Haven't seen this posted yet, so read and shudder.
> >RESUME
> >GEORGE W. BUSH
> >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
> >Washington, DC 20520
> >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 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 friends in the oil industry
> >(including 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 became 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 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 inspector's 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 fewest numbers 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 protests against any person in the history
> >of mankind.
> >
> >* I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked,
> >pre-emptive 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 support 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 and 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.
> >
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Wow, great, yeah, blah blah blah. Not to support dubya but who the fuck cares?
1816 His family was forced out of their home.
1818 His mother died.
1831 Failed in business.
1832 Ran for state legislature - lost
1832 Lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.
1834 Ran for state legislature again - won.
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
1836 Had a nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated
1840 Sought to become elector - defeated
1843 Ran for Congress - lost
1846 Ran for Congress again - this time he won - went to Washington and did a good job.
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected
1854 Ran for Senate of the United States - lost
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national convention - got less than 100 votes.
1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again - again he lost
1860 Elected president of the United States
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Uh, Nichole, you might want to let this one die. And the original e-mail has been floating around in constantly updating forms since 2000, so it's hardly new.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)
and dude frankly I'm SO FUCKING ILL from hearing left-leaning types bitch about bush's history with booze and whatever else, my god. Get the fuck out, right?
I mean half our money is covered up in pictures of bumblers and drunks and womanizers and warlords, my god.
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)