Archive for the 'George W. Bush' Category

‘Victory’ Update: Baghdad Protesters Burn Bush in Effigy

Friday, November 21st, 2008

A protester uses his shoe to strike an effigy of U.S. President George. W. Bush, in an expression of contempt, as thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on Firdos Square in central Baghdad, Iraq for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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World Leaders Refuse to Shake Bush’s Hand At G20 Summit (VIDEO)

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Bush lost the battle AND the war. This man does not deserve the pity he is going to get. He deserves the place in history he earned.

Withdrawal Treaty Isn’t ‘Failure’ - Now It’s ‘Victory’

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

President Bush, May 1, 2007 (emphasis added):
It makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing. All the terrorists would have to do is mark their calendars and gather their strength — and begin plotting how to overthrow the government and take control of the country of Iraq. I believe setting [...]

Synfuel Update: The BLM Wasn’t Kidding

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is doing whatever it can to help the Bush administration wreck our public lands. Back in February, I wrote:

They can’t be serious…. The federal government has come back to the idea, sensibly abandoned in the early 1980s, of extracting tar sands and oil shale in Utah. These are [...]

Bailout Lacks Oversight

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

This is what you call major violation of the public trust. It is so outrageous, there are no words for it. The Bush administration has managed to achieve one more major disaster before leaving office–give away BILLIONS of taxpayers dollars with NO OVERSIGHT. That’s right. We were told how absolutely necessary [...]

Will President Obama Approve Torture and Warrantless Surveillance?

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

In an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman speculates that President Obama’s advisers will urge him to stick with disastrous and counterproductive Bush administration policies such as widespread illegal surveillance and torture. Apparently, these so-called “pragmatic” advisers have somehow missed noticing the abject failure of the so-called Global War of Terror and [...]

Most Unpopular President Ever

Monday, November 10th, 2008

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey finds that President George W. Bush now has a 76 percent disapproval rating, making him by far the most deeply unpopular President in the history of polling.

“No other president’s disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year,” [...]

Bush’s 2004 secret order authorizes military operations outside Iraq and Afghanistan

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

If you’ve been wondering, as I have, on what authority U.S. forces are conducting military operations in Pakistan and Syria. Well, we should not be surprised, there was a secret order allowing them to do so.
NY Times: Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda in Many Countries
WASHINGTON — The United States military [...]

Bush: An Ugly Man. A Very Ugly Man - By Fox News

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

I really hate Bush and I my resentment toward those who supported him will not easily go away.

First Bush-Obama Meeting: Hard Feelings and Hand Sanitizer
As President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama prepare for their post-election meeting at the White House on Monday, memories of their first encounter linger.
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably [...]

Barney Bites Back

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

There is no Bushie more loyal than Barney. He’s been there at the President’s side for the whole eight years. According to Bob Woodward, in 2005 President Bush had key Republicans up to the White House to talk about the Iraq occupation, and said “I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney [...]

SNL - Will Ferrell Back As Bush With Tina Fey’s Palin

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

For the record because it is seriously funny.

The Poison Fruit from the Tree of Corruption

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

There’s been a great deal of talk about corruption in politics. The last 8 years have seen a truly shocking level of corruption in government - from the Republicans K Street Project, to the Bushies’ endless politicizing of every aspect of government starting with no bid contracts for any firm connected to the Administration [...]

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