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01/31/04: The Great Divider 01/27/04: Outright lies in speech by Bush 01/21/04: George W Bush and the real state of the Union 01/19/04: Orange Jumpsuits for the Bush Clan 01/14/04: 19,000 reasons to be careful 01/12/04: The Barreling Bushes

01/31/04: The Great Divider

Bush has failed us, the American people, in many ways. The first, and probably the most notable failure was the war in Iraq. [more]

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01/27/04: Outright lies in speech by Bush

And consider this quote in light of nearly everything he has done since assuming office: "We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire." Actions speak louder than words. Bush is a lying scoundrel and must be removed from office. [source]

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01/21/04: George W Bush and the real state of the Union

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 [more: the list is long]

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01/19/04: Orange Jumpsuits for the Bush Clan

A long-awaited 61 page study was released by the Carnegie Endowment and it strongly criticized President Bush for "systematically misrepresenting" the threats posed by Iraq's alleged weapons programs. The sharply worded document went on to confirm that the extent of Iraq's nuclear and chemical programs was "largely knowable" and that the sanctions had "effectively destroyed" Iraq's capability to produce these weapons.

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01/14/04: 19,000 reasons to be careful

To understand the predicament faced by the Bush administration in confronting its former treasury secretary, all anyone needs to do is read the "Author's Note" at the beginning of "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill." In the course of discussing sources and making acknowledgments, Ron Suskind reveals that O'Neill turned over a pair of CD-ROMs that contain, in digital form, a copy of "every document that had crossed his desk" during nearly two years in Washington. That amounts to roughly 19,000 documents, including many that concerned O'Neill's role as a principal of the National Security Council, plus O'Neill's detailed daily schedules and voluminous handwritten notes. [Salon subscription required]

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01/12/04: The Barreling Bushes

The first family member lured by the Middle East's petroleum wealth was George W. Bush's great-grandfather, George H. Walker, a buccaneer who was president of Wall Street-based W.A. Harriman & Co. In the 1920s, Walker and his firm participated in rebuilding the Baku oil fields only a few hundred miles north of current-day Iraq. As senior director of Dresser Industries (now part of Halliburton), Walker's son-in-law Prescott Bush (George W. Bush's grandfather) became involved with the Middle East in the years after World War II. But it was George H.W. Bush, the current president's father, who forged the dynasty's strongest ties to the region. [registration required]