   BUSH: just so you know
  I am not American but I thought this would be an interesting article to post. This is a guy you voted in twice?Bush : Just so you knowhttp://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/media/bush/try_catch_this DID NOT WRITE THIS LIST. CLICK THE ABOVE LINK FOR THE ORIGINAL SOURCE.•I attacked and took over 2 countries.•I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.•I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).•I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.•I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.•In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did).•After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.•I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.•In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.•I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.•I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.•I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.•I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.•I cut health care benefits for war veterans.•I 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.•I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.•I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.•Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her for a while.)•I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.•I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.•I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.•I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security•I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but I did it!!).•I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.•I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.•I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.•I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law.•I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.•I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.•I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.•The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).•I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.•I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.•I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, 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).•I am the 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.•I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.•I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.RECORDS AND REFERENCES:• I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine(Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).•I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.•I refuse to take a 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 unavailable for public view.•All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.•All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.•Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.[Edited by - try_catch_this on September 11, 2007 4:25:39 PM]
Quote:I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.I'm not sure this is accurate. Stock crash of 1929 ring a bell?I'm not normally one to defend Bush, but this "statistic" seems loaded in  that there's no time period attached to it, nor does it specify what inflation factors are used. IE: a steady decline over 8 years barely compares to a sharp drop over a few months.   ;  You may have a point there ... I was just quoting the article though.   ;  Well, this is his last year in office.What more could he do to damage the US before he goes?   ;Quote:Original post by Oberon_CommandWell, this is his last year in office.What more could he do to damage the US before he goes?nuclear war?I didn't read all the bullets there, but a few are rather laughable for what they claim.And what is •I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. suppose to mean? Really, if we know about it, it isn't all that secret now is it?   ;http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/media/bush/shadow.htmlAbout the shadow government.To me it isn't obviously convincing though.   ;Quote:Original post by try_catch_thishttp://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/media/bush/shadow.htmlAbout the shadow government.To me it isn't obviously convincing though.I don't think it's a bad idea, in principle. It'd be even better if it weren't outright controlled by the serving president in case the "something horrible that goes wrong" is the president himself.   ;Quote:Original post by Oberon_CommandWell, this is his last year in office.What more could he do to damage the US before he goes?Quote:all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.;  I'm no fan of Bush but I do want to comment on a few of these since they are either misleading or irrelevant.•I attacked and took over 2 countries.  "took over" is subjective and not really accurate.•I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.  Congress... Pres. can't even do this. •I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!). Congress... Pres. can't even do this. Also, not by percentage of GDP.•I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period. Personal choice and high-risk lending did this... not Pres. •I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market. Not as % of market cap. Pres. can't/shouldn't control this anyway. •I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.  (At least Bush's fundraisers don't flee the country back to China to avoid indictment.)•In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.  The economics of the first 2 years of any term is usually pinned more to the policies of the previous inhabitant.  Also, easily erased by the record job gains of the following 4 years.•I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period. Personal choice and high-risk lending. Pres. can't affect this. •I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV. Not even relevant.•I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. First, there wasn't a crisis.  Second, that's not even Washington's job.•I 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. If we are counting brainwashed Islamic radicals, I don't care.•I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. Without context and scope, this is irrelevant.•I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. Actually, he's allowed investigation of stuff that is actually protected by priviledge but Congress "demanded" anyway.•Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her for a while.) Irrelevant.•I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy. Huh?  Also, not President's business.•I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. I'm curious as to what this is referring to, but it's irrelevant and not Washington's job.•I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community. False.  UN sactions and subsequent violations are all on record.  The UN didn't want it because the UN and some major countries were getting payoffs via a failed and corrupt program.•I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"  This one I agree with. •I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but I did it!!).  Congress (for Ronnie, too)... Pres. can't even do this. •I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.  Screw this... current members include: People's Republic of China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Past members include Algeria, Syria, Libya, and Vietnam. And then, on May 4, 2004 Sudan gets elected in an uncontested vote?  Come on... get real, people!•I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. Anything involving the UN is useless to discuss.•I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law. ...which was corrupt anyway.  After all, we have our laws, they have theirs.•I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. (Like anyone we are fighting against is following the Geneva Convention anymore.)•I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections. They have no business here until they can take care of their own house... even then...•I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. Irrelevant... this is endemic to the times.•The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). Ken Lay was not responsible for that.  Trust me... you don't want to argue this point with me.•I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. Speculation by its very nature•I am the 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. Note, these are the same countries who took money from Saddam as a payoff.•I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. If they served their sentence, who cares?(I'm not going to bother with the personal nitpicking session at the end.)   ;  Ah, the shotgun approach to political debate. Whoever dies with the most bullet points wins. Flame on! In parallel!   