“I believe that the president’s leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers.” —House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

One of the Emperor’s particularly nasty minions, the House Majority leader [Tom DeLay], responded:

“Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric. She apparently is so caught up in partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American lives at risk.”

(Source: CNN)

That’s right, folks, it’s now official: criticize our so-called President and you are endangering American lives.

But a better president than Dubya said this:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” – Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

I suggest the following meme: Everyone who is so inclined, write down that Roosevelt quote on a postcard and send it to the dear House Majority Leader at either of the following addresses:

The Hon. Tom DeLay
242 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515

The Hon. Tom DeLay
Office of the House Majority Leader
H-107 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515

Then post this info in your journal and see if we can generate a big, fat reminder that dissent and criticism are not treason.

Dear Friend,
I believe that ALL Americans, including gays and lesbians, deserve the rights, responsibilities, and privileges that come with marriage. And right now, we have an unprecedented opportunity to make that dream a reality. Please, join me in adding your voice to a million voices raised in support of civil marriage for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender couples at www.MillionForMarriage.org.

This week, it’s especially important that we reach 200,000 signatures – right-wing extremists are lobbying Congress right now during their so-called “Marriage Protection Week.” Please, help drown out their anti-GLBT voices!

http://www.millionformarriage.org

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The Record of George W. Bush

• I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver’s license suspended for 30 days.
• My Texas driving record has been “lost” and is not available.

MILITARY:

• I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.
• I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use.
• By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE:

• I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
• I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

• I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
• I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975.
• I bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas.
• The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
• I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
• With the help of my father and our rightwing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

• I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
• During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog ridden city in America.
• I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
• I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
• With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father’s appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

• I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
• I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
• I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
• I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
• I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12month period.
• I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12month period.
• I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
• In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.
• I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history.
• My “poorest millionaire,” Condoleezza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
• I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.President.
• I am the all-time U.S. and world record holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
• My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.
• My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
• I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution.
• More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
• I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
• I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
• I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
• I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.
• I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
• I’ve broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
• I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
• I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
• I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. “prisoners of war” detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
• I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
• I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
• I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one year period.
• After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
• I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
• I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
• I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, preemptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
• I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families in war time.
• In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends
• I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
• I am supporting development of a nuclear “Tactical Bunker Buster,” a WMD.
• I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

• All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father’s library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
• All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
• All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW

Written by:
Teri Noel Towe

Of Counsel
Ganz & Hollinger, P. C.
1394 Third Avenue,
New York, NY 10021-0404
212-517-5500
212-772-2216 (Telefax)

This post is important.

My brain seems to be dulled. That’s alright, I have a feeling that it’s regenerating in preperation for something big.

My research of Southeast Michigan’s transportation systems has begun. I’m more and more feeling that this was a Decision.

I have the odd desire to print more stuff out. I have no idea what I’d want to print. Huh. I need to find a decent stapeler.

That’s it for me tonight. Bed soon.

Leave No President Behind

Grade the State of the Union Address,
Then Send the President His Report Card

It started off as a good idea. The constitution requires the President “from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union.” Unfortunately, the State of the Union address has become an annual spectacle filled with spin and distortion punctuated by thunderous applause from the President’s people. Somehow the real “state of the union” never really gets discussed, not even “from time to time.”

Maybe the problem is that Presidents don’t know what we think about these speeches. Maybe all they hear is the applause and raves from their staff and donors so they think they’ve done a good job.

This year we want to change that. We’ve created a report card for you to use to grade the President’s performance. He says he likes testing and accountability, so he should appreciate this. It’s easy, just print out this page and give him a grade from A to F for each section while you watch his speech. When you’re done, share his test results with him by just dropping it in the mail to the White House (address at the bottom).

Preparing for the State of the Union,

Andrew Greenblatt
Head Geek, TrueMajority.org

P.S. For a nicer printout you can get a PDF version here:
http://action.truemajority.org/ctt.asp?u=399787&l=272