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<DIV>>>As for the vitreolic spin be passed around down here by =
extreme
left-wing democrats. Bring on the salt. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With all due respect, who needs =
salt? Or
lies, for that matter?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fiscal Conservative</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Social Liberal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Independent Voter</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=anrebe@zianet.com href="mailto:anrebe@zianet.com">Andrew =
& Rebeca
Anderson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, =
2004 9:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Political =
Questions ( very
OT - feel free to delete )</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Jim:<BR>As a dual citizen who follows Canadian politics =
I am
relieved that the silliest man to ever lead a civilized nation has =
been
retired. I hope for Canada's sake they don't put another =
pathological
drunk in.<BR><BR>As for the vitreolic spin be passed around down here =
by
extreme left-wing democrats. Bring on the salt. What is =
surprising
is how many lies they think they can get away with. But =
then...wasn't it
Goebbels that said to the effect that for a lie to succeed it must be =
told
boldly and often? The author apparently wasn't very bold though, =
he/she
didn't put a name to this piece of =
propaganda.0<BR><BR>T.M.W.R.T.C.N.D. (The
Man Who RunsThe Country Next Door) - <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I. Subject: GWB - =
<B>Presidential
Resume<BR></B><BR>EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:<BR> <BR>LAW
ENFORCEMENT:<BR>I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for =
driving
under the<BR>influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and =
had my
driver's<BR>license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record =
has been
"lost"<BR>and is not available.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Could add, "I joined =
Alcoholics Anonymous and kicked drinking. This also introduced =
me to
Christianity and I became a born-again-Christian.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>MILITARY:<BR>I =
joined the
Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take<BR>a drug =
test or
answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the<BR>Texas Air =
National
Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.<BR> =
</BLOCKQUOTE>The
AWOL charge is a proven falsehood but is sooo juicy to =
hate-filled-democrats
that they won't drop it.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">COLLEGE:<BR>I =
graduated from Yale
University with a low C average. I was
a<BR>cheerleader.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Anyone who is admitted to the Yale =
School of
Business is above average. (A student from that time reported =
that the
Prince of Wales applied and was denied admission at the same time Bush =
was
admitted. Oh, and his father was a lowly congressmen at the time =
and a
member of a political party despised by the Yale elitists.) The =
few who
don't wash-out are super-above-average. If they graduate with a =
C they
are the average of the above.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>PAST WORK =
EXPERIENCE:<BR>I
ran for U.S. Congress and lost.<BR> <BR>I began my career in =
the oil
business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I<BR>bought an oil company, but =
couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company<BR>went bankrupt shortly =
after I
sold all my stock.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>That is, super-low oil prices =
from an OPEC
afraid it would lose control over the market actually worked =
effectively to
destroy domestic production where the costs are higher.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I bought the =
Texas Rangers
baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took<BR>land using taxpayer
money.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>All stadiums etc. involve taxpayers =
money. If you
don't like that (I don't) you're in the minority of the =
electorate.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>With the help of =
my father
and our right-wing friends in the oil<BR>industry (including Enron =
CEO Ken
Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Uh-huh, and =
with the
help of big-insurance etc. Kerry got elected to the senate where he
shamelessly voted on behalf of his big-money-contributors. =
<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>ACCOMPLISHMENTS =
AS GOVERNOR
OF TEXAS:<BR>I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil
companies, making<BR>Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Really? Statistics are available from the EPA =
website.
Falsehood can be juicier than the truth especially if you want to =
believe
it.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>During my =
tenure, Houston
replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden<BR>city in
America.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Addressed above.<BR><BR>BTW when California =
was
experiencing its power snafu it had power plants running idle. =
The now
ex-governor wouldn't let them run because they were too =
polluting.
Instead they bought power from a plant in Texas that is usually idle =
for the
same reason. It usually is a short-term backup for other, newer =
plants
undergoing maintenance. Upon their insistence it was started up =
and then
the daily EPA fines were passed on in the bill. Yep, the =
Californians
screamed bloody murder and charged price gouging. A charge that =
was
dismissed in court. So why doesn't California have more modern =
power
plants of its own? Because of NIMBYism. The price in =
the
form of political bribery, law suits, and environmentalist group =
bribery is
higher than the return on the business.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I cut taxes and =
bankrupted
the Texas treasury to the tune of billions<BR>in borrowed
money.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It seems a certain political party is out to =
try to
achieve what the NDP in Canada and the Communists in eastern europe =
have
already proven impossible. The power to tax is the power to
destroy. The higher the tax the slower the economy until it =
stops like
it did in British Columbia where the NDP where booted out in a =
super-landslide
election. In Russia they went to a flat tax that is much lower =
then ours
and tripled their revenue in a matter of months. Now they watch =
bemused
while some of us are hell-bent to reinvent the broken wheel they
abandoned.<BR>Democrats love to hate Reagon. Problem is his tax
principles were also Kennedy's and they worked. The economy he =
started
survived the Gulf War with the slightest blip (big enough to elect =
Clinton)
and powered through most of the two Clinton administrations despite =
the
imposition of high taxes. High taxes did take their toll and it =
is
official, the recession started during the Clinton's last years. =
Usually
there is some lag time and the next president gets blamed for the =
results of
the previous president's incompetence. Then there was 9-11 and =
the
corporate scandals. Unlike Democrats in bed with the big-money
contributors, Bush bit the hand that gave and sicked the justice =
department on
the wrong-doers and those wheels are still turning.<BR>Bush saw that =
desperate
measures were necessary and he window dressed a huge tax cut. I =
say
window-dressed because until the "Alternative Minimum" tax is dealt =
with the
other is largely fictitious. All those early refund checks =
kicked in and
wow, Bush will get blamed for the improving economy in his own
presidency. I personally didn't think such a large ship could be =
turned
around so quickly.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the record =
for the
most executions by any governor in =
American<BR>history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>That
has more to do with more obscure judicial history in Texas than it =
does with
his administration. A lot of appeals were opened up in the past =
by some
judicial decisions. They had exhausted their course during his
administration. The appeals process takes much longer than a =
governor's
term lasts. Come on now does this spin-monger think we're that
stupid?<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>With the help of =
my brother,
the governor of Florida, and my father's<BR>appointments to the =
Supreme
Court, I became President after losing by<BR>over 500,000
votes.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Presidents are not elected by popular vote
nationwide. They are elected by popular vote state-wide. =
The
winner takes all the state's electoral votes which are apportioned =
every ten
years in the census. <BR>In Florida there was an attempt to =
steal the
election by the Democrat party. The votes were being recounted =
over and
over again in the hopes that local election judges could somehow pull =
off a
coup. This was properly thrown out by the Florida Supreme court =
and then
by the US Supreme Court. I have been an election judge and I =
know very
well what was going on there.<BR>After the court decisions a lot of =
news
organizations went in and funded a private un-official recount to =
determine
who actually won. They came back rather crestfallen with the =
report
that, under rules even more generous than the whining Gore had wanted, =
Bush
still won Florida handily with a good margin.<BR>The democrat party =
has
elevated stealing elections to an art-form in places like Chicago
Illinois. This is getting harder to do as the equipment gets =
better and
they're getting caught more often now. By the way, the only way =
to get a
hanging chad with a punch card system is to stuff more than one ballet =
at a
time into the machine. Tried it. Think about that for a
while...<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>ACCOMPLISHMENTS =
AS
PRESIDENT:<BR>I am the first President in U.S. history to enter =
office with
a<BR>criminal record.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Huh? What criminal =
record? That
would prevent his candidacy and Democrats would have been quick if =
there
really was one.<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I invaded and =
occupied two
countries at a continuing cost of over one<BR>billion dollars per
week.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Afganistan<BR>How quickly we forget 9-11. =
If there
were a Democrat in the oval office this would be a regular occurrence =
like the
bombing of the twin towers etc, according to this writer's =
logic. Come
to think of it, there were a lot of terrorist strikes during the =
Clinton years
and all we did was lob missiles at empty buildings.<BR><BR>Iraq<BR>As =
for
Iraq, is anyone concerned about the UNs credibility? The only =
world
leader willing to do something about Saddam's ceasefire agreement =
violations
and all the ignored UN resolutions was Bush (well not quite, GB Poland =
and
many others stood up too). All Sadam had to do was to abide by =
his
agreement, stand back and let the inspectors do their work. Uday =
and
Qusay could still be raping dissadents wives and daughters if he =
had.
Yes Iraqi dissadents probably did lie to us to get us off of our =
duffs.
Oh well, someone had to kick us into action.<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I spent the U.S. =
surplus and
effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The =
"surplus" was an
accounting fiction perpetrated by a Clinton White-house in search of a =
legacy. The national debt continued to rise during the Clinton
years. During good times congress should run small budgetary =
surpluses
and during bad times deficits are good for the economy. In fact =
there is
a line of thinking among contrarian economists that embraces deficits =
on the
national level. (You have to remember that the money you are =
spending is
an elaborate fiction and that the way it works has nothing to do with =
the old
view of scales and weights.) On a national scale the debt is an
interesting fiction that is not entirely without consequences. =
"Secrets
of the Temple" is a worthwile tome to read if you want to understand
this.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I shattered the =
record for
the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.</BLOCKQUOTE>False in =
per-capita or
inflation adjusted dollars, we've run higher deficits in war time in =
the
past.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set an =
economic record for
most private bankruptcies filed in any<BR>12-month =
period.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>He
didn't overspend his means and then find himself unable to pay his =
debts when
business was slow. A bunch of over-optimistic individuals did =
despite
severe warnings about our general lack of savings over the past
decade.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the =
all-time record
for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The one =
does
follow the other. ;-)<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the =
all-time record
for the biggest drop in the history of the<BR>U.S. stock
market.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>9-11 was the biggest drop yes, a democrat in =
the same
seat would face the same illogical charge. This stressed =
companies that
were playing shell games with their finances and revealed all the =
corporate
scandals that followed. To Bush's credit he has been severe with =
respect
to prosecution. CEOs etc usually don't have to pay back their =
ill-gotten
gains and they never had to do time under Democrat masters.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>In my first year =
in office,
over 2 million Americans lost their jobs<BR>and that trend continues =
every
month.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually that trend has reversed, jobs =
recoveries
usually trail economic recoveries by at least a quarter. His =
desperate
measures seem to be paying off. As to low paying blue-collar =
jobs; they
are being exported at a phenomenal rate. If you think you can =
get a
blue-collar job out of high school and keep it until retirement age =
you are in
for a rude surprise. Education is not optional now. Should =
we stop
the exodus of manufacturing jobs? Maybe we should slow it. =
Problem
is, fighting the economy is very expensive. Say we improve our =
free
trade practices (We get free access to your markets and you get =
tariffed
access to ours) to increase the cost of imports, that cost will hit =
the
poorest first and generally filter its way up. By maintaining a =
higher
standard of education (under stiff competition right now) we create =
new
industries and stay ahead. Trying to keep an economy static =
always
causes it to stagnate. There are no silver bullets, let alone =
golden
ones for this problem/opportunity.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I'm proud that =
the members
of my cabinet are the richest of any<BR>administration in U.S.
history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And the most racially diverse ever. For =
the
first time ever Blacks and Hispanics hold real power and influence in =
any
administration, not just the back-office consolation jobs. It =
doesn't
hurt that they've already proved their capabilities elsewhere and have =
been
willing to take the huge pay-cut that public service entails.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>My "poorest =
millionaire,"
Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker<BR>named after
her.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I'd take that as a complement.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the record =
for most
campaign fund-raising trips by a =
U.S.<BR>President.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>So did
Clinton before him so he's in good company after all. ;-)<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am the =
all-time U.S. and
world record-holder for receiving the most<BR>corporate campaign
donations.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It might come as a surprise to democrats =
that
so-called campaign reform hurt them more than Republicans. The
Republicans raise much more in small campaign contributions than the =
Democrats
do. Democrats have been relying on George Soros for money during =
this
present campaign.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>My largest =
lifetime campaign
contributor, and one of my best friends,<BR>Kenneth Lay, presided =
over the
largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in<BR>U.S. history,
Enron.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And he's getting no thanks for it from my =
justice
department either.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>My political =
party used
Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to<BR>assure my success =
with the
U.S. Supreme Court during my =
election<BR>decision.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Bad
corporate expenditures don't you think, in light of the drubbing =
they're now
getting in court. (Enron and other companies are also known for =
playing
both sides. Most pay protection money to both parties in an
election. The dirty little secret is that Democrats generally =
got more
because they were more dangerous and willing to make serious threats =
to get
it. Microsoft got in so much trouble because it wouldn't give =
donations
to the Democrat party or to anyone else either. Bill Gates =
figured it
out late though and established a foundation to immunize himself and =
his
company for the future.)<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I have protected =
my friends
at Enron and Halliburton against<BR>investigation or prosecution. =
More time
and money was spent<BR>investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than =
has
been spent<BR>investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in =
history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Now there's a lie being revealed in the daily =
headlines. By the way Halliburton was made a big government =
contractor
by Albert Gore, no less (reference his "smaller" government speeches =
how
Haliburton could supply and setup cheaper then the evil military =
could.
It is the Bush White House that has soured on that and kicked =
Halliburton out
of military supply contracting in Iraq because of =
price-gouging.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I presided over =
the biggest
energy crisis in U.S. history and refused<BR>to intervene when =
corruption
involving the oil industry was revealed.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Intervene =
how?
The justice department is involved. The problem was bigger than
corruption. It was largely a lack of capacity close enough to =
the
market. NIMBYism struck hard there.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I presided over =
the highest
gasoline prices in U.S. history.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>According to Albert =
Gore that
is a good thing. The higher the price the more efficient and
environmentally friendly the cars will become. When Bush's =
speech writer
extolled low prices the president himself commented that they got us =
into an
energy efficiency and foreign source dependency problem that is going =
to be
hard/pricey to get out of.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I changed the =
U.S. policy to
allow convicted criminals to be awarded<BR>government
contracts.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Really? Be specific. Clinton =
changed US
Policy to allow nobodies with no money to tie up huge amounts of oil =
being
released from the National Energy Reserve to combat high fuel oil
prices. Some of these clowns had fancy papers and websites but =
no credit
or history in the market and they tied up large fuel contracts and the =
resulting litigation kept them from market until long after they were
needed<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I appointed more =
convicted
criminals to administration than any<BR>President in U.S.
history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Be specific...I've encountered too many lies =
to
swallow that statement unsubstantiated.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I created the =
Ministry of
Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in<BR>the history of the =
United
States government.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually knee-jerk reaction =
Democrats in
Congress forced that on the President over his demurrals that it =
wasn't
necessary.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I've broken more =
international treaties than any President in
U.S.<BR>history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Treaties have done individual US =
citizens
more harm financially than most are aware off. I'd like to see a =
lot
more broken.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am the first =
President in
U.S. history to have the United Nations<BR>remove the U.S. from the =
Human
Rights Commission.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And replace us with Libya where =
woman are
still forced into arranged marriages and honor killings are still =
legal.
The UN is a pure democracy. Remember that Hitler was =
democratically
elected. Think that through...<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I withdrew the =
U.S. from the
World Court of Law. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The world court wanted to =
entertain
lawsuits against individual US soldiers for their actions while on the =
line of
duty. We turn US soldiers over to local jurisdictions when we =
find they
have committed a crime. Check out headlines in Australia for an
example. This was a whole new level of jeapardy that no soldier =
should
have to face personally.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I refused to =
allow
inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war"<BR>detainees and =
thereby have
refused to abide by the Geneva Convention. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The Red =
Cross has
access to detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba and in Iraq. They are =
probably talking about terrorist detainees in Guantanamo Bay who did =
not wear
military uniforms and fight for a recognized government. Sorry, =
the
Geneva Convention only applies to those specific circumstances. =
We let
the Red Cross in even though we didn't have to.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am the first =
President in
history to refuse United Nations election<BR>inspectors (during the =
2002
U.S. election).</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And the first to be offered the
insult.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the record =
for fewest
number of press conferences of any<BR>President since the advent of
television.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And....? Since when is the White =
House to
revolve around a reporter feeding-frenzy-circus. Right now =
they're
complaining about how many public events he's taking part in--how its =
stealing
attention from the all-important-democrat presidential candidate =
vetting
process.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I set the the =
all-time
record for most days on vacation in any
one-year<BR>period.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Finally a president who doesn't =
have
delusional fantasies that he's superhuman.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>After taking off =
the entire
month of August, I presided over the worst<BR>security failure in =
U.S.
history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>By terrorists encouraged on by the previous =
president's half-hearted responses to terrorist attacks. This =
attack was
below the radar of the CIA and the FBI, it didn't show up on any =
terrorist
briefings. Bush had campaigned on a get-tough about defense
policy. Al Queda miscalculated big time on this one.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I garnered the =
most sympathy
for the U.S. after the World Trade Center<BR>attacks and less than a =
year
later made the U.S. the most hated country<BR>in the world, the =
largest
failure of diplomacy in world history.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually do =
something
and you will be hated by someone.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I have set the =
all-time
record for most people worldwide to<BR>simultaneously protest me in =
public
venues (15 million people),<BR>shattering the record for protest =
against any
person in the history of<BR>mankind.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>And =
so...? Hitler
was elected by a landslide. Neville Chamberlain was elected by a =
majority over Churchill.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am the first =
President in
U.S. history to order an unprovoked,<BR>pre-emptive attack and the =
military
occupation of a sovereign nation. I<BR>did so against the will of =
the United
Nations, the majority of U.S.<BR>citizens, and the world
community.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Ahem, a conveniently ignored fact: =
The first
Gulf War ended in a cease-fire based on a cease-fire-agreement that =
was voided
by a dictator that didn't think we would actually hold him to the =
terms of the
agreement.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I have cut =
health care
benefits for war veterans and support a cut in<BR>duty =
benefits for
active duty troops and the ir families -- in =
war<BR>time.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Be
specific...I've caught too many lies so far to believe this =
one.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>In my State of =
the Union
Address, I lied about our reasons for<BR>attacking Iraq, then blamed =
the
lies on our British friends. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>They were our =
reasons.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am the first =
President in
history to have a majority of Europeans<BR>(71%) view my presidency =
as the
biggest threat to world peace and<BR>security.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Those =
numbers
depend on where you choose to draw your European boundaries and how =
you want
to spin the questions.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>I am supporting =
development
of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a<BR>WMD.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>A =
WMD is an
indiscriminate weapon that hurts civilians as much as it does the
military. Generally it is intended to destroy a civilian
population. Tactical Bunker Busters are intended to get bunkers =
with
less collateral damage than conventional weapons currently do. =
So far
that promise has yet to be proven. US military policy has =
shifted more
and more towards achieving the least impact against an civilian =
population
possible. Compare any recent war to wars in the past and the =
differences
are phenomenal. I am personal friends with experts who work for =
the
government in this very field and they are proud of their progress and =
anxious
to make much more.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I have so far failed =
to fulfill
my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and<BR>Saddam Hussein to
justice. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Saddam Hussein is in a =
cell.
Osama Bin Laden in reported to have fled to Iran after we pressured =
the
Pakistanis to go after him in Pakistan. Right next door to =
biggest US
force in the Middle East. I hope that fact is not lost on the =
Iranian
mullahs. It would be unfortunate if we had to go into Iran
too!<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">All records of my =
tenure as
governor of Texas are now in my father's<BR>library, sealed and =
unavailable
for public view.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>All public records are still =
available at the
capital.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BR>All records of =
SEC
investigations into my insider trading and my<BR>bankrupt companies =
are
sealed in secrecy and unavailable for =
public<BR>view.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>All
records that do not result in indictment and conviction are private
period. I should hope so.<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">All records or =
minutes from
meetings that I, or my Vice-President,<BR>attended regarding public =
energy
policy are sealed in secrecy and<BR>unavailable for public
review.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>As are all executive meetings, even Clinton =
fought for
this. He lost in one case because his wife was not an executive =
of the
United States and could not claim executive privilege. Executive =
privilege exists for good reasons and will be protected by smart =
democrats and
republicans alike whenever attacked.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite=""
=
type="cite">-----------------------------------------------------------=
--------------<BR>The
aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but
progress<BR> <BR> -- =
Joseph
Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher =
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Obviously a
truth filled discussion was not the "progress" the author was hoping
for. I personally am disappointed in Bush because of his big
spending. Democrats are promising to spend less, they think we =
should
spend more! <BR>I also feel that we over-reacted on the security side =
of
things. Security measures are now reaching the point of =
ridiculousness
and are punitive to good Americans without any payback on the security =
side. There seems to be the attitude that if we rough them up =
they'll
feel safer. I don't like to fly anymore and that can't be good =
for
American airlines. <BR><BR>Anyhow, don't take seriously anything that =
the
author isn't willing to sign.<BR><BR>Here's my signature,<BR>Andrew C. =
Anderson III<BR>Las Cruces, NM<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>