CHANGE IS OVERDUE IN AMERICA
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
CHANGE IS OVERDUE IN AMERICA
George Bush has been a failure as president. His numerous failures outweigh his limited achievements.
When Bush came to office in 2001, unemployment was 4.2 percent. Now it is up 17 percent to 4.9 percent. The healthy economy Bush inherited in 2001 is in ruins. The $281 billion surplus in 2001 is now a $400 billion deficit. The U.S. debt has grown from $5.7 trillion to $8.2 trillion--an amazing 44 percent increase.
Bush inflated and distorted pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to illegally invade a sovereign country, Iraq. A violation of international law and what the United States condemned Nazi Germany for at Nuremberg. Bush then stated at a December 12th speech in Philadelphia that he would have attacked Iraq regardless of the weapons of mass destruction. Over 2,000 Americans are dead and nearly 35,000 Iraqi women and children have been murdered since Bush's invasion of Iraq. Bush, in violation of the UN Ban on Torture and the Geneva Convention, hid prisoners, tortured prisoners, and denied the Red Cross access to prisoners. The secret prisons were established by the CIA over four years ago. U.S. occupation in Iraq has been a factor in radicalizing the Palestinians and increasing terrorism abroad.
Bush authorized a secret Pentagon program for "detecting, identifying and engaging" internal enemies that included a database with information on peace protesters. Also, Bush authorized the FBI's use of national security letters to obtain secret access to the personal records of tens of thousands of Americans. Plus, Bush empowered other National Security Agency's interception of telephone calls and e-mails from the United States -- without notice to the federal court that has held jurisdiction over domestic spying since 1978. Bush's comment on this is that he circumvented the law, which is in itself a violation of the law.
Bush's slow and inadequate response to Katrina resulted in the deaths of over 1000 helpless Americans. Bush congratulated his former FEMA leader, Brown, for doing "one heckofa job;" only for Americans to find out later that Bush and his associates were totally inept and useless.
Bush and his staff accepted contributions for favors from corrupt lobbyist Abramoff.
America needs change immediately, Bush has squandered opportunity after opportunity. Bush's mistakes, poor choices, and bad management have had severe consequences on Americans and others, resulting in numerous deaths at home and abroad and a very, shaky economy. This year, Americans need to change the political status quo.
by Christian Gatsby
George Bush has been a failure as president. His numerous failures outweigh his limited achievements.
When Bush came to office in 2001, unemployment was 4.2 percent. Now it is up 17 percent to 4.9 percent. The healthy economy Bush inherited in 2001 is in ruins. The $281 billion surplus in 2001 is now a $400 billion deficit. The U.S. debt has grown from $5.7 trillion to $8.2 trillion--an amazing 44 percent increase.
Bush inflated and distorted pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to illegally invade a sovereign country, Iraq. A violation of international law and what the United States condemned Nazi Germany for at Nuremberg. Bush then stated at a December 12th speech in Philadelphia that he would have attacked Iraq regardless of the weapons of mass destruction. Over 2,000 Americans are dead and nearly 35,000 Iraqi women and children have been murdered since Bush's invasion of Iraq. Bush, in violation of the UN Ban on Torture and the Geneva Convention, hid prisoners, tortured prisoners, and denied the Red Cross access to prisoners. The secret prisons were established by the CIA over four years ago. U.S. occupation in Iraq has been a factor in radicalizing the Palestinians and increasing terrorism abroad.
Bush authorized a secret Pentagon program for "detecting, identifying and engaging" internal enemies that included a database with information on peace protesters. Also, Bush authorized the FBI's use of national security letters to obtain secret access to the personal records of tens of thousands of Americans. Plus, Bush empowered other National Security Agency's interception of telephone calls and e-mails from the United States -- without notice to the federal court that has held jurisdiction over domestic spying since 1978. Bush's comment on this is that he circumvented the law, which is in itself a violation of the law.
Bush's slow and inadequate response to Katrina resulted in the deaths of over 1000 helpless Americans. Bush congratulated his former FEMA leader, Brown, for doing "one heckofa job;" only for Americans to find out later that Bush and his associates were totally inept and useless.
Bush and his staff accepted contributions for favors from corrupt lobbyist Abramoff.
America needs change immediately, Bush has squandered opportunity after opportunity. Bush's mistakes, poor choices, and bad management have had severe consequences on Americans and others, resulting in numerous deaths at home and abroad and a very, shaky economy. This year, Americans need to change the political status quo.
by Christian Gatsby
