[Anyone] George Bush's Accomplishments

[totem at laplaza.org]

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>   By adhering to
> Republican ideals and principles, George Bush will leave an indelible
> legacy.  By following his Republicanism to its inevitable conclusion,
> here's what he has accomplished.  Some of the information here is from
> an article in Vanity Fair by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
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> The tragedy of the Iraq war and its consequences.
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> Coming up on 4000 US soldiers killed.
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> About a million innocent Iraqis killed.
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> An expected cost to exceed $2 trillion.
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> Torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
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> The viewing of the US as a rogue
> nation by the world.
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> A tax code biased in favor of the rich.
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> A national debt that will probably
> have grown 70 percent by the time Bush leaves office.
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> A swelling cascade of mortgage
> defaults.
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> A record $850 billion trade deficit.
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> Oil prices at record highs.  They tell
> us that supply and demand determines the price of oil, but even
> though the price has risen dramatically, there's been no shortage of
> supply.  Strangely, I have no problem finding gas at exorbitant prices.
> 
> A dollar that has reversed its value
> in relation to the euro.
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> A budget surplus of 2.4 percent of GDP
> ($2.2 trillion) that Bush has turned into a 3.6 percent deficit, the
> greatest since World War II.
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> A $45 tax reduction for the bottom 20
> percent and a $162,000 reduction for millionaires.
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> More than five million more Americans
> living in poverty now than when Bush took office.
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> An increase to 47 million without health care.
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> Personal bankruptcy rate increase of 60 percent.
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> The borrowing of $5 trillion from
> abroad.
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> The subversion of the constitution. 
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> The rescinding of habeas corpus.
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> The curtailing of civil liberties.
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> The politicizing of the government.
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> Lying to the people and Congress.
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> The blatant practicing of cronyism and
> corruption.
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> This is just a partial list of the
> legacy of George Bush, and it ain't over yet.  It's just his tangible
> accomplishments, so far.  The list doesn't include the intangible
> effects, such as the fact that the mere mention of George Bush's name
> sends people into a blind, incoherent, screaming rage, raising blood
> pressure, causing indigestion, increased pulse rate, the involuntary,
> automatic blurting of gross vulgarities, leaving us breathless and
> depleted, with the thousand yard stare, unable to comprehend how this
> could have happened.  There's no record of the medical and
> psychological cost to us caused by the existence of George Bush.
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> Even though most of us see Bush's
> accomplishments listed above as the prelude to the destruction of the
> US, the Republicans can take great pride in what their man has been
> able to do for them.  He has faithfully fulfilled, with the above list,
> all of the most cherished ideals and principles of the Republicans.
> 
> There are two kinds of Republicans who
> fervently support George Bush.  One kind is affected not at all and the
> other kind is affected negatively by his Republican policies.  The one
> kind is the wealthy Republican who, due to his wealth, is in a position
> of power that allows him to bring about his repressive, restricting,
> regressive policies, policies that, again due to his wealth, do not in
> any way affect him.  He can call for the elimination of Social
> Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and all the other progressive social
> programs, because he will not ever need any of them and will not be
> affected.  The analogy of me to him is that I can call for a 100% tax
> rate for income over $1 million and I will not be in the least
> affected, because I'm not a millionaire.  So, like the Republican, why
> should I care what happens to other people as long as it doesn't affect
> me?
> 
> The other kind is the guy who is very
> much like me, except that he is a Republican.  He professes support for
> all of George Bush's Republican policies without realizing that he is
> civilly and economically repressing himself for the benefit of the
> wealthy Republicans.  He's his own worst enemy.
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> The preamble of the Constitution
> requires that the government it created is to "promote the general
> welfare."  This is a liberal, progressive mandate for our government to
> follow.  Liberal, progresssive policies are aimed at benefitting
> everyone.  Conservative, Republican policies benefit only Republicans. 
> This requirement of the Constitution is against everything the
> Republicans believe in and is the opposite of what they have worked so
> hard to accomplish.  The Republicans only promote the general welfare
> of Republicans at the expense of everyone else.  It's an easy case to
> make from this that Republicanism is unconstitutional, since it
> obviously does not promote the general welfare.  According to the
> Constitution, Republicanism is illegal.
> 
> It's against the law to advocate
> policies that are illegal and are destroying the United States.  With
> the godawful mess that the Republicans have made of the United States,
> we're going to have to outlaw Republicans before they finish destroying
> the United States.  The Constitution says so.