The plan was 100 days of posts commemorating the 100 biggest reasons I am anxious for Inauguration Day. I got busy and the list has sat idle. So, bear with me as I run through about 80 or so things that make up the W. legacy over the next few days.#87. Stupid Comments on the 7's. Where I highlight some of the things this man said which embarrassed me most. We do this every ten spots from here down.
"Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" (January 2000, during a campaign event in South Carolina).
#86. Joe Allbaugh: What do disasters like Karl Rove, Hurricane Katrina, Halliburton, KBR, FEMA, Rudy Giuliani’s campaigns, and W’s campaigns have in common besides George himself? Joe Allbaugh has literally profited most from Bush’s failures. How brilliant to be head of FEMA before handing it over to his buddy, “Brownie,” and then make millions in the rebuilding effort!
#85. Elliot Abrams: A signatory member of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) who had been lobbying for war in Iraq long before 9/11, Abrams was indicted during Iran-Contra for lying among other things like selling arms to terrorists. H.W. pardoned him and Little W made him Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy.
#84. Halliburton: What more do I need to say? No-bid contracts, Cheney, gang rape, millions given to Republican candidates, Walter Reed, KBR, and the redefinition of war profiteering.
#83. Bunny Greenhouse – The patriotic Bunnatine was a contracts handler for the Army Corps of Engineers-turned-whistleblower. Bunny spilled the beans on Halliburton when she told of the illegal no-bid contracts made with KBR. Oddly her years of exemplary performance reviews mysteriously changed after she retired. That normal, hard working American civil servants had to be the ones to point out “the Emperor had no clothes” and then be punished for it, is just absolutely one of the most sour thoughts I have when I think of this Administration.
#82. The One-Percent Doctrine: Cheney’s ridiculous saber-rattling (essentially, if there is a 1% chance a country, like Pakistan, has nuclear weapons, than we should treat it as 100% threat and attack) was the foundation for most of the Bush foreign policy, including the Bush Doctrine.
#81. The Bush Doctrine: Sarah Palin had no clue that the most significant foreign policy ideal put forth by her favorite President was basically justified unilateralism. Hit first, regardless of the facts…or the consequences. Exhibit A in the case of the World’s Opinion v. USA.
#80. “So?” and “So What?” Recently while Fibber McGee and Cheney embarked on their farewell press tour, they were each asked about the reasons to go to war with Iraq. Bush, on ABC, thought the interviewer pointing out that alQaeda was not in Iraq before the war (although he told us differently back in the day) deserved a “So what?” Dick, when questioned by ABC as to whether it mattered that 2/3 of the American people thought the war was foolish, chose the eloquent “So?” The legacy will not be televised.
#79. Jenna Bush. That's her above worshiping Sata- er, I mean, giving the Hook 'em Horns sign at some dignified event.
#78. Bush’s Other War Pt. 2: So, W. may not be totally responsible, but his ideology and allowance of the Christian right wing to take over the public agenda (see FOX News 2000-2008) makes him culpable for the ridiculousness of asinine-holes like Bill O’Reilly claiming a “War on Christmas” because Americans sometimes choose to say Happy Holidays to be inclusive of other Americans who may not celebrate the birth of Jesus. That this type of whiny hatred was allowed to fester during the last eight years is fairly and squarely placed on the W. legacy.
#77. Stupid Comments on the 7’s: "It was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war 60 years ago we were at war." (June 29, 2006, at the White House, in front of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi)
#85. Elliot Abrams: A signatory member of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) who had been lobbying for war in Iraq long before 9/11, Abrams was indicted during Iran-Contra for lying among other things like selling arms to terrorists. H.W. pardoned him and Little W made him Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy.
#84. Halliburton: What more do I need to say? No-bid contracts, Cheney, gang rape, millions given to Republican candidates, Walter Reed, KBR, and the redefinition of war profiteering.
#83. Bunny Greenhouse – The patriotic Bunnatine was a contracts handler for the Army Corps of Engineers-turned-whistleblower. Bunny spilled the beans on Halliburton when she told of the illegal no-bid contracts made with KBR. Oddly her years of exemplary performance reviews mysteriously changed after she retired. That normal, hard working American civil servants had to be the ones to point out “the Emperor had no clothes” and then be punished for it, is just absolutely one of the most sour thoughts I have when I think of this Administration.
#82. The One-Percent Doctrine: Cheney’s ridiculous saber-rattling (essentially, if there is a 1% chance a country, like Pakistan, has nuclear weapons, than we should treat it as 100% threat and attack) was the foundation for most of the Bush foreign policy, including the Bush Doctrine.
#81. The Bush Doctrine: Sarah Palin had no clue that the most significant foreign policy ideal put forth by her favorite President was basically justified unilateralism. Hit first, regardless of the facts…or the consequences. Exhibit A in the case of the World’s Opinion v. USA.
#80. “So?” and “So What?” Recently while Fibber McGee and Cheney embarked on their farewell press tour, they were each asked about the reasons to go to war with Iraq. Bush, on ABC, thought the interviewer pointing out that alQaeda was not in Iraq before the war (although he told us differently back in the day) deserved a “So what?” Dick, when questioned by ABC as to whether it mattered that 2/3 of the American people thought the war was foolish, chose the eloquent “So?” The legacy will not be televised.
#79. Jenna Bush. That's her above worshiping Sata- er, I mean, giving the Hook 'em Horns sign at some dignified event.
#78. Bush’s Other War Pt. 2: So, W. may not be totally responsible, but his ideology and allowance of the Christian right wing to take over the public agenda (see FOX News 2000-2008) makes him culpable for the ridiculousness of asinine-holes like Bill O’Reilly claiming a “War on Christmas” because Americans sometimes choose to say Happy Holidays to be inclusive of other Americans who may not celebrate the birth of Jesus. That this type of whiny hatred was allowed to fester during the last eight years is fairly and squarely placed on the W. legacy.
#77. Stupid Comments on the 7’s: "It was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war 60 years ago we were at war." (June 29, 2006, at the White House, in front of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi)
#76. John Ashcroft.
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2 comments:
if only for the sevens alone...
I'm with you 100%, Frank, but you gotta admit, his daughter's are kinda hot. I'll understand if you don't admit it. Hope you're well. Nice to bump into you on facebook. Tuesday can't come soon enough!
-Shane
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