Tuesday, September 05, 2006
G. W's Resume....I am ashamed.
George W. Bush
The White House
EDUCATION & 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.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE
I ran for U.S. 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 the late Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
· 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 was selected to be President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT
· I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
· I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
· I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S.Treasury.
· I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S.history.
· I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
· I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
· I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
· In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.
· I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
· I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.
· I am the all-time U.S. 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 U.S. History, Enron.
· My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. 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 presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
· I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
· I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
· I appointed more convicted criminals to the administration than any President in U.S. history.
· I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
· I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
· I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
· I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
· I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "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 U.S.election).
· I set the record for least number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
· 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 U.S. history.
· I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
· 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 am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive (actually "preventive") attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
· I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and supported a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in wartime.
· In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq , then blamed the lies on our British friends.
· 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 am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
· I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden 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.
The White House
EDUCATION & 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.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE
I ran for U.S. 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 the late Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
· 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 was selected to be President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT
· I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
· I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
· I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S.Treasury.
· I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S.history.
· I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
· I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
· I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
· In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.
· I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
· I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.
· I am the all-time U.S. 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 U.S. History, Enron.
· My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. 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 presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
· I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
· I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
· I appointed more convicted criminals to the administration than any President in U.S. history.
· I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
· I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
· I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
· I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
· I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "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 U.S.election).
· I set the record for least number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
· 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 U.S. history.
· I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
· 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 am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive (actually "preventive") attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
· I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and supported a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in wartime.
· In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq , then blamed the lies on our British friends.
· 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 am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
· I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden 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.
