-----Original Message-----
From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:56 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Bush resume
When the amount given to the RNC by these firms is 20 to 30 times as much
as the amount given by them to the DNC, that's sort of a hint where their
preferences lie.
of course it could be just my "Liberal" bias showing.
At 11:34 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
>Wow. And they probably didn't contribute to anyone else. All of their
cash
>went to Bush and not 1 dime to any of those leftwing folks. It is a
wonder
>how any liberals can afford to be elected, not taking any dirty money and
all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Bush resume
>
> If you look at which companies made large contributions to the Shrub
> campaign, what do you see? Mutual Funds, Accounting, Energy Firms etc.
>
> Is it just me or is there a real significant pattern developing.
>
> larry
>
> At 10:50 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
> >Why single out the Oil industry? Look at Mutual Funds, Accounting,
....
> >Again, I think that many people focus on one when it suits their
purpose,
> >ignoring the others because it diminishes their perspective.
> >
> >And boy are you tough. First he doesn't react and then he reacts too
> much.
> >So while he didn't cause the problem which all of us let happen
because we
> >were making lots of money and you refuse to blame those that caused
the
> >problem in the first place, you blame him for not being able to solve
the
> >problem in a way that suites you.
> >
> >Yup. Makes sense to me....
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:30 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Bush resume
> >
> > While there is a lot of truth in your comments, the underlying
theme is
> > that
> >Shrub, either through inaction or overreaction, allowed the problems
> on the
> >the original list to happen to a greater extent than should have
been.
> >
> > All other things aside, why are does he not lead the charge for
rooting
>out
> >the corruption in the oil industry? I'm sure you can agree on that
point.
>I
> >can't find one reason why those responsible should not be in jail
forever.
> >
> > - Matt Small
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andy Ousterhout
> > To: CF-Community
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:05 AM
> > Subject: RE: Bush resume
> >
> > I guess all the economists are wrong too. If it were not for
that
>damn
> >Bush:
> > 1 All of the world's ills would be cured.
> > 2. All of the excesses of the 90's would have retroactively
> >disappeared,
> > 3. All of those BAD business people who quickly realized
that
>BUSH
> >was
> > lax on businesses would not have been able to implement evil
business
> > practices SO quickly that it appeared that they had been
following
>them
> >since
> > the 90's
> > 4. Business would be ignoring the lower cost of labor in
other
> >countries
> > and would have continued to hire people who provided diminishing
> > value for
> >the
> > love of country(sorry, God's out)
> > 5. All of those foreigners who think that we suck would not
be
> >risking
> > life and limb to sneak into OUR country voluntarily work for,
god
>forbid,
> > below minimum wage, and send huge amounts of their paltry
earnings
> > back to
> > their highly advantaged family who stayed home to live a life of
>luxury.
> > 6. Yale's image would have remained untarnished
> >
> > My bad.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:39 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Bush resume
> >
> > Actually the statement that the economy is in a turnaround, is
more
>pie
> >in
> > the
> > sky. Jobs continue to be lost, prosecutions of those involved
in
> >business
> > fraud, and securities scams are still running at a less than
> >enthusiastic
> > rate.
> > Our borders are still insecure. Non-Mexican illegal
immigrants are
> >still
> > released into the streets after capture by the INS. His
energy and
>oil
> > patch
> > friends are still not being called to account for their
mis-deeds.
>Our
> > reputation internationally has sunk to a historic low. But I
do
> > have to
> > credit
> > him for this, he still has a fanatic following, and the big
bucks
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Ousterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:07 PM
> > Subject: RE: Bush resume
> >
> > | What is frightening is that those on the left continue to
read
>this
> >crap.
> > | Each and every point a continued hypocrisy by those who make
> them.
> > Clearly
> > | they don't believe in the glass house and rock thing....
> > |
> > | Just when will the wining end? The current batch of
competition
> >certainly
> > | isn't going to beat him, especially with the economy on the
> >turnaround.
> > The
> > | south continues to move to the right. Do you have it in you
to
> >continue
> > to
> > | b#$% and moan when he gets re-elected? If so, please work
on
> > some new
> > | material. Perhaps he can mispronounce some more words on
the way
>to
> > victory
> > | to keep you all entertained. That way you don't have to
> argue the
> >issues.
> > |
> > | Andy
> > |
> > | -----Original Message-----
> > | From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:17 PM
> > | To: CF-Community
> > | Subject: RE: Bush resume
> > |
> > |
> > | taken as a whole it is a truly frightening picture....
> > |
> > | -----Original Message-----
> > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:36 PM
> > | To: CF-Community
> > | Subject: Bush resume
> > |
> > | RESUME
> > |
> > | George W. Bush
> > |
> > | The White House,USA
> > |
> > | EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
> > |
> > | LAW ENFORCEMENT:
> > | 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. 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
> >right-wing
> > | friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay),
> I was
> >elected
> > | Governor of Texas.
> > |
> > | ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR:
> > | 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 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
> > | 12-month period.
> > |
> > | I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the
history
> > of the
> > | U.S. stock market.
> > |
> > | I am the first president in U.S. history to enter office
with a
> >criminal
> > | record.
> > |
> > | I set the 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 am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker
> > Buster," a
> > | WMD.
> > |
> > | In my State Of The Union Address, I lied about our reasons
for
> >attacking
> > | Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
> > |
> > | I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a
U.S.
> > | president.
> > |
> > | In my first year in office over 2-million Americans lost
their
>jobs
> >and
> > | that trend continues every month. I set the all-time
record for
> > most
> > | foreclosures in a 12-month period.
> > |
> > | I appointed more convicted criminals to administration
than any
> > | president in U.S. history.
> > |
> > | I set the record for least amount of press conferences
than any
> > | president since the advent of television.
> > |
> > | 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 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.
> > |
> > | 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've broken more international treaties than any president
in
>U.S.
> > | history.
> > |
> > | I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest
of any
> > | administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire,"
> > Condoleeza
> > | Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
> > |
> > | I am the first president in U.S. history to order an
> unprovoked,
> > | pre-emptive 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 created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest
> > bureaucracy
> >in
> > | the history of the United States government.
> > |
> > | 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 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. My political
party
>used
> >the
> > | 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
> >ripoffs
> > | in 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
> >am
> > | first president in history to have a majority of Europeans
> (71%)
> >view my
> > | presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and
security. I
> >changed
> > | the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
> >government
> > | contracts. I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to
bring
>Osama
> >Bin
> > | Laden and Saddam Hussein 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
> > |
> > | Send this to every voter you know.
> > |
> > | _____
> > |
> > |
> > |
> > |
> >
> >
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