This is EXCELLENT! but I need some DU help

[Kali]

I am so sending this to everybody I know, but I want to make sure it is accurate - don't want the repukes on my list picking it apart (well at least the one that DOES have critical thinking skills - the others are sheep)


What a 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.
>
> 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. By joining the Texas
> Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam .
>
> COLLEGE
>
> I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
>
> 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 . The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
> I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land
> using taxpayer money. 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 . I cut taxes
> and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
> I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
> history. With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida , and my
> father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing
> by over 500,000 votes.
>
> ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT
>
> I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal
> record. I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over
> one billion dollars per week. I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively
> bankrupted the U.S. Treasury. I shattered the record for the largest annual
> deficit in U.S. history. I set an economic record for most private
> bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set the all-time record for
> most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set the all-time record for the
> biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
>
> In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
> that trend continues every month.
> I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
> administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleezza Rice,
> had a Chevron oil tanker named after her. I set the record for most campaign
> fund-raising trips by a U.S. President. I am the all-time U.S. and world
> record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations. My
> largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth
> Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History,
> Enron.
> My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure
> my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision. I have
> protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or
> prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky
> affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-
> offs in history.
>
> I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to
> intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed. I
> presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history. I changed the
> U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
> I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in
> U.S. history. I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest
> bureaucracy in the history of the United States ' government.
>
> I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
> I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove
> the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission. I withdrew the U.S. from the
> World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors 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 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 US. history. I garnered the most sympathy
> for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and 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 person in the history of mankind.
>
> 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. 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 development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have
> so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to
> justice.
>
> 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 regarding public
> energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
>
> I am a member of the Republican Party.
>
>
> PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
>
> PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.
>

[havocmom]

1. .

[helderheid]

2. I saw this in 2003 (I think) and I haven't heard anyone say it wasn't

true.

[dipsydoodle]

3. .....I was a cheerleader

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[chat_noir]

5. Cheerleader action doll

:rofl: :rofl:

[dipsydoodle]

8. Excellent

:applause:

[waiting for hope]

4. Add under

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

Put to death more inmates that any other governor in history.

[Kali]

10. that is in there (although freepers would probably just applaud -

after all we aren't talking about fetuses or brain dead white women.)

[Radio_Lady]

6. Hi Kali. Gawd, this document makes me want to puke.

I keep having to pinch myself to realize that this man is the leader of the most powerful country in the free world!

"There has to be a pony in here somewhere."

(Do you know that joke? If not, here it is:)

There is an old story about a little boy who was always optimistic. He always found the good side of everything. He drove people crazy. One day his parents decided to teach him that sometimes bad things happened without a good side. So on his birthday they filled his room with horse manure.

The little boy jumped in with great abandon and started searching. When asked what he was looking for he replied, "with all this manure there has to be a pony in here somewhere!"

[CrispyQ]

7. Add something about number of signing statements.

"I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history." Do you know the who's who of that statement?


A kick to follow the thread.

:kick:

[Kali]

11. no got any ideas? thought maybe Nixon would have that record?

[CrispyQ]

12. Maybe these will help?

Here is an excellent page

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20060109_bergen.html

The Unitary Executive: Is The Doctrine Behind the Bush Presidency Consistent with a Democratic State?
By JENNIFER VAN BERGEN

snip...

President Bush has used presidential signing statements more than any previous president. From President Monroe's administration (1817-25) to the Carter administration (1977-81), the executive branch issued a total of 75 signing statements to protect presidential prerogatives. From Reagan's administration through Clinton's, the total number of signing statements ever issued, by all presidents, rose to a total 322.

In striking contrast to his predecessors, President Bush issued at least 435 signing statements in his first term alone. And, in these statements and in his executive orders, Bush used the term "unitary executive" 95 times. It is important, therefore, to understand what this doctrine means.

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I just finished reading a book by Jennifer Van Bergen & it was great. Can't think of the name right now, though. ;)

More links that may be helpful:

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00211

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0630-02.htm

[Clyde_dubyaD40]

9. I could be wrong but I don't think the U.S. was ever a

member of the World Court. I am positive that the Chief Chimp in Charge refused to take part though because he possibly would have had to stand trial.

[Kali]

13. gonna kick this back up for more fact checking, because I just

recieved THE most obnoxious, racist, classist POS e-mail from one of them and I think this needs to be my reply.

[tabasco]

14. Committed treason by exposing top-secret CIA counter-terror

operation. It was our most important operation to detect the spread of nuclear material and they just fkkking gave it away.

[Virginian]

15. His supporters are really proud of his Harvard MBA.

They keep talking about how he runs the White House like a Business.
Yeah, a business like Harkin, the one he cashed in and then let go bankrupt.

[Terre]

16. I am the first president to

streamline the hunt for "terrorists" by bypassing the FISA Court and directly wiretapping US Citizens, without a court order, as US law requires.

[borlis]

17. I would use Snopes.com to check these facts

I also saw something very similar to this a couple of years back and when I started sending it around, someone "snopesed" it and a couple of things weren't entirely accurate so I would make sure you make sure everything is correct. I will be happy to forward it to everyone on my list, including my old next door neighbors, who are die-hard life long repukes.