Streisand: Bush's Achievements...

barbrastreisand.com ^ | November 25, 2003 | Barbra Streisand

[presidio9]

Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, wrote an amazing editorial in the latest issue of the magazine pointing out some of Bush's most dubious accomplishments during his tenure as president. Here are just some of the many facts Graydon puts forth.

2 - Number of nations George W. Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office. 10 million - Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest.

$100 billion - Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. citizens by the end of the year.

104 - Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May, 2003 (when Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and declared an end to the open conflict) and the middle of October.

0 - Number of American combat deaths in Germany following the Nazi surrender in May, 1945.

0 - Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed - presumably to keep the spotlight off fatalities in Iraq.

53 - Percentage of Americans who doubt that the Iraq war was worth the cost.

$28 billion - Amount of proposed cuts to veterans' benefits in the congressional Republicans' budget resolution for fiscal year 2004 (In the end they cut only $6 billion).

$6,000 - Amount of proposed increase - opposed by Bush - in benefits to families of soldiers who die in combat.

$127 billion - Amount of U.S. budget surplus in fiscal year 2001, the year Bush became president.

$374 billion - Amount of U.S. budget deficit in fiscal year 2003.

#1 - Record for most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) set in 2002.

#1 - Set record for biggest two-year point drop in the history of the stock market during the first half of a presidential term.

$200 billion - Approximate aggregate amount of state budget gaps in the past three years, the highest figure since WWII.

1.6 - Percentage increase in economic growth since Bush took office, the slowest rate of increase over the equivalent period for any administration in 20 years.

58 million - Number of acres of public lands Bush as opened to road building, logging and drilling.

200 - Number of public-health and environmental laws Bush has worked to downgrade or weaken since taking office.

2.4 million - Number of Americans who lost their jobs during the first two and a half years of the Bush administration.

9 million - Number of workers unemployed as of September, 2003.

#1 - The administration is well on its way to being the first since Herbert Hoover's to preside over an overall loss of jobs during its complete term in office.

0 - Number of Bush Court of Appeals nominees who have endorsed the legal foundation of Roe vs. Wade.

#1 - Has assembled the wealthiest cabinet in U.S. history.

$10.9 million - Average wealth of the members of Bush's 16-person Cabinet.

$42,000 - Average savings members of Bush's Cabinet are expected to receive this year as a result of cuts in capital-gains and dividends taxes.

$42,228 - Median household income in the U.S. in 2001.

$116,000 - Amount Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to save each year in taxes.

9 - Number of members of Bush's Defense Policy Board who also sit on the corporate board of, or advice, at least one defense contractor.

43.6 million - Number of Americans without health insurance as of 2002.

$300 million - Amount cut in December 2002 from the federal program that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes during the winter.

#1 - First American president to ignore the Geneva Convention on warfare (by refusing to allow inspectors access to U.S.-held prisoners of war).

90 - Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on September 26, 2001

50 - Percentage of Americans who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president on October 15, 2003 (I have since read that that number is down in some polls to 45% approval).

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[LiteKeeper]

Isn't it interesting that nowhere on her web site is there an address (that I could find) that allows one to communicate with her? How very odd...she can dish it out, but doesn't want to take it!

[marshmallow]

Could I add to the list?

First American president to (almost) get Alec Baldwin to leave the country.

We can but pray.

[Paul Atreides]

They forgot to list the number of Bush family members whose lives are now on terrorist hit lists, because our President had the courage to take on terrorists. However, it is just too easy to say that he did it for money and oil.

[Pagey]

My mother told me when I was growing up,'If you can't something nice about somebody,don't say anything'. But in B.S.'s case, I simply cannot hold back any longer, forgive me Mom: Can't B.S. receive some disease that renders her mouth and hands immobile, ala Stephen Hawking? There, someone had to pose the question. If she can rant consistent and mindless word drool blather on her website, I can ask questions like this.And yes, I am feeling better now too. LOL

[SquirrelKing]

She came up with this all by herself?

Riiiiight. When monkeys fly out of my butt...

[Rummyfan]

Bump for later.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I would certainly expect the best people appointed to the Cabinet would also be the most successful!

[dennisw]

Mark Mofo'

[veronica]

Actually, mine is a drag queen made up like Babs. :)

[Mr.Atos]

Actually, mine is a drag queen made up like Babs.

Yeah? Could've fooled me. But, I'm pretty sure this really IS her...

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Much of this is lifted from a bogus Bush "resume" that has infested leftist inboxes for several months. A nice, line-by-line refutation is at http://www.crossbearer.com/resume/The_Truth.pdf . Recommended.

[avenir]

"0 - The number of left wing Hollywood hacks who kept their promise to move to Europe if Bush were elected president."

Woo-hoo! Nail 'em Bubba!

[Chu Gary]

Perhaps the US military forces could take a pic of Babs' estate, then publish it for the consumption of the Ragheads with the location and a caption id'ing it as the Western White House. That could be pretty fun!

[Petronski]

1000 - number of ways Barbra Streisand's spiritual ugliness sullies the civilized world.

[ServesURight]

This lady is losing it. I especially laughed at the parts about the wealth of Bush's cabinet and how much Cheney is saving on taxes. Excuse me, but isn't she a multimillionaire too? Babs is the epitome of limosuine liberalism defined to her gnarled fingernails.

[GeekDejure]

0 - The number of working brain cells left in Barbra Streisand's head.

Ahhh, common Bubba... she's gotta have at least 2 working brain cells. How else would she be able to write her 2 initials ??? ;-))

B.S. !!!

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[DarthMaulrulesok]

Dear Sir:

On behalf of the canis familurus community please do not compare us to Barbara S. We have enthusiastically supported President Bush from the beginning (his tax cuts mean more food in our bowls!) I can assure you that any dog associating with liberals does so against his will and under threat of death (poor Buddy).

Sincerely,

Lassie, Rin-Tin-Tin, and Lad.

[DarthMaulrulesok]

Oh, and any liberal who might be reading this, here are some more numbers, just for you:

300,000 - number of victims of Saddam in mass graves discovered SO FAR.
25,000,000 - number of people liberated in Iraq.
650,000 - number of TONS of weapons we have to sift through to find some WMD's.
0 - number of times President Bush actually said combat in Iraq was over.
300 - number of foreign terrorists captured in Iraq SO FAR.