Made a list of this admin's Scandals - Have I missed any?

[merh]

There are several scandals that involve the * admin and below is a list of the ones that I can recall. Have I missed any?

9/11 missed intel, LIHOP or MIHOP
Anthrax????
Forged documents re yellow cakes
Outing of Plame
Rouge, private intelligence source providing intel to WH
Private mercanaries hired to torture in Afghanistan
Torture at the prisons in Iraq
Sybel Edmond and translators not translating
Missing Millions from Iraqs coffers
cheney & haliburton bid rigging
cheney & haliburton violating sanctions and trading w/Iran and others
cheney & haliburton bribes/tax evasion in Nigeria
Unaccounted for detainees/where are they hidden & why

[dennis4868]

1. Yes you have missed alot....

lieing about WMD, lieing about a Saddam/911/al Qaeda connection, trasnfering 4 billion dollars from Aghanistan to Iraq withour congressional approval, Harken Oil, chaning the Annual US Environment Report and taking out key findings of scientist, letting Dr. Kahn off the hook after he sold nuclear materials to terrorist countries, allowing the bin ladens to fly right after 811, lieing about the cost of the medicare bill....i could go on and will if others dont chip in with their own Bush scandals and I dont fall alseep....thats all for now!

[wishlist]

2. And don't forget Bush's missing military records and the secret Enron

White House energy meetings with Cheney.

[merh]

3. definitely forgot that one. thanks n/t

[Tellurian]

19. merh...we could run out of bandwith..

there are so many ..

maybe too many for a complete list.

now what was the name of the first fbi agent whistleblower that stopped everything until she got a congressional investigation...where is she?

[merh]

27. I know we could run out of space, but a think a master list is a good

idea. When you put pen to paper and list it all out, it makes you more determined than ever and it is a good list to give to repukes to dispute.

[Lerkfish]

4. off topic, but...

I don't know what LIHOP or MIHOP refers to?

[Eric J in MN]

6. it 's an abbreviation

LIHOP="Let it happen on purpose"
MIHOP="Made it happen on purpose"

[Lerkfish]

7. thanks, sorry for the interruption. nt

[Eric J in MN]

5. More than just that.

Medicare bill - lying about the cost ($400 billion when it was really $540 billion), producing propanda "video news releases" to promote it afterwards.

Torture at Guatanamo Bay.

Saying the reconstruction of Iraq would be $1.7 billion, really over $20 billion and counting.

Stealing the 2000 election by telling legal voters in Florida they're suspected felons.

[jdj]

15. also the three hour long vote in house on medicare bill

[Oddman]

8. Starting an illegal war

Illegal detaining of prisoners
Misappropriating billions of dollars
Killing thousands of innocent Iraqis
Lying to the American public
Oh, there is so much more . . .


A Pathetic Excuse for a pResident

[jdj]

18. Also "fruitcake gate" in house last year.

Remember the dems went to discuss the bill (was it medicare? or labor?) and the pukes didn't want them to read it, so they had the capitol police go in and try to remove them from the room?

Pelosi and Rangel were livid.

And they left Stark in there by himself, to object if there was a vote, and when he tried to object, they told him it was too late, and McAnus told him to shut up, so Stark called him a fruitcake!

God what a night that was. Then we got to watch all the house pukes lie on CNN and say the cops were called to protect McAnus from 70 year old Pete Stark, when the cap. police were really called on the dems. I'm still beyond disgusted thinking about that.

[sadiesworld]

47. That was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

I wasn't a DUer at that time, so I was left w/ screaming at the television.

Remember how the pugs started backtracking on their lies when the dems started talking about how the time of the call to the capitol police could easily be established (proving that the call had been made before the Stark/McCanus encounter)?

It still makes me boil, too. :mad:

It was about that time that I realized I needed an outlet/forum like DU. :hi:

[maveric]

9. Isnt there money missing from the Pentagon?

Somewhere along the tune of 1 trillion? Or am I mistaken?

[StandUpGuy]

17. you are not mistaken $1.1 trillion

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/18/MN251738.DTL

http://www.whereisthemoney.org/

[Karenina]

45. Is that IN ADDITION to the 2.3 Trillion

reported missing 2 years ago or so?

[MGKrebs]

10. It doesn't rise to the level of most of those, but...

I consider the 'Mission Accomplished" banner a scandal.

How did it get onto the ship?

[merh]

12. Actually, I think the RNC should conduct an investigation and kick the

idiot that came up with that propaganda campaign out of the party. That was a political blunder if there was ever was one. The dems could not have done a better job of showing what a bunch of liars they are if they tried. I hope Kerry goes off on that in his ads.

[GregW]

11. Couple more ...

Submarine joy rides for oil buddies
Spy plane fiasco in China

[merh]

14. submarine rides? I haven't heard about that one...

Hey fella's you want to go with me to watch the submarine races?

[jdj]

24. nine killed in submarine accident in 2001

is this the one?

Feb. 9: The USS Greeneville crashes into the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru off Hawaii, killing nine Japanese, including four schoolboys. At the time of the crash, the submarine, which was taking 16 civilians out for a day trip, was performing a practice emergency maneuver where it shoots quickly to the oceans surface. The practice of taking civilians aboard submarines is being reviewed by the Navy.


this from ABC news

[merh]

26. Now I remember, thanks for the reminder. I have added it to my

master list.

[jdj]

13. Hacking into Dem computers

then charging dems with ethics violations for the info that they obtained illegally

[maggrwaggr]

16. showing top-secret war plans to Prince Bandar

Seems like treason by the old, classical definition.

Prince Bandar saw the top secret war plans even before Colin Powell did.

Why?

I thought the conservatives' heads would explode when this came out, but of course anything Bush does is good to them.

[seabeyond]

20. cheneys energy meeting

-changing study on minority healthcare report
-change epa study after 9/11 for breathable air
-change other epa studies
-change gpa #
-adjusting employment #
-changing science studies
-health care news real really with actress and an ad
-bullied an employee not to inform congress on the wrong # given for new healthcare
-repugs infilterated into dems computers

gosh what else

[jdj]

28. Yes, the number scandals are so important

all the periodic reports about inflation and employment had the numbers monkeyed with in one way or another.

Also remember they fired the park service employee who was the whistle-blower when she said said they were cutting programs back too far. Robert Kennedy jr.'s book has many of the environmental scandals.

Also, postponing the OTC release of the contraceptive Plan B even though the FDA had approved it for sale, they came up with some age standard.

All male picture of the signing of the anti-late term abortion bill.

Andy Card's cousin being accused of treason, actually I haven't heard any follow up on that one.

[jdj]

21. Not official yet...

But shoot-down of flight 93 and cover-up will be one day.

Also the fall and demolition of tower 7.

[Tellurian]

22. Frm day #1..Stealing the Election..nt

[Twenty3]

23. Started his administration right off

with the "destruction of the White House by the outgoing Clinton administration" bullshit.

OK, not a biggie, relatively speaking. But my tinfoil theory is that it was a test. How would it go over? How well could Bush minions be counted on to overlook little things like lack of evidence? how enthusiastically would they continue to support him despite what was obviously a lie on his part? Better to find out on something minor, before proceeding to the more serious shit.

And that is my theory, which is mine, and is my theory too.

[zydeco]

25. Remaining seated after he was informed the country

is under attack. For seven long minutes. Nothing but a smirk. War pResident my butt. In all fairness I'm sure the 9/11 report will explain that cowardly inaction, because if they can't explain it then everyone will know the reports a complete sham.

[jdj]

29. "Bring it on" speech, and "where are the WMD's"comedy (not) routine

[loathesomeshrub]

30. And today, when I asked my neighbor why she liked Bush

She said
He's honest

Oh my God!!!!!

[Tight_rope]

31. I think you need to send the police to your neighbors house to have

it searched for drugs. Because for sure she is on something illegal. No doctor would ever prescribe something that would make someone that ignorant.:spank:

[drdigi420]

50. actually, Drs prescribe drugs every day that make

you stupid and compliant

prozac
ritalin
zoloft

the list goes on and on ...

[sandnsea]

32. Diverting troops & money to Iraq

from Afghanistan without Congressional approval. Is the Medicare budget in here, the NPS people fired or suspended for talking about the budget, changing words in environmental reports. Who the hell can keep up?

[lpbk2713]

33. Hundreds of thousands of American jobs gone to other countries.

Those Americans fortunate enough to still have employment are denied overtime pay per GWB. Some are working two or three McJobs, GWB sees it as "job growth".

[merh]

34. kick!

[baldguy]

35. Drilling in ANWR

Killing the Kyoto treaty
Protecting forests from fire by clearcutting them
Denying the need to test cattle for Mad Cow disease
Who sent Anthrax to the Congressmen? (Only Dem Congressmen, mind you.)
Who cashed in by selling airline stocks on Sept 10, 2001?

[merh]

36. Please explain your subject - I am not familiar with ANWR.

thanks

[Tellurian]

37. ANWR is the protected region at the Arctic Circle..

oil interests have long been lobbying for drilling...oops, exploration rights to this pristine area.

[merh]

39. Has he allowed it yet? Is it our terrority?

Time to google - thanks for the heads up? (this bast***! I hate him and I hate hating people and that makes me hate him more!)

[baldguy]

38. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

One of the last few truly pristine wildernesses left in the country. There's a little oil there, and Bush wants his friends to have it.



Putting a few hundred oil derrecks here would destroy it.

http://arctic.fws.gov/index.htm

[merh]

40. Thanks for the links - I am reading up on this. (n/t)

[sangh0]

41. AWOL, Arbusto, Spectrum 7, stock sales not being reported to SEC

cocaine use, Katrina Leung (Chinese spy), Halliburton's Iraq and Iran business in the 1990's, the failed coup in Venezuela, the cutting off of aid to Haiti which fostered a military coup, Bush*'s "trifecta" joke

[merh]

42. Trifecta joke? (n/t)

[sangh0]

46. Here you go

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A11253-2002Jul1¬Found=true

Then go to the White House's website and search for trifecta

[merh]

53. Great thanks for the link - trifecta! (n/t)

[CBHagman]

43. Here are some more.

The Justice Department seeking to get medical records of women who had late-term abortions.

Republican staffers' disruption of vote counting in Florida during November 2000. We have photos, for crying out loud!

The failure of the following people to recuse themselves in the recount matter and subsequent legal decisions:

*Justice Antonin Scalia, whose two sons worked on the Bush legal team.
*Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife, Virginia, was employed by the Bush-Cheney team.
*Jeb Bush, brother of G.W. Bush
*Katherine Harris, who headed up Bush's Florida campaign.

Our tax dollars going, via the Education Department, to programs that promote vouchers and other administration objectives. Bill Bennnett's (yes, that Bill Bennett) organization has had quite a windfall through that particular resource.

Boys and girls, can you say ETHICAL TIN EAR?


Ousting Arabic speakers from the military -- because they are gay. (Okay, it's legal, but pretty damned stupid and dangerous, too).


Worst of all, the press has been mostly asleep for the past four years and never seized on any of this the way they salivated over that blue dress. If Watergate happened today, or the Army-McCarthy hearings, I'm sure they'd just yawn and roll over.

[merh]

44. Thanks for the listings. I can't wait to put these posts all together

and have a master list. You pointed out some things I had forgotten about! thanks again :hi:

[sangh0]

48. Rehnquists daughter in the DOJ

who had to resign because she brought a loaded pistol into work

[merh]

51. Have you got a link? thanks.

:-)

[sangh0]

49. Here's another one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2042636

[merh]

52. thanks - this is gonna be a very long list! (n/t)