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Why Progressives Hate George Bush?

September 27, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 263 Views

By any objective standard, this administration is a dismal failure and has made a mockery of all the things I love about America. Things like fair elections, habeus corpus, privacy, separation of church and state, care for the less fortunate, protecting our homeland, respecting the environment, curbing the power of corporations, standing for human rights, transparency in government, respect for our military, and so many many more. Bush is steering our country back to the pre-New Deal rich-man’s playground of the Robber Baron era, while simultaneously squandering any post-9/11 worldwide goodwill and alienating what few allies we have left.

Corruption Politics

White House May Have Torpedoed Abramoff Corruption Probe

September 27, 2005 B. John 263 Views abramoff, Corruption, investigation, justice department, lobbyist, probe, U.S. Attorney

In November 2002, the U.S. attorney in Guam, Frederick A. Black, notified Justice Department officials that he was opening an investigation into Jack Abramoff’s lobbying activities with Guam judges. Days later, Black was demoted and barred from pursuing public corruption cases, ending his investigation.

Corruption Politics

You're Still Paying Mike Brown's FEMA Salary

September 27, 2005 B. John 238 Views brownie, Bush, Corruption, FEMA, Mike Brown, political payoff, Politics, president, W

Mike Brown may have resigned earlier this month as FEMA director amid intense public criticism, but taxpayers are still paying his salary. Brown remains on the FEMA payroll as a consultant so that the agency can receive a “proper download of his experience.”

Congress Corruption Politics

Congress Wants More Giveaways to Big Oil

September 27, 2005 B. John 271 Views alternative fuels, big oil, Congress, conservation, Corruption, giveaways, hurricane, hydrogen, idiocy, idiot, Katrina, oil, oil shortage, stupid

Bush’s allies in Congress are using high gas prices as another excuse for massive giveaways to the oil industry. The Los Angeles Times reports that conservative “leaders in Congress announced plans to introduce new legislation or amend existing measures to bestow more tax breaks on the industry and provide other incentives left out of the big energy bill Bush signed into law in August.”

Politics War

Army Captain Alleges Systematic Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners

September 27, 2005 B. John 203 Views abu graib, army, criminal, illegal, Iraq, military, prisoner abuse, torture, U.S. Government, War

Time magazine yesterday revealed new allegations of “systematic abuse” of Iraqi detainees made by a “decorated former Captain in the Army?s 82nd Airborne Division.” For months, Capt. Ian Fishback said, U.S. soldiers were directed “to conduct daily beatings of prisoners prior to questioning.”

Politics

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

September 27, 2005 B. John 235 Views Bush, conservation, conserve, gas crisis, idiot, president, save, Travel, U.S., W

Bush’s comments yesterday — encouraging the country to skip non-essential trips — raised questions about his own recent travel habits. Today, Bush embarks on his seventh trip to the Gulf Coast this month.

Politics War

Bush's Appeal for Private Contributions to Iraq

September 26, 2005 B. John 210 Views Bush, freepers, Iraq, money, Politics, private contributions, stupid, War, white house

You will be happy to know that the President’s appeal for private contributions to help Iraq has been met with a grand total of about $600.

Corruption Election Politics

Defining Characteristics of Facist Governments – Scary

September 23, 2005 B. John 214 Views Bush, corrurption, cronyism, Election, elections, facism, facist, government, stolen, white house

The reconstruction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama provides a fascinating picture of how the Bush administration actually works. His government represents an odd melding of corporatism and cronyism, more in tune with the workings of 1930s Italy or Spain. In fact, if one looks at fascist regimes of the 20th century, it is appears that the Bush administration draws more from these sources than traditional conservatism.

Congress Corruption Politics Society

Katrina: Republican Excuse to Continue Regressive Agenda

September 22, 2005 B. John 302 Views arrogant, christian, Congress, conservation, cronies, environmental protection, humanities, immoral, jesus, medicaid, medicare, moral, national endowment for the humanities, national public radio, NPR, oil, oil companies, progressive, protections, regressive, republicans, stupid, tax cuts, thoughtless, wealthy

With great fanfare, and recalling the “Gingrich Revolution” of the 1990s, House conservatives yesterday proposed a broad set of spending cuts they said would help offset the costs of the Katrina reconstruction effort. Their plan reduces the budget by $500 billion over 10 years, and does so in large part by dismantling programs that invest in middle- and working-class Americans.

Corruption Politics War

Haliburton Taking Good Care of Our Troops

September 21, 2005 B. John 253 Views cheney, Corruption, dick, drinking water, haliburton, Iraq, sewage, sick, troops, vice president, War, white house

Not only did Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary serve U.S. troops in Iraq spoiled food (sometimes a year past the expiration date), but also contaminated water from Iraq’s Euphrates River, containing “numerous pathogenic organisms” at nearly two times the normal contamination levels of untreated water. “[R]aw sewage is routinely dumped less than two miles from the water intake location.”

Congress Corruption Politics

Texas Rep. Joe Barton Finds Silver Lining of Katrina Disaster

September 21, 2005 B. John 242 Views Congress, failed policies, offshore drilling, offshore oil drilling, oil, Rep Joe Barton, texas

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, lawmakers of all political stripes have used the “political climate suddenly altered by the hurricane to try to advance long-stalled, sometimes controversial initiatives.” For example, Texas conservative Rep. Joe L. Barton is once again fighting to open up fragile coastal regions to offshore oil drilling, an idea that languished in Congress earlier this year.