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Why Progressives Hate George Bush?

September 27, 2005 John

By any objective standard, this administration is a dismal failure and has made a mockery of all the things I love about America. Things like fair elections, habeus corpus, privacy, separation of church and state, care for the less fortunate, protecting our homeland, respecting the environment, curbing the power of corporations, standing for human rights, transparency in government, respect for our military, and so many many more. Bush is steering our country back to the pre-New Deal rich-man’s playground of the Robber Baron era, while simultaneously squandering any post-9/11 worldwide goodwill and alienating what few allies we have left.

Corruption Politics

White House May Have Torpedoed Abramoff Corruption Probe

September 27, 2005September 27, 2005 John abramoff, Corruption, investigation, justice department, lobbyist, probe, U.S. Attorney

In November 2002, the U.S. attorney in Guam, Frederick A. Black, notified Justice Department officials that he was opening an investigation into Jack Abramoff’s lobbying activities with Guam judges. Days later, Black was demoted and barred from pursuing public corruption cases, ending his investigation.

Corruption Politics

You’re Still Paying Mike Brown’s FEMA Salary

September 27, 2005September 27, 2005 John brownie, Bush, Corruption, FEMA, Mike Brown, political payoff, Politics, president, W

Mike Brown may have resigned earlier this month as FEMA director amid intense public criticism, but taxpayers are still paying his salary. Brown remains on the FEMA payroll as a consultant so that the agency can receive a “proper download of his experience.”

Congress Corruption Politics

Congress Wants More Giveaways to Big Oil

September 27, 2005September 27, 2005 John alternative fuels, big oil, Congress, conservation, Corruption, giveaways, hurricane, hydrogen, idiocy, idiot, Katrina, oil, oil shortage, stupid

Bush’s allies in Congress are using high gas prices as another excuse for massive giveaways to the oil industry. The Los Angeles Times reports that conservative “leaders in Congress announced plans to introduce new legislation or amend existing measures to bestow more tax breaks on the industry and provide other incentives left out of the big energy bill Bush signed into law in August.”

Corruption Election Politics

Defining Characteristics of Facist Governments – Scary

September 23, 2005March 26, 2008 John Bush, corrurption, cronyism, Election, elections, facism, facist, government, stolen, white house

The reconstruction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama provides a fascinating picture of how the Bush administration actually works. His government represents an odd melding of corporatism and cronyism, more in tune with the workings of 1930s Italy or Spain. In fact, if one looks at fascist regimes of the 20th century, it is appears that the Bush administration draws more from these sources than traditional conservatism.