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Big time hypocrite.
Maybe someone should get him the big print version, with pictures. I would also recommend perhaps the pages be laminated, nothing ruins a page more than drool.
heeheeh!
by mojo on Mon Jun 14, 04 12:28pm
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Bush is an Atheist, he just says he believes in God to get votes. And IF there were a heaven and Hell, he would definitly be in Hell and probably treated the best by Satan because Satan would admire his work!
Why would Matthew 6, 24 affect him?! He's obviously devoted to, and worships only one master... Money. He's never really earned any, just taken or inherited it. I think Bush is quite comfortable parading around in a facade of Christianity to round up votes. God is just a power word to him!
by MO_ on Mon Jun 14, 04 1:38pm
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How is Bush profitting? He makes $500,000/year. The vast majority of his assets come from stock and bond notes he held before his presidency (est. $10 mill) and real estate (Crawford ranch- $4 mill). Overall, his net worth is expected to be somewhere between 10 and 20 million dollars. The man has a Harvard MBA and successful careers in oil and major league baseball. If he was truly at the mercy of his 'master' the almighty dollar bill, why would he sacrifice his reputation, dignity (just check out this site), and privacy of his family for a paycut?
To be fair, I don't like Bush's speechwriters infusing his prose with all of the biblical allegories. I don't like Bush's positions on stem-cell research, nor do I think he should try to re-write the constitution to define marriage. However, that doesn't mean that his faith isn't sincere or his leadership in the Middle Eastern conflict isn't shaped by the possibility of a mutually benifical moral currency that can come out of an educated, democratic Middle East. That's probably what John Kerry was thinking back when he was for the war in Iraq (Kerry's net worth is best estimated in the $500 million dollar range).
GWB states that he believes in what the Bible says, word for word. He is a passionate born again Christian - it's a personal thing, not just coming from his speechwriters. He made that quite clear in the 2000 presidential debates.
I don't grudge him his personal wealth - but when (for example) he tries to get around environmental laws to please his friends in the oil industry, I do get disturbed.
Thanx for your thoughtful comment, supposablethumbs (btw, I love your user name).
by mojo on Mon Jun 14, 04 2:36pm
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supposable thumbs
did you really write that Bush had a successful career in oil?? He was CEO of Spectrum 7, and it was failing huge, it was acquired by Harkem, (whom Dubya stayed with) and then SOMEHOW when daddy became president, they got excusive rights to drilling off the coast of Bahrain when they had never even drilled overseas or in water, hmm, how do you think they were able to get this? Either way, my point is that Bush ran Spectrum 7 into the ground. And as far as the Harvard Grad goes, BFD, he also got onto Yale with a 2.o. so I guess anything is possible.
Bush also got into the Gaurd when there was a waiting list well ahead of him, but he managed to skip over those people and get a slot when there was no way he should have.
He also claims to be a devout Christian and pro-life, HA, check out what his direction was in the late 70's, pro-life but that hurt his campaign so he changes it. He is a scoudrel.
My pleasure mojo, thanks for the ballot. Here's more on what this country has done during the last four years to combat corporate corruption:
1. Convicted or indicted executives of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco International, Worldcom, Adelphia Communications Corporation, Credit Suisse First Boston, HealthSouth Corporation and others, including Martha Stewart.
2.The Department of Justice says it has brought charges against 20 executives of Enron alone, and its Corporate Fraud Task Force says it has won convictions of more than 250 persons to date.
3.Bush also signed the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation in 2002, imposing stringent new accounting rules in the wake of the Arthur Andersen scandal.
4. As for the popular beief that Bush personally awarded Haliburton (who is now under investigation) the Iraq contract, I'll defer to a footsoldier in the Clinton regime: "The notion that Halliburton benefitted from any cronyism has been poo-poohed by a Harvard University professor, Steven Kelman, who was administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Clinton administration. "One would be hard-pressed to discover anyone with a working knowledge of how federal contracts are awarded . . . who doesn't regard these allegations as being somewhere between highly improbable and utterly absurd," Kelman wrote in the Washington Post last November." -factcheck.org
I guess it all comes down to where you get your news. That's why I find this web site so addictive. Here is something I received today from Defenders of Wildlife:
Using the false claim that more oil drilling will lower gas prices, the Bush administration and its allies on Capitol Hill are once again attempting to change the law and allow Big Oil
into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of our nation's greatest wildlife sanctuaries. With little regard to energy conservation or long-term solutions for consumers, they are
rushing to the House of Representatives this week with shortsighted and politically motivated energy legislation that would damage our public lands and authorize drilling in
the biological heart of the Arctic refuge.
Despite their claims, the president's shortsighted energy policy will do nothing to alleviate consumer woes at the gas pump. In fact, the U.S. Geological Survey has determined that the Arctic refuge would produce only six months worth of oil, which oil executives themselves admit wouldn't even reach market for another ten years.
by mojo on Mon Jun 14, 04 3:24pm
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Touche Duckhead-
Maybe I shouldn't have termed his career 'successful.' He started his own company in the 70s and then sold it to Spectrum 7 who retained him as CEO. He helped negotiate Spectrum's buyout by Harken in the late 80s, after an energy crisis in 85-86 threatened financial insolvency for many oil companies (including Spectrum 7). He was successful in assembling an ownership team for the Rangers. He owned the team for six largely successful years and was at the helm during construction of the state-of-the-art new stadium for the club. So, although not totally successful, I would say he had a career with both peaks and valleys. You could point to the influence of his father and his figurehead stature in the majority of these organizations and knock him for it if you so desire. You could even say that to be president, the expecation should be that the individual distinguish themself on a higher level before seeking the office. However, to say that his past record in business indicates an immoral ruthlessness is a total stretch, unless of course you're someone who believes that you can't be both financially successful and moral. If this is the case, than enjoy your bitter, spiteful existence.
LOL. I liked the last sentence.
Anyhowe I think you can be moral and successful, I just don't think the Bush's do that. And also, have you ever talked to someone (or listened) and they just rub you wrong, you feel like you are being deceived? thats what I get when Dubya talks. Ya know?
Mmmmkay. Though I lean right, I'm not the biggest Dubya supporter. I saw him on a live news conference on CNN chew out some sap from the A.P. for not addressing him "Mr. President," and that's kinda unnecessary. So maybe he is kind of an asshole, but who cares? It's all speculation anyway.
Thing is, I agree with him on most of the important issues and he takes far too much of a beating from the left, mainstream media and on the international stage. He doesn't get enough credit for having a long term vision post-presidency. He seriously believes he can bring democracy to the Middle East. You can hate that policy but you gotta respect the sack it takes to undertake such a venture during his first term. It could cost him the election but at least he acted on what he believes was best for the world and not best for his polls.
Good point.
by mojo on Wed Jun 16, 04 8:51am
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In my completely subjective opinion, Bush suffers from the same affliction that many on the Religious Right suffer from: projecting their personal biases and desires as those of the religion. Conversely, there seem to be many on the non-religious Far Right (e.g., Karl Rove) who have calmly and rationaly decided to "use" the Religious Right. These people are most clearly hypocrites.
supposable: You make soem good points. I would suggest that Bush's worship at the altar of money primarily takes the form of his perspectives on Business (especially versus employees and environment), taxes, social programs, and his willingness to tolerate corruption and "the Good Old Boy" network.
I would just refer you to his reply to this simple question, asked by a reporter in a news conference..... '....do you think you have made any mistakes?'
His inabilty to articulate any sort of answer to a question that had not been 'pre-arranged' was incredulous, and this is the man who controls the last super-power *shiver*
I would just refer you to his reply to this simple question, asked by a reporter in a news conference..... '....do you think you have made any mistakes?'
His inabilty to articulate any sort of answer to a question that had not been 'pre-arranged' was incredulous, and this is the man who controls the last super-power *shiver*
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