Letter from President Bush

[lcpd24]

This takes a little time to read, Bush has set a lot of new records while in the White House




> > Just so you know:
> >
> > .I attacked and took over 2 countries.
> >
> > .I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
> >
> > .I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not
> > easy!).
> >
> > .I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in
any
> 12
> > month period.
> >
> > .I set an all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the
stock
> > market.
> >
> > .I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
> >
> > .In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on
> > vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I
> did).
> >
> > .After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided
over
> > the worst security failure in US history.
> >
> > .I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president
in
> > US history.
> >
> > .In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their
jobs.
> >
> > .I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any
other
> > president in US history.
> >
> > .I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a
12-month
> > period.
> >
> > .I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than
any
> > president in US history.
> >
> > .I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president,
since
> > the advent of TV.
> >
> > .I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than
> any
> > other US president in history.
> >
> > .I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to
> > intervene when corruption was revealed.
> >
> > .I cut health care benefits for war veterans.
> >
> > .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.
> >
> > .I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US
history.
> >
> > .I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in
US
> > history.
> >
> > .Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US
> history.
> > (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker
> > named after her.)
> >
> > .I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the
Union
> > simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
> >
> > .I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market
in
> > any country in the history of the world.
> >
> > .I am the first president in US history to order a US 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.
> >
> > .I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the
> history
> > of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"(only one
> > letter away from BS).
> >
> > .I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases,
> > more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat,
but
> I
> > did it!!).
> >
> > .I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations
> remove
> > the US from the Human Rights Commission.
> >
> > .I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations
remove
> > the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
> >
> > .I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of
> > congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US
> history.
> >
> > .I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the
> World
> > Court of Law.
> >
> > .I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by
> default
> > no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
> >
> > .I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations
election
> > inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
> >
> > .I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate
> campaign
> > donations.
> >
> > .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).
> >
> > .I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US
> > history.
> >
> > .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)
> >
> > .I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.
> >
> > .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 US and world history).
> >
> > .I am the first US 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.
> >
> > .I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government
> > contracts.
> >
> > .I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees
who
> > violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations
> > bidding for gov't contracts.
> >
> > .I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any
> > other president in US history.
> >
> > .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: I have at least one conviction for drunk
driving
> in
> > Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
> >
> > .I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during
time
> of
> > war.
> >
> > .I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug
use.
> > (wink,wink)
> >
> > .All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away
to
> my
> > fathers library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
> >
> > .All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or
bankrupt
> > companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
> >
> > .All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on
> the
> > board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
> >
> > .Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding
> public
> > energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
> >
> >
> > With Love,
> > GEORGE W. BUSH
> >
> > The White House, Washington, DC
> >
> > Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 election.
> >

[revwardoc]

Good one Dennis!! I've sent this along to a co-worker who is a staunch (or is that, raunch) Republican.

[melody1181]

Very informative, thanks!

[hooah]

b.s.

[MORTARDUDE]

Excellent post !! Just the tip of the iceberg !!

From USA Today 11/10/03

The government began its 2004 budget year in the red with a $ 69.5 billion deficit in October. October revenue totaled $ 135.8 billion, a 9.1% increase from the same month a year ago. However spending increased nearly 15% to $ 205.4 billion from October 2002.
The deficit was smaller than the $ 71 billion shortfall forecast by the CBO and the $ 72.5 billion deficit that private economists were forecasting.

The deficit was $ 15.5 billion larger than the deficit posted in the first month of the 2003 fiscal year.....

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

From Investor's Business Daily 11/19/03


[...]
The energy bill...cost to taxpayers $ 32 billion over 10 years...
About $ 9 billion is direct spending and revenue losses. But nearly $ 23 billion of the package is for SUBSIDIES, and that's about three times more than what President Bush wanted.
McCain calls it "the no lobbyist left behind bill."...

Another recent example of excess is the $ 2.4 billion that congressional negotiators have agreed to spend on AIDS in foreign nations. That's $ 400 million more than Bush asked for.
( 17 % more )
[...]

Will Bush not sign these bills due to the added cost or let them contribute to a record deficit ?

Larry

[MORTARDUDE]

a better copy....

Letter from President Bush

This takes a little time to read, Bush has set a lot of new records while in the White House

Just so you know:

I attacked and took over 2 countries.

I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.

I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).

I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.

I set an all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the
stock market.

I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on
vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did).

After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.

I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.

In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their
jobs.

I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.

I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a
12-month period.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions thanany president in US history.

I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.

I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.

I cut health care benefits for war veterans.

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.

I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US
history.

I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.

Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US
history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.)

I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the
Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.

I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.

I am the first president in US history to order a US 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.

I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security" (only one letter away from BS).

I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but I did it!!).

I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations
remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.

I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations
remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.

I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations
election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.

I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate
campaign donations.

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).

I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

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)

I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.

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 US and world history).

I am the first US 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.

I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.

I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointeeswhoviolated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts.

I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.

I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in lessthan two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.

I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. (wink,wink)

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 investigations into my insider trading or
bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.


With Love,
GEORGE W. BUSH

The White House, Washington, DC

Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 election.

[Gimpy]

Here's some more to think about!

A letter from a disabled vet.
***********************************************

November 11, 2003

Veterans Day 2003 and the Rancid Meat in the White House

A READER COMMENTARY

by Sean Lewis, Disabled American Veteran

Contemporary observance of Veterans Day started as "Armistice Day," November 11, 1918, in celebration of the end of World War I, "the war to end all wars," as it was known at the time. After the second "war to end all wars," the U. S. Congress changed this annual recognition of World War I veterans, and tribute to the Peace they secured, to "Veterans Day." In its present form, Veterans Day is intended to honor and show respect for all American veterans, from all wars, as well as from times of peace, though we have seen too few of those. In short, it is a day of thanks. This Veterans Day, 2003, is to be a most solemn observance; perhaps the most solemn in the memories of many young people. Certainly for me it is the saddest Veterans Day since I was discharged from the Army in 1993.

As has been the tradition since the days of Harry S. Truman, the President is scheduled to visit Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknowns. Undoubtedly, he will make some remarks from a prepared statement, serving up platitudes to the country, to veterans, to those presently serving, and to the honored dead. The words "service," "sacrifice," and "patriotism" are sure to pepper his speech; seasoning for the palate of a nation at war and hungry for leadership. But for many, this seasoning shall be like too much salt on already rancid meat, unable to cover up the sour, acrid taste that lies beneath. Under this conjured spice of rhetoric and platitude, a personal and political history of contempt for this nation and her military belie the true taste of this putrid meal being served to the American People.

To sample this spoiled meat, dear reader, one need but continue on.

This President is the only President to have never attended the funeral of a fallen soldier, nor personally met with the family to provide comfort and encouragement.

This President is the first to prohibit the Press Corps from Dover Air Force Base, where those who have given their lives for his cause make their return to American soil, thus depriving the populace from the privilege of honoring the sacrifice of these brave young men and women.

This President is the first to present a budget to Congress that provides less money to the Veterans' Administration than the previous year.

This President is the only President to have been Absent Without Leave (AWOL) from his own military service -- a deserter in a time of war.

This President is the only American President to have appeared publicly -- in official capacity -- wearing a military uniform, mocking those who actually serve.

This President is the first President to roll back benefits to active duty military personnel and veterans alike.

This President is the only one to have sent American troops off to war, then cut their hazardous duty pay.

This President has ordered that the Veterans' Administration is not to inform veterans of the benefits legally due them.

This President has rescinded military medical benefits for all retired military personnel, breaking a promise made to people who have decided to spend their lives in service since before the Korean War.

This President has pressed into active duty more National Guard troops than at any time since World War II, leaving states' militias ill-prepared to deal with normal duties, such as natural disaster response.

This President has instituted "processing fees" of $250 for veterans trying to claim their legally-due benefits, and increased co-pay at VA Medical Centers.

This President has sent our young loved ones off to war under false pretenses.

In addition to these atrocious, cynical slaps at the military and veterans, he has gone after their families. Money has been cut for military housing, military dependant medical benefits, and hardship pay, all of which help military families to deal with the harsh realities of day to day life.

But it doesn't stop there. With self-righteous mockery, this President signed into law the USA PATRIOT Act, diluting the Bill of Rights and compromising the very Constitution that he and every U. S. troop is sworn to uphold and defend. Ostensibly, this was to strengthen the investigative powers of our law enforcement agencies and prevent terrorism. If that is the case, the USA PATRIOT Act should be the perfect tool to find the traitor in the White House.

For the first time in American history, an unknown person in the current administration has committed treason. By publicly revealing the name of an operative of the Central Intelligence Agency, the most treasonous act committed during the current war, someone in the White House has killed dozens, if not scores, of American intelligence agents abroad. Yet this President does not seem concerned with finding the traitor. In fact, he doesn't even call him that. The official word calls this despicable act of treason "a leak," as though it were some simple matter of a staffer revealing to Geraldo Rivera that the President naps in the Oval Office.

As with any slab of fetid meat one might accidentally discover in the refrigerator months too late, the only appropriate action is to throw it out. Do not even open the container. It is rotten, and no amount of seasoning, grilling, boiling or searing heat will be able to make it safe. Just throw it out.

Yesterday, a friend let me know that she was thinking of me this Veterans Day, and wondered how she can show her thanks to veterans like me. A simple "thank you" is always appreciated. When you think of the freedoms that you have, thank a vet. When you hear a civilian speak ill of the military, keep in mind that this person is exercising a right that he is not willing to defend. When you hear the voice of anyone in power trying to feed you salted meat, exercise your rights, and don't accept "free speech zones." After all of this, the greatest honor given any of us would be to write letters to Senators and Representatives, telling them that America needs to support her troops and our veterans better than she is now and end this unconscionable disrespect being shown to them now.

Above all, remember.

Sean Lewis
Disabled American Veteran
Persian Gulf War I
AIRBORNE!

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Good advice from a TRUE American Hero!

[phuloi]

What a bunch of unmitigated CRAP!

[phuloi]

Tom,do us all a favor and remove this BULLSHIT from our VIETNAM board!

[Gimpy]

TRUTH HURTS, HUH ?