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cimoreneExtracts from the Harper's Index article A retrospective of the Bush era.
Minimum number of Bush appointees who have regulated industries they used to represent as lobbyists: 98
Years before becoming energy secretary that Spencer Abraham cosponsored a bill to abolish the Department of Energy: 2
Months before September 11, 2001, that Cheney’s Energy Task Force investigated Iraq’s oil resources: 6
Number of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African men detained in the U.S. in the eight weeks after 9/11: 1,182
Number of them ever charged with a terrorism-related crime: 0
Number charged with an immigration violation: 762
Chances an American in 2002 believed the government should regulate comedy routines that make light of terrorism: 2 in 5
Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50
Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his administration from following: 1,069
Factor by which an Iraqi in 2006 was more likely to die than in the last year of the Saddam regime: 3.6
Factor by which the cause of death was more likely to be violence: 120
Number of all U.S. war veterans who have been denied Veterans Administration health care since 2003: 452,677
Portion of Bush's presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Number of incidents of torture on prime-time network TV shows from 2002 to 2007: 897
Percentage change since 2000 in U.S. emigration to Canada: +79
Seconds it took a Maryland consultant in 2004 to pick a Diebold voting machine’s lock and remove its memory card: 10
Amount the Justice Department spent in 2001 installing curtains to cover two seminude statues of Justice: $8,650
Number of Republican officials who have been investigated by the Justice Department since 2001: 196
Number of Democratic officials who have been: 890
Percentage of EPA scientists who say they have experienced political interference with their work since 2002: 60
Change since 2001 in the percentage of Americans who believe humans are causing climate change: –4
Portion of the $3.3 billion in federal Hurricane Katrina relief spent by Mississippi that has benefited poor residents: 1/4
Ratio of the entire U.S. federal budget in 1957, adjusted for inflation, to the amount spent so far on the Iraq war: 1:1
Minimum number of nicknames Bush has given to associates during his presidency: 75
Number of associates with the last name Jackson he has dubbed “Action Jackson”: 2
Number of press conferences at which Bush has referred to a question as a “trick”: 14
Number of times he has declared an event or outcome not to be “acceptable”: 149
Minimum number of Bush appointees who have regulated industries they used to represent as lobbyists: 98
Years before becoming energy secretary that Spencer Abraham cosponsored a bill to abolish the Department of Energy: 2
Months before September 11, 2001, that Cheney’s Energy Task Force investigated Iraq’s oil resources: 6
Number of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African men detained in the U.S. in the eight weeks after 9/11: 1,182
Number of them ever charged with a terrorism-related crime: 0
Number charged with an immigration violation: 762
Chances an American in 2002 believed the government should regulate comedy routines that make light of terrorism: 2 in 5
Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50
Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his administration from following: 1,069
Factor by which an Iraqi in 2006 was more likely to die than in the last year of the Saddam regime: 3.6
Factor by which the cause of death was more likely to be violence: 120
Number of all U.S. war veterans who have been denied Veterans Administration health care since 2003: 452,677
Portion of Bush's presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Number of incidents of torture on prime-time network TV shows from 2002 to 2007: 897
Percentage change since 2000 in U.S. emigration to Canada: +79
Seconds it took a Maryland consultant in 2004 to pick a Diebold voting machine’s lock and remove its memory card: 10
Amount the Justice Department spent in 2001 installing curtains to cover two seminude statues of Justice: $8,650
Number of Republican officials who have been investigated by the Justice Department since 2001: 196
Number of Democratic officials who have been: 890
Percentage of EPA scientists who say they have experienced political interference with their work since 2002: 60
Change since 2001 in the percentage of Americans who believe humans are causing climate change: –4
Portion of the $3.3 billion in federal Hurricane Katrina relief spent by Mississippi that has benefited poor residents: 1/4
Ratio of the entire U.S. federal budget in 1957, adjusted for inflation, to the amount spent so far on the Iraq war: 1:1
Minimum number of nicknames Bush has given to associates during his presidency: 75
Number of associates with the last name Jackson he has dubbed “Action Jackson”: 2
Number of press conferences at which Bush has referred to a question as a “trick”: 14
Number of times he has declared an event or outcome not to be “acceptable”: 149
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Date: 19 Jan 2009 05:56 pm (UTC)I don't remember if it was the CIA or the FBI, but one of those agencies was spying on them, tapping phone lines, following them around for MONTHS after the WTCA*. Why? Well, for one thing, the son was dumb enough to deal pot for a while, but other than that...they were of Middle-Eastern descent. So fucking ridiculous. Oh, and the family isn't even Muslim. Ha ha! No, they're Catholic.
I really hope Bush and co. are brought up on charges. Can I say that, or am I going to be dragged in for questioning?