Ok, I have a question. I really do not understand this list.
Quote:
George W. Bush's 50 greatest accomplishments as president:
ok, let's start from the top, shall we?
4. I set a record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period. How did Bush set the record for most personal bankruptcies? That doesn't even make sense.
5. I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market. How did Bush set the record for the biggest drop in the stock market? Doesn't "setting a record" imply paticipation in the event?
6. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. Who? Am I out of the loop? Is this an obscure reference, or is it something I should know?
9. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history on September 11. How would not having taken a month long vacation the previous month prevented 9-11?
10. I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by an president in U.S. history. Why is this a bad thing?
11. In my first three years in office over 11.2 million Americans lost their jobs, a new record. What action of Bush's caused this?
15. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. Which energy crisis, and when? I honestly don't remember. Was this back when California was having rollong blackouts? I can't remember if he was in office then or not. What was the corruption?
16. I cut more health-care benefits for war veterans than any U.S. president. What benefits were cut, and by how much, and when? Did Kerry vote for these cuts too?
Anyway, it would take me hours to single out all of these allegations and ask specific questions about them, and to be quite frank, I don't have the energy nor the concern.
but seriously, I'm wondering where stuff like this comes from with no supporting evidence, or even a hint at what is being alledged. I'd at least like to know what exactly was done/said/not done/or otherwise for each of the 50 items listed so that I might know if they are true, false, or spun.
As a compromise, I will say this:
41. I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in U.S. history. Although this is referring to something completely different than what I am thinking about, I don;t believe he has removed more freedoms and civil liberties than any other president, but he's definately working on it.
I don't agree with Bush on a lot of things, especially when it comes to domestic policy. I am far from being a right-wing conservative as well. But, when it comes to Bush's foriegn policy, I agree with 95% of what I know about.
In this time in our world, I'd say that temporarily outweighs a few of the civil liberties and freedoms we have in order to be able to have the ability to keep those civil liberties and freedoms.