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George
W. Bush's Resume "Expanded"
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Accomplishments
as president:
- Gas
prices set a record high in March 2004 during my administration
because of energy policies and the war in Iraq.
- Thousands
of embryos being discarded each year by various labs
can't be used for research because in August of 2001,
my administration decided to limit stem cell research
to existing lines, which aren't nearly enough to fill
the needs of the research community. [1]
- Will
only testify before 9/11 commission with Cheney and
not under oath.
- Despite
pledge to do whatever is necessary to fight terrorism,
tried to eliminate a $12 million request by the IRS,
which says it needs the small injection of new money
"to increase by 50% the number of criminal financial
investigators" necessary to do its part in the fight
against terrorism.-
from
Daily Mislead, 4/1/04
- Squashed
voter-approved, state referendums legalizing marijuana
for medical purposes; ordered the DEA to raid "Cannabis
Compassion Centers" in California and force the sick
and dying to obtain their drug of choice from the
black market. - from a viewer
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Launched "Operation Pipe Dreams," a nationwide crackdown
on headshops. Jailed the infamous Tommy Chong for
selling bongs on the internet. Accused sellers of
bongs and glass pipes of supporting terrorism All
this is nothing short of cultural silencing, or, if
you will, cultural genocide. - from a viewer
- Erred
twice on a claim regarding the amount of mustard gas
Libya had, claiming it had 50 tons when in fact only
23.6 tons were found. [2]
- Failed
to befriend Iraq's grand Ayatollah Il Sistani, while
he openly thanked the American people for ridding
them of Saddam Hussein, spoiling America's first opportunity
to be midwife to the birth of a new and openly friendly
Islamic State which could have brought down hate of
America within the Muslim communities and withdrawn
some cause for terrorism against the U.S. - from
a viewer in Quebec
- According
to economist David Rosenberg, "pain at the pump
has wiped out more than $20 billion of the coming
$40 billion in tax refund checks." - told
to CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, 3/24/04
- Gas
prices can be expected to rise 17% since I took office
in 2001.
- Signed
Unborn Victims of Violence Act [UVVA] on April 1,
2004, which redefines the legal start of life and
chips away at abortion rights. A person can now be
prosecuted for killing or harming a fertilized egg,
embryo, or fetus during the commission of a crime.
- My
official campaign sold clothing made in Burma, in
violation of the US embargo against the military dictatorship
- reported first in Newsday and then in The Progressive,
May 2004, p. 11.
- Tried
to smear and threaten both Richard Clarke and Paul
O'Neill when their books came out reporting on my
administration's failures to heed warnings on Al-Queda
and my pushing a war against Iraq early on in my term
and then again shortly after 9/11.
- A
nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said my
efforts to keep Richard Foster, the chief Medicare
actuary, from giving Democratic lawmakers his projections
of the bill's cost -- $100 billion more than the my
administration was acknowledging -- probably violated
federal law. [3]
- Allowed
the trade deficit to swell to an all-time high of
$46 billion in March as a stronger U.S. economy stoked
Americans' appetite for foreign-made cars, TVs and
other goods. [4]
- Contributed
to the highest gas prices in 20 years by allowing
an increase in oil-refinery mergers to go unchecked
since taking office. [5]
- Ohio
has lost more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs since
my taking office including 1,300 workers at Timken
Company where I told workers in April 2003 my tax
cuts would spur the economy. -
from Daily Mislead, 5/18/04
- When
all foreign and domestic flights were grounded after
9/11, my administration allowed the bin Ladens and
other wealthy Saudis to fly out of the United States
and now we are refusing to answer any questions on
this subject to the 9/11 commission or anyone else
who asks us about this. -
from Daily Mislead, 5/20/04
- During
a 14 month period from 2002 to 2003 when the Republican
Party was playing up patriotism, its fund-raising
and vote-seeking campaign was performed in part by
two call centers located in India. - from
Daily Mislead, 5/21/04
- A
new investigation by Newsweek shows that myself, along
with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney
General John Ashcroft signed off on a secret system
of detention and interrogation that opened the door
to such methods" of abuse and torture as documented
at Abu Ghraib. -
from Daily Mislead, 5/19/04
- When
Ground Zero firefighters and cops began getting sick,
my administration tried to block $90 million in funding
for medical treatment. When Congress forced my Administration
to accept the $90 million, we then delayed the money
and threatened to shut down the health-screening program.
Even today, the New York Police Department has been
denied much needed health grants. -
from Daily Mislead, 5/24/04
- My
administration was charged by a Congressional investigating
committee of violating federal law by trying to pass
off ads pushing Medicare changes as news reports.
Taxpayer dollars were illegally spent to produce videos
that in essence were propaganda designed to build
support for the Medicare law that passed in Congress
in 2003. [6]
- Appeals
Court in Oregon ruled that my attorney General, John
Ashcroft overstepped his authority in ruling that
doctors in Oregon can't help terminally ill people
die pursuant to state law. [7]
- My
administration was sued by 57 African-American Secret
Service agents for discrimination in hiring, promotions
and discipline. [8]
- Got
my education reform bill (no child or teacher left
standing) passed into law, a law which will provide
every child in America with an appropriate conservative
education, as he who writes the test controls course
content. - from a viewer
- Passed
over two US companies, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Computer
Sciences Corp., to award a contract worth as much
as $10 billion over 10-years for border security to
Accenture LLP, whose parent company, Accenture, Ltd.
is headquartered in Bermuda. [9]
- On
a recent trip to Rome, asked a top Vatican official
to push American bishops to speak out more about political
issues, including same-sex marriage in an effort to
aid his re-election. [10]
- Gave
new meaning to the term "gunboat dipomacy":
appointed John Negroponte, one of the architects of
the Iran-Contra affair--the drugs-for-guns scheme
that sold arms to Iran in its war AGAINST Iraq--as
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. - from a viewer
- Questioned
by federal investigators for more than an hour as
part of investigation into the leak of identity of
CIA operative, Valerie Plame. So much for my claims
of bringing dignity back to the White House. [11]
- Have
hidden thousands of previously public documents to
"undercut the public's right to know about contamination
of the environment, transport of hazardous materials,
pipeline routes, and more.--from Daily
Mislead
- Drug
makers have already raised their prescription prices
nearly triple the rate of inflation just before Medicare
began its pharmacy discount card program, negating
much of the savings my administration promised to
seniors.[12]
- In
April 2004, lifted the 30 year moratorium on Mexican
Trucks operating in the United states. Opened the
door for Mexican truck drivers to be hired and use
their trucks, that do not meet American Standards
for air quality, to operate in the United States.
Mexican truck drivers work for far less than US truckers
do, and the trucks themselves, which are diesel powered
and unregulated, spew CO2 and sulfur dioxide into
American air.[13] --from Lindsey, a viewer in Kent,
WA.
- Only
President known to have used subliminal messages in
an T.V. campaign ad. In the 2000 campaign the word
"rats" was planted in association with democrats--from
a viewer
- My
Republican led Senate Intelligence Committee blocked
the panel from investigating how my administration
used or misused intelligence in making the case for
war in Iraq in its report, laying most of the blame
on CIA staff members.[14]
- Proposed
to reverse Clinton's policy protecting national forests
from logging, concentrating more power in the hands
of an industry-biased EPA and Dept. of Interior.[15]
-- from viewer Dante, Los Angeles, CA
Records
and References:
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US
News & World Reports article titled: An end run
for stem cells, by Nell Boyce, Mar. 15, 2004.
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Report
on false claims by Bush on Libya mustard gas, AP,
April 15, 2004.
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Nonpartisan
Congressional Research Service report, AP
Wire Service, May 2, 2004.
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Record
trade deficit reported by JEANNINE AVERSA, AP,
May 12, 2004.
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Mergers
Lead to Costly Gasoline, by IM EFSTATHIOU JR.
BLOOMBERG, Bloomberg, May 18, 2004 as appearing in
Detroit
Free Press.
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Violation
of federal law in use of videos to promote Medicare
bill by the Bush Administration, reported in US
News & World Report, May 31, 2004, p. 16.
- Appellate
Court ruling against John Ascroft in Oregon, US News
& World Report, June 7, 2004, p. 13.
- Suit
filed in May 2000 against Bush Administration for discrimination
in hiring Secret Service agents, reported by US News
& World Report, June 7, 2004, p. 8.
- Awarding
of contract for border security to Accenture LLP reported
by Lou Dobbs in The Dobbs Report, US News & World
Report, June 14, 2004, p. 70.
- Bush
Asked for Vatican's Help on Political Issues, Report
Says, The
New York Times, June 13, 2004, by David D. Kirkpatrick.
- Report
on interrogation of Bush in June 25, 2004 edition of
Detroit Free Press, by Deb Riechmann, 4A.
- "Medicare
drug discount offset," Detroit Free Press, by Mark
Sherman, July 1, 2004, 6A.
- NPR
news, April, 2004, KUOW 94.9, All Things Considered.
- US
News & World Report, July 19-26, 2004, p. 22, article
titled: Missed Clues, Dropped Balls, by Kevin Whitelaw.
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"White House Aims to Abolish Logging Rule",
My
Way, by Bob Fick, July 12, 2004.
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