$10 million to a thinly veiled DNC organization called "America Coming
Together" whose working on a get-out-the-vote campaign in 17 states to
oust GOP Congresspersons.
- Jim
Andy Ousterhout 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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