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George
W. Bush's Resume "Expanded"
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Accomplishments
as president:
- Quietly
shelved a proposal to ban the gasoline additive MBTE
that contaminates drinking water in many communities,
helping an industry that has donated $1 million to
Republicans. [1]
- Accused
of deliberately and systematically distorted scientific
fact in the service of policy goals on the environment,
health, biomedical research and nuclear weaponry at
home and abroad, by a group of about 60 influential
scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates. [2]-
from Max Becher, Gainesville, FL
- My
2002 State of the Union statement that "we have
found" diagrams of US nuclear power plants and
other facilities in Afghanistan had no basis in fact.
[3]
- Approved
extensive gas drilling in the main U.S. nesting beach
for the most endangered sea turtle in the world, with
only about 3,000 to 5,000 adults remaining. The National
Park Service just approved the drilling without formally
consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
as required by the Endangered Species Act. - from
The Petition Site, 2/20/04
- Had
to backtrack again this week [2/16/04] because of
my failure to create jobs after endorsing and personally
signing my name to a White House economic report that
promised I would create 2.6 million jobs by the end
of 2004. [4]
- Policies
have targeted the destruction of the North American
Information Technology profession, by outsourcing
IT jobs to India, China, Russia, etc. Unemployed information
technology workers can now look forward to new careers
as security guards, laborers, strawberry pickers,
used car salesmen, etc. There is no need to get University
degrees anymore because it's all a waste of time anyway,
because IT Professionals can't compete with Indian
IT workers who get one sixth of what you are getting.
Unemployed IT workers will learn to enjoy poverty
and food lines. If unemployed IT professionals wish
to continue in their profession, they can opt to immigrate
to India, the NEW land of opportunity and hope. -
from a viewer, Ontario, Canada
- Will
need a Reinstatement of the Military draft in order
to staff up for a protracted war on "terrorism", pending
legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills S
89 and HR 163). The Military draft is scheduled to
become effective as early as June 15, 2005. The draft
will include everyone, including women, in the 18
to 26 age group. Draftees will be able to see the
sights of the world, like Iraq, Afghanistan and countries
scheduled for liberation, like Syria, Iran and North
Korea. - from a viewer, Ontario, Canada as found
on vancouver.indymedia.org
- Facilitated
and oversaw the awarding of touch-screen electronic
voting machine contracts to Republican managed and
owned companies like Diebold Inc., Election Systems
& Software Inc., Sequoia Voting Systems Inc. and
Hart InterCivic Inc., for the purpose of delivering
the 2004 Presidential elections to the Republicans.
These firms "are owned and operated by individuals
with right-wing political views, who are heavy contributors
to the Republican Party" and are committed to the
success of the Republican party. This commitment to
the Republicans is evidenced by an August 14, 2003
fund raising letter in which Walden O'Dell, a chief
executive of Diebold stated that "he is committed
to helping OHIO deliver its electoral votes to Bush".-
from a viewer, Ontario, Canada as found on
linkcrusader.com
- Responsible
for maintaining a 9/11 cover up, to among other things,
protect the Saudi Government, which was harboring,
aiding and in direct collusion with the 9/11 terrorists.
This cover up is being maintained, to among other
things, protect the symbiotic financial interests
of the Bush family and the Bin Laden and Saudi families.
In essence, this is a conflict of interest between
the Bush family financial interests and his responsibility
to the American people as the President of the United
States.-
from a viewer, Ontario, Canada as found on
tvnewlies.org
- Allowed
noisy, polluting, snowmobilers access to our pristine
Yellowstone National Preserve. - from a viewer
- Asked
by The National Education Association on Feb. 24,
2004 to fire Education Secretary, Rod Paige for calling
the union a "terrorist organization." The
NEA plans to sue my administration over the No Child
Left Behind Act. [5]
- Exploring
ways to re-classify low-paid fast food jobs as "manufacturing
jobs" as a way to hide the massive manufacturing job
losses that have occurred during my term. - from
Daily Mislead, 2/24/04
- Replaced
two members of a panel that gives advice on issues
such as cloning and stem cell research, thereby stacking
the bioethics group with ideologically friendly members
who will support right wing fundamentalist ideology.
[6]
- Under-funded
promises to our schools by $9.4 billion in latest
budget proposal - from MoveOn.org,
3/9/04
- Responsible
for the U.S. trade deficit widening to a record deficit
of $43.1 billion in January 2004. [7]
- 40
percent of the unemployed have been out of work more
than 15 weeks, a 20-year record. My administration
should feel grateful that so many people have dropped
out. As the Economic Policy Institute points out,
if they hadn't dropped out, the official unemployment
rate would be an eye-popping 7.4 percent, not a politically
spinnable 5.6 percent. [8]
- Deliberately
hid the true cost of the new Medicare bill from the
public until the legislation was already signed into
law. - from Daily
Mislead, 3/12/04
- Responsible
for the deaths of 600 plus American soldiers. - from
viewer Andrew Arman, Iowa
-
Never attended a funeral for one fallen soldier. -
from viewer Andrew Arman, Iowa
Records
and References:
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Bush
shelving the ban on MBTE, Detroit Free Press, 2/16/04,
2F.
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Scientists
Accuse White House of Distorting Facts, by JAMES GLANZ,
NY
Times, February 18, 2004
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The
Nation, Mar. 1, 2004, p. 3, reporting on false statement
about nuclear power plants in Afghanistan in Bush's
2002 State of the Union address.
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The
Associated Press reported on 2/18/04: "The White
House backed away Wednesday from its own prediction
that the economy will add 2.6 million new jobs before
the end of this year, saying the forecast was the
work of number-crunchers and that President Bush was
not a statistician."
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Article
appearing in Detroit Free Press on Feb. 25, 2004,
Sec. 9A on NEA actions against Bush.
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Trade
Gap Hits Record $43.1 Billion in January, Reuters,
Mar. 10, 2004
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Paul
Krugman article titled: "No More Excuses on Jobs",
NY
Times, Mar. 12, 2004, on the jobless recovery
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