media release *** media release
September 16, 2003
Stop the War Coalition
GIANT PROTEST AGAINST BUSH VISIT
Anti-war and human rights activists are preparing a giant protest
against US President George Bush when he visits Australia in late
October.
A meeting last night of 60 people representing 17 organisations
(including four local peace groups, Sawiyan - Committee in Solidarity
for Palestine; the Other September 11 Committee; Friends of the
Earth; Illawarra NoWar and Books not Bombs) has called the Stop Bush
protest around the themes: Troops out of Iraq; No Free Trade
Agreement; Break the Howard-Bush Alliance and Justice for Palestine.
Nick Everett, from Stop the War Coalition, said that the protest was
expected to be large given the mass opposition to the war on Iraq.
"We're appealing to the half-million people who marched on February
16 against the war on Iraq to come out again against the occupation",
said Everett.
Brian Webb added that Stop the War also expected people concerned
about the US government's support for global trade regulations which
privilege the rich countries over the poor to mobilise. "The US
government's refusal to sign on to the Kyoto greenhouse protocol and
the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; and its support for compliant
dictatorships, such as in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will also bring
people to the protest."
Rihab Charida from the Sawiyan - Committee in Solidarity with
Palestine said that the US government's support for Israel's war on
Palestine, and its refusal to condemn the expulsion of Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat from Palestine, would bring many communities
concerned about peace in the Arab world to the protest.
A demonstration has been called for 5pm at Town Hall the day
President Bush arrives in Australia (any time from October 21).
Stop the War is also supporting a planned national convergence in
Canberra, and will be assisting the ACT Network against War which is
planning a lunchtime protest at Parliament House.
Contact: Nick Everett 0409 762 081 Brian Webb 0425 347 634 Rihab
Charida 0405 760 929 Bashir Sawalha 0413 859 060
GEORGE W. BUSH - ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:04:27 -0000
From: "Alan Heymann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(source unknown)
I attacked and took over two countries.
I spent the US surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not
easy!).
I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in
any 12 month period.
I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock
market.
I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal
record.
In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on
vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did)
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided
over the worst security failure in US history.
I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by an president in
US history.
In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any
other president in US history.
I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a
12-month period.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than
any president in US history.
I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since
the advent of TV.
I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than
any other US president in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption was revealed.
I cut health care benefits for war veterans.
I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the
record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in
US history.
Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US
history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron
oil tanker named after her).
I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the
Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market
in any country in the history of the world.
I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military
occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the
United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.
I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the
history of the US.
I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases,
more than any other president in US history (Reagan was tough to beat,
but I did it!!).
I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations
remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove
the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
I removed more checks and balances, and have the less congressional
oversight, than any presidential administration in US history.
I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
I withdrew from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by
default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate
campaign donations.
The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my
best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy
frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US
history.
I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack
(and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1).
I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.
I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a
year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the
biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people
of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace
and stability.
I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees
who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in
corporations that later made bids for gov contracts.
I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any
other president in US history.
I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most
divided that the US has been since the Civil War.
I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less
than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving
record has been erased and is not available).
I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time
of war.
I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to
my father's library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or
bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All minutes of meetings of any public corporations for which I served on
the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding
public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public
review.
(Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 election.
Circulate to as many citizens you think would be helped by being
reminded about my record.)
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