Bush: King not President? - This Date in Bush History

[blueButGlad]

With the approach of a new year, take some time to look back. Today's 'On this date in Bush history...'

"I hope, therefore, that some of my descendants may follow the example and reap the benefit. In this piece it was my design to have endeavored to convince young persons that no qualities were so likely to make a poor man's fortune as those of probity and integrity" Benjamin Franklin, 1741

On this date in 2003 U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald, is appointed as Special Counsel to investigate the betrayal of the identity of a CIA employee, reportedly by senior White House officials.

Also on this date...

"The greatest monarch on the proudest throne, is oblig'd to sit upon his own arse" Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1737

2005: Congress had earlier passed a law providing that scientific information "prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted uncensored and without delay". Perhaps thinking that he was a King instead of a president, Poor George signs a statement on this date indicating that he could withhold such information for a variety of reasons. For example, the information might be withheld if the disclosure to Congress would interfere with the workings of the administration (from the Boston Globe, as reported by Charlie Savage).

Excerpt from the Dec 30th entry of the 2007 calendar www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com - the wisdom of Franklin, the folly of Bush