Yeah, I can see how 7 minutes would have made a HUGE difference.
Wow...Talk about not "getting it". Is there anything that Bush could do that you wouldn't bash? Wait, of course there isn't.
Oh, let's give puppet boy some slack for sitting there like a dummy for 7 minutes while our nation was under attack...
but , sorry I can't excuse:
Lies about weapons of mass destruction
The outing of Valerie Plame
Social Insecuity Plan
Botched Drug Benefit Plan
Gasoline at an all time high
Paid "Journalist" to report favorably on Bush Administration's platform
Neglect of Global Warming and other enviromental problems (as stated by EPA leaders)
Cutting rights of 6 million workers to overtime pay
Taking a surplus and turning it into skyrocketing national DEBT.
His party changing ethics rules to protect Tom Delay
Spying on American Citizens without a warrent
Creating the Patriot Act which invades American Citizens right to privacy (giving unrestrained access to library records, banking records and more)
Lack of enough troops in Afganastan - leaving a half done job and Osama still at large (10,000 troops at it's height...But the Bush 2nd inauguration merited at least 8,500 soldiers and police officers...)
"loyalty oath" to be signed by citizens before allowing them into his so-called "town hall" meetings.
Skyrocketing debt, but TAX CUTS for the WEALTHY in time of war.
Millions in tax breaks to Oil Companies, who are having record profits!
Underfunded No Child Left Behind, creating legal requirements for states that can not finance them.
Failure of timely repsonse to Hurrican Katrina.
Attempt to coverup fraud related to Hurricane Katrina (On Oct. 19, 2005 the Republican majority in the Senate defeated the Dorgan Amendment 44 to 54 which would have created a committee to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq and hurricane relief contracts. The vote went along party lines with Democrats favoring an investigation and Republicans preferring cover up the fraud. (No surprise that Republican Bill Frist, who is being investigated for insider trading, voted against the amendment).
The Bush Administration and the Republicans are plagued by corruption at the highest levels. (this was also partially discussed in Failure #5) The Vice Presidents Chief of Staff, The Bush Administrations top advisor, The Senate Republican Majority Leader and the House Republican Majority Leader are ALL being investigated for criminal activity.
No bid contracts in Iraq and Katrina. Fraud that results, and coverups and inaction when fraud revealed.
More Secretive Agencies and Financial WASTE Being Created By the Republicans under the Bush Administration .
Republican Senator, Richard Burr has proposed a new law to create a new government agency (gee, we need more of those
) to partner with drug companies to combat biological terrors both manufactured and natural.
The bill is co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (the doctor that is being investigated for insider trading and whose family just happens to own a very profitable health care company
gee, wouldnt that be conflict of interest?), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg and Senator Lamar Alexander. ALL Republicans.
So whats wrong with that you might ask?
1. We have a huge deficit in this country and Burr wants to make it more by adding just for starters one Billion to it to create this NEW agency.
2. We already HAVE agencies to combat national health threats The Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health both which , by the way, had their funding CUT by the Bush Administration just this year!
3. According to the Republican plan for this agency it would have a blanket EXEMPTION from the federal Freedom of Information Act. Thats right, ALL their dealings (contracts, money, actual work
if any
would be done in TOTAL SECRET.) Did you know that not even the CIA or the Department of Homeland Security has a blanket exemption?
4. The agency would have the power to SHIELD drug manufacturers from liability lawsuits in the event that a drug used to counteract a bioterrorism event or disease outbreak caused death or injury.
5. The bill also would allow Health and Human Services to sign exclusive sales contracts with manufacturers for a particular product. It would forbid government purchases of generic versions of such new drugs or vaccines as well as public sales of the products for use as countermeasures.
George W Bush thinks he is above the law and condones the use of torture.
Prison Scandles
Four years later and not a single Iraqi unit trained to take over Iraqi's security. Not a single unit.
Allowing foreign ownership of vital operations related to American national security.
Secrecy, incompetence, fraud, corruption, limiting free speech, propaganda, a culture of favoring corporate business over the American people and at the expense of National Security. The TAX AND STEAL administration.