george w. bush

George W Bush was the 43rd President of The United States, taking office on January 20th 2001 and leaving office January 20th 2009. He is the son of George H W Bush, 41st President of the United States.

Eight months into his presidency, on September 11th 2001, the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by terrorists. The subsequent "War On Terror" was a defining element of George W Bush's presidency. On the back of this struggle and a new doctrine of "pre-emption," the United States was lead into seperate wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The existence of the Guantanamo Bay detention center and the use of torture and questionable intelligence gathering practices provided for considerable controversy during George W Bush's presidency. The economic crisis that emerged in the latter part of his second term further cast a shadow on his presidential legacy.

Often the butt of political humor, George W Bush's colorful political quotes and unique predicaments, like the notorious shoe throwing incident, made for spirited discussion in the blogosphere during much of his Presidency.

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  Chuck Norris, who has recently become a superstar in the conservative movement—and I know what you’re thinking: “ Chuck Norris? The old guy who can’t act? Superstar in the conservative movement? What does he know about politics?”—and the answer, of course, is almost nothing—Chuck Norris knows almost ...
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• Its Called "The NewAge" (And It Better Be Dead)

  
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  "Were still weeks away from the end of 09, but its not too early to pass judgment. Call it the Decade from Hell, or the Reckoning, or the Decade of Broken Dreams, or the Lost Decade. Call it whatever you want — just give thanks that it is nearly over." -- Andy Serwer , calling the last 10 years exactly what ...
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• George W. Bush Ideas in Action: PBS GWB February Premiere

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 590
  The George W. Bush Institutes "action oriented think tank" is co-producing a live audience, panel-format discussion, titled "Ideas in Action," and is planned to air on PBS in February 2010. Source: The HuffingtonPost. See a video below. George W. Bush [James[ Glassman,the former Undersecretary of ...
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• Swindler Duped CIA Over Al-Qaeda Decoding Scam

  
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• Years of Painful Laughter: The Decade In Funny Pictures

  
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  Why look who’s here, America’s “Commander of Cheer,” Mister President Obama! And he’s got plenty to laugh about! Just think, when this millennium began just 10 years ago, people like Barack Obama were still legally considered slaves. And now it’s the white people who are HIS slaves. Haw haw! ...
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• Top News stories of the Decade

  
  POTPOLITICS — Authority: 489
  Despite doomsday predictions of Y2K computer problems, Jan. 1, 2000 passed uneventfully.George W. Bush defeats Al Gore in 2000 general election, which wasn’t decided until December, after Supreme Court made a key ruling.17 U.S. sailors died in October 2000 when terrorists attacked the USS Cole in Yemen.On Sept. 11, ...
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• Our Favorite Things About 2009: These People Are Gone [Bright Paper Packages]

  
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  Dana Perino s 9 Favorite Things reminded me that my favorite thing about 2009 has been that we dont have to care about Dana Perino anymore. Or any other Bush people! Let us list 7 of them we do not miss. All Of the Press Secretaries The was the weaselly obfuscator, Fleischer. There was the doughy moron fall ...
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• IF FDRD HAD AN MBA WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THAT WHOLE DEPRESSION THING:

  
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  Wells Fargo Completes TARP Repayment (JOHN KELL, 12/23/09, WSJ) Wells Fargo & Co. said it completed its repayment of $25 billion in aid received from the government at the height of the global financial crisis. [...] As part of the redemption of the preferred stock, Wells Fargo also paid accrued dividends of ...
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• The All-Coliseum Awards FD2K

  
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  In 1999 I wrote a piece for the first installment of When Falls the Coliseum titled the All-Coliseum Team. It was a list of the 2oth Century’s most intriguing sports figures - an alternative to the standard Best of tallies published and broadcast by sports magazines and shows at the time. It seems just like ...
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• Parker Griffith Can Change Parties, But Not History

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 142
  For southern Democrats, the news  that freshman Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama was switching parties brought back bad memories from the 1990s, when a goodly number of elected officials from the region who had been Democrats for no particular reason other than political convenience became Republicans for no ...
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• Top 10 Similarities Between Obama and Bush

  
  THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DR CASTRO — Authority: 129
  Nothing really has change with the new President of United States. Same ol same ol. Obama continues the same policies that his predecesor, George W. Bush. But dont take me wrong, policies of control, manipulation of data and corruption a grand scale really started to worsen with President Clinton. These are my ten ...
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• Time Magazine : Why Obama Has to Worry About the Polls

  
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  George W. Bush used to insist that he didnt read polls, and on the off chance that he did, he didnt care anyway. "I dont give a darn," the former President famously said early this year just before the end of his term, when CNNs Larry King pointed to his anemic approval ratings. Aides to President Obama, by contrast, ...
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• Stephen Colbert, Seriously

  
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  It’s been a couple years since Comedy Central faux-publican Stephen Colbert took masterfully aimed pot shots at former President George W. Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner—i.e., the night Colbert almost threw himself under a Washington, D.C. bus. Quite a bit has changed ... ...
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• Unlawfully Armed Republican Arrested Near Obama Speech was Bush Employee

  
  Politicususa.com - American Political News with an Independent Progressive Twist — Authority: 559
  Joshua Bowman, a Republican who worked for the executive office of Bush Administration on tech issues, was arrested last September with two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo near the Capitol during an Obama speech. Though his arrest was widely reported, his connection to the Bush administration was not reported at ...
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• Did you Know? Michael Jackson and George W. Bush were Stalked by the same Guy…

  
  coolwebgossip.com — Authority: 496
  That’s according to new FBI documents released.1992 investigation of a man who threatened to kill the pop star and then-U.S. President George H.W. Bush. The AP reports, ‘the records include numerous threatening letters sent by the suspect, who the FBI said had falsely claimed to be the son of then-Gambino crime ...
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• TV/media in the 2000s: 10 (or so) key voices in left/right political media

  
  Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog — Authority: 529
  Politically speaking, the aughts have been one long, strange trip. Just think about what we’ve seen this decade: a disputed presidential election in 2000, the largest terrorist attack in world history occurring on U.S. soil in 2001, followed by two wars, the partial erasure of New Orleans and much of the Gulf ...
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• Tori Amos will run for VP post if Sarah Palin does

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  London, Dec 23 (ANI): American singer Tori Amos has revealed that she would run alongside former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin if she ever contested for vice presidential post again.“If Palin runs again, I’m going to run on a Republican ticket. What I know about Middle Eastern policy could fit on a thumbnail, but I ...
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• Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Gets It Right at the Border, Say Enviro Groups

  
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  “This bill will restore the rule of law along America ’s border.” ~ Bob Irvin, Defenders of Wildlife The new immigration bill introduced in Congress December 15 includes important provisions that will help protect wildlife, communities, and natural resources from damage wrought by border walls ...
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• Whos to Blame for Obamacare? Two Republicans (Obama is the ultimate Republicrat legacy)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  This week the Senate grinches stole Christmas. The Obama Nation is getting Obamacare. It’s easy to blame the sixty Democrats, as the Wall Street Journal does, for "the worse bill ever." It solemnly declares: "These 60 Democrats are creating a future of epic increases in spending, taxes and command--and control ...
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