George W. Bush

The comparison Rocky Anderson makes is apt: Like President Ford, Barack Obama helped the President who came before him evade legal responsibility for serious crimes that were committed in the White House. Just as Gerald ford let Richard Nixon off the hook, Barack Obama let George W. Bush off the hook.

Posted in Alternative Parties, Barack Obama, Election 2012, George W. Bush, Politics, Shirts | Tagged bush, gerald ford, richard nixon, rocky anderson | 3 Comments

Obama Is Worse Than Bush On Rule Of Law, Says Rocky Anderson

jclifford 12/22/2011

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Rocky Anderson reminds me that Obama’s troubling disregard for America’s constitutional rights was made quite clear during the 2008 presidential election. We spent a great deal of time here at Irregular Times during the summer and autumn of 2008 discussing Barack Obama’s support for the terrible FISA Amendments Act – a law that gave immunity to telecommunications corporations for breaking federal law by providing government spies with information about millions of Americans’ private communications data.

Posted in Activism, Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Election 2012, George W. Bush, Liberty, Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, bush, fisa amendments act, human rights, rocky anderson | 2 Comments

White House Says No to Over the Counter Plan B Pill. Which White House?

Jim Cook 12/20/2011

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This month, the Bush Administration prioritized election politics over the empirical findings of scientists, nixing over-the-counter access to Plan B medication that prevents pregnancy. President Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services overruled the recommendation of an expert panel at …

Posted in Barack Obama, Democrats, George W. Bush, Politics, Sex and Gender | Tagged Barack Obama, fda, George W. Bush, plan b, Science | 2 Comments

Rocky Anderson Asks Independents To Question Authority

jclifford 12/4/2011

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What if, in 2012, political independents discover a new dimension and swing, not toward either the Democrats or Republicans, but to Rocky Anderson?

Posted in Alternative Parties, Barack Obama, Bumper Stickers, Democrats, Election 2012, George W. Bush | Tagged independent, rocky anderson | 10 Comments

Slavish Conservative Bootlicking: Let Government Do Anything to Keep 1 Person Safe

Jim Cook 10/24/2011

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James Delingpole sarcastically takes the New York Times to task for telling the world about Bush’s secret, illegal and unconstitutional warrantless wiretapping program that spied on innocent people. His 296th Way to Drive a Liberal Crazy is: 296. Praise the …

Posted in George W. Bush, Homeland Insecurity, Liberty, Politics | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, constitution, danger, death, George W. Bush, illegal, james delingpole, prevention, surveillance | Leave a comment

144th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Play Who’s the Socialist on Taxes

Jim Cook 8/11/2011

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James Delingpole and the conservative media publisher Human Events have teamed up to blast out #223 from Delingpole’s book, 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy. Here’s a scan of the appropriate page out of Delingpole’s book: You’ll notice that …

Posted in Barack Obama, Democrats, Economy, George W. Bush, Politics, Republicans | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, Barack Obama, budget, bush, clothing, expenses, food, George W. Bush, housing, james delingpole, oecd, shelter, taxation, taxes | 3 Comments

Why Has Obama Expanded The Use Of Mercenaries In USA Wars?

Peregrin Wood 7/31/2011

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Under President Obama, the use of mercenaries by the U.S. government is expanding. Last year, there were 22,000 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq. This year, there are 28,178 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq – an increase of 28 percent. To counter this trend, Jan Schakowsky and Bernard Sanders have introduced legislation in the House and Senate to prohibit the use of mercenaries for security roles that have been traditionally been filled by the military.

Posted in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Legislation, War and Peace | Tagged afghanistan, anna eshoo, barbara lee, bernard sanders, blackwater, bob filner, congress, gwen moore, iraq, james mcgovern, jan schakowsky, Jared Polis, john conyers, Luis Gutierrez, lynn woolsey, marcy kaptur, maurice hinchey, mercenaries, peter stark, security contractors, stop outsourcing security act | 1 Comment

Rand Paul Does Better Than Most Senate Democrats On Patriot Act

jclifford 5/24/2011

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Only 4 Senate Democrats voted no to cloture on the Patriot Act extension. Max Baucus, Mark Begich,Jeff Merkley, and Jon Tester joined Rand Paul in voting to stop the advance of the renewal of the worst powers of the Patriot Act. Good for them.

Posted in Democrats, George W. Bush, Legislation, Liberty | Tagged congress, patriot act, privacy, rand paul, senate, spying | 4 Comments

Justice Denied By Supreme Court Refusal To Hear Torture Case

ITimes 5/17/2011

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The victory for George W. Bush and Barack Obama comes in the form of an end to a lawsuit by people who were kidnapped by the U.S. government and subjected to extraordinary rendition – the shipping of the victims to foreign governments that are known to use torture against prisoners. The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to consider the case.

Posted in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Liberty | Tagged aclu, balance of powers, extraordinary rendition, state secrets, supreme court, torture | Leave a comment

Elevated Means Something Again: Terrorist Threat Level Dropped to Zero

Jim Cook 5/5/2011

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el·e·vat·ed adj. raised up, especially above the ground or above the normal level – Random House Dictionary el·e·vat·ed adj. the lowest terrorist threat level during the years of 2001-2010 – George W. Bush Administrative Dictionary If we’re speaking English, an …

Posted in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Homeland Insecurity, Irregular Dictionary | Tagged alerts, Barack Obama, bush, elevated, fear, homeland security, newspeak, sunset, terrorism, threat level, war on terror | 3 Comments

94th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Keep Bush’s Surveillance-War Team and Call it Change

Jim Cook 5/1/2011

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As Jake Tapper of ABC News points out, 3 out of 4 of President Barack Obama’s “new” 2011 team in charge of worldwide spying and war were leaders in President George W. Bush’s team conducting worldwide spying and war: David …

Posted in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Homeland Insecurity, War and Peace | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, Barack Obama, bush, david petraeus, jake tapper, john allen, ryan crocker | 1 Comment

To Protest Obama continuation of Bush policies, Seize DC September 10

Jim Cook 4/30/2011

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Citizens for Legitimate Government is not calling for Americans to come to the National Mall, walk around a bit, listen to speeches and go home. They are not organizing a protest with permits arranged by the National Park Service. On …

Posted in Activism, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Homeland Insecurity, Liberal Links, War and Peace | Tagged Barack Obama, Barack Obama, bush, civil liberty, George W. Bush, non-violent, patriot act, protest, seize dc, war | 4 Comments

Looking Back: Ten Classic Exasperations from the Bush Years

Jim Cook 4/6/2011

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Since the beginning of the year James Delingpole has been shooting out ways to drive liberals crazy every day with “Oreo” jokes and false quotations galore, but we think that approach is pretty cheap. If you really want to know …

Posted in George W. Bush, Politics | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, bush, bush years, George W. Bush, history | 1 Comment

The War to End Torture that Didn’t End Torture

Jim Cook 4/6/2011

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“People are no longer disappearing into political prisons, torture chambers, and mass graves” – President George W. Bush speech on Iraq, May 1 2004 Human Rights Watch report on detention inside Iraq’s Green Zone, 2011: Recent interviews by Human Rights …

Posted in George W. Bush, Outside the USA, War and Peace | Tagged bush, camp honor, George W. Bush, human rights watch, iraq, torture, war | Leave a comment

Obama Embraces George W. Bush’s Kangaroo Courts

jclifford 4/5/2011

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As a new President, Obama had the opportunity to open up the government and show what had actually been going on. He had the opportunity to hold accountable those who had violated the Constitution and federal law. Instead, Obama decided not to confront the problem. In doing so, he made himself a part of the problem.

Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2012, George W. Bush, Liberty | Tagged aclu, Barack Obama, constitution, fair trial, guantanamo, justice, law, military commissions, terrorism | Leave a comment

Civil Liberties Board Nominee Elisebeth Collins Cook on Torture, Surveillance, and Freedom of the Press

Jim Cook 3/30/2011

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Elisebeth Collins Cook is one of two people who have been nominated to sit on the nation’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. If and when President Barack Obama follows his three-years-late legal duty and nominates a third member to …

Posted in Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Liberty, Media, Politics | Tagged bill of rights, board, civil liberties, constitution, elisebeth collins cook, elisebeth cook, fbi, first amendment, free press, judiciary committee, Media, michael mukasey, nominee, oversight, privacy, questionnaire, senate, shield law, surveillance, torture, waterboarding | 1 Comment

Jon Huntsman For President… If You Want To Relive The Last Decade

F. G. Fitzer 2/23/2011

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Why would anyone vote for Jon Huntsman for President? What can he bring to the White House that other presidential candidates cannot?

Posted in Bumper Stickers, Election 2012, George W. Bush, Politics, Republicans | Tagged George W. Bush, jon huntsman, president | Leave a comment

Are War Criminals Coming to Your Neighborhood? Find out with War Criminals Watch

Jim Cook 1/27/2011

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World Can’t Wait has created a clever database called War Criminals Watch that discloses the times and places where the war criminals of the previous Bush administration will be appearing in public events. It is only just that these Bush …

Posted in Activism, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Liberal Links, Liberty, War and Peace | Tagged bush administration, crimes are crimes, joyce kozloff, obama administration, war crimes, war criminals watch, world can't wait | 2 Comments

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Rocky Anderson Compares Barack Obama To Gerald Ford

Obama Is Worse Than Bush On Rule Of Law, Says Rocky Anderson

White House Says No to Over the Counter Plan B Pill. Which White House?

Rocky Anderson Asks Independents To Question Authority

Slavish Conservative Bootlicking: Let Government Do Anything to Keep 1 Person Safe

144th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Play Who’s the Socialist on Taxes

Why Has Obama Expanded The Use Of Mercenaries In USA Wars?

Rand Paul Does Better Than Most Senate Democrats On Patriot Act

Justice Denied By Supreme Court Refusal To Hear Torture Case

Elevated Means Something Again: Terrorist Threat Level Dropped to Zero

94th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Keep Bush’s Surveillance-War Team and Call it Change

To Protest Obama continuation of Bush policies, Seize DC September 10

Looking Back: Ten Classic Exasperations from the Bush Years

The War to End Torture that Didn’t End Torture

Obama Embraces George W. Bush’s Kangaroo Courts

Civil Liberties Board Nominee Elisebeth Collins Cook on Torture, Surveillance, and Freedom of the Press

Jon Huntsman For President… If You Want To Relive The Last Decade

Are War Criminals Coming to Your Neighborhood? Find out with War Criminals Watch

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