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[LewWaters]

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[Keith]

[LewWaters]

Since the whiners don't like keeping more of their own money, here are a few more Bush accomplishments;

President George W. Bush's accomplishments


1. In Texas, won two terms to Governor's office; beat Al Gore in the 2000 election;

2. Has had passed every major piece of legislation he has supported.

3. Since 9-11-01:

(A) In Afghanistan, the Taliban have been overthrown and a decent government installed.

(B) In Iraq, the Saddam regime has been overthrown, the dynasty destroyed, and the possibility for a civilized form of governance exists for the first time in 30 years.

(C) In Iran, with dictatorships toppled to the east (Afghanistan) and the west (Iraq), popular resistance to the dictatorship of the mullahs has intensified.

(D) In Pakistan, once the sponsor and chief supporter of the Taliban, the government radically reversed course and became a leading American ally in the war on terror.

(E) In Saudi Arabia, where the presence of U.S. troops near the holy cities of Mecca and Medina deeply inflamed relations with many Muslims, the American military is leaving -- not in retreat or with apology, but because it is no longer needed to protect Saudi Arabia from Saddam.

(F) Yemen, totally unhelpful to the United States after the attack on the USS Cole, has started cooperating in the war on terror.

(G) In the small stable Gulf states, new alliances with the United States have been established.

(H) Kuwait's future is secure, the threat from Saddam having been eliminated.

(I) Jordan is secure, no longer having Iraq's tank armies and radical nationalist influence at its back.

(J) Syria has gone quiet, closing terrorist offices in Damascus and downplaying its traditional anti-Americanism.

K) Lebanon's southern frontier is quiet for the first time in years, as Hezbollah, reading the new
strategic situation, has stopped cross-border attacks into Israel.

(L) Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations have been restarted, a truce declared, and a fledgling Palestinian leadership established that might actually be prepared to make a real peace with Israel.

4. Single-handedly won 2002 mid-term elections for Republican candidates and incumbents.

5. Has consistent long term support of most Americans

6. Won tax cuts for all Americans who pay taxes. President George W. Bush signed into law the hard-fought, $350 billion economic stimulus package, opening the door to accelerated tax cuts for millions of Americans.

7. On track for a landslide win in 2004.

8. Reduced the US Dollar to a realistic value so all our manufacturing doesn't go overseas.

9. Made the UN more accountable;

10. Stood up to France and Germany and revealed them to have secret oil contracts even while they had agreed to the NATO boycott.

11. Interest rates have been lowered.

12. Doesn't bash the left to gain moral support (because he's a model of respect and a Christian)

13. Wears a suit and tie to work with his fly zipped up. (a new standard since the Clinton administration)

14. Revamped the nation's security policies and procedures with the result that there has been no major terrorist event since 9-11-01 in a country whose geography is custom-tailored for terrorism (skyscrapers, concerts, churches, buses, etc.).

15. Imposed temporary safeguards to help give America's
steel industry and its workers the chance to adapt to the large influx of foreign steel. This relief will help steelworkers, communities that depend on steel, and the steel industry adjust without harming our economy.

16. Improve early childhood education for millions of America's youngest children. The President's initiative strengthens Head Start to improve the quality of experiences for young children, including training the nearly 50,000 Head Start teachers in the latest and best techniques; insures that pre-school programs are more closely coordinated with state K-12 education goals; and improves the information available to parents and caregivers about the best practices in early childhood development, including an unprecedented $45 million research effort to identify effective early literacy programs and practices.

17. Created a new Corporate Fraud Task Force, headed by the Deputy Attorney General, which targets major accounting fraud and other criminal activity in corporate finance. The task force functions as a financial crimes SWAT team, overseeing the investigation of corporate abusers and bringing them to account. Proposed tough new criminal penalties for corporate fraud:
- doubling the maximum prison terms for those convicted of financial fraud from five to 10 years.
He has asked Congress to strengthen the ability of SEC investigators to temporarily freeze improper payments to corporate executives, and to strengthen laws that prevent the destruction of corporate documents in order to hide crimes. Moved corporate accounting out of the shadows, so the investing public will have a true and fair and timely picture of assets and liabilities and income of publicly traded companies. Asked Congress for funding to place 100 new enforcement personnel in the SEC. Aske Congress for an additional $100 million in the coming year to give the SEC the officers and the technology it needs to enforce the law. "If more scandals are hiding in corporate America, we must find and expose them now, so we can begin rebuilding the confidence of our people and the momentum of our markets." Proposed a 10- point Accountability Plan for American Business, designed to provide better information to
shareholders, set clear responsibility for corporate officers, and develop a stronger, more independent auditing system.

18. President Bush has proposed an initiative that dramatically improves air quality by cutting power plants' emissions of three critical pollutants by 70 percent - more than any other presidential clean air initiative. This historic legislative proposal would bring clean air to American
communities faster, more reliably, and more effectively than the current Clean Air Act.

19. Supports a prescription drug benefit in Medicare that allows seniors to choose the drug coverage that is best for them.

20. Signed into law the Trade Act of 2002 With trade promotion authority, the trade agreements we negotiate will have an up-or-down vote in Congress, giving other countries the confidence to negotiate with us. "Five Presidents before me had this advantage, but since the authority elapsed in 1994, other nations and regions have pursued new trade agreements while America's trade policy was stuck in park. With each passing day, America has lost trading opportunities, and the jobs and earnings that go with them. Starting now, America is back at the bargaining table in full force."

21. Signed the E-Government Act. The Act expands the use of the Internet and computer resources in order to deliver Government services, consistent with the reform principles previously outlined for a citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based Government.

22. Seeks to reduce the marriage-penalty tax, increase of the child tax credit, elimination of the double-taxation of dividends.

23. Signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act of 2002.

24. Unveiled the most aggressive initiative in American history to cut power plant emissions, as well as a bold new strategy for addressing global climate change. Became the first-ever President to propose a multi-emission strategy for power plants that, when implemented, leads to cleaner
air in every community and region across America. Became the first President to propose a cap on Mercury emissions.

25. If the whole world participates in the President 's climate change strategy, then there will be even larger reductions of greenhouse gases than under the Kyoto Protocol. When you consider the President's FY 2003 budget alone, the $4.5 billion it provides for global climate change programs is more than any other country in the world. Over the last decade the U.S. has spent at least $18 billion on global climate change programs. The U.S. Senate rejected the Kyoto Protocol by a 95-0 vote in 1997.

26. President Bush signed Child Internet Safety Legislation. Called the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002. Dot Kids will now be part of the U.S. country domain on the Internet. It will function much like the children's section of the library, where parents feel comfortable
allowing their children to browse. Be a safe place for children to go.

27. In his second week in office, Bush sent initiatives to Congress to allow religious groups to receive federal funding for the provision of vital life and social services to the needy. Religious groups are allowed to compete with secular organizations for federal dollars to pay for after- school programs, drug treatment counseling, meal assistance and other programs.

28. President Bush signed a $15 billion global AIDS bill, calling it the "moral duty" of the United States to act against a disease that has killed more than 20 million people worldwide. "We believe in the value and dignity of every human life," Mr. Bush said, likening the AIDS initiative to U.S. relief and rebuilding efforts in Europe during World War II.

29. President Bush signed legislation last week, dedicating more than $900 million over five years to security research and education to protect the nation's technology infrastructure against hackers and terrorists. The Cyber Security Research and Development Act will establish computer security research centers and fellowship programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

30. On 12-12-01 Bush signed a relief act for Afghan women and children. The bill authorizes education and health care assistance for Afghan women and children living in their home country and those living elsewhere as refugees.

31. President Bush signed the Anti-Telemarketing bill that created the National Do Not Call list.

32. President George W. Bush signed into law H.R. 1, the No Child Left Behind Act, the culmination of a yearlong, bipartisan effort to bring accountability and flexibility to federal education programs.

33. On May 14, 2002, U.S. President George Bush signed the Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2002. At present, less than 5% of Federal funds for cancer research are spent on blood cancer research. To address this, the Act establishes two programs to increase research and education about blood cancers. Rather than setting a dollar amount for funding, the Act provides "such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal year."

34. On 4-30-03, President Bush signed the Amber Alert, a far-reaching child protection legislation carrying a number of contentious provisions.

35. Bush on 11-29-01 signed into law a bill that renews the ban on key taxes related to the Internet and e-commerce.

36. Bush signed a bill honoring former President Reagan's 90th birthday.

37. President Bush signed a long-awaited waiver of certification requirements for the Nunn-Lugar programme, giving the 10-year-old weapons destruction effort the green light to release $450 million in funding that was frozen for most of last year. The waiver paves the way for destruction of some eight months' worth of backed-up nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in Russia and puts an end to tense battles among members of the administration on how to proceed with dispensing of the weapons arsenal that Russia and satellite states have inherited from the Soviet Union.

38. President Bush signed legislation that extends for an additional two years a moratorium that prevents the state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet businesses.

39. On 11-14-02, President Bush signed into law a bill reaffirming the reference in the Pledge of Allegiance to ours being one nation "under God."

40. President Bush signed the National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2002 doubling its budget.

41. President Bush enacted the Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002. The law aims to persuade foreign nationals to take necessary and sometimes risky steps needed to return any surviving American POW/MIA from the Persian Gulf War by providing those who cooperate and their families with asylum.

42. On 2-25-03, President George W. Bush signed a National Security Presidential Directive to advance the United States Government's fight against trafficking in persons, a modern day form of slavery. This policy directive follows from the President's actions taken on February 13, 2002, when he signed Executive Order 13257 to establish a Cabinet-level Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

43. President Bush signed legislation protecting infants "accidentally" born during abortion procedures from being killed or left to die. Bush signed the "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act" (H.R. 2175) during a trip to Pennsylvania, to mirror laws already on the books in more than 30 states. "This important legislation assures that every infant born alive, including an infant who survives an abortion procedure, is considered a person under federal law," he said.

44. President Bush has signed legislation that will create clearinghouses to provide training and tips for schools on how to raise money to buy defibrillators. The law also authorizes $25 million for states to use to establish programs. The bill was inspired by the case of a 13-year-old Illinois boy who went into cardiac arrest after being hit with a baseball. A police officer restarted his heart with a defibrillator. Sponsors said the bill was necessary partly because schools are often used for community meetings and as disaster shelters.

45. President Bush has signed the Help America Vote Act -- a measure that will provide state and local governments with up to $3.9 billion over the next three years to replace antiquated voting systems with more modern systems.


* The country is now in its second year of economic growth.

* Nationwide, incomes are rising faster than inflation.

* Interest rates are the lowest in 38 years, and low interest rates have allowed Americans to refinance their homes, adding more than $100 billion to their pocketbooks and to the economy.

* The homeownership rate-a central part of the American dream-is 68 percent, close to the highest ever.

* Productivity of American workers-the most important indicator of our economic strength-went up 5.6 percent over the last four measured quarters, the best since 1973.

* Our trade with other nations is expanding.

[Keith]

[LewWaters]

You're right, Keith. My apologies. I will have to add it to the list.

[prdCOmom]

What has Kerry done in the last 20 years that made me mad?

He sucked a lot of air!
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[stop kerry]

I believe Kerry actually said voting wasn't an important part of the job
What does he get paid- to run for president--- he's been doing that since Vietnam. I wonder if all his clothes have JFK on them???

[hist/student]

HE flipped off Ted Sampley at the wall on memorial day....... start there and go backwards.

He's braged of, and proud to have sent minions to attack this board.... etc....

[Craig]

[Craig]

[Greenhat]

Craig,

Kerry actually wrote a bill to submit to the Senate. I suggest you read that bill and see what he wanted to do.

You can't claim pork, you can't claim other interests...

The bill failed to get a co-sponser. The bill never made it to the floor of the Senate. The bill was a no-go from the very start.

But John F. Kerry was stupid enough to put his name on it.
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