*** BUSH LEGACY: "NOW WATCH THIS DRIVE!" ***

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1. Failures : Full List

Military

False Premise for Going to War
Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
Mismanagement at National Reconnaissance Office
Poor Health Care for Veterans
Failure To Regulate Security Contractors
Pentagon Office’s Misleading Intelligence
Military Failure To Secure Iraq After Invasion
Lack of Armored Protection for Troops
Pentagon’s Slow Adaptation to a War-footing
Inadequate Planning for Post-Invasion Iraq
Failure To Secure Weapons in Iraq
Mismanagement of Major Weapons Acquisitions
Veteran Disability Claims Languish
Delay in Opening U.S. Embassy in Iraq
Air Force Failure To Maintain Nuclear Weapons Accountability
Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
190,000 Missing Weapons in Iraq


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Justice & Security

Too Close to the Edge on Torture
CIA Renditions Draw Controversy
Politicization of Department of Justice
Failure To Protect Sensitive Technology
Arbitrary Detention at Guantanamo
Osama bin Laden Still at Large
Lack of Progress on Immigration Reform
WMD Nonproliferation Needs More Attention
National Security Agency Mismanages Info Technology
$30 Billion Virtual Border Fence Faces Problems
First Responders Still Can’t Communicate
FBI Abuses Power To Request Personal Information
Agencies Failed To Share Intelligence on 9/11 Terrorists
Pakistan Remains an Al Qaeda Haven
FBI Failure To Create a Modern Computer Network
Nuclear Sites Lack Adequate Security
Losing the Battle for Hearts and Minds
DHS Still Getting Up to Speed
Terrorist Watch List Mismanaged
Poor Retention of Counterterrorism Staff
Inability To Track Foreign Visitors to U.S.
Lack of Due Process for Terrorism Suspects
FBI Struggles To Confront Multiple Threats
NORAD, FAA Unprepared for Aerial Attack
U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Cartels


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Finance

Shaky Start for Troubled Asset Relief Program
Skyrocketing Deficit
Oversight Fails To Keep Pace With a Changed Market
Lax Oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
SEC Allows Investment Banks To Go Unregulated
More Corporations Pay Less in Taxes
Audit Rates of Rich Fall, Audits of Poor Spike
Lack of Regs Fueled Accounting Scandal
U.S. Companies Hiding Revenue Offshore
Mismanagement and Cronyism at HUD

more:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/broken_government/articles/full_list

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2. The Ultimate Sacrifice

[ColbertWatcher]

3. GOP's Biggest Failures ...

... water that is no longer drinkable, air that is no longer breathable, land that is owned by corporations, fewer plants, fewer animals, fewer fish, fewer insects and the most dangerous of all: people who are not educated or healthy enough to know or care what they've taken from the next generations.

If there are any.

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5. fewer fish?????

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

— George W. Bush, Sept. 29, 2000

[ColbertWatcher]

7. I'm sorry.

I take that back, how could I misunderestimate the fish population.

Please accept my apology for my only mistake in a DU post.

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4. Gives Georgia wink and nod to attack South Ossetia

while conducting kegger in Beijing.





http://gawker.com/5035885/bush-looking-drunk-at-the-olympics

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6. You winkin' at me? You winkin' at me? We'll I'm the only one here ...

[Bobbie Jo]

8. Swing and a miss. nt

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10. Oh my, there will be no Tee Ball on the South Lawn this year

[Bobbie Jo]

9. Delete

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11. Bush would leave legacy he never imagined

Bush would leave legacy he never imagined

WASHINGTON - Wars. Recession. Bailouts. Debt. Gloom.

January 11, 2009

The unvarnished review of George W. Bush's presidency reveals a portrait of America he never would have imagined.

Bush came into office promising limited government and humble foreign policy; he exits with his imprint on startling free-market intervention and nation-building wars.

He was the president who pledged not to pass on big problems. Instead, he leaves a pile for Barack Obama to tackle beginning Jan. 20.

His two-term tenure is bracketed by the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history and the worst economic collapse in three generations. In between came two wars, two Supreme Court appointments, a tough re-election and sinking popularity. He got his tax cuts and education law in the first term, then swung hard and missed on Social Security and immigration initiatives in his second. He seized a bullhorn and united a country devastated by terrorism but was criticized for a muddled federal response after a deadly hurricane.

http://www.newsday.com/iphone/ny-usbush115995160jan11,0,6169344.story

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12. bunker bush

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13. So Long Worst President Ever

10 Reasons History Will Hang You

By Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future. Posted January 16, 2009.

1. The worst recession since the 1930s. The current recession will be the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. And unlike other recessions, this one was directly caused by conservative anti-regulatory policy. In fact, recent evaluations show that Bush policies never created any real growth -- the ephemeral financial upswings of the past eight years were based on market bubbles and economic Band-Aids.

2. The worst financial crisis since the 1930s. The Bush administration, flacking an "ownership society," helped manufacture the housing bubble. When it burst, Americans lost $6 trillion in housing wealth (so far), fueling a market crash that has cost Americans $8 trillion of stock wealth, according to economist Dean Baker. On a grand scale, we've been mugged.

3. The worst foreign policy mistake in the history of this country. That's what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., correctly called the Iraq war. This pre-emptive war -- based on phony pretenses -- is now the second longest in our nation's history (after Vietnam). Some 35,000 Americans are dead or wounded, as well as an enormous number of innocent Iraqis. And even today, more than five years later, can anyone explain why Bush marched us into this quagmire?

4. Unprecedented rejection of human rights. Recently, a Bush administration official finally admitted that the U.S. government engaged in torture at Guantanamo Bay detention center. Bush admitted that he personally authorized waterboarding. While these clear violations of the Geneva Conventions would have been unthinkable a few years ago, today we're not surprised. From Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition, to years-long detention of innocents and the unrestrained killing of civilians by U.S.-paid mercenaries, this administration has systematically squandered our nation's moral standing in the world, making us less able to protect Americans and American interests worldwide.

more http://www.alternet.org/story/120220