I have told you 3 times now, I am neither left nor right. Here is an email I received, you tell me what is valid and what isn't?
White House, USA >> > > >> > > GEORGE W. BUSH >> > > ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT: >> > > >> > > I attacked and took over two countries. >> > > I spent the US 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 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. >> > > >> > > I am the first president in US history to enter >> > > office with a criminal record. >> > > >> >> > > 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 a 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. >> > > >> > > 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 >> 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. >> > > >> > > 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 made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly >> the >> > biggest >> > > diplomatic failure in >> > > US and world history). >> > > >> > > 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 govt. >> > contracts. >> > > >> >> > > I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans >> than >> any >> > > other president in US >> > > history. >> > > >> > > I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the >> most >> > > divided that the US has >> > > been since the Civil War. >> > > >> > > 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. >> > > >> > > 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. >> > > |