person like yourself to interprete.

by Rhinehunt O Murdoch Tue May 20, 2003 22:20

As a slick power dresser I like to get my 'facts' from reputable sources like Sky news, the daily Express and The sun. My advice is don't believe everything you see on independant media. Listen to reputable sources like Rupert Murdoch, he has the best interests of ordinary everyday boring guillible plain jane and joes at heart.