posted by bfaul
Do you feel it? Do you feel the prestige and power and wealth of the United States slipping away? We now have an unequivocal answer to the question - What happens when people are unwary enough to give the right wing idealogues unrestrained power in all branches of government?
This is a re-post. I'm reposting it because unlike the first one this list is fully linked. It took a long time and a lot of work, mostly because of the vast wealth of miserable milestones that litter the trail of this administration like floating jetsam in the wake of a sinking ship. I've left out a lot, it's only a partial list, but I think it gives a fair representation of the magnitude of the lies and corruption and incompetence and negligence. Feel free to use it. It makes a fine blunt instrument against the 28 percenters who still like to harp about how "the liberals would ruin us". Oh really? As compared to what? It's like a tsunami, it can't be resisted, you can only stand there and marvel at its immensity. So, without further ado, the list:
Enron - Republican donor extra ordinaire
July 10, 2001 meeting - Condi, the system is blinking red! Do something!
The August 6th PDB - "Ok, you've covered your ass".
9/11 - My Pet Goat. The George Bush timeline
Tora Bora - Outsourcing the hunt
Pat Tillman - OK, so we lied!
Bin Laden - Whereabouts unknown (kind of)
Smoke 'em out - And marginalize 'em!
The Downing Street Memo - Intelligence was "being fixed around the policy"
Iraqi tar pit - Mission Accomplished!
Jessica Lynch - Ok, so we lied again!
Body armor - We'll get to it when we get to it
American casualties in Iraq - 4068 dead, 30,329 wounded
Iraqi casualties - We don't do body counts
Iraq costs - $1 trillion and counting (but it will pay for itself!)
Iraqi refugees - zzzzzzzzzzz
Abu Ghraib - Fraternity hazing
Torture - It isn't just for Nazis anymore
The UN speech - The day Powell's credibility died (Thanks to Curveball)
WMDs - North, South, East, West of Tikrit
Yellowcake and Niger - The notorious 16 words
Valerie Plame - That'll teach Joe!
Family Values - Does fidelity count? Pedophilia? Bathroom solicitation?
Domestic Spying - It's just your email and phone calls, and it's keeping you safe!
Al Qaida - Still going strong
Al Qaida in Iraq - Courtesy of the USA
Port security - Let the Arabs handle it!
Brain injuries - Sorry, we're low on cash
Veterans Affairs - There go the Democrats again with their social programs
Walter Reed - Whoops!
KBR and Halliburton - The big winners
Iran - The other big winner
Katrina - Heck of a job, Brownie! Where was the National Guard?
Medical costs - Best system in the world, if you can afford it
Stem cell research suppression - Because we care about your blastocysts
Poverty - Teach them to fish (in the dumpster)
Trickle down economics - You get whatever trickles down their legs, enjoy!
Blackwater - Shoot first, ask questions later
Net neutrality - It's a series of tubes you see
Global Warming - Still "studying"
Oil dependence - It's the American way of life!
Veteran suicides - No joking matter
Fake news reports - Controlling the message
Abstinence only - Congratulations on your new baby!
Suppression of science - They say such inconvenient things
Harriet Miers - Unqualified, but loyal
Homeland security - As soon as we're done in Iraq, I promise!
Executive power - What did those founding fathersknow anyway?
Presidential Signing Statements - Hundreds of them
Military readiness - The real collateral damage
Homeless vets - That's a lie! Show me the bridges!
Ground Zero workers - From propaganda gold to political liability
Alberto Gonzales - Attorney General, political hack
Mortgage crisis - Compliments of deregulation
"Low food security" - And getting lower.
Contractor waste and fraud -Private sector "efficiency"
Credit crisis - Tougher bankruptcy laws!
The Surge - May it live forever!
Pentagon "Analysts" - No they weren't pawns! But we'll stop using them.
American Airlines and the FAA - Secret lovers
$9.3 trillion debt - It just doesn't matter!
Foreclosures - All time high
$126/barrel oil - Yay for Louisiana and Texas! Sorry everyone else.
The new GI plan - But they'll quit Iraq and go to school!
$4.00 gas - Coming to a theater near you!
A nice little scandal roundup
The collapse of the dollar - Oh well, Great Party! Pass it on to the next guy, we're outta here!
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