Na época que estava todo mundo protestando contra a guerra no Iraque, comecei a procurar blogs de americanos que também eram contra esta barbaridade. Achei o blog da Rayne, americana daqui de Michigan, que falava dos problemas da administração do cowboy e todos os absurdos da guerra, apontando outros pontos importantes e igualmente ridículos na situação.
Agora ela está na ativa, junto com outros americanos com blogs no Salon, começando uma campanha para eleger um presidente democrata em 2004. Na verdade, está todo mundo se mobilizando para NÃO reeleger o senhor da guerra que habita a Casa Branca no momento. Recomendo a leitura do blog dela para os brasileiros que moram nos EUA, nós temos que ajudar nessa campanha – principalmente os que já são cidadãos e podem votar. Para quem não mora nos EUA, recomendo a leitura do mesmo jeito, pra vocês verem bem como tem muita gente por aqui que não concorda nem um pouco com o que estão fazendo com este país.
Uma das informações que eles estão passando é um Currículo do presidente atual, mostrando todas as barbaridades que ele cometeu nesses anos de (des)governo – tão grande que eu tive que colocar separado em uma página, cliquem no link de Leia Mais, é indispensável!
Resume of George W. Bush
Past work experience:
Ran for Congress and lost.
Produced a Hollywood slasher B-movie.
Bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas. Company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox.
With father’s help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.
As Governor of Texas, I changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog-ridden city in America.
Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.
Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my father’s appointments to the Supreme Court.
As president of the US, I:
Attacked and took over two countries.
Unilaterally attacked a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category indicator heading straight down.
Spent the surplus budget (scheduled to save Social Security and improve education) I inherited from my predecessor and then shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.
Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
Am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
Am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
Set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history in my first year in office.
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
Set the record for most campaign fundraising trips of any other president in US history.
Cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any president in US history eve though over 2 million Americans lost their jobs during my first year in office.
Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
Had fewer press conferences for than any president since the advent of television.
Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history.
Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history when my foreign policy in the Middle East became apparent. I also refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people).
Dissolved more International treaties than any president in US history.
Have set new standards for the US presidency as the most secretive and unaccountable in US history.
Appointed the richest cabinet of any administration in US history. (The ‘poorest’ multimillionaire, Condoleezza Rice, has an Exxon oil tanker named after her.)
Am likely to oversee the greatest fiscal collapse of state governments in the history of the US (currently on track to simultaneously bankrupt all 50 states).
Created from scratch, the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
Succeeded in setting human rights and foreign policy so onerous that it resulted in the United Nation electing Libya to replace the US on the Human Rights Commission.
Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of Congressional oversight of any presidential administration in US history.
Withdrew from the World Court of Law to protect myself and all other Americans from having to face charges of war crimes.
Failed to abide by the Geneva Conventions when I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war.
I hold the US (and world) record for most corporate campaign donations. My biggest lifetime campaign contributor also achieved a historical record by presiding over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). I also refused to intervene in the energy crises that resulted when the corruption was revealed.
Took the US from being the most supported country in the world (sympathy for the US after 9/11), and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
With a policy of ‘disengagement’ created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
First US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
Allowed my administrations appointees to violate US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden ‘dead or alive.’
Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.
In the 18 months following the 9/11 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
Have created the most divided country in decades (possibly the most divided since the Civil War) in only a little over two years
Records and References:
At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
AWOL from National Guard during a time of war.
Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been put in my father’s library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed and unavailable for public view.
All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed and unavailable for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed and unavailable for public review.
Oi Lu,
Frase de Edmund Burk, que pode ser vista no museu Imperial da Guerra em Londres – “For evil to triumph is for good men to
do nothing” – Edmund Burke
Traduzindo : “Tudo quanto é necessário para o mal triunfar é
que os homens bons não façam nada.” Acredito que os homens bons dos States andam fazendo sua parte e fiquei muito feliz por saber disso…Por aqui a coisa ta feia pro Blair tambem… Beijos Lelei
Muito boas essas dicas, Lu, obrigado.
Eu já tinha lido o curriculum dele… o que mais impressiona é a quantidade de registros selados, não-disponíveis ou simplesmente destruídos. Legal né?
boa dica LU. o que o mundo menos precisa eh de um bush por mais 4 anos.
valeu. beijos
Lu, que bacana isso, e mais bacana isso e vc divulgar estas coisas, agora que eu voltei pra faculdade eu posso enxergar melhor isso, Viver entre americanos te tras mais informacoes sobre o que ocorre aqui, e eu to enfiada numa comuidade brasileira podre. Ai ja to fugindo do assunto. Valeu pela dica, E eu to apedrejando o Michael Bloomberg de NY la no meu blog. Tenho que escrever sobre o cara e vou aproveitar pra contar todos os podres dele.
Beijos
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Que interessante, Lu! Fico sempre feliz de descobrir que tem gente inteligente aí nos EUA, além de você e do Gabe, claro! :c)))) Beijão!!!
Poizé.
Pena que boa parte do povo americano acha que criticar o Bush é ser anti-patriota (quando americano) ou inimigo dos EUA (quando fora dos EUA).
Uma dica (que aprendi com o Nando): leia o Moby Journal, no website http://www.moby.com . Ele tem varios posts sobre George W, tem um com o discurso de Tim Robbins que e’ muito bom
Oie Lu
graças a voces da lista do MT
consegui colocar meu blog no ar, usando ele….
eu so preciso de uma ajudinha sua…. eu queria usar o wbloggar com ele mas nao to conseguindo, voce poderia me passar como fica as configuraçoes ?
Mil beijokinhas
Pois e pessoal, a gente tem que se mobilizar muito pra esse cara nao vencer a eleicao. Temos que convencer todo mundo que vota por aqui a ir votar e a votar pelos democratas. Se a coisa continuar assim, so vai piorar!
Lí na coluna do Álvaro Pereira lá no Folhateen sobre o livro “George W. Bushisms, the Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President”, contém as princispais “pérolas” do pensamneto e fala do Mr Bush…Muito legal!
Oi Luciana, uma visitinha e um beijo pra vc!
Querida, te acho uma pessoa muito simpática e como vc mesma me falou uma vez vc é é de paz” .
Acredito que vc tenha muito AMOR no coração, e com toda a admiração que tenho por vc preciso te dizer que 1) Fico feliz em ver que vc apesar de morar nos Usa há alguns meses, menos de 1 ano, já seja tão oposicionista ao governo do Sr Bush.
2) Por outro lado é importante te alertar de que o governo democrata que tb já esteve no poder em diversas vezes, absolutamente NÃO foi um governo justo, principalmente no tocante aos seus vizinhos latino-americanos, ou seja: NÓS, Brasileiros sempre fomos injustiçados pelo governo democrata nos Usa, nas exportações, no protecionismo, etc etc etc
3) O ex-vice pres. Al Gore (um gato por sinal) foi flagrado em corrupção, inclusive deixando que muitos criminosos estrangeiros obtivessem vistos e se naturalizassem, sem que nada fosse investigado…
Enfim, concordo que o Sr Bush não seja uma pessoa muito inteligente , mas também não acredito que o governo futuro dos USA, democrata ou não, deixe de se aproveitar dos países mais pobres. Sempre foi assim.