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   From: dragon40@shaw.ca   
      
   Thomas Smith wrote:   
   > "AAvK"  wrote in message   
   > news:vrN9d.11369$_a3.9425@fed1read05...   
   >   
   >>Last night Spamela sent me the following:   
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   >>PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION   
   >>   
   >>Law Enforcement:   
   >>I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under   
   >>the influence of alcohol. I pleaded 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Lets not forget how many times he released "all" his military records, only   
   > to release more the next week.  By the way, has anyone noticed these records   
   > are always released on a Friday afternoon, when the White House (regardless   
   > of the party of the President) releases all its bad news?   
   >   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > While owner of that team, he traded away Sammy Sosa, who went on to become   
   > one of the most prolific home run hitters ever, for two guys who didn't   
   > amount to much.   
   >   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Well, there were two presidents who were actually arrested while they were   
   > served, Ulysses S. Grant and (I think) Ruthaford Hayes were both arrested   
   > for what amounted to wreckless driving (granted, it was wreckless driving of   
   > a horse, but they were both handcuffed and released with Grant volunteering   
   > to pay the fine).   
   >   
   >   
   >>I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of   
   >>*over one billion dollars per week*.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I don't blame him for the first one, but the second one is looking like a   
   > worse and worse decision every day.   
   >   
   >   
   >>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 fundraising trips by a U.S.   
   >>President.   
   >>   
   >>I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving   
   >>the most corporate campaign donations.   
   >>   
   >>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 assure 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 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 thereby 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. election).   
   >>   
   >>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, I presided   
   >>over the worst security failure in U.S. history.   
   >>   
   >>I garnered the most sympathy 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,   
      
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