Reply #39: Oh, just off the top of my head [View All]

[chefgirl]

George W. Bush's 50 greatest accomplishments
> > >
> > >1. I attacked and took over two countries. (Barely)
> > >2. I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the U.S. treasury.
> > >3. I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history
>(not
> > >easy)
> > >4. I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in
>any
> > >12 month period.
> > >5. I set all-time record for the biggest point drop in the history of
>the
> > >stock market.
> > >6. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
> > >7. I am the first president in U.S. history to enter office with a
>criminal
> > >record.
> > >8. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for the most
>days
> > >on vacation by any president in U.S. history. (Tough to beat my dad's,
>but
> > >I did)
> > >9. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided
> > >over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
> > >10. I set the record for most campaign raising trips by an president in
> > >U.S. history.
> > >11. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their
> > >jobs.
> > >12. I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any
> > >other president in U.S. history.
> > >13. I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a
> > >12-month period.
> > >14. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions
>than
> > >any other president in U.S. history.
> > >15. I set the record for fewest press conferences of any president
>since
> > >the invention of television.
> > >16. I presided over the biggest energy crises in U.S. history and
>refused
> > >to intervene when corruption was revealed. (Enron - Hey, Their board
>had
> > >some of my biggest supporters.)
> > >17. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution
>than
> > >any other U.S. president in history.
> > >18. I cut health-care benefits for war veterans.
> > >19. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to
>simultaneously
> > >take to the streets to protest me
> > >(15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any
>person
> > >in the history of mankind.
> > >20. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in U.S.
> > >history.
> > >21. I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any
>in
> > >U.S. history.
> > >22. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S.
> > >history. (the poorest multimillionaire,
> > >Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her)
> > >23. I am the first president in U.S. history to have all 50 states of
>the
> > >union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
> > >24. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any
>market
> > >in any country in the history of the world.
> > >25. I am the first president in U.S. history to order an offensive
>first
> > >strike attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did
>so
> > >against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the
> > >international community.
> > >26. I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the
> > >history of the U.S.
> > >27. I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending
>increases,
> > >more than any other president in U.S. history (Reagan was hard to beat,
>but
> > >I did it!!!)
> > >28. I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations
>to
> > >remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
> > >29. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations
> > >remove the U.S. from Elections Monitoring Board.
> > >30. I removed more checks and balances and have the least congressional
> > >oversight of any presidential
> > >administration in US history.
> > >31. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
> > >32. I withdrew from the World Court Of Law.
> > >33. I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by
> > >default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
> > >34. I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations
> > >election inspectors access during the 2002 elections.
> > >35. I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for the most
>corporate
> > >campaign donations.
> > >36. The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of
>my
> > >best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy
>frauds
> > >in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation)
> > >37. I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in
>US
> > >history.
> > >38. I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under
>attack
> > >( and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1).
> > >39. I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow
>government.
> > >40. I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than
>a
> > >year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the
> > >biggest diplomatic failure in U.S. and world history).
> > >41. I am the first U.S. president in history to have a majority of the
> > >people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to
>world
> > >peace and stability.
> > >42. I changed U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
> > >government contracts.
> > >43. I set the all-time record for the number of administration
>appointees
> > >who violated U.S. laws by not selling their huge investments in
> > >corporations that later made bids for government contracts.
> > >44. I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than
>any
> > >other president in U.S. history.
> > >45. I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the
>most
> > >divided that the U.S. has been since the Civil War.
> > >46. I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in
>less
> > >than two years turned every single economic category heading straight
>down.
> > >RECORDS AND REFERENCES
> > >47. I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (My Texas
> > >driving record has been erased and is not available).
> > >48. I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during
> > >time of war. I refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions
> > >about drug use.
> > >49. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited
>away
> > >to my father's library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public
>view.
> > >All records of any SEC investigation into my insider trading or
>bankrupt
> > >companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
> > >50. All minutes of meetings of any public corporations for which I
>served
> > >on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any
> > >records or minutes from meeting I ( or my VP ) attended regarding
>public
> > >energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
> > >


-chef-