Bush Scandals Listed in Letter to Minneapolis Star Tribune

[Eric J in MN]

A recent letter-to-the-editor lists some of the scandals of the Bush Administration:

the Valerie Plame scandal, the memos justifying torture of prisoners, the politicizing of terror alerts, blowing the cover of an Al-Qaida double agent, misleading claims about Iraq WMDs and ties to Al-Qaida, lying about the cost of the Medicare bill

In this article of "MoveLeft Media," I provide a link for each of these scandals where you can get more information.


http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2004_08_12_bush_scandals_listed_in_letter_to_minneapolis_star_tribune.asp

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Here's my tabulation

* 2001-08-06 Presidential Daily Briefing ignored.
* Ashcroft de-emphasizing counter-terrorism before 9/11.
* Blank seven minutes on 9/11.
* Bush to Clarke on 9/11: "Get Iraq".
* Manipulation of Intelligence. Faith based intelligence. Chalabi.
* Abandoning Afghanistan to chase Iraq.
* Destroying Valerie Plame's work and career.
* No planning for winning the peace in Iraq.
* Planning to have Iraq pay for the post-war.
* Jettisoning long time allies.
* Abu Ghraib and the torture memos and policies.
* Blowing cover of Al Quaida double agent in Aug. 2004
* Politicizing terror alerts.
* Halliburton no-bid contracts and overcharges in Iraq.
* Massive accounting irregularities under Bremer.
* 9/11 commission: avoidance, obstruction, conclusions.
* Lowered Environmental Standards: arsenic, mercury
* Rejection of Science: Global Warming, stem cells.
* Closed door energy policy written exclusively with energy companies.
* Faith based government social programs. (accounting?)
* Rumsfailed incompetence and the backdoor draft.
* Lying about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Good point about fraud in Iraq contracts

The letter, as published, doesn't mentioned the billions upon billions stolen by Halliburton and similar companies.

[wiggs]

3. and....

State secrets to Chalabi, who gives them to Iran

Shifting 700,000,000 from Afganistan to Iraq without authorization

Gagging of Sibel Edmonds to protect 9/11 secrets

Healthy Forests

Clean Skies

Showing classified war plans to Bandar

Smearing of O'Neill, Clarke

MASSIVE DEFICITS

No Child Left Behind

AWOL

Stealing memos from democratic computers in congress


There needs to be a complete list somewhere on a website so that we don't forget. The sheer number and frequency of new disasters overwhelms the memory and important old scandals fade away.

[Eric J in MN]

6. good point, the RETROACTIVE gag on what Sibel Edmonds

already said and would say = classifying unclassified statements by her.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. 'Mission Accomplished'

Did anyone actually see * get into or out of that jet?

[Eric J in MN]

8. Right. The Bush Admin. lied and said that the soldiers

created the "Mission Acccomplished" banner, when the White House did.

[Tight_rope]

5. War President today Peace President tomorrow...flip flop

[Eric J in MN]

7. What could be more vomit-inducing than hearing Bush claim

he wants to be a "Peace President" shortly before an election?