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Bush's resume

31-03-2004, 21:35
"George W. Bush
The White House, USA

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 tookland using taxpayer money.

With the help of my father and our right-wing 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, makingTexas 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," Condoleeza Rice, has 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 least number 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 U.S. 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 protest 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 war time.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, 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 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 CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW."
eh.. i dont like that little chain letter-esque tag on the end of it, but it would be nice for the people to know what they are voting for.
any thoughts/opinions/devense of him? personally i already knew he was quite icky, but i didnt know allll the facts, its good to know stuff like this, even if its depressing.
add on to the list: hes a homophobic asshole!
31-03-2004, 21:50
Old, false, and annoying.

Goodbye.
Jamesbondmcm
31-03-2004, 22:33
Old, false, and annoying.

Goodbye.
Old and annoying, yes. But I'm yet to see any falsifications. Please let me know what they are.
Mentholyptus
31-03-2004, 22:52
Rock on! This is funny
Dempublicents
31-03-2004, 23:06
Hehe, most of that is good. But they got the ending all wrong. It should end:

"Terror, terror, terror. 9/11, 9/11., 9/11. Vote for me or you're unpatriotic! He he."
31-03-2004, 23:22
"No, I don't consider athiests to be citizens. This is one nation, under god" - G.W.Bush :evil:
lols, he's an idiot.
Pantylvania
01-04-2004, 06:13
Old and annoying, yes. But I'm yet to see any falsifications. Please let me know what they are."...bankrupted the Texas treasury..."

Snopes addressed the resume but only tentatively http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/resume.asp

Since you probably want more than just one example, "...over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month"
BackwoodsSquatches
01-04-2004, 06:18
I love this....everyword of it is true and documented.
Tuesday Heights
01-04-2004, 06:34
How much of that did he do on his own?

NONE.
01-04-2004, 07:30
Old and annoying, yes. But I'm yet to see any falsifications. Please let me know what they are."...bankrupted the Texas treasury..."

Snopes addressed the resume but only tentatively http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/resume.asp

Since you probably want more than just one example, "...over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month"

The two sources Snopes lists as having investigated the claims are interesting. One, CrossBearer, is a PDF document that argues the points without disproving them (says, for example, that the corrupt companies weren't Bush's fault... resume says he was buddies with, and profited from, and protected those companies leaders. It does not say the corruption was his fault. The actual charges are not addressed by the 'refutations'.) This is pretty consistent through out the document, though in places he does accede a charge to be true.

The second, Worshipping at the Altar of Mediocrity (altar from here on, that's tooooooo long!) lists many corroborating links and occassionally marks a statement as having been verified as truth. Some of the links are no longer active, some require access to archives of newspapers (I checked the ones I have access to) and some are from questionable sources, in my opinion. However, for every accusation, Altar lists multiple links if there are any links listed at all. (A few have none.)

Basing a decision on the information provided within the three documents and the information I was already aware of, I have to conclude that the majority of the 'resume' is accurate.

If anyone is aware of other sources that done the research these two offer, please point them out. Dismissing the whole thing out of hand as "old, false, and annoying" is insufficient. Please prove the falsities. I am interested.
Philopolis
01-04-2004, 07:50
"No, I don't consider athiests to be citizens. This is one nation, under god" - G.W.Bush :evil:
lols, he's an idiot.
george w bush's daddy said that
Puppet States
01-04-2004, 07:54
wow... what is this dig up old posts and repost the same info as a new topic day?
Colodia
01-04-2004, 07:56
YOUR FIRED!
Sdaeriji
01-04-2004, 07:58
Wow, I do enjoy insightful, original material in these forums.
Lapse
01-04-2004, 08:11
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Puppet States
01-04-2004, 08:30
Old, false, and annoying.

Goodbye.
Old and annoying, yes. But I'm yet to see any falsifications. Please let me know what they are.

Not that i want to get too involved in this, but...
"I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law."

There is no World Court of Law. There is an organization commonly called the "World Court," however its real name is the International Court of Justice. And to my knowledge, the US has always excluded domestic matters from the court's jurisdiction (and the US will decide what it considers a domestic problem). But since it is part of the UN's charter, which the US is still a member of, it has not "withdrawn" from it in any sense of the word.

There is also an International Criminal Court, which after the 60th nation ratified on April 11, 2002, came into being on July 1, 2002. The United States, on May 6, 2002, announced it would not be a part of it; this occurred before the Court's effective start date, so the US did not technically withdraw from anyhting. The US had opposed its creation in 1998 (under President Clinton), but Clinton signed the treaty none-the-less. However, the Senate never ratified the treaty under Clinton, nor Bush. In fact, on Dec. 7, 2001, it voted 78-21 not to back the court, meaning that both the GOP and Dems had senators voting to block it even before receiving it for ratification( http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/12/07/politics/main320567.shtml ). Though President Bush did not plan to send the treaty for ratification without making changes, the Senate's action made this point moot. The chance of it passing the Senate without major changes which would have rendered the treaty null and void were zero. So though you could blame the President, it is in fact the Senate which put the nail in the coffin.

Almost forgot the legal arguments. The treaty has dubious constitutionality and also violates several US procedural protections. Among the included: right to trial by jury, the right not to be compelled to provide self-incriminating testimony, and the right to confront and cross-examine all witnesses for the prosecution. See Senate Bill S.2726.IS. The Senate indicated it would only have signed on if American servicemen were exempted. Which would mean we'd sign on in name only and refuse to particiapte.

It's late and i don't feel like looking any other ones up for accuracy.