George Bush's CV

Theboinkmaster

>George W. Bush
>The White House, USA
>
>>>>__ 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 took
>>>>__ land
>>>>__ 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, making
>>>>__ Texas 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 Ameri can
>>>>__ 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 fewest number of press
>>>>__ conferences of any
>>>>__ President
>>>>__ since the advent of tlevision.
>>>>
>>>>__ I set the 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 t he 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." this is an actual quote by
>>>>__ the mayor of London, Ken Livingston.
>>>>
>>>>__ 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 and
>>>>__ Saddam Hussein to justice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>__ RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
>>>>
>>>>__ All records of my tenure as governor o f 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.

Kold

At least delete the **** at the side.

AARRRGH

I hate Bush, but who doesn't have a history?

Devious

Yes, but unfortunately most of the history listed above is of events which have taken place since bush became President. We're not talking about some petty crimes committed as a teenager, this guy is supposed to be the leader of the free world and has behaved like dangerous, incompetent bufoon.

tba

Originally posted by Theboinkmaster
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.

what about that depression thing they had? you know back in the twenties

MisterAnarchy

And the sad thing is any educated person knew he was a chancer before he was elected President.
To make matters worse he may be re elected.
That is a damning indightment of American people.

Champ

this guy is supposed to be the leader of the free world and has behaved like dangerous, incompetent bufoon.

Aye, well put.
It's scary not in that perspective but if a "dangerous, incompetent bufoon" can get into office then surely a dangerous, competent genius (evil) can make it in.:rolleyes:

StickyMcGinty

for fuk sake, Bush has being slagged more the kerry man at this stage...

give the lad a break, he IS going to be re-elected in november, cause the Kerry & Edwards aren't anything better

[CALIBUR]

Monkey bush was a cheerleader....???

wolfe25

And if he's not successful in the presidential election, with that CV there's certainly a job for him in the Irish cabinet or banking system.:D

Kold

Originally posted by tba
what about that depression thing they had? you know back in the twenties

pwned.

Flukey

Well we all know he wasn't really elected, proving he can't count. As to the rest of his education, the guy probably couldn't even spell CV, let alone WMD!

cleareyed

His CV is going to the voters of the USA in November. Their call. Let's not inerfere in their internal affairs....have to be consistent now.

kmart6

All so true:(

Flukey

We are not interfering. We are just commenting on it. It is a free world, as GWB keeps telling us, so we are free to make any comments and discuss what we want here. Isn't that what freedom is all about?

embee

Meh.

Bush is a bad man.
We know this already.

cleareyed

It is a free world, as GWB keeps telling us, so we are free to make any comments and discuss what we want here. Isn't that what freedom is all about?

Well if dubya said he thought Bertie had the best cv for taoiseach...

OfflerCrocGod

Originally posted by embee
Bush is a bad man.

There is a difference between stupid and bad - in the end the American people get who they deserve.

gobby

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
There is a difference between stupid and bad - in the end the American people get who they deserve.

Thats a bit harsh. I dont think anybody could ever deserve a president like Bush...

Deadwing

Originally posted by VinnyL
cause the Kerry & Edwards aren't anything better

THREE PURPLE HEARTS!!!



THREE!!!!

Prosta

Originally posted by Deadwing
THREE PURPLE HEARTS!!!



THREE!!!!

Sounds like u saw this http://www.jibjab.com/

and for his CV put in a song goto http://www.punkvoter.com/anim/anim-idiot.html

Repli

NOFX played that song live in dublin at the gig in may - class stuff

Panda

Thats a nice list of failures there.

Lookin forward to John Kerry.
Even though hes a multimillionaire aswell.
Probably a dick.

He doesnt come off as a retard though.
Maybe he can bring america back to their "stupid american" days as opposed to "stupid war mongering american"

jor el

Class song there Prosta. I reckon if that gombeen Eamon can make number one, surly 'The idiot son of an asshole' can too. Petition your radio stations to play it.

seamus

It's emails like this that annoy me because they undermine the argument. While its intention is sound IMO, the tone and form of the writing makes it look like nothing more than a rehearsed diatribe, which allows those who support Bush to brush it off as "lefty propaganda".

I'm only going to take a couple of thing to demonstrate what I mean....

Originally posted by Theboinkmaster
MILITARY:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.

Well, no. He was honourably discharged. Everything may not have been above board, but he didn't go AWOL. Ref.

By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

Well, in itself, not such a bad thing. Who of us wouldn't take the opportunity to fly around in planes to their heart's content, if it meant not being shipped off to war. At the time, I'd say it's not a big issue - Vietnam was a disaster anyway, but now it highlights his hypocrasy when he asks young men to go to war for similarly suspect reasons.

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.

This is where vagueness becomes the enemy of the intended message. His loss in actual votes was more like 500, not 500,000. Now whether a loss is by 1 vote or 1 million votes is irrelevant, it's still a loss, that's democracy. But 500,000 is overinflating figures. However, the figure of illegally disqualified voters and votes may be close to 500,000, but because they didn't vote, they don't count as "lost by 500,000 votes".

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

Fluff. What has that got to do with his Presidency? You can argue that the increase in his prices is his fault, but to say that price increases while someone is in office is like saying "Bertie Ahern was in office while Ireland saw its highest ever petrol prices." What has it got to do with him?

I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S."prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

Legal loopholes really. We accept that Guan. Bay is a bit of a void, and so detainees don't fall under the POW status. So in that respect, refusing inspectors isn't breaking the Geneva Convention.


Overall, it's inconsistent, and ram-it-down-your-throat propaganda. For the most part, those who want to read it already know these things, and those who don't want to read it, won't.

embee

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
There is a difference between stupid and bad - in the end the American people get who they deserve.

No they didn't.

Bush didn't actually win the election fairly.

Kernel32

quote:

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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.

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This is where vagueness becomes the enemy of the intended message. His loss in actual votes was more like 500, not 500,000. Now whether a loss is by 1 vote or 1 million votes is irrelevant, it's still a loss, that's democracy. But 500,000 is overinflating figures. However, the figure of illegally disqualified voters and votes may be close to 500,000, but because they didn't vote, they don't count as "lost by 500,000 votes".

I do agree that arguments that go to the extreme on either side don't do any good but regardless of what happened in Florida, 500,000 more americans voted for Gore than Bush. I believe the offical national tally was
Bush :: 50,456,002
Gore :: 50,999,897

Because of how the electoral vote is structured Bush did win but he did not get the most votes.

BUMP!

We accept that Guan. Bay is a bit of a void, and so detainees don't fall under the POW status.

Who accepts??? I dont - do you really? What are they if not POW's? They are in american custody. American. Location is just incidental. And if they are not there in relation to the war, then what grounds are they being held on?

seamus

Originally posted by BUMP!
Who accepts??? I dont - do you really? What are they if not POW's? They are in american custody. American. Location is just incidental. And if they are not there in relation to the war, then what grounds are they being held on?

"Terrorism". They're terrorists, allegedly, not POWs. That's how they get away with it.

Barry Aldwell

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm

I would urge everyone to read the above, and to make up their own mind as to whether or not the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are POWs

pat kenny

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein to justice.

Well Sadam hasnt been convicted yet but hes in a jail cell.

Lets face it hes closer to justice than slobadon milosivitch(sorry about the spelling).

That CV seems a bit out of date as I think job figures are on the rise in the US at the minute.
O And its been posted in a million times before.