Bush - His Cronies, His Choices
I'm back! Did you miss me? I just had to come out of hiding after reeling in the sickness that has overcome the leadership of the United States. It has always been bad, but now it is even so bad that the staunch Right are now seeing what they deem those of us on the Left have seen from the beginning. We all see clearly that not only is George W Bush unqualified to be President, but he is also unqualified to call himself a Republican.
A Republican, or at least a Conservative in general, believes in responsible government, fiscal responsibility, and handing out benefits towards businesses that actually make a contribution to society at large. Bush has not followed the core Conservative principles at all.
His picks for important jobs have gone to unqualifed cronies who have screwed up in their past, but by the mere fact they praise him were deemed qualified for pretty important positions. Government contracts have gone to strong supporters without allowing bids to qualified competitiors which would have saved taxpayers money and put money into the hands of the deserving. The National Debt has grown so swiftly during the past 5-1/2 years and mostly due to the war he started on false grounds. He has irresponsibly made tax cuts at a time when more revenue is needed to cover the bare necessities of the people he is supposed to watch over. He hands out government welfare to his wealthy cronies to help them take jobs out of the country and gives supports to large corporations that dole out minimum wage, part-time jobs just to say his administration is creating more jobs.
His rule is not only irresponsible, but it is immoral.
Stewart Simonson is the Bush administration's point man for a flu pandemic but he has no public health management experience. He got his job because he is a close associate of former Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
Simonson is Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). His job before joining HHS was as corporate secretary and counsel for Amtrak when Thompson was chief of the rail service. Prior to Amtrak, Simonson was staff lawyer for Thompson when he was governor of Wisconsin. In short, he is not qualified for a public health job that hundreds of millions of people are counting on.
Harriet Miers, from all accounts, is a gracious lady who has spent decades in the law and served ably as Bush’s lawyer in Texas and, for a year, as White House counsel. But her qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist and has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered.
Michael D. Brown was nominated by President George W. Bush as the first Under Secretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the newly created Department of Homeland Security in January 2003. This department was created in response to handling emergency situations after the New York incident on September 11 2001.
Mr. Brown holds a bachelor's degree in Public Administration/Political Science from Central State University, Oklahoma. He received his J.D. from Oklahoma City University’s School of Law.
After Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, initially praised him saying "you're doing a heck of a job, Brownie", but later deflected questions about the resignation, except to deny having discussed the resignation with him.
Before joining the DHS/FEMA, Brown was the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association from 1989-2001. Numerous lawsuits were filed against the organization over disciplinary actions and Brown was forced to resign. Some members interviewed felt Brown showed an imperious attitude, and nicknamed him "The Czar."
John Robert Bolton was nominated by President George W. Bush to become the Ambassador to the UN on March 7, 2005. His nomination had been the subject of a prolonged filibuster in the United States Senate by Democrats. President Bush used a recess appointment to install Bolton as Ambassador to the UN. This recess appointment will last until a new Congress convenes in January 2007.
Bolton is the rightwing's leading declaimer of the United Nations. He once said, "If the UN Secretariat building in New York lost ten stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." And when the Bush administration failed to persuade the UN to back its war in Iraq, Bolton observed that was "further evidence to many why nothing should be paid to the UN system."
Bolton has vocally decried the UN for years. Of course the UN has flaws and is in grave need of reform, but what message do we convey to the world when we send the UN someone who has called for total defunding of the institution? The rest of the world already thought the people of the US were arrogant, but to place such a man who thumbs his nose at the rest of the world in a position that requires diplomacy is beyond just a big mistake.
And we cannot forget about those big no-bid contracts made to Haliburton and other Bush supporting firms to profit on the messes left behind by his rule. He mangles Iraq and his cronies profit while doing a half-hearted job at rebuilding the country. Such spots could have been better filled by local Iraqi contractors who know their own people and could hire people in need of jobs. His crony botches the emergency efforts during Katrina and his cronies get lots of money in contracts to rebuild the city with the permission to pay below the normal wages. These spots could have been given to local contrators who could really use the money to rebuild their towns while giving the local citizens much needed jobs at a decent wage. Can you tell me this behaviour on Bush's part is not immoral?
I really feel for those who lent their support and praise for Bush over the past few years where they were blinded by his faults to see the truths we all saw before. I'm not even saying the Republican Party is not a good choice of government because they have some very qualifed people with real values who would have made a better choice such as John McCain or Bob Dole. If either were running against John Kerry, I surely would have voted for either instead. At this point, I would rather have Pat Buchanan in office than George W Bush.
Why not a Democrat? The last election it was more about the lesser of two evils. The problem I had with Kerry and the Democratic Party in general is there is no real definition of what is the agenda of the party. It is a party that fails to make a real stand on any particular issue and panders half-heartedly to a lot of little issues instead of uniting everyone on a big picture. It has been said, and I find it true, "The Republicans are a party of bad ideas and the Democrats are a party of no ideas."
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A Republican, or at least a Conservative in general, believes in responsible government, fiscal responsibility, and handing out benefits towards businesses that actually make a contribution to society at large. Bush has not followed the core Conservative principles at all.
His picks for important jobs have gone to unqualifed cronies who have screwed up in their past, but by the mere fact they praise him were deemed qualified for pretty important positions. Government contracts have gone to strong supporters without allowing bids to qualified competitiors which would have saved taxpayers money and put money into the hands of the deserving. The National Debt has grown so swiftly during the past 5-1/2 years and mostly due to the war he started on false grounds. He has irresponsibly made tax cuts at a time when more revenue is needed to cover the bare necessities of the people he is supposed to watch over. He hands out government welfare to his wealthy cronies to help them take jobs out of the country and gives supports to large corporations that dole out minimum wage, part-time jobs just to say his administration is creating more jobs.
His rule is not only irresponsible, but it is immoral.
Stewart Simonson is the Bush administration's point man for a flu pandemic but he has no public health management experience. He got his job because he is a close associate of former Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.
Simonson is Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). His job before joining HHS was as corporate secretary and counsel for Amtrak when Thompson was chief of the rail service. Prior to Amtrak, Simonson was staff lawyer for Thompson when he was governor of Wisconsin. In short, he is not qualified for a public health job that hundreds of millions of people are counting on.
Harriet Miers, from all accounts, is a gracious lady who has spent decades in the law and served ably as Bush’s lawyer in Texas and, for a year, as White House counsel. But her qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist and has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered.
Michael D. Brown was nominated by President George W. Bush as the first Under Secretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the newly created Department of Homeland Security in January 2003. This department was created in response to handling emergency situations after the New York incident on September 11 2001.
Mr. Brown holds a bachelor's degree in Public Administration/Political Science from Central State University, Oklahoma. He received his J.D. from Oklahoma City University’s School of Law.
After Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, initially praised him saying "you're doing a heck of a job, Brownie", but later deflected questions about the resignation, except to deny having discussed the resignation with him.
Before joining the DHS/FEMA, Brown was the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association from 1989-2001. Numerous lawsuits were filed against the organization over disciplinary actions and Brown was forced to resign. Some members interviewed felt Brown showed an imperious attitude, and nicknamed him "The Czar."
John Robert Bolton was nominated by President George W. Bush to become the Ambassador to the UN on March 7, 2005. His nomination had been the subject of a prolonged filibuster in the United States Senate by Democrats. President Bush used a recess appointment to install Bolton as Ambassador to the UN. This recess appointment will last until a new Congress convenes in January 2007.
Bolton is the rightwing's leading declaimer of the United Nations. He once said, "If the UN Secretariat building in New York lost ten stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." And when the Bush administration failed to persuade the UN to back its war in Iraq, Bolton observed that was "further evidence to many why nothing should be paid to the UN system."
Bolton has vocally decried the UN for years. Of course the UN has flaws and is in grave need of reform, but what message do we convey to the world when we send the UN someone who has called for total defunding of the institution? The rest of the world already thought the people of the US were arrogant, but to place such a man who thumbs his nose at the rest of the world in a position that requires diplomacy is beyond just a big mistake.
And we cannot forget about those big no-bid contracts made to Haliburton and other Bush supporting firms to profit on the messes left behind by his rule. He mangles Iraq and his cronies profit while doing a half-hearted job at rebuilding the country. Such spots could have been better filled by local Iraqi contractors who know their own people and could hire people in need of jobs. His crony botches the emergency efforts during Katrina and his cronies get lots of money in contracts to rebuild the city with the permission to pay below the normal wages. These spots could have been given to local contrators who could really use the money to rebuild their towns while giving the local citizens much needed jobs at a decent wage. Can you tell me this behaviour on Bush's part is not immoral?
I really feel for those who lent their support and praise for Bush over the past few years where they were blinded by his faults to see the truths we all saw before. I'm not even saying the Republican Party is not a good choice of government because they have some very qualifed people with real values who would have made a better choice such as John McCain or Bob Dole. If either were running against John Kerry, I surely would have voted for either instead. At this point, I would rather have Pat Buchanan in office than George W Bush.
Why not a Democrat? The last election it was more about the lesser of two evils. The problem I had with Kerry and the Democratic Party in general is there is no real definition of what is the agenda of the party. It is a party that fails to make a real stand on any particular issue and panders half-heartedly to a lot of little issues instead of uniting everyone on a big picture. It has been said, and I find it true, "The Republicans are a party of bad ideas and the Democrats are a party of no ideas."
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posted by Callen Damornen at 2:54:00 pm
4 Comments:
I am sick of Bush. He has ruined us. I am afraid of how much more damage he can do in the next couple of years. Thanks for the visit.
Very interesting post! I shall return from time to time to check it out.
Thank you for visiting my blog, tho it is not quiet as orriginal as is yours.
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IMHO bad ideas are far more dangerous than no ideas
As a UK citizen, I have to ask...
If George W. Bush had been a Democrat, would he have been impeached by now?
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