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[26 May 2005|02:12am] "So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. But that's going to change. I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up, moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm going to be just like you. The job, the family, the big fucking television. The washing machine, the compact disk player and electrical can opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die." / huh?

stolen from maddie : ) [13 Apr 2005|11:30pm] [ mood | calm ] [ music | subversives - 911 ] If you were in a room alone with me and the door was locked & lights were off and no one is home but me and u.. What would you do? 5 cunts / huh?

[11 Apr 2005|11:08pm] VOID 2 cunts / huh?

[31 Mar 2005|11:04am] [ mood | calm ] [ music | the Virus - so long ] You got exactly what you wanted As you left your friends behind I'll catch you around- I'll see you later - I say So Long Why bother wasting all my time? To all the people who denied me - So long, So long And kept me one step behind - So Long How long did you think you could lie to me - So Long, So Long I saw through you one last time - So Long All those times that it was me and you And we we're always hanging out You think it's my fault that you changed - I say So Long I finally know what you're about What the fuck did you just say to me - So Long, So Long You never liked me anyway - So Long Now the truth seems to be coming out - So Long, So Long It's getting better everyday - So Long What you want to do? I can see right thru you I let you have your say Who are you anyway? What the fuck did you just say to me - So Long, So Long You never liked me anyway - So Long Now the truth seems to be coming out - So Long, So Long It's getting better everyday - So Long Here we are it's just me and you I never said it be the same Times have changed All I want to say is - So Long I guess some friendships are in vain Think exactly what you to think - So Long, So Long All your thoughts are lies - So Long There's nothing more you can say to me - So Long, So Long I guess this is goodbye - So Long http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=2769258&imageID=81262814&Mytoken=20050331100802 http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=2769258&imageID=81263027&Mytoken=20050331100802 my tattoo ^^^^ 6 cunts / huh?

[30 Mar 2005|02:58pm] well after quite some time, i finally got my tattoo ill post pictures as soon as they are taken. 3 cunts / huh?

[17 Mar 2005|02:42pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | Conflict- Conflict ] You Are? by Osaku This is about you and me..err I mean you... Name brandon Nickname(s) none Age 18 Hair Color black and blonde Natural Hair Color (if different) blonde Eye Color blue/ green Height 5,10 or so Righty/Lefty righty Innie/Outtie innie Birthplace tampa Sign pices Glasses/Contacts/"I Can See" i can see, fucknuts Birthmarks one on my ass Song that Describes Your life hmm... ive been told "the alcoholic" from chaos uk, that or "keep us alive" from the briggs Relationships (aww)... Are You In Love nope Who Are Your Best Friends missie jamie lauren dean eric the list goes on, those are the ones i see the most though Do you Intend/Want to Get Married not really If So, Where space? Do You Want a Family (kids!!!) hell no If So, How Many none If So, Boy/Girl/Doesn't Matter niether Aspirations (You go-getter you)... What You Wanted to Be When You Were a Kid dont remember What Do You Want to Be Now something in animation Where Do You Want to Live somewhere either secluded or in the middle of the city, i like extremes Where Do You Want to Visit scotland Where Have You Been That You'd Rather Be Right Now erics appartment heh What Would You Change About Yourself, Given the Opportunity nothing, im not saying im perfect, im far from it, i just like the way i am Favorites... Place (Near or Far, it doesn't matter) i dunno, anywhere with friends, and booze Vacation Spot i dunno, havent been many places Shopping Location internet Music Genre punk, real punk, no good charolete Band the business or conflict Color green Flower flowers suck, im allergic Smell farts... (sarcasm) Shampoo maine and tail Ice Cream ice cream sucks, but probably pistacio Website www.collegehumor.com Car 67 shelby mustang Movie donnie darko, american beauty, and trainspotting Actor dont really have one Actress " " Holiday hallowween Soda coke? Book hitchikers guide to the galaxy, EVERYONE READ IT!!! Game (Board/Computer/Word/Drinking..It's all good) quarters... or strip poker : ) Either/Or... Responsibility/Simplicity/Both(?) simplicity Pop/Rock/Rap rock or rap, depends on whos doing it Work/Play play Car/Train/Plane plane Cat/Dog dog Coke/Pepsi niether, but if i have to choose probably coke, cause it has a funny history Color/B&W (photos) color Tomato/Chicken Noodle niether, soups suck Noon/Midnight MIDNIGHT Hot/Cold hot Dawn/Dusk dawn Books/Movies books then movies Did You or Do You... Have and Siblings yes Cry Easily no Think You are Smart a little, but nothing usefull ever comes out of my mouth Act Your Age sometimes Have Any Tattoos i will, soon : ) Have Any Piercings nah, not for me Have Any Pets yes Get Jealous nah Ever Like Boy Bands nope Believe in God/Allah/Jesus/etc. yes Take Criticism Well eh Have You Ever... Gotten Drunk Before last night, 2 nights before that, the night before that, you get the picture Smoked (cigarettes) yes = / not the best habit Done Drugs (Any) not in the past few days Kissed a Member of the Opposite Sex no never, more sarcasm Kissed a Member of the Same Sex nope Been on an Airplane yes Been on First Class on an Airplane nope, im a lower class kinda person, so i stay in coach Skinny Dipped yep Had Sex yes Take this Survgen survey! 6 cunts / huh?

[07 Mar 2005|10:57pm] [ mood | bored ] new background... the hitchikers guide to the galaxy... everyone should read that book, its amazing... the movie comes out april 29th but the book is better, i can tell just from the previews... all my sentances end in ... ... i think i'll go now... to be continued... / huh?

[24 Feb 2005|03:19pm] [ mood | bored ] [ music | cheap sex- dick cheney ] he is the biggest crook in town he shut his eyes when the scandals were found work all your life to grow old and retire and now you're life savings just went up in fire cheney, hes a part of the scandal... too ... out of control to handle dick cheney you're a sign of the times dick cheney you're not a friend of mine fat men in suits told you to invest in the stocks and collect interest then while you didn't look .... ... profits were inflated on the books dick cheney you're a part of the scam you're a big fat slob for good ol' uncle sam stickin' to what you know best .... looking out for your own interests! [Chorus (x2)] better lock your safes at night! dick cheney and the boys are out tonight! (watch your pockets, watch your purses) don't bother looking out for yourselves cause cheney wants a piece, a piece of your wealth! 1 cunt / huh?

[21 Feb 2005|11:11am] [ mood | melancholy ] [ music | silence ] im getting so sick of monotony / huh?

valentines day... what a shithole holiday [14 Feb 2005|02:01am] [ mood | drained ] [ music | bloodhound gang - the ballad of chesey laine ] Dear Chasey Laine i wrote to explain im your biggest fan... i just wanted to ask could i eat your ass write back as soon as you can. Youve had a lot of dick (had a lot of dick) Ive had a lot of time (had a lot of time) youve had a lot of dick Chasey, but you aint had mine. Dear Chasey Laine I wrote to complain you never wrote me back. How could i ever eat your ass when you treat your biggest fan like that? Youve had a lot of dick (had a lot of dick) Ive had a lot of time (had a lot of time) youve had a lot of dick Chasey, but you aint had mine. Dear Chasey Laine I wrote to constrain this letter is my last. as your biggest fan i must demand you let me eat your ass! Youve had a lot of dick (had a lot of dick) Ive had a lot of time (had a lot of time) youve had a lot of dick Chasey, but you aint had mine. ...ps... Mom and Dad this is Chesey, Chesey this is my Mom and Dad Now show em' them titties would you fuck me for blow??? / huh?

J-E-L-L-O [10 Feb 2005|01:38am] [ mood | bored ] [ music | bloodhound gang ] well im bored so i think i will announce this to the world... ...I have just put jello in my hair, and it holds amazingly. The only drawbacks are that it smells kinda funky, though i have now fixed that with a multitude of hair spray, and now it has the same texture as sandpaper. have a nice day 4 cunts / huh?

bloodhound gang - i wish i was queer so i could get chicks [06 Feb 2005|10:38am] [ mood | nerdy ] [ music | bloodhound gang ] My friend Jerry Vandergrift kissed me in Home Ec class Later in the afternoon some jarheads in the locker room kicked my ass I said guys I'm like you I like Monster Trucks too Wanna see how many pushups I can do? I just wish I was queer so I could get Chicks dig guys that are Queer guys that don't dig Chicks that don't dig guys like me See I'm not queer I'm too ugly But if I were handsome just imagine how great it would be Incognito as a gay though but not actually that way though pseudo homo phony Maybe it's a stupid theory or maybe just stupidity But if I was a queerbee in the fashion industry Scoring with a supermodel would be easy 'Cause supermodel means voluptuous but also is synonymous with superdumb Ya see I'd be a good listener so she'd treat me like a sister and soon I'd become That trusted friend that cares that rubs her back and braids her hair No it wouldn't take a week before I'm in her underwear I wish I was queer so I could get Chicks dig guys that are Queer guys that don't dig Chicks that don't dig guys like me See I'm not queer I'm too ugly Doesn't matter what I'm packin' in my denim it's what's in my genes The only smoked meat the only sausage I would eat is made by Jimmy Dean See I'm not too keen on the smell of Vaseline No I'm not Princess Di and I don't wanna be a queen I just wish I was queer so I could get chicks Anyway if I were gay I'd have to change my name to Dirk or Lewis Hang out with my mom's hair stylist his name is Kip he's got a lisp he talks like this And wear my mother's lingerie learn the songs of Broadway And appreciate Depeche Mode and avant-garde ballet I wish I was queer so I could get Chicks dig guys that are Queer guys that don't dig Chicks dig guys that are Queer guys that don't dig Chicks dig guys that are Queer guys that don't dig Chicks that don't dig guys like me See I'm not queer I'm too ugly And I don't shave my heiny Don't shave my heiny See I'm not queer I'm too ugly 4 cunts / huh?

read this [01 Feb 2005|12:45pm] [ mood | lonely ] Feb 1, 2005 10:09 am US/Eastern LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) It came from the friendly skies, and caused quite a bit of damage. Frozen waste from a jet’s toilet smashed onto a woman’s car last week, crushing part of the roof and shattering the windshield. A Massachusetts woman says no one is willing to help her pay for the repairs, or take responsibility. Nina Gambone says federal aviation officials determined the chunk of frozen debris came from a jet’s lavatory. But, a spokesman says they can’t do anything unless it can identify the airline responsible. Gambone says she called her fire department in Leominster, which says they can’t remove the glob because it is classified as hazardous waste. The only good news is the woman and her 13-year-old son had just left the car before it was hit. 2 cunts / huh?

[01 Jan 2005|12:02am] [ mood | crappy ] [ music | the Briggs - Bored Teenager ] happy fuckin new year everyone i hope your new years eve was better than mine 3 cunts / huh?

[27 Dec 2004|12:13am] [ mood | sore ] [ music | the Business - England-5 Gernany-1 ] wow, against all authority and bum ruckus were amazing! they had one other band that was good called the crumbs and one that licked balls. but it was a great fucking show. got a free cd too :):):) well thats about all i have to say so fuck off. / huh?

[12 Dec 2004|09:09am] [ mood | bored ] [ music | conflict - increase the pressure ] THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: 1. brandon 2. drunky 3. dumbass THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD: 1. sayn0t0em0 2. pyrosk8bdr 3. thats all THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. MY MOHAWK!!! 2. eyes 3. personality THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. alot 2. 3. THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: 1. irish 2. german 3. thats pretty much it THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: 1. the unknown 2. george w bush 3. dick cheney THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: 1. alcohol 2. food 3. cigarettes THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW: 1. plaid shorts 2. white tshirt 3. my chain and lock THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists(at the moment)): 1. Conflict 2. lower class brats 3. the subversives THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT: 1. kings and punks - Conflict 2. increase the pressure - Conflict 3. sex, violence - lower class brats THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: 1. being more sociable 2. getting a tattoo 3. jerking off until i bleed... not really THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given): (I'm assuming basic human respect is included with Love) <--- I'm going with that too. 1. not much if i was to want one 2. just someone who would feel the same for me as i did for them 3. and could put up with me TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE 1. i'm bored, and lonely. 2. im still buzzin :D 3. i dunno THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU: 1. proportional body 2. eyes. 3. good sense of humor THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: 1. lick my elbow 2. suck my own dick 3. drink vodka straight THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES: 1. bass 2. bass 3. drinking (yea, i know, i drink too much) THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW: 1. have restful sleep. 2. get laid 3. take a shower. THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING: 1. something having to do with animation 2. 3. THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION: 1. germany 2. scotland 3. THREE KID'S NAMES: 1. i hate kids 2. 3. THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: 1. skydive 2. see conflict live 3. blow up a car THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY: 1. george bush 2. dick cheney 3. the rest of the bush administration 4 cunts / huh?

[07 Dec 2004|02:09pm] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | clit 45 - it aint over ] Clit 45 - it aint over Kickin it with your friends and a 40 oz. Always have fun that was no doubt Now you've moved along and you've got a new trend Criticizing all our ways denying your old friends [Chorus:] Your big ass mouth out weighs your brain You're only talking shit cause you couldn't hang For all the time around there was nothing learned Just cause you burnt out doesn't mean our fire doesn't still burn We still fucking give a shit About what we worked for and what it meant WE STILL FUCKING GIVE A SHIT! About who we are and still represent IT AINT OVER!!! Maybe you're right things will never change But I'd rather die trying than being just the same This is our way of life, one you chose not to live Punk isn't what died it's your spirit that did [Chorus:] You say the good times are gone and that we won't last But you don't make a future looking to the past But I guess when you get jaded it's easy to forget Well I'm still pissed as ever and it ain't over yet! 3 cunts / huh?

[03 Nov 2004|12:18pm] [ mood | angry ] great were in for another 4 years of rights and liberties being taken away from us and amendments ignored as if our forefathers were a gigantic group of retarted monkeys HORAY FOR BUSH you fucking terrorist 7 cunts / huh?

Cheap Sex - Raped by the FCC [03 Nov 2004|12:37am] [ mood | aggravated ] RAPED BY THE FCC So You Think Free Speech Can't Go Away? You Can Say What You Want In The USA? Moral Cleansing Can't Happen Here? Well Get The Flag Out Of Your Ass - .. And Open Up Your Ears. I Turned On The Radio The Other Day Howard Stern Was Taken Off The Radio Waves I Don't Care If You Are A Fan, I Just Want You To See - How The First Amendment Was Raped By The FCC. WE'LL IV'E BEEN RAPED BY THE FCC - ... BUSH WANTS TO TAKE MY FREEDOMS FROM ME. WE'LL I'VE BEEN RAPED BY THE FCC - ... THEY WANNA CONTROL WHAT I HEAR AND I SEE Indecency Is A Word For This Freedom Invasion From The Christian Right And The Bush Administration Church And State Is His Agenda Drop A Bomb In A Heartbeat But A Boob Offends 'Ya????? WE'LL IV'E BEEN RAPED BY THE FCC - ... BUSH WANTS TO TAKE MY FREEDOMS FROM ME. WE'LL I'VE BEEN RAPED BY THE FCC - ... THEY WANNA CONTROL WHAT I HEAR AND I SEE IF YOU'RE OFFENDED THEN - TURN IT OFF! / huh?

100 facts about bush... VOTE KERRY!!! [28 Oct 2004|12:33am] [ mood | lethargic ] [ music | silence ] 100 Facts and 1 Opinion The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration by Judd Legum Click here to download, circulate and distribute a PDF version of this article. IRAQ 1. The Bush Administration has spent more than $140 billion on a war of choice in Iraq. Source: American Progress 2. The Bush Administration sent troops into battle without adequate body armor or armored Humvees. Sources: Fox News, The Boston Globe 3. The Bush Administration ignored estimates from Gen. Eric Shinseki that several hundred thousand troops would be required to secure Iraq. Source: PBS 4. Vice President Cheney said Americans "will, in fact, be greeted as liberators" in Iraq. Source: The Washington Post 5. During the Bush Administration's war in Iraq, more than 1,000 US troops have lost their lives and more than 7,000 have been injured. Source: globalsecurity.org 6. In May 2003, President Bush landed on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit, stood under a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished," and triumphantly announced that major combat operations were over in Iraq. Asked if he had any regrets about the stunt, Bush said he would do it all over again. Source: Yahoo News 7. Vice President Cheney said that Iraq was "the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault for many years, but most especially on 9/11." The bipartisan 9/11 Commission found that Iraq had no involvement in the 9/11 attacks and no collaborative operational relationship with Al Qaeda. Source: MSNBC , 9-11 Commission 8. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said that high-strength aluminum tubes acquired by Iraq were "only really suited for nuclear weapons programs," warning "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." The government's top nuclear scientists had told the Administration the tubes were "too narrow, too heavy, too long" to be of use in developing nuclear weapons and could be used for other purposes. Source: New York Times 9. The Bush Administration has spent just $1.1 billion of the $18.4 billion Congress approved for Iraqi reconstruction. Source: USA Today 10. According to the Administration's handpicked weapon's inspector, Charles Duelfer, there is "no evidence that Hussein had passed illicit weapons material to al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations, or had any intent to do so." After the release of the report, Bush continued to insist, "There was a risk--a real risk--that Saddam Hussein would pass weapons, or materials, or information to terrorist networks." Sources: New York Times, White House news release 11. According to Duelfer, the UN inspections regime put an "economic strangle hold" on Hussein that prevented him from developing a WMD program for more than twelve years. Source: Los Angeles Times TERRORISM 12. After receiving a memo from the CIA in August 2001 titled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack America," President Bush continued his monthlong vacation. Source: CNN.com 13. The Bush Administration failed to commit enough troops to capture Osama bin Laden when US forces had him cornered in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in November 2001. Instead, they relied on local warlords. Source: csmonitor.com 14. The Bush Administration secured less nuclear material from sites around the world vulnerable to terrorists in the two years after 9/11 than were secured in the two years before 9/11. Source: nti.org 15. The Bush Administration underfunded Nunn-Lugar--the program intended to keep the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy out of the hands of terrorists and rogue states--by $45.5 million. Source: armscontrol.org 16. The Bush Administration has assigned five times as many agents to investigate Cuban embargo violations as it has to track Osama bin Laden's and Saddam Hussein's money. Source: sfgate.com 17. According to Congressional Research Service data, the Bush Administration has underfunded security at the nation's ports by more than $1 billion for fiscal year 2005. Source: American Progress 18. The Bush Administration did not devote the resources necessary to prevent a resurgence in the production of poppies, the raw material used to create heroin, in Afghanistan--creating a potent new source of financing for terrorists. Source: Pakistan Tribune 19. Vice President Cheney told voters that unless they elect George Bush in November, "we'll get hit again" by terrorists. Source: Washington Post 20. Even though an Al Qaeda training manual suggests terrorists come to the United States and buy assault weapons, the Bush Administration did nothing to prevent the expiration of the ban. Source: sfgate.com 21. Despite repeated calls for reinforcements, there are fewer experienced CIA agents assigned to the unit dealing with Osama bin Laden now than there were before 9/11. Source: New York Times 22. Before 9/11, John Ashcroft proposed slashing counterterrorism funding by 23 percent. Source: americanprogress.org 23. Between January 20, 2001, and September 10, 2001, the Bush Administration publicly mentioned Al Qaeda one time. Source: commondreams.org 24. The Bush Administration granted the 9/11 Commission $3 million to investigate the September 11 attacks and $50 million to the commission that investigated the Columbia space shuttle crash. Source: commondreams.org 25. More than three years after 9/11, just 5 percent of all cargo--including cargo transported on passenger planes--is screened. Source: commondreams.org NATIONAL SECURITY 26. During the Bush Administration, North Korea quadrupled its suspected nuclear arsenal from two to eight weapons. Source: New York Times 27. The Bush Administration has openly opposed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, undermining nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Source: commondreams.org 28. The Bush Administration has spent $7 billion this year--and plans to spend $10 billion next year--for a missile defense system that has never worked in a test that wasn't rigged. Sources: www.gao.gov/new.items/d04409.pdf, Los Angeles Times 29. The Bush Administration underfunded the needs of the nation's first responders by $98 billion, according to a Council on Foreign Relations study. Source: nationaldefensemagazine.org CRONYISM AND CORRUPTION 30. The Bush Administration awarded a multibillion-dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton--a company that still pays Vice President Cheney hundreds of thousands of dollars in deferred compensation each year (Cheney also has Halliburton stock options). The company then repeatedly overcharged the military for services, accepted kickbacks from subcontractors and served troops dirty food. Sources: The Washington Post, The Tapei Times, BBC News 31. The Bush Administration told Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan about plans to go to war with Iraq before telling Secretary of State Colin Powell. Source: detnews.com 32. The Bush Administration relentlessly pushed an energy bill containing $23.5 billion in corporate tax breaks, much of which would have benefited major campaign contributors. taxpayer.net, Washington Post 33. The Bush Administration paid Iraqi-exile and neocon darling Ahmad Chalabi $400,000 a month for intelligence, including fabricated claims about Iraqi WMD. It continued to pay him for months after discovering that he was providing inaccurate information. Source: MSNBC 34. The Bush Administration installed as top officials more than 100 former lobbyists, attorneys or spokespeople for the industries they oversee. Source: Source: commondreams.org 35. The Bush Administration let disgraced Enron CEO Ken Lay--a close friend of President Bush--help write its energy policy. Source: MSNBC 36. Top Bush Administration officials accepted $127,600 in jewelry and other presents from the Saudi royal family in 2003, including diamond-and-sapphire jewelry valued at $95,500 for First Lady Laura Bush. Source: Seattle Times 37. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge awarded lucrative contracts to several companies in which he is an investor, including Microsoft, GE, Sprint, Pfizer and Oracle. Source: cq.com 38. President Bush used images of firefighters carrying flag-draped coffins through the rubble of the World Trade Center to score political points in a campaign advertisement. Source: The Washington Post THE ECONOMY 39. President Bush's top economic adviser, Greg Mankiw, said the outsourcing of American jobs abroad was "a plus for the economy in the long run." Source: CBS News 40. The Bush Administration turned a $236 billion surplus into a $422 billion deficit. Sources: Fortune, dfw.com 41. The Bush Administration implemented regulations that made millions of workers ineligible for overtime pay. Source: epinet.org 42. The Bush Administration has crippled state budgets by underfunding federal mandates by $175 billion. Source: cbpp.org 43. President Bush is the first President since Herbert Hoover to have a net loss of jobs--around 800,000--over a four-year term. Source: The Guardian 44. The Bush Administration gave Accenture a multibillion-dollar border control contract even though the company moved its operations to Bermuda to avoid paying taxes. Sources: The New York Times, cantonrep.com 45. In 2000, candidate George W. Bush said "the vast majority of my tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum." He passed the tax cuts, but the top 20 percent of earners received 68 percent of the benefits. Sources: cbpp.org, vote-smart.org 46. In 2000, candidate George W. Bush promised to pay down the national debt to a historically low level. As of September 30, the national debt stood at $7,379,052,696,330.32, a record high. Sources: www.georgewbush.com , Bureau of the Public Debt 47. As major corporate scandals rocked the nation's economy, the Bush Administration reduced the enforcement of corporate tax law--conducting fewer audits, imposing fewer penalties, pursuing fewer prosecutions and making virtually no effort to prosecute corporate tax crimes. Source: iht.com 48. The Bush Administration increased tax audits for the working poor. Source: theolympian.com 49. In 2000, candidate George W. Bush promised to protect the Social Security surplus. As President, he spent all of it. Sources: georgewbush.com, Congressional Budget Office 50. The Bush Administration proposed slashing funding for the largest federal public housing program, putting 2 million families in danger of losing their housing. Source: San Francisco Examiner 51. The Bush Administration did nothing to prevent the minimum wage from falling to an inflation-adjusted fifty-year low. Source: Los Angeles Times EDUCATION 52. The Bush Administration underfunded the No Child Left Behind Act by $9.4 billion. Source: nwitimes.com 53. In 2000, candidate George W. Bush promised to increase the maximum federal scholarship, or Pell Grant, by 50 percent. Instead, each year he has been in office he has frozen or cut the maximum scholarship amount. Source: Source: edworkforce.house.gov x 54. The Bush Administration's Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, called the National Education Association--a union of teachers--a "terrorist organization." Sources: CNN.com HEALTHCARE 55. The Bush Administration, in violation of the law, refused to allow Medicare actuary Richard Foster to tell members of Congress the actual cost of their Medicare bill. Instead, they repeated a figure they knew was $100 billion too low. Source: Washington Post, realcities.com 56. The nonpartisan GAO concluded the Bush Administration created illegal, covert propaganda--in the form of fake news reports--to promote its industry-backed Medicare bill. Source: General Accounting Office 57. The Bush Administration stunted research that could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, spinal injuries, heart disease and muscular dystrophy by placing severe restrictions on the use of federal dollars for embryonic stem-cell research. Source: CBS News 58. The Bush Administration reinstated the "global gag rule," which requires foreign NGOs to withhold information about legal abortion services or lose US funds for family planning. Source: healthsciences.columbia.edu 59. The Bush Administration authorized twenty companies that have been charged with fraud at the federal or state level to offer Medicare prescription drug cards to seniors. Source: American Progress 60. The Bush Administration created a prescription drug card for Medicare that locks seniors into one card for up to a year but allows the corporations offering the cards to change their prices once a week. Source: Washington Post 61. The Bush Administration blocked efforts to allow Medicare to negotiate cheaper prescription drug prices for seniors. Source: American Progress 62. At the behest of the french fry industry, the Bush Administration USDA changed their definition of fresh vegetables to include frozen french fries. Source: commondreams.org 63. In a case before the Supreme Court, the Bush Administrations sided with HMOs--arguing that patients shouldn't be allowed to sue HMOs when they are improperly denied treatment. With the Administration's help, the HMOs won. Source: ABC News 64. The Bush Administration went to court to block lawsuits by patients who were injured by defective prescription drugs and medical devices. Source: Washington Post 65. President Bush signed a Medicare law that allows companies that reduce healthcare benefits for retirees to receive substantial subsidies from the government. Source: Bloomberg News 66. Since President Bush took office, more than 5 million people have lost their health insurance. Source: CNN.com 67. The Bush Administration blocked a proposal to ban the use of arsenic-treated lumber in playground equipment, even though it conceded it posed a danger to children. Source: Miami Herald 68. One day after President Bush bragged about his efforts to help seniors afford healthcare, the Administration announced the largest dollar increase of Medicare premiums in history. Source: iht.com 69. The Bush Administration--at the behest of the tobacco industry--tried to water down a global treaty that aimed to help curb smoking. Source: tobaccofreekids.org 70. The Bush Administration has spent $270 million on abstinence-only education programs even though there is no scientific evidence demonstrating that they are effective in dissuading teenagers from having sex or reducing the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Source: salon.com 71. The Bush Administration slashed funding for programs that suggested ways, other than abstinence, to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. Source: LA Weekly ENVIRONMENT 72. The Bush Administration gutted clean-air standards for aging power plants, resulting in at least 20,000 premature deaths each year. Source: cta.policy.net 73. The Bush Administration eliminated protections on more than 200 million acres of public lands. Source: calwild.org 74. President Bush broke his promise to place limits on carbon dioxide emissions, an essential step in combating global warming. Source: Washington Post 75. Days after 9/11, the Bush Administration told people living near Ground Zero that the air was safe--even though they knew it wasn't--subjecting hundreds of people to unnecessary, debilitating ailments. Sierra Club , EPA 76. The Bush Administration created a massive tax loophole for SUVs--allowing, for example, the write-off of the entire cost of a new Hummer. Source: Washington Post 77. The Bush Administration put former coal-industry big shots in the government and let them roll back safety regulations, putting miners at greater risk of black lung disease. Source: New York Times 78. The Bush Administration said that even though the weed killer atrazine was seeping into water supplies--creating, among other bizarre creatures, hermaphroditic frogs--there was no reason to regulate it. Source: Washington Post 79. The Bush Administration has proposed cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $600 million next year. Source: ems.org 80. President Bush broke his campaign promise to end the maintenance backlog at national parks. He has provided just 7 percent of the funds needed, according to National Park Service estimates. Source: bushgreenwatch.org RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES 81. Since 9/11, Attorney General John Ashcroft has detained 5,000 foreign nationals in antiterrorism sweeps; none have been convicted of a terrorist crime. Source: hrwatch.org 82. The Bush Administration ignored pleas from the International Committee of the Red Cross to stop the abuse of prisoners in US custody. Source: Wall Street Journal 83. In violation of international law, the Bush Administration hid prisoners from the Red Cross so the organization couldn't monitor their treatment. Source: hrwatch.org 84. The Bush Administration, without ever charging him with a crime, arrested US citizen Jos預adilla at an airport in Chicago, held him on a naval brig in South Carolina for two years, denied him access to a lawyer and prohibited any contact with his friends and family. Source: news.findlaw.com 85. President Bush's top legal adviser wrote a memo to the President advising him that he can legally authorize torture. Source: news.findlaw.com 86. At the direction of Bush Administration officials, the FBI went door to door questioning people planning on protesting at the 2004 political conventions. Source: New York Times 87. The Bush Administration refuses to support the creation of an independent commission to investigate the abuse of foreign prisoners in American custody. Instead, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld selected the members of a commission to review the conduct of his own department. Source: humanrightsfirst.org FLIP FLOPS 88. President Bush opposed the creation of the 9/11 Commission before he supported it, delaying an essential inquiry into one of the greatest intelligence failure in American history. Source: americanprogressaction.org 89. President Bush said gay marriage was a state issue before he supported a constitutional amendment banning it. Sources: CNN.com, White House 90. President Bush said he was committed to capturing Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" before he said, "I truly am not that concerned about him." Source: americanprogressaction.org 91. President Bush said we had found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, before he admitted we hadn't found them. Sources: White House, americanprogress.org 92. President Bush said, "You can't distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror," before he admitted Saddam had no role in 9/11. Sources: White House, Washington Post BIOGRAPHY 93. George Bush didn't come close to meeting his commitments to the National Guard. Records show he performed no service in a six-month period in 1972 and a three-month period in 1973. Source: boston.com 94. In June 1990 George Bush violated federal securities law when he failed to inform the SEC that he had sold 200,000 shares of his company, Harken Energy. Two months later the company reported significant losses and by the end of that year the stock had dropped from $3 to $1. Source: The Guardian 95. When asked at an April 2004 press conference to name a mistake he made during his presidency, Bush couldn't think of one. Source: White House SECRECY 96. The Bush Administration refuses to release twenty-seven pages of a Congressional report that reportedly detail the Saudi Arabian government's connections to the 9/11 hijackers. Source: philly.com 97. Last year the Bush Administration spent $6.5 billion creating 14 million new classified documents and securing old secrets--the highest level of spending in ten years. Source: openthegovernment.org 98. The Bush Administration spent $120 classifying documents for every $1 it spent declassifying documents. Source: openthegovernment.org 99. The Bush Administration has spent millions of dollars and defied numerous court orders to conceal from the public who participated in Vice President Cheney's 2001 energy task force. Source: Washington Post 100. The Bush Administration--reversing years of bipartisan tradition--refuses to answer requests from Democratic members of Congress about how the White House is spending taxpayer money. Source: Washington Post OPINION If the past informs the future, four more years of the Bush Administration will be a tragic period in the history of the United States and the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ps. i would like to thank the 3 people who commented on my last entry and didnt say something stupid that was of no use. 5 cunts / huh?

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