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Jeff Schweitzer: Dow Hovers Near 11,000: This is Obama's Market

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:32:07 +0000

"With jaw-dropping, surreal, outrageous, unbelievable hypocrisy probably never before matched in scope and breadth, by the first week of March 2009, just over one month into the Obama presidency, Republicans were blaming Obama for the dire economic news. For eight years under Bush any bad news was Clinton's fault; just one month into Obama's presidency, Bush was innocent of all blame. We do not have a vocabulary that can capture the deep absurdity of this assault on reason."

Tags: #bush #crazypants #economy #obama #politics #republicans

Rachel Maddow rips apart Cheney, GOP attack machine - Daily Kos TV (beta)

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:28:45 +0000

"Again, my friends and colleagues in the media have two choices in covering this. You can just copy down what the Republicans and Vice President Cheney are saying, and click "send," call it journalism, or you can actually fact-check those comments and put them into context. Your choice. It’s your country."

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Sympathy for the bad apples « The Poor Man Institute

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:18:15 +0000

"We’ve got what amounts to a reverse Nuremberg defense, where Bush administration officials are let off the hook because they were only giving orders. I’m not sure that’s such a great idea."

Tags: #bush #cheney #politics #reversenuremberg

Think Progress » Security for the Bush family costing Dallas more than $1 million annually.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:33:29 +0000

"The Star-Telegram has a report on the tight security surrounding George W. and Laura Bush’s move into their Dallas home. Police officers have been turning away vehicles trying to enter the Preston Hollow neighborhood, “explaining that it is closed to the general public.”"

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The Onion Bashes Bush (Literally) | The Huffington Post

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:13:51 +0000

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Bush Passes Three-Pound Kidney Stone | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:12:29 +0000

Whoa, I missed one from back in November. "President Bush collapsed in the Oval Office after spontaneously expelling a 3-pound kidney stone from his bladder, sources reported Tuesday. According to witnesses, the president was attending his daily Iraq War briefing when he suddenly began shrieking loudly and clutching his abdomen, a mixture of blood and urine pooling rapidly around his feet. Bush was able to maintain consciousness through more than 20 minutes of excruciating pain, even after the jagged, grapefruit-sized crystal aggregation shredded his urethra and dropped from his left pant leg, finally rolling to a stop on the presidential seal in the middle of the Oval Office carpet. Bush is resting comfortably at Bethesda Naval Hospital."

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Bush Dies Peacefully In His Sleep | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:44:10 +0000

"George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States of America, passed away painlessly in his sleep Monday night, White House sources confirmed. The 62-year-old Bush was reportedly discovered lying unresponsive in his bed by first lady Laura Bush, a gentle smile still on his lips. "It was as though he knew it was his time to go," said longtime family physician Dr. Harold Ditmas, who pronounced the president dead of natural causes at 7:24 a.m. Plans for Bush's funeral have been postponed indefinitely following an unexpected incident in which the president's corpse was sucked through an Air Force One jet engine."

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Op-Ed Columnist - Forgive and Forget? - NYTimes.com

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:55:56 +0000

"And to protect and defend the Constitution, a president must do more than obey the Constitution himself; he must hold those who violate the Constitution accountable. So Mr. Obama should reconsider his apparent decision to let the previous administration get away with crime. Consequences aside, that’s not a decision he has the right to make. "

Tags: #bush #justice #politics #washington

Spider Eggs Hatch In Bush's Brain | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:54:09 +0000

"President Bush collapsed to the floor of the Oval Office during a meeting with advisers when spiderlings hatched from thousands of egg sacs affixed between the hemispheres of his brain, according to a White House memo released Monday. The spiders severed the president's corpus callosum and ate through the motor-control center of the brain, doctors said, causing Bush's body to jerk involuntarily as a scurrying mass of crab spiders emerged from his mouth and crawled down his face. Witnesses confirmed that a number of spiders also discharged from the president's tear ducts. Secret Service agents restrained the president and carried him to the White House medical facility, but doctors said that by the time Bush arrived, the arachnids had already consumed his corneas, pupils, and vitreous humor. Bush is resting comfortably at Bethesda Naval Hospital."

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Single-Engine Cessna Crashes Into Bush | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:38:06 +0000

Okay, so this one is actually kind of funny. "The Federal Aviation Administration said engine failure was to blame for a pilot losing control of a four-seater Cessna aircraft that crashed head-on into President Bush Thursday. According to the FAA report, the nose of the Cessna 350 impacted with the president's face at 110 mph, instantly killing pilot James Morris, 45. Bush reportedly suffered third-degree burns on 95 percent of his body, a broken spine, 20 shattered ribs, one collapsed lung, a basilar skull fracture, and minor leakage of cerebrospinal fluid"

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Bush's Eyelid Accidentally Nailed To Wall | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:40:34 +0000

Christ - again? Who is writing these, and how are they funny? "President George W. Bush sustained a perforation injury to his right eyelid when a pneumatic nail gun malfunctioned and shot a 12-centimeter-long iron nail that entered Bush's superonasal sclera, exited through his upper eyelid, and then penetraed the wall of the White House Blue Room. The president remained pinned to the wall for a period of 27 hours before help arrived."

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Bush Dragged Behind Presidential Motorcade For 26 Blocks | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:52:44 +0000

Seriously, what's funny here? I didn't get it last time with the Crocodile biting off his arm either. "President Bush sustained serious head injuries, massive internal bleeding, and a broken left leg Monday morning after being accidentally dragged behind the presidential motorcade for a period of 15 minutes."

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Crocodile Bites Off Bush's Arm | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:59:26 +0000

I don't get the joke here. "Bush's severed arm was unable to be recovered. Doctors confirmed that he will be fitted with a prosthetic limb in a procedure Friday, and that he is currently being treated for sepsis. Bush is resting comfortably in Annapolis Naval Hospital."

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Defining Bush's "Mandate"

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:34:42 +0000

"Winning 51 percent of the popular vote in Tuesday's election , Bush administration officials were quick to declare that the results constitute a "mandate" for Bush's second term. This interpretation of the election caught hold in the mainstream media-- a sign perhaps that White House spin was triumphing over the actual numbers recorded on Election Day. "

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Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open - NYTimes.com

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:04:40 +0000

"Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials."

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