Posted by cynicalderek at ky-richmond2b-190.rhmdky.adelphia.net on December 04, 2003 at 01:08:23:
In Reply to: The Top 7 Reasons NOT To Vote For George W. Bush.. posted by BrianWebber on December 04, 2003 at 00:37:51:
: All About George Bush
: 1. It appears that the Bush Administration has consistently misled the American public about Iraq , most significantly regarding Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction and his ties to al Queda and Osama bin Laden.
: http://www.fair.org/press-releases/beyond-niger.html
Whether or not he believed it or lied, Sadam needed to be taken care of anyway. Why is it that people like you will vilify your own president before you admit that sadam is a sick twisted fuck with sick twisted kids who HAD sick twisted torture and rape dungeons?
: 2. The Bush Administration's regressive environmental policies have lowered cleanliness standards for our air and water while allowing utility companies (many of whom are Bush campaign contributors) to profit off of the weakened regulations. In 2002, the head of the EPA's Office of Regulatory Enforcement resigned, complaining that the agency was “fighting a White House that seems determined to weaken the rules we are trying to enforce." (CNN, Aug. 22, 2002)
: The Bush Record on the Environment for 2003:
: http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003.asp
Hippies just won't be happy until we all live like fucking hillbillys, will they?
: 3. Bush is underfunding education. The President cut $200 million from his own No Child Left Behind Act, eliminating crucial educational programs for lower income children and cutting professional training for more than 20,000 teachers.
Oh, wait, you mean he withdrew money from schools systems that waste it. School systems that just get worse and turn out more and more idiots no matter how much money the government throws at the problem? Wow, that's really too bad.
: 4. The Bush Administration's Patriot Act threatens our constitutional rights and civil liberties. Passed by a post 9/11 Congress, the Patriot act expands the ability of law enforcement to conduct secret searches, and engage various forms of surveillance, including internet monitoring and wiretapping. It gives the FBI access to American citizens' highly personal medical, financial, mental health, and student records without notification or permission, and allows them to investigate individuals without probable cause of a crime. Finally, it permits non-citizens to be jailed based on mere suspicion and held indefinitely in six month increments without meaningful judicial review.
: http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207
I agree that the patriot act is a horrible idea to a certain degree. But I don't think that it will ever happen anyway. And let us also keep in mind that it has many democratic supporters as well as republican opposition.
: 5. Bush's Tax Cuts only benefit the rich. Bush claimed that his tax cut would “reduce tax rates for everyone who pays income tax.” He failed to mention that this “relief” program would put half of the tax cut's dividends into the hands of our nation's wealthiest 5%, while 8.1 million citizens in the bottom half of the income bracket receive approximately $300 a year.
: http://www.ctj.org/html/gwbfinal.htm
Well, hmmm, since the rich make most of the fucking money it makes sense that they would get more back than joe thousandaire. Oh my God, how terrible.
: 6. 3.3 million jobs (93,000 in August of 2003 alone) have been lost since Bush took office--more than the last 11 Presidents combined. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2001-August 2003) Meanwhile, huge corporations are paying fewer taxes than ever:
: http://www.cbpp.org/10-16-03tax.htm
Most analysts are predicting the economy will jump early next year. I guess we'll see.
: 7. Bush is underfunding homeland security : While energetic in waging war abroad, the Bush administration has been oddly lethargic in fortifying our defenses at home. Domestic security agencies have been neglected. Police and firefighters have been denied essential resources, and muddled public strategy has only spread alarm and confusion.
: http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=124&subsecid=900019&contentid=251895
If it wasn't for Bush, there would be NO fucking homeland security at all. It would be that pussy al gore saying, "I don't want no trouble fellas, come on in the White House and make yourselves at home."
: More Recommended Reading:
: The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, by Paul Krugman
: Dude, Where’s My Country?, by Michael Moore
: Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken
: The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder, by Mark Crispin Miller
: Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America, by Molly Ivins
: Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, by James Moore
: The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, by David Corn
: Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq, by Sheldon Rampton, John C. Stauben
You have a healthy dose of hippy books there. Why don't you throw in a book that isn't a smear campaign against the country? You know, just for shits and giggles.