Sunday, October 31, 2004
all the reasons you would ever need
When I started this blog in July, I intended to post a reason every day for voting against Bush. While I kept at it for a while, I stopped doing so in late August, but continued to write about Bush and Co.
Regardless of the election outcome, I'll continue to write about the state of our union, but for now, here is a list of reasons why we need to oust Bush on Tuesday. I've posted commentary and links about most of the items below so check out my archives for more info if you want.
(These aren't in any particular order.)
¶ 9:30 PM
When I started this blog in July, I intended to post a reason every day for voting against Bush. While I kept at it for a while, I stopped doing so in late August, but continued to write about Bush and Co.
Regardless of the election outcome, I'll continue to write about the state of our union, but for now, here is a list of reasons why we need to oust Bush on Tuesday. I've posted commentary and links about most of the items below so check out my archives for more info if you want.
(These aren't in any particular order.)
- bin Laden
- Al Queda
- Al QaQaa
- Abu Ghraib
- the elective war on Iraq
- failure to promote peace in the Middle East
- untrustworthy
- the great divider
- Cheney
- Ashcroft
- Rumsfeld
- Halliburton
- false hope
- misrepresentation
- federal interference in state's issues
- religious hypocrisy (pro life/pro death penalty)
- The Texecutioner
- Bush's resume
- flaking out of the National Guard
- questionable ethics
- doublethink
- tax cuts for the wealthy
- school tests rather than school improvements
- restrictions on women's rights
- lower court appointments
- the Supreme Court
- loyalty oaths
- picking on the NAACP
- stop loss policy
- the looting of Iraq's historical items
- dependence on oil
- incompetant reconstruction in Iraq
- lack of adequate response in the Sudan
- support of the Columbia River dredging project
- lack of integrity
- stubbornness
- breaking down the separation of church and state
- homeland insecurity
- failure to adequate supply our troops with food, weapons, armor, etc
- putting his own plans ahead of the country's needs
- the huge deficit
- the squandering of our budget surplus
- first president with net job loss in ?? years
- neo-conservatism controlling our country
- damaged relationships with allies
- squandering of world good will following 9-11
- stonewalling attempts to investigate 9-11
- personal smears againsts citizens who speak out against Bush
- the inability to take responsibility for any failures
- the length of the list of Bush adminstration failures
- millions of children without health insurance
- global gag rule
- new overtime rules
- Yucca mountain
- moral cowardice
- failure to take lead on alternative energy
- conducting a war and making our children pay for it
- Carl Rove
- illegal use of Olympics in campaign ad
- war contracts with mercenaries
- smearing a decorated Vietnam veteran
- Zell Miller
- failing the "CEO test" (scroll down to Sept 3)
- failing to find WMD in Iraq
- failure of intelligence (or purposely misleading?) about WMD in Iraq
- further destabilizing the Middle East
- 1000+ dead American soldiers in Iraq
- using fear to motivate voters
- Enron/ Ken Lay
- voter suppression by Republicans
- world distrust of the US
- overblown Iraq/al Queda connection
- throwing away of Democratic voter registration cards in Oregon
- "win at any cost" tactics
- faith vs. logic and reality
- increased risk of terrorism due to Bush's foreign policy
- rampant use of half truths and false impressions to build support
- limiting safety regulations
- form letters for families of dead soldiers
- "Mission Accomplished" b.s.
- Federal Marriage Amendement
- promoting creationsim over evolution
- ignoring science about global warning
- promotion of logging in roadless areas
- overextending our military forces
- Bush family ties with Saudi oil
- Bush family ties with Rev. Moon
- damage to our democracy
- gag rule on EPA employees
- secret meetings with energy company executives
- shortchanging small businesses
- governance for the corporations rather than for the people
- 100,000 dead Iraqis because of our war
- unsecured weapons in Iraq
- no doubt
- America as world's bully
- suppression of democratic dissent
- solution for everything: privatization
- record opium crop in Afghanistan
- not democratically elected in 2000
¶ 9:30 PM
