<![CDATA[Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume)]]>This individual seeks an executive position. He will be available next
January, and is willing to relocate.

                                      RESUME


                             GEORGE W. BUSH
                         1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
                          Washington, DC 20520

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 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 fund-raising 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 ensure 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 am trying to cut over time pay.

   - 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.

   - I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.

   - I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war"

detainees, and have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

   - I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations

election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections).

   - I set the record for fewest numbers 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 2001, I presided over
the worst security failure in U.S. history.

   - I garnered the most sympathy ever for the U.S. after the World

Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated
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 protests 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 and 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,"

a WMD.

   - I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden

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 review.

PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/616/why-i-m-not-voting-for-quot-w-quot-resumeRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 20:32:41 GMTSun, 17 Oct 2004 13:37:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:54:00 GMT]]>Man, I would laugh my ass off if that actually made it to the air. I'd laugh even if it was Kerry up there. Stupid FCC....

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9616https://fargostreet.com/post/9616Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:54:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:40:43 GMT]]>Tonight on Kvlytv11!
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]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9615https://fargostreet.com/post/9615Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:25:17 GMT]]>Since when is talking badly about a war an unlawful act? It is a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to voice your opinion. I know of @ least one person who was in vietnam as a gunner on a helicopter. He said it was an order to get intel from them however possible, including the following: Capture vietcong soldiers and blindfold them, take them up in a helicopter about 300' above the ground in groups of 3 and interrogate them. They'd start w/ one of them, if he didn't answer they threw him out of the helicopter, then they'd ask the second guy, if he was silent he got the same treatment. By the time guy #3 was up he'd be singing like a bird.

Another "technique" was to place splinters of bamboo stalk under the fingernails slightly and tap on the splinter w/ the barrel of the gun until they'd talk. That was fairly effective I am told as well.

These were things they were told to do from up above. I agree w/ Kerry when he said that the soldiers were just following orders when they napalmed villages and that the people that should have been up on war crimes are those that made the orders to do so.

Had some of the soldiers not come back and spoke out on Vietnam, we could very well still be fighting there today.

Just because he opposes the wars doesn't mean that he opposes the warriors. There is a big difference.

Notice that the website you posted doesn't list that 9 of the 10 people on his swiftboat verified his claim for his final purple heart (the one that got him shipped home). Or the fact that his swiftboat was out of commission for 3 weeks being repaired after a, according the the anti-kerry swiftboat vets, gun battle that never occured. I didn't see those guys turning down their Bronze Stars at the time.

EDIT: Notice there was no copy/paste there dave 😄

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9577https://fargostreet.com/post/9577Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:11:14 GMT]]>

DaveH wrote:
You couldn't lose money?
That was his qoute to me, and he is a republican. I don't know, I no longer help my dad farm, he got all his land into CRP and only does cattle now, so I don't keep up on Gov't programs and commodity prices like I used to when I lived in Harvey/Devils Lake.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9575https://fargostreet.com/post/9575Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:11:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:56:45 GMT]]>My boy kerry......

http://www.useless-knowledge.com/articles/apr/aug054.html

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9507https://fargostreet.com/post/9507Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:56:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:45:32 GMT]]>You couldn't lose money?

tjamz wrote:
The other side of this is a quote I got from a buddy of mine who farms "Farming is the only profession you could be in the last 4 years, where no matter what you did, you couldn't lose money". That seems wrong to me.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9506https://fargostreet.com/post/9506Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:45:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:22:42 GMT]]>I agree on the need to cut gov't spending, there are too many programs out there right now that cater to people who are capable of working (at least some job) but choose not to because welfare pays better. There, now how many Dems will you hear say that? Some programs are good, some programs MIGHT need to be created to counter programs that are being ended. I'd much rather pay for someones education w/ tax money than pay for their entire lazy-ass life.

The other side of this is a quote I got from a buddy of mine who farms "Farming is the only profession you could be in the last 4 years, where no matter what you did, you couldn't lose money". That seems wrong to me.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9500https://fargostreet.com/post/9500Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:57:47 GMT]]>Well, first of all there is no real fund for SS, or any other government program. It all gets tossed into a big pile and gets handed out from there. You can do some accounting to see if the IN equals the OUT for certain programs, but as far as the actual money running out, that really isn't the case.

The solution is the same as in my previous posts... We need to reduce spending while growing the economy (which grows the tax base). We also need to change the peoples mindset on Govt programs. No more I need to get my piece of the pie mentality. This needs to come from the top, we need a president that needs to convince the american people that Govt programs are just to be used as a extreme measure, sort of a safety net. We need a president that says something like Kennedy did Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. Once the american mindset is changed from the gimme gimme way of thinking we have now it will be easy to balance the budget, to run in the black, have a surplus, etc. Changing the mindset will not be easy. Too many slackers that don't want to work hard and still get their easy money from the govt. This mindset I blame mostly on the liberals, whose ideals were good, but whose programs were just terrible. GWB is really a little too liberal for my taste, but is the best chance we have for heading in the right direction (pun intended).

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9497https://fargostreet.com/post/9497Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:57:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:41:29 GMT]]>heh, after reading my last post, it sounds like I'm running for president...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9465https://fargostreet.com/post/9465Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:41:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:40:56 GMT]]>you hear the same things I do. That is why I have a scaled plan (which I admit kerry doesn't) to allow some privatization now and more as time progresses. My question to you is what do we do if all the sudden everyone stops paying into SS and the people that rely on it and have relied on it being there their whole lives no longer have it available? There is a definate need to continually fund it (at least partially) for the next 20-30 years. George Bush had a plan to set aside 2 Trillion dollars of surplus that was acquired during the 90's to help offset that gap. He made it clear in one of his early speeches as president that he would do that. He didn't. That money is long gone. I know we had a recession underway when Bush took office. In fact, I think that is why he said he was going to earmark it for SS (could be wrong, going off what I remember here). Telling 75 year old people to go back to work won't always work either. They worked their whole lives to get to the point where they (thought) could retire and collect on what they've been paying into all these years, some physically are unable to go back to work.

I'm all for your plan of privatization. Make the numbers work for me, because right now I certainly don't expect to see SS when I retire...not in its current form. Thats why I fund both my Roth IRA and 401k to the max amounts every year. Have for the last 11 years (8 years for 401k, didn't have an employer that offered it until I was 21) and plan on being retired by 55 from non-political work. I'd be very happy if a plan was devised for the short term, mid term and long term to cover our commitments to people that relied on it. Give me a plan.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9464https://fargostreet.com/post/9464Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:24:20 GMT]]>From what I understand of SS, in 2014 the US will for the first time be short on SS money taken in, to SS money paid out, and in something like 2032, the US will not have enough employees available to even keep SS around, and/or have any prayer of it ever being near the black again.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9460https://fargostreet.com/post/9460Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:24:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:41:37 GMT]]>

bluesrt4 wrote:
I hope this does't continue on forever after the Election; Otherwise I'll go Insane!!
Nah, it's actually quieted down the last two days (slowly)

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9452https://fargostreet.com/post/9452Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:41:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:41:07 GMT]]>

DaveH wrote:
I hope not, Wellstone veered violently into the earth.
True. To be honest, I LOVED those anti-wellstone ads, for no other reason than the humor. I did feel pretty bad after hearing the "you have a bad wellstone in your field" and then finding out his plane crashed into a field.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9451https://fargostreet.com/post/9451Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:41:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:38:30 GMT]]>I hope this does't continue on forever after the Election; Otherwise I'll go Insane!!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9450https://fargostreet.com/post/9450Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:38:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:14:54 GMT]]>I hope not, Wellstone veered violently into the earth.

tjamz wrote:
it's not like my car has a bad "Wellstone" and always veers violently left....

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9448https://fargostreet.com/post/9448Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:14:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:58:34 GMT]]>

DaveH wrote:
I suppose you could leave SS in place for people to choose if they wanted. But then what happens 20 years down the road when then next generation of politicians spends that money again? (because nobody in the government really cares to watch money very closely).

I don't have much sympathy for the idiots... It's their retirement... it's their duty to learn how to manage their retirement money IMO. (I know, thats the cold hard conservative in me). 😛

Sign me up for a cabinet position... by the time you get to run for governor I ought to have you converted to the "right" way of looking at things. 😉
I'm with you on the idiots thing, however, the reality (of current politics anyway) is that they would just end up on the welfare system and we'd end up paying for it all over again...

I will say this, I am not quite middle of the road, but you could say that on a 4 lane road, I would be in the middle left lane. Not the far left...it's not like my car has a bad "Wellstone" and always veers violently left....

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9428https://fargostreet.com/post/9428Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:58:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:56:34 GMT]]>http://www.ebaumsworld.com/johnkerry-sb.html found this on ebaums...funny shit

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9427https://fargostreet.com/post/9427Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:56:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:54:38 GMT]]>This sorta goes to my point above... if the people that have paid into SS actually had control over the money... I think there would have been hell to pay when they noticed that somebody (the Govt) started spending some of it. 🙂

I suppose you could leave SS in place for people to choose if they wanted. But then what happens 20 years down the road when then next generation of politicians spends that money again? (because nobody in the government really cares to watch money very closely).

I don't have much sympathy for the idiots... It's their retirement... it's their duty to learn how to manage their retirement money IMO. (I know, thats the cold hard conservative in me). 😛

Sign me up for a cabinet position... by the time you get to run for governor I ought to have you converted to the "right" way of looking at things. 😉

tjamz wrote:
I agree w/ you dave, if I could pull out my savings from SS I would in a heartbeat, unfortunately if we do that w/o some sort of plan to pay for SS for those that have paid their whole lives and are counting on it to be there for at least part, if not all, of their incomes. Would you agree though, that some people MIGHT be better off w/ SS if they are complete idiots and don't understand the risk of stocks? That is why I suggested a 50/50 private vs. SS plan, to put some sort of learning curve in there for people who aren't following their investmentst the way they should. Maybe, after some serious education that could be a 100% private investment for those that opt to do so. This country is about choices, and some people will always feel more comfortable going w/ what has always been (SS in this instance) and are reluctant to change anything (ie. Most of North Dakota).
So, Dave, when I run for Governor, you want a spot in my cabinet? With you doing everything you think is "right" and me fixing everything that is "left" we could make a good team....LOL

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9416https://fargostreet.com/post/9416Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:54:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:19:04 GMT]]>See..now this is what I was hoping would happen when I started these posts, actually get some good positive ideas. I'll be the first to say that spending needs to be decreased, unfortunately I don't see Bush (or Kerry for that matter) doing that in the near future. Kerry at least admits that he needs to raise taxes to sustain the spending, I'm not sure what Bush's plan is.

I agree w/ you dave, if I could pull out my savings from SS I would in a heartbeat, unfortunately if we do that w/o some sort of plan to pay for SS for those that have paid their whole lives and are counting on it to be there for at least part, if not all, of their incomes. Would you agree though, that some people MIGHT be better off w/ SS if they are complete idiots and don't understand the risk of stocks? That is why I suggested a 50/50 private vs. SS plan, to put some sort of learning curve in there for people who aren't following their investmentst the way they should. Maybe, after some serious education that could be a 100% private investment for those that opt to do so. This country is about choices, and some people will always feel more comfortable going w/ what has always been (SS in this instance) and are reluctant to change anything (ie. Most of North Dakota).

So, Dave, when I run for Governor, you want a spot in my cabinet? With you doing everything you think is "right" and me fixing everything that is "left" we could make a good team....LOL

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9409https://fargostreet.com/post/9409Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:19:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:27:18 GMT]]>It isn't really a matter of looking out for number one, as everyone would benefit from a privatized retirement plan. There isn't anyone in the Govt that really "cares" about your retirement fund... You are just a number (SS number to be exact). Put the individual in charge of figuring out what to do with our retirement money and I guarantee that someone will carefully be watching what that money is doing. I know I watch my 401k very carefully, because that is probably all I will have when it comes time to retire.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9356https://fargostreet.com/post/9356Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:27:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:03:24 GMT]]>

DaveH wrote:
You could take the SS money and stack it under your mattress and get a better rate of return that you are getting now.... 😛

which mattress brand yields the highest interest Dave? 🙂

Dave, I totally agree with you, I am extremely young and invest a good portion of my disposable income to known good returns. However, currently I have no control over my SS as you state and I know for a fact nothing will be there for me in the end. I do know that my SS is helping people out who pioneered some economic forms and that grant me the opportunities that I currently can recieve, but I still wish I had some form of privatization, you gotta look out for #1 right?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9353https://fargostreet.com/post/9353Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:11:28 GMT]]>You could take the SS money and stack it under your mattress and get a better rate of return that you are getting now.... 😛

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9348https://fargostreet.com/post/9348Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:11:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:59:56 GMT]]>

fallguy wrote:
It's not going to go in high risk investments. Anything is better than the gov return on SS right now. Hell a triple A rated bond would be a better return, and insured.

2 words....

Junk Bonds 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9347https://fargostreet.com/post/9347Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:59:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why I'm not voting for &quot;W&quot; (Resume) on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:51:04 GMT]]>

tjamz wrote:
I'm in favor of that IF we can find a way to pay for the babyboomer generations SS benefits that they have contributed their whole lives for. The only semi-fair way to do it, IMO, is to have those between 60-65 be able to put 5% toward privatized SS, those 55-60 put 10% towards private, 50-55 put 15% to private, 45-50 put 20%, until we reach a maximum of 50% toward private and 50% toward the current system. I also think that people should be able to opt to NOT privatize their SS. What happens if the stockmarket crashes when you are close to retiring and you lose 70% of your investment? Some people don't want that risk, some people aren't smart enough to manage their retirement savings to avoid risk at those ages. That is why I like the idea of 50/50 private/current to help offset a little risk. Just my take on things.

It's not going to go in high risk investments. Anything is better than the gov return on SS right now. Hell a triple A rated bond would be a better return, and insured.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/9346https://fargostreet.com/post/9346Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:51:04 GMT