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Tim4319 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:55 AM
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Consider this before you vote in Novembers election.


RESUME:
George W. Bush
The White House, USA



EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

LAW ENFORCEMENT: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for
driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and
had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has
been "lost" and is not available.

MILITARY: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused
to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining
the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE: I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a
cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
I ran for US Congress and lost.

I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought
an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went
bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land using taxpayer money.

With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry
(including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.


ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making
Texas the most polluted state in the Union.

During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most
smog-ridden city in America.

I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions
in borrowed money.

I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing
by over 500,000 votes.


ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one
billion dollars per week.

I spent the US surplus and effectively bankrupted the US Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in US history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any
12-month period.

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

I am the first President in US history to enter office with a criminal
record.

I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year
period.

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

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD
(Weapons of Mass Destruction).

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq, and then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a US President.


In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
that trend continues every month.

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

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President
in US history.

I set the record for least number of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in
duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in wartime.


I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
protest against any person in the history
of mankind.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in
US history.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in US history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice,
has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I am the first President in US history to order an unprovoked, preemptive
attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation.
I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of US
citizens, and the world community.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy
in the history of the United States government.

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

I withdrew the US from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspector's access to US "prisoners of war"
detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 US election).

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

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in US
history. My political party used Enron private jets and corporate
attorneys to assure my success with the US Supreme Court during
my election decision. I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton
against investigation or prosecution. More time and
money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been
spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.

I garnered the most sympathy for the US after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the US the most hated country in
the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

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

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and
Saddam Hussein to justice.


RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's
library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-president,
attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and
unavailable for public review.


Please consider my experience when voting in 2004.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:58 AM
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1. That one is inaccurate and easily dismissed
This one is updated, has links and is accurate.

http://cronus.com/bushresume

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:05 AM
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4. Do you mean
the whole resume, or a particular part of it?

Thanks.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:30 AM
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5. Several key parts of it are arguably inflated
And republicans have spent quite a few hours debunking the most egregious statements, then using these to tar the rest of the resume which is, in essence, quite accurate overall.

I've been keeping the document updated, adding links to support the items and my copy has been attacked several times and cleaned up accordingly. If you see something in my copy that's not true, let me know and I'll fix it.

No one can fix the copies that are making the email rounds - and some of them have been altered to be completely outlandish, I think in order to discredit the factual content using the hyperbole as a tar brush.

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:48 AM
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6. Thanks for clearing that up
and for keeping the resume updated.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:07 AM
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8. You're welcome
I got attacked quite a lot over Bush's criminal record, but the links are incontrovertible, so that subsided. A lot of Republicans do not know that Bush has a criminal record. And I have yet to locate proof of his alleged drug conviction, which would no doubt be very damning.

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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 09:59 AM
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2. Shit, I WAS gonna vote for Bush, but this changed my mind.....
No, I keed. I love his resume. I wonder if he'd take this high-school janitor position we need filled....?
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:02 AM
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3. The sad thing about all this is if God came down and told most people this
word for word, they STILL will not believe it.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 10:48 AM
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7. only in America
can such a pathetic ass clown become President legally. Say what you want about the "selection" but I think this reflects on the intelligence of Bush supporters.
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