Posted on 12/15/2003 1:53:51 PM PST by metalboy
Bush's Achievements ...Barbra Streisand Posted on November 25, 2003
Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, wrote an amazing editorial in the latest issue of the magazine pointing out some of Bush's most dubious accomplishments during his tenure as president. Here are just some of the many facts Graydon puts forth.
2 - Number of nations George W. Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office. 10 million - Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest.
$100 billion - Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. citizens by the end of the year.
104 - Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May, 2003 (when Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and declared an end to the open conflict) and the middle of October.
0 - Number of American combat deaths in Germany following the Nazi surrender in May, 1945.
0 - Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed - presumably to keep the spotlight off fatalities in Iraq.
53 - Percentage of Americans who doubt that the Iraq war was worth the cost.
$28 billion - Amount of proposed cuts to veterans' benefits in the congressional Republicans' budget resolution for fiscal year 2004 (In the end they cut only $6 billion).
$6,000 - Amount of proposed increase - opposed by Bush - in benefits to families of soldiers who die in combat.
$127 billion - Amount of U.S. budget surplus in fiscal year 2001, the year Bush became president.
$374 billion - Amount of U.S. budget deficit in fiscal year 2003.
#1 - Record for most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) set in 2002.
#1 - Set record for biggest two-year point drop in the history of the stock market during the first half of a presidential term.
$200 billion - Approximate aggregate amount of state budget gaps in the past three years, the highest figure since WWII.
1.6 - Percentage increase in economic growth since Bush took office, the slowest rate of increase over the equivalent period for any administration in 20 years.
58 million - Number of acres of public lands Bush as opened to road building, logging and drilling.
200 - Number of public-health and environmental laws Bush has worked to downgrade or weaken since taking office.
2.4 million - Number of Americans who lost their jobs during the first two and a half years of the Bush administration.
9 million - Number of workers unemployed as of September, 2003.
#1 - The administration is well on its way to being the first since Herbert Hoover's to preside over an overall loss of jobs during its complete term in office.
0 - Number of Bush Court of Appeals nominees who have endorsed the legal foundation of Roe vs. Wade.
#1 - Has assembled the wealthiest cabinet in U.S. history.
$10.9 million - Average wealth of the members of Bush's 16-person Cabinet.
$42,000 - Average savings members of Bush's Cabinet are expected to receive this year as a result of cuts in capital-gains and dividends taxes.
$42,228 - Median household income in the U.S. in 2001.
$116,000 - Amount Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to save each year in taxes.
9 - Number of members of Bush's Defense Policy Board who also sit on the corporate board of, or advice, at least one defense contractor.
43.6 million - Number of Americans without health insurance as of 2002.
$300 million - Amount cut in December 2002 from the federal program that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes during the winter.
#1 - First American president to ignore the Geneva Convention on warfare (by refusing to allow inspectors access to U.S.-held prisoners of war).
90 - Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on September 26, 2001
50 - Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on October 15, 2003 (I have since read that that number is down in some polls to 45% approval).
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$42,228??
Blabs monthly electricity bill, just for lighting, a/c not included.
$116,000??
Roughly the cost of one of her 'customized' SUV's. Remember, use mass transit to save our ozone.
And, drumroll please, my favorite:
$10.9 million - Average wealth of the members of Bush's 16-person Cabinet??
I'm curious, is this slightly higher or slightly lower than Blabs average wealth??? How does it compare to the Clintons, whom she worships? What about other presidential cabinets? Oh, that's right she, big hypocrite, earned and deserves hers.
I could go on, but why should I have all the fun?
100 billion - Estimated number of brain cells that have to die before someone would give this crap any serious attention.
The History Channel did a special on this a few days ago and stated over 40 deaths in the western (US/UK/French) occupation zones.
A review of the book "Werwolf!: The History of the National Socialist Guerrilla Movement, 1944-1946" mentions several dozen allied deaths after the surrender.
Sadly, this seems to be the collective brain cell count of her loyal 'fans'. Fans with money and influence. That's the only reason to pay attention - to see what drivel they're buying into and using their influence to push on others.
0- How many he will kill in the future.
Posted on 12/15/2003 10:22:08 PM EST by luv2ndamend
By a Colonel in the US Army
Folks, here are just a few of the things that have been happening in Iraq. I have several long time friends, both Army Colonels, who between the two of them (one supports the troops the other supports Mr. Bremer, the CPA) know what is going on. They are the only folks other than the USAID (State Department) that can do any contracting in Iraq. The Officer who will be responsible for the $18Billion just voted for is a very good long-time friend. I have visited with both of them recently. Forget most of what you have read in the papers:
...the first battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty.
...over 60 000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow citizens.
...nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning.
...the Iraqi judiciary is fully independent.
...on Monday, October 6 power generation hit 4,518 megawatts — exceeding the pre-war average
...all 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges are open, as are nearly all primary and secondary schools.
...by October 1, Coalition forces had rehabbed over 1,500 schools — 500 more than their target.
...teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.
...all 240 hospitals and more than 1200 clinics are open.
...doctors' salaries are at least eight times what they were under Saddam.
... pharmaceutical distribution has gone from essentially nothing, to 700 tons in May, and to a current total of 12,000 tons.
...the Coalition has helped administer over 22 million vaccination doses to Iraq's children.
...a Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 kilometers of Iraq's 27,000 kilometers of weed-choked canals. They now irrigate tens of thousands of farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 Iraqi men and women.
...we have restored over three-quarters of pre-war telephone services and over two-thirds of the potable water production.
...the wheels of commerce are turning. From bicycles to satellite dishes to cars and trucks, businesses are coming to life in all major cities and towns.
...95 percent of all pre-war bank customers have service and first-time customers are opening accounts daily.
...Iraqi banks are making loans to finance businesses.
...the central bank is fully independent.
... Iraq has one of the world's most growth-oriented investment and banking laws.
... Iraq has a single, unified currency for the first time in 15 years.
...satellite dishes are legal and one can buy them on what seems like every corner.
...foreign journalists aren't on 10-day visas paying mandatory and extortionate fees to the Ministry of Information for "minders" and other government spies.
... there is no Ministry of Information.
...there are more than 170 newspapers, printing what they choose to print.
...a nation that had not one single elementof a representative government — legislative, judicial or executive — does.
...in Baghdad alone residents have selected 88 advisory councils. Baghdad's first democratic transfer of power in 35 years happened when the city council elected its new chairman.
...in Iraq chambers of commerce, business, school and professional organizations are electing their leaders all over the country.
...25 ministers, selected by the most representative governing body in Iraq's history, run the day-to-day business of government.
...the Iraqi government regularly participates in international events. Since July the Iraqi government has been represented in over two dozen international meetings, including those of the UN General Assembly, the Arab League, the World Bank and IMF and, today, the Islamic Conference Summit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that it is reopening over 30 Iraqi embassies around the world.
...Shia religious festivals that were all but banned, aren't.
... for the first time in 35 years, in Karbala, thousands of Shiites celebrate the pilgrimage of the 12th Imam.
...the Coalition has completed over 13,000 reconstruction projects, large and small as part of a strategic plan for the reconstruction of Iraq.
Uday and Qusay are dead and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis to zoo lions, raping the young daughters of local leaders to force cooperation, torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games, or murdering critics.
...children aren't imprisoned or murdered when their parents disagree with the government.
...political opponents aren't imprisoned, tortured, executed, maimed, or forced to watch their families die for disagreeing with Saddam.
...millions of long-suffering Iraqis no longer live in perpetual terror.
...Saudis will hold municipal elections.
...Qatar is reforming education to give more choices to parents.
... Jordan is accelerating market economic reforms.
...the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the first time to an Iranian — a Muslim woman who speaks out with courage for human rights, for democracy, and for peace.
Folks, you Army is doing one hell of a job, and I for one am sick and tired of all the BS saying how badly it is being managed. And my dear friends, Mark Neuman and Tony Bell have more integrity in their little fingers than every single newspaper or politician who says otherwise. The only politicians who speak truth are the few (from both parties) who have actually been there. Ask yourselves why only Fox covers any of this?
I had to get that off my chest. I just am getting frosted over the lies. With all due respect, I'll never vote for anyone who lies about this stuff. They are impugning the integrity of men I know, and trust with my life.
I pasted it here to counter the crap from Babs.
They probably think that she is an immoral whore.
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