President Bush responsible for a litany of foul deeds

Columbia, Missouri Daily Tribune ^ | May 3, 2004 | Diane Kuschel

[rface]

Editor, the Tribune:
President-select George W. Bush’s administration has been correctly identified as one of the most secretive in U.S. history. He has rolled back civil rights, taken us to war unnecessarily - lying to the public about who is responsible for 9/11 - and taken citizens on a frightening course of destruction the major media refuse to explore.

Respected Watergate journalist Bob Woodward is starting to make links between Bush and the Saudi royal family - more scary back-room deals that affect the average working American. Bush has a secret deal with the Saudis to influence the November elections by manipulating gas prices. This is over the line, but not unexpected from someone who had so much help in an illegal election in Florida four years ago.

We saw him stutter and sputter over legitimate questions as to mistakes he made during his reign. Let’s see him answer why he can’t affect record prices at the pump for the American people now, instead of for himself later simply to win an election.

Bush needs to ’fess up now to his secret dealings to manipulate the election, along with all the other atrocities, lies and cheats of his administration that are being ignored in the media - like the fact that America’s war in Iraq violates the Geneva Conventions. We are a rogue nation, and Bush made us so.

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Diane Kuschel
(address removed, but available at link)
Columbia, Missouri

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

I don't understand the "most secretive administration in history" thing. The charge is always leveled by people who claim to know absolutely everything about it.

Is there a list of presidential administrations ordered by "Secretiveness"? Which were the 10 least secretive administrations in US history? Was Millard Fillmore just a big blabbermouth or something?

[The kings dead]

George W. Bush’s administration has been correctly identified as one of the most secretive in U.S. history. He has rolled back civil rights, taken us to war unnecessarily - lying to the public about who is responsible for 9/11 - and taken citizens on a frightening course of destruction the major media refuse to explore.

He rolled back civil rights, took us to war, and took us on a frightening course of destruction ... secretively?? You'd think those would be hard secrets to keep.

[Petronski]

What are these people going to do when they lose in November?

[lilylangtree]

What rock has this Diane been hiding under? She never read the Saudi ambassador denial of allegations of oil price intereference. She never read that demoncRATS Carter and Clinton are the real culprits because they specifically requested the Saudis to interefere. She never read that the demoncRATS and communist al bore attempted to steal the 2000 election. Diane Schmiane is an idiot suffering from serious oxygen deprivation to the brain cells.

[The kings dead]

Was Millard Fillmore just a big blabbermouth or something?

A couple of strawberry daquiris and you couldn't shut him up.

[The kings dead]

Those'll calm your @ss down.

[Young Rhino]

She is using tax dollars to mobilize the Dimwits against Bush...someone should stop this b*tch.

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http://agebb.missouri.edu/news/queries/showall.idc?story_num=2485&iln=607

October 1, 2003



University lands 1-year contract
to train Missouri poll workers


Mary Leuci and Diane Kuschel have one year to orchestrate the training of an army. By early November 2004, they have to be ready for E Day - Election Day - when 20,000 poll workers must be mobilized and prepared to face millions of Missouri voters.

University of Missouri Outreach and Extension Community Development Program recently received a 12-month, $730,000 contract to train poll workers statewide under the federal Help Americans Vote Act, or HAVA.

"We are going to be drawing on the entire breadth of the university to do this," said Leuci, Community Development director. "We have people who are experienced in education including adult learning, and people who are experts in developing curricula. We have a lot of resources we can tap into."

Kuschel, who will coordinate the effort, envisions collaboration among faculty at all four UM campuses as well as university media specialists and extension personnel across Missouri. "Part of my responsibility is to gather faculty, technical support and other experts and direct the teams in development of training modules and evaluation," she said.

They'll need a lot of help to meet the federal requirements under the act. One is civil rights education for poll workers, including sensitivity training to assist voters with special needs, and "basic customer service techniques," Leuci said. "These poll workers will have to deal with more people in one day's time than most service employees ever do."

Betsy Byers is co-director of elections for the Missouri Secretary of State's Office, which oversees statewide elections in Missouri. "I can't think of anything in the election process more important than poll-worker training," she said. "They are the people who deal with the voters personally, and we rely on them to make sure elections go smoothly."

In the wake of Florida's electoral chaos in 2000, Congress has emphasized strict accounting and ballot security procedures, Leuci said. Also, some polling places might be switching to new technologies such as optical scanners or touch-screen voting, with which even many longtime poll workers are unfamiliar.

Poll workers' average age is about 70, Byers noted. "That's a generation of people that doesn't have a lot of computer skills. Some of them have never sat down at a computer. Even if they won't actually be working at computers, they'll need some skills for some of that technology."

Leuci noted that poll workers often toil for 14 hours or longer on Election Day. "There are a lot of complex ballots - sometimes dozens of different ballots in the same county." Poll workers of both major parties must be present at each polling place, she said. "That can make it very complicated."

Byers agreed. "They're under a lot of stress," she said, "and if their training makes them more comfortable with the system, they'll be able to handle it a lot better."

The project could have a positive impact on Missouri voting far beyond the 2004 election, Leuci said. "We want to develop a training package that can be used year after year, with some updating.

"As part of a land-grant university, we in extension have a focus on community decision-making and governance," she said. "What we hope is that we raise awareness and have people wanting to do this as a way to contribute to their country and locally. This is one of the most exciting projects I've had a chance to be involved in."

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Source: Sources: Mary Leuci (573) 882-2937; Diane Kuschel (573) 882-4657

[zarf]

.......litany of foul deeds

Did she write this phrase with a quill pen?

[The kings dead]

taken citizens on a frightening course of destruction

Isn't that the new Six Flags ride: A Frightening Course Of Destruction?

[ravingnutter]

Respected Watergate journalist Bob Woodward

LMAO!!!Respected????...ROTFLMAO!!!...Respected????...must regain composure....must regain composure...{Whew!}. Woodward was outed as a liar a long time ago....

Can You Trust Bob Woodward?

Christopher Hitchen's Book Review of Woodward's “Bush at War”

Weighing Sources Anonymous and Otherwise

Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - Book Review

In reference to the last link...it is pretty sad that Woodward is such a liar that someone writes a whole book about it!

[KEVLAR]

kuscheldg@missouri.edu

[RGSpincich]

This mentally unstable person is training poll workers? Oh boy. The avoidance of the appearance of impropriety only applies to Republicans, I guess.

[Mr. Jeeves]

President-select George W. Bush’s administration has been correctly identified as one of the most secretive in U.S. history.

By whom (that matters)?

He has rolled back civil rights,

How?

...taken us to war unnecessarily...

How?

- lying to the public about who is responsible for 9/11 -

When?

...and taken citizens on a frightening course of destruction the major media refuse to explore.

That's five accusations, all unsubstantiated by anything other than consensus Leftist opinion about what they've seen on television actually means. Must be some kind of record for one sentence.

[Cyber Ninja]

What a fine example of:

“Do you believe everything you read?
Just because it’s printed dose not make it true”

[Steve_Seattle]

"President-select George W. Bush’s administration has been correctly identified as one of the most secretive in U.S. history. He has rolled back civil rights, taken us to war unnecessarily - lying to the public about who is responsible for 9/11 - and taken citizens on a frightening course of destruction the major media refuse to explore."

Let's take her comments one-by-one:

1. "President-select" - The Supreme Court did not "select" Bush. It prohibited the Florida Supreme Court from re-writing election law after the election, letting stand the Florida vote and the re-count, both of which were won by Bush.

2. "One of the most secretive in U.S. history" - Based on what objective analysis, and by whom? No analysis, no research, by anyone, has been done to support this allegation. This is Dem talking points, not analysis or fact.

3. "Rolled back civil rights" - Which civil rights have been rolled-back? Possibly free speech (the campaign finance reform), but that was primarily a liberal Democrat/McCain crusade, not Bush's idea, and my bet is Ms. Dummo supports it. Yes, there are questions about the handling of a couple of the detainees under the Patriot Act, but that act was supported by a large majority of Congress. Moreover, the abuses of the Patriot Act pale in comparison to FDR's treatment of Japanese Americans, Lincoln's supension of civil rights, and government actions under Clinton at Waco. Nobody's perfect.

4. "Lying to the public about who is responsible for 9-11" - Bush has said al-Quaeda is responsible - is he wrong?

5. "A frightening course of destruction the major media has refused to explore" - The networks have not been covering the war, have not been critical of Bush? Newsweek didn't run a cover story about Bush's "fiasco" in Iraq?

To sum up: Everything in this paragraph is either false or unsubstantiated.

[tioga]

I hope someone sends this thread to her. Shatter her little delusional world.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Is there a list of presidential administrations ordered by "Secretiveness"? Which were the 10 least secretive administrations in US history?"

I make the same point in one of my posts, but you make it better. This talking point is tossed around as if it's based on some kind of objective analysis of the behavior of administrations. It's just liberal flapdoodle.

[goldstategop]

These people still live in a world with the clock frozen on 9/10. Its like the next day never happened and they could care less if the country's endangered as long as they get back in power.

[Mo1]

What are these people going to do when they loose in November?

Write more books ??

[UCANSEE2]

You do not understand the "NEW DEMOCRAT".

(1) You must prove anything you say to them that disagrees with their view.

(2)If you try to provide them with proof, written or oral, they are not required to listen to it. Even written proof is suspect if it disagrees with their view.

(3)You must respect them. It is law. They do not have to respect you, you have no rights.

(4) You must listen to them. You may not interrupt nor even speak.

(5)They do not have to listen to you. Ever.

(6)Anything they have seen in a trailer for the news, or a political ad is 100% guaranteed truth, and you must accept it because they do. They are not required to look up or provide any collateral proof whatsoever. They know everything, it is you that is stupid.

(7) They like to debate, as long as it is based on rules 1-7