The Most Powerful Man In The World

[Extant]

RESUME - GEORGE W. BUSH
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 with a low C average. 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 OF TEXAS:

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 am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.

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 most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.

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 set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a U.S. President.

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, Enron. My political party used 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 rip-offs in history.

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 changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.--this is true.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.--actually what happened is the World Court is changing into the International Criminal Court--because the US wants to be a part of the court, but not
be open to having the US have charges brought up against them, they have temporarily ceased negotiating with the countries involved in and taking part in the establishment of the ICC. So, in other words, the US wants to be able to establish the laws within the ICC, practice those laws within the ICC, but not have those laws applied to our country.

I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.--Guantanomo Bay.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.

I set 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 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 disliked country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world
history.

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 am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, preemptive 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 have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families - in wartime.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," WMD.

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 view.

[Compugasm]

RESUME - John Forbes Kerry




[insert your lies here]




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[Nono]

Originally posted by Comp RESUME - John Forbes Kerry

Utterly devoid of experience in election-stealing.

[Compugasm]

Ah, to be fair, Nono posted before my edit.

[Sonart]

Hilarious resumé. I laughed out loud. except....

for some reason by the time I got to the end I was really, REALLY angry.

[bishop]

ditto that.. every time i reflect on bush's track record, i remember why i'm voting to fire his ass.

[gr8fuldaniel]

A slightly different version:Bush Resume

[combatrhino]

i cant wait for some republican /bush supporter to read this and, without actually responding to the arguments, say they are all lies. for the sake of myself and others, if you plan on doing it, respond to claims made

i think if more people were actually aware of what bush has done, they would think differently about how they will vote. sure there are the blind bush followers who would rather have their money than a proper and fair democracy, but there are others who are in between

[Scribbler1]

Originally posted by gr8fuldaniel, A slightly different version:Bush Resume

It's not that different at all. In fact many lines are repeated verbatim in Extant's post. I was going to ask for a link but it looks like YOU provided it. True or not it appears this has made the rounds if Extant didn't get it from the same source.

From where I sit it looks like some of that may be embellished or made up, but not most as I recall a lot of these items being reported in the mainstream media, albeit at different times. In cases like these I like to apply my "guilty as charged" rule.

If you have a laundry list of crimes, malfeasance or just plain stupid things, you look at each item. If 50% or more of the charges are true then you are "guilty as charged". The result should be at the VERY least an IMMEDIATE investigation and a recall election. No exceptions. Any politician guilty of such a list of infractions should be treated the same way. If the charges are true, let the people know about them and allow them to remove the offender themselves, and not just a bullshit impeachment process like with Clinton.

In this case, if TWO of the charges are correct the man should be thrown out of office immediately and not given the luxury of having the time and taxpayer dollars to con people into another term.

[castille]

Bush is not the most powerful man in the world. While his country is the most powerful, he himself is regulated by thousands of political controls.

So unless Bush suddenly turns the US into a fascist/Communist dictatorship, declares himself Emperor, and appoints Kerry as Darth Vader, he isn't the world's most powerful.

[Extant]

Originally posted by castille, Bush is not the most powerful man in the world. While his country is the most powerful, he himself is regulated by thousands of political controls.

So individually, which of these political controllers is more powerful?

If he's just a puppet with many people pulling the strings (highly likely), who can trump his decisions singlehandedly?

[bishop]

While his country is the most powerful, he himself is regulated by thousands of political controls.

didn't prevent him from plunging us into a war of his choosing.