The Record of George W. Bush

Remember the last presidents record?

Those that do not remember history are doomed to repeat it
- George Santayana in "Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense" -1905


M Ramsdell
Sept 2006

This was originally posted in September 2006 for the election of that year. I know that a lot has changed since then, but given the current political environment I believe it is necessary to remember the some of the causes of our current situation. Some of the links are not functioning. I will be repairing them and updating this over the next few months. I will also begin to add new information...

The let the history decide, not pundits from Fox News or CNN. It's is time for history to judge, now... Does any of this speak for itself? Here are some links to news, video and pictures that are below this. Read the news, and let the videos buffer for a minute of two.

How much of this do you know about? -- If you don't know, why not?

Watch with an open mind. Most of this, everyone will have to agree, happened as presented. This is not complete but you can always look up more to read and watch.

Go through a little at a time there is a lot here..
In my opinion everyone needs to think critically about this. Everyone.

See for yourself. Click on some of the links...
The video links work best with a high speed hook-up

MR

Special thanks to Google, Google video, MSNBC, You Tube, Shoutwire, CNN.Com, The Washington Post, The NY times, Fox News, Wikinews, Mother Jones, The Center for Cooperative Research, the Heritage Foundation, the White House.gov and many others.

I found all this work critical; please don't sue me for directing people to your fine efforts. I have no money only debt.

Extra special thanks for the Constitution of the United States, The First Amendment of that Constitution, and readers like you.

P.S. I never voted for Clinton or Gore... I swear to that.

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What do you think about the Bush record?














September 11, 2001?

Bush in the Classroom 9/11 (Video)
What to do, What to do? What was he thinking? If you only watch one George W Bush video make sure that it is this one and that is in real time. If you only watch one video on this site please watch this one.

George Bush on the Day of 9/11/2001 (Link)
An account of what he did do on this day.

Bush Defends Assertions of Iraq-Al Qaeda Relationship (Link)
"The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda: because there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda," Bush said after a Cabinet meeting.

As evidence, he cited Iraqi intelligence officers' meeting with bin Laden in Sudan. "There's numerous contacts between the two," Bush said. --Friday, June 18, 2004;

While not explicitly declaring Iraqi culpability in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, administration officials did, at various times, imply a link. In late 2001, Cheney said it was "pretty well confirmed" that attack mastermind Mohamed Atta had met with a senior Iraqi intelligence official. Later, Cheney called Iraq the "geographic base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11." Beyond the Sept. 11 attacks, administration officials have also suggested that there had been cooperation between Iraq and al Qaeda that went beyond contacts. Bush last year called Hussein "an ally of al Qaeda." Just this Monday, Cheney said Hussein "had long-established ties with al Qaeda." Washington Post Friday, June 18, 2004

Bush Now Says Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ To Do With 9/11 (Video)
WMD's no WMD'S? Did help alQueda, didn’t help alQueda.
No Nation building, Yes nation building

Complete 911 Timeline (Link)
The most complete history very heavily referenced.

The 9/11 Commission Report (This is the Report)
The complete offical report -- a very big adode reader pdf file you can look at or save.


Osama Bin Laden?

Q. But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him. March 13, 2002

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Found at:

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/13/bush.transcript/

Bush compares Bin Laden to Hitler (Link)
"Underestimating the words of evil and ambitious men is a terrible mistake," he said as he quoted extensively from Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures. - Tuesday, 5 September 2006

C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden -- (Link)
Published: July 4, 2006
If he is all that then why did you stop looking for him on the "Fourth of July"
Because our country celebrates freedom on that day?

Where's Osama bin Laden?
Many US experts believe he no longer runs Al Qaeda.

Losing Afghanistan (New Link)
Five years after the Afghan invasion, the Taliban are fighting back hard, carving out a sanctuary where they - and al Qaeda's leaders - can operate freely.

Iraq?

Bush Gives Medal of Freedom to 'Pivotal' Iraq Figures - (Link)

President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tommy Franks, the Army general who led the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq; former CIA director George Tenet, who told Bush it was a "slam dunk" that Iraq still had weapons of mass destruction; and L. Paul Bremer, who presided over the first 14 months of Iraq reconstruction.


Past recipients have included Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks and Pope John Paul II

Found at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63623-2004Dec14.html


Mission Accomplished (Picture)
The banner was not my idea..

Misleading and Inaccurate Public Statements
Compiled from Public Sources (Link)
This website contains a collection of misleading and inaccurate public statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq. The source of this information is a report created by the US House Committee on Government Reform. The statements are sorted by person.

http://www.bushoniraq.com/
http://www.bushoniraq.com/iraq_on_the_record_rep.pdf


Lie by Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold: August 1990 to March 2003 (Link)
The first drafts of history are fragmentary. Important revelations arrive late, and out of order. In this timeline, Mother Jones assembled the history of the Iraq War to create a resource we hope will help resolve open questions of the Bush era. What did our leaders know and when did they know it? And, perhaps just as important, what red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them? This is the first installment in our Iraq War timeline project.
Lie By Lie: How to Use this Timeline

Health situation in Iraq (Link)
How is it going?

Pentagon Gives Gloomy Iraq Report - Saturday, September 02, 2006 (Link)
How’s is it going? This is Fox news report version -- even this is gloomy

Pentagon Warns Congress, Iraq on Verge of Civil War (Link)
Just to fact check Fox News...

Bush unswayed by Iraq war report (Link)
Its all good...

Military waste under fire $1 trillion missing
-- Bush plan targets Pentagon accounting (Link)
As good as place as any to start looking...

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Its Aftermath (Link)
Collection of 73 General Accounting Office Reports.

Report Details Errors Before War (Link)
The long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee report released yesterday sheds new light on why U.S. intelligence agencies provided inaccurate prewar information about Saddam Hussein - September 9, 2006

Iraq’s Anbar province a lost cause? (New Link)
Intelligence report pessimistic about controlling western province. - Sept 12, 2006

Is the government honest about attacks on troops? (New Link)
Disputed number of attacks on U.S. Troops daily estimates hidden from American public?


Katrina?

President Bush Promises Help After Hurricane Katrina (video)
He said they were ready. Before...

Michael D. Brown (link)
Symbolic or fall guy?

President Arrives in Alabama, Briefed on Hurricane Katrina (Link)
Heck of job Brownie...

Bush Lies about Katrina (Video)
If you only watch one Katrina video watch this one. No one could have expected this?



Report: Katrina response a 'failure of leadership' (Link)
U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican of Connecticut and committee member, said Monday that the report is "very tough on the president, it's very tough on the Department of Homeland Security. It's a blistering report. But I think it's fair."

Senators hear 'shocking examples' of FEMA waste
Keep in mind, when talking to Senators about waste its hard to shock them, they know waste.

New Orleans Braces for Monster Hurricane (New Link)
Monday, August 29, 2005; Posted: 12:10 a.m.
Crescent City under evacuation; storm may overwhelm levees
"New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared a state of emergency Sunday and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city."




President George W. Bush joins Arizona Senator John McCain in a small celebration of McCain's 69th birthday Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.
(Photo)

Tuesday, August 30 2005.(ap)- President Bush plays guitar with country singer Country Singer Mark Wills. (New Photo)

Hurricane Katrina Timeline (Link)
The Most Complete History heavily referenced.



Security?

U.S.-Mexico Border Woes (link)
What's the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border? Who’s been in charge of that?

Emergency Declared at U.S. Southern Border (Link)
Declaration of states of emergency by the governors of New Mexico and Arizona, by Fox News

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee (Link)
Despite these bold efforts, we recognize that the current situation is in desperate need of repair. -- October 18, 2005

CRS Report for Congress -- June 2, 2005 (Link)
Report, covering trade, migration/border, drug trafficking, and political issues.
What has happened with any of this?


Bush, Congress clash over ports sale (Link)
President Bush on Tuesday defended a deal that would let a United Arab Emirates-based company run some key U.S. seaports, telling reporters that he would veto any bill to hold up the agreement. -- Wednesday, February 22, 2006;


Time to Rethink Airport Security (Link)
Although well-intentioned, much of the effort to enhance aviation security since September 11, 2001, has done little to make the skies significantly safer. Despite large amounts of taxpayers’ money and pas?sengers’ time, little has been accomplished that actu?ally increases aviation security. The time has come for Congress to start over and mandate a new approach. - July 26, 2006

President George W. Bush: Wiretap Speech Clip (New Video)
Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap...

American Bar Association Resolution #302 - (Large PDF File)
The American Bar Association calls upon the President to abide by the limitations which the Constitution imposes on a president under our system of checks and balances and respect the essential roles of the Congress and the judicial branch in ensuring that our national security is protected in a manner consistent with constitutional guarantees. - Feb 13th 2006

Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law (New Link)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said... that the administration would do all it could to continue an eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of the federal court. New York Times- August 18, 2006

U.S. violent crime rose in 2005, may keep going up (New Link)
The number of violent crimes in the United States jumped 2.3 percent in 2005 and a senior Justice Department official said on Monday it may keep rising this year - Sep 18, 2006

Violent Crime in 2006?
Nationwide, violent crime in the U.S. increased 1.3 percent. The stats...show a rise in violent crime for the second straight year. The increase, however, is less than the 2.3 percent figure reported for 2005 and the 3.7 percent increase reflected in the preliminary six-month report for 2006 released in December.



Are these a problem?

One Fingered salute (Video)
What do I think of you, why your number one!!!

Neither do we.... (Video)
We never stop thinking about what?

"Bushisms" (Video)
Can I speak?

All the Presidents words by Steven Colbert (Video)
A large collection of key soundbites...

Gay Marrage? (Video)
This depends on your perspectives and who you kiss and hold hands with.

Joe Lieberman Lies About Bush Kiss (Video)
The right does support Liberman

"Dubya and 'Dullah, Sittin' in a Tree..." (Link)
Better shot of walk through the blue bonnets holding hands. (more here)

You May Now Kiss The Bride. (Link)
All depends on who you kiss I guess...

Abdulla Yields To President Bush (Link)
This site has gotta be fake right? But there is another picture of the kiss.

George Bush and Baldheads (Video)
Next up Benny Hill... Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Mission Accomplished (Video)
God Help us in a music video form, listen to the words and give it a minute or more
Ok there might be some opinions expressed here but are they wrong?


Whose fault is it?

Bush I'm the Decider (Video)
Who should we Blame? This is the answer.
Well and those who blindly support him with out question...


I am voting for this guy...

Bush Getting Owned (Video)
An angry politician is apparently pissed off about the past several years, why is no one else?

Politicians take note; I am angry and will be voting for this guy, or someone like him.

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