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Ok, ok! Since y'all loved this, I'll do a seperate post! And I don't know where I blatantly stole this from, but whoever put it together, YOU RULE! Aight kids, here ya go!
ATTENTION FREEPERTARDS! Let's review, shall we?
YOUR "President" has done the FOLLOWING in his five plus miserable years of ruining America. Please make a note of it:
Government employees:
Reclassifying old government documents that had previously been declassified in the name of national security
The "Friday Afternoon News Dump" -- releasing information that would be damaging to the Administration at the end of the week, so that it is buried in the news cycle
Scott McClellan's press conferences, where he refuses to answer many legitimate questions from reporters
Waiting too long to hear from VP Cheney after Texas shooting
President Bush hiding the extent of his contacts with Jack Abramoff & Ken Lay
Paying 'journalists' and television commentators to "sell" its policy messages to the American public, or pass off government-sponsored PR pieces as "news," to deceive the public about the merits of programs
Prohibiting the release of photographs of coffins of American troops arriving at Dover AFB
Government agencies removing public information from websites -- more than six thousand public documents, according to the Center for American Progress – so public is now less able to hold government accountable, and less able to make informed decisions affecting lives, families and communities
Ashcroft memo from 2001 encouraging government agencies, where defensible, to deny Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, shifting the burden from the government to the public
President Bush has signed several Executive Orders granting agencies new authority to classify information
Blocking whistleblowers like Sibel Edmonds from sharing information
Overriding the Presidential Papers law immediately after taking office, when President Bush locked up any access to documents from the Reagan and GHW Bush years
President Bush often appears before screened, rehearsed, or uniformed personnel, who must support their commander-in-chief, which inhibits scrutiny of the Administration's actions; real people with real questions deserve to meet and speak with President Bush and ask him the tough questions
Iraq:
Misled American people about true motivations for war in Iraq -- no weapons of mass destruction, and certainly no imminent nuclear threat
Falsely attempted to link Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks
Invasion of Iraq was high on the priority list of Administration upon taking office, and again in the immediate days following 9/11; the Downing Street memo makes it clear that President Bush was intent on war with Iraq long before he had brought any rationale, fraudulent or otherwise, to the American people
In the summer of 2002 President Bush secretly shifted $700 million dollars of funds allocated to the fight in Afghanistan and hunt for Bin Laden to projects in Iraq, prior to any authorization by Congress
Falsified documents regarding yellow-cake uranium allegedly being sold to Iraq by Niger
Refusal to disclose all the intelligence estimates surrounding Iraq and supposed existence of WMD, particularly those that showed the likelihood they didn't exist
Information about the admission by N. Korea that that nation had undertaken to produce nuclear weapons was suppressed by the Bush Administration during the Congressional session in 10/02 that authorized war in Iraq; had this been known, there might well have been greater resistance to the pre-emptive Iraqi invasion
Administration continues to provide misinformation to this day as a way to manipulate the public into supporting this war
Wolfowitz's testimony before Congress about the cost of the war ("it will be paid by the Iraqi oil output")
No-bid contracts with Halliburton
Lying about the Administration's "outing" of CIA agent Valerie Plame as punishment for her husband's critique of Bush's Iraq war justifications
Allowing Karl Rove to remain in office when President Bush pledged to sever ties with anyone who leaked classified information
Refusing to release the numbers of wounded and dead Iraqis that have been wounded or killed by U.S. military troops since the invasion of Iraq
Suppressing information about the amounts of federal tax dollars allocated for reconstructing Iraq that have been diverted, apparently without oversight, and for which the Bush Administration has yet to account
Suppressing information about the millions of Iraqi oil dollars diverted from the "Oil For Food" Program in the aftermath of our invasion of Iraq, and for which neither the Bush Administration nor Paul Bremer have yet to account
Cheney's saying that the insurgents are in "their last throes"
Insufficient body armor for troops
Civil Liberties:
Domestic NSA wiretapping without warrants and without Congressional approval
The Administration has not been clear about the number of individuals who have been secretly wiretapped
Ignoring the Constitution especially in regards to separation of Church and State
Holding so-called "non-combatant civilians" for an indefinite period of time, depriving them of their day in court, access to counsel, and access to family members who could plead their case to the public
Detaining people without charging them, in name of "national security"
Depriving political dissidents of their 1st Amendment rights to speak out against Administration policy at events; protesters are routinely removed from crowds and placed in jail
Threatening reporters who attempt to inform the public of the goings-on within the Administration
National Security / War on Terrorism
Hidden rendition of "suspects" to countries that torture
Not forthcoming about prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib & Guantanamo Bay, including blocking photos of abuse
Not forthcoming about pending transfer of American port operations to company owned by UAE
Preponderance of right-wing publications, and a lack of books representing more liberal point-of-view, in overseas military community bookstores
Constant talk about homeland security, but Bush Administration doesn't fund much of the projects needed: securing our borders, providing ports with the security inspections & personnel required, providing first-responders with communication equipment they need, etc.
9/11:
Stonewalled 9/11 investigations, and didn't even want a 9/11 Commission
Once Commission was established, withheld 9/11 documents from Commission, including daily briefs given to the President leading up to 9/11
Lied about not knowing prior to Sept. 11 that terrorists had discussed plans for flying commercial airliners into U.S. buildings
Lied about actual EPA levels of toxic substances present at the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11
Energy policy:
Withheld information about membership of Cheney's energy task force, as well as records of its meetings & activities
Energy policy written by oil and gas lobbyists
Science & Environment:
Big polluters allowed to draft air quality rules
Jim Hansen from NASA and other scientists have been "gagged" and forbidden from talking publicly about their findings
Hiding the drilling for oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in an appropriations bill when the majority of the people and the Congress have already voted against it
Time and time again, accredited scientists have provided information on everything from climate change to stem cell research that has been ignored, discredited, mischaracterized, or even falsified by this administration
Falsely discrediting evidence of global warming
Withdrawing the U.S. from the Kyoto Accord agreement
Efforts to prevent scientists to speak publicly and controlling memberships in advisory committees of scientific institutions
Setting up "think tanks" of pseudo scientists on environmental issues
The Yucca Mountain Project to saddle the citizens of Nevada with not only the nuclear waste from the United States, but now from the world
Calling an initiative to clear-cut forests the "Healthy Forests" Initiative
Calling an initiative to allow dumping more waste in the air the "Clear Skies" Act
Rep. Pombo's (R-CA) bill that would sell off vast swaths of public lands for profit
Opening up national forests to logging
Loosening safety standards in industry and food
Elections:
Refusing to allow an honest and true accounting of election results in 2000 and 2004
Engaging in a massive voter suppression campaign in the state of Ohio to secure a second term by fraudulent means
Allowing states to implement unfair and unverifiable voting systems
Hiding the underfunding and incapacities of the federal elections agency established after the 2000 election -- an agency that, in 5 years, has not been able to assure the American electorate of the integrity of the votes they cast in federal elections
Katrina:
Withheld information about Katrina response from Congressional committees
Lying about not knowing that the breach of the levees at New Orleans was a real possibility
Not forthcoming about continued inadequate response to Katrina, even months afterward
Education & Health care:
Mischaracterized new Medicare prescription drug program as a way to help senior citizens with cheaper drugs, but has instead been a big boon for drug companies and insurance companies, with no help to those who need it
Stopping accountants from disclosing the true cost of the disastrous Medicare part D plan
They misrepresent negative consequences of the morning-after pill, ignore FDA's medical experts about "Plan B," and prevent distribution of medical products that could contribute to better health
Underfunding educational programs and sacrifices in: teachers salaries, nutrition programs, after school programs, continuing education training for teachers, social support networks
President Bush wants to increase the health risk for individuals who consume meat and poultry by limiting the presence of federal inspectors in meat and poultry plants
Federal changes to our "proper standard of food quality" by food manufacturers
Blocking Congress:
Using recess appointments to evade Senate "advice & consent" responsibility (e.g., John Bolton)
Signing statements where President claims right to disregard laws passed by Congress, even while signing them into law
Maneuvering two Supreme Court appointments through Senate confirmation without adequate disclosure of the nominees' predispositions or judicial philosophy
Bush Administration discouraging a bill in Congress that would protect federal whistleblowers
Encouraging "testimony" before Congress to be given while NOT under oath (e.g., Alberto Gonzales)
GOP efforts to obstruct Democrats in Congress
Shutting Democrats out of Committees -- especially conference committees
Limiting (or eliminating) debate in the House and Senate
Senator Pat Roberts blocking investigations on NSA spying and hyping of intelligence on WMDs before Iraq war
Practice of hiding proposed bills until the very last moment before they are voted on
Economic data:
Falsify employment numbers
Setting large deficit expectations and beating those expectations when deficit comes in "lower than expected"
Hiding the true federal budget by using supplementals to cover the costs of war
Failing to truthfully account for ongoing impact of tax cuts in budgetary projections
Shipment of jobs overseas -- for so very long, people did not know the scope of lost jobs during Bush's "growing" economy
Media:
Asking the FCC to tighten their grip on the information that can be broadcast on public airways
Attempting to shut down Public TV programs such as "NOW", by cutting off funding of public TV
Working to allow fewer corporations to own more media outlets in the same part of the country, making it harder for smaller competitors with alternative ideas to stay on air
Setting up Jeff Gannon with White House reporters credentials, despite his lack of qualifications, and then feeding him media leads at White House briefings
AND THIS IS JUST THE *SHORT* LIST!
Now if we could only get an election that isn't rigged...
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