President Bush on Ted Cruz - "I just don't like the guy"

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/jeb-bush-george-bush-donors-ted-cruz-214933

Ultra vers - ¡Todos!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nfueovttc

Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking - NYTimes.com

What!!!  Dubba again!

Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking - NYTimes.com: "It was one of the final pieces of legislation signed into law by President George W. Bush, a measure that passed without controversy, along with a pension bill and another one calling for national parks to be commemorated on quarters.

“This is a piece of legislation we’re very proud to sign,” a White House spokesman, Tony Fratto, told reporters on Dec. 23, 2008, as the president put his pen to the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, named for a 19th-century British abolitionist. “This program has been very effective around the world in trying to stop trafficking in persons.”"
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In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud - New York Times

In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud - New York Times: "Although Republican activists have repeatedly said fraud is so widespread that it has corrupted the political process and, possibly, cost the party election victories, about 120 people have been charged and 86 convicted as of last year."

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OBAMA: The Government Jobs Slayer - Business Insider

OBAMA: The Government Jobs Slayer - Business Insider: "Little known or distributed fact: President Obama is a government job slayer.  That’s right.   When compared to both GW Bush and Bill Clinton, President Obama is absolutely crushing the size of the government workforce.  While Presidents Bush and Clinton added well over 500,000 government jobs during their first terms, President Obama has cut more than 500,000. "

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House Approves Bill on Mental Health Parity - New York Times

House Approves Bill on Mental Health Parity - New York Times: " After more than a decade of struggle, the House on Wednesday passed a bill requiring most group health plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of mental illnesses, comparable to what they provide for physical illnesses.

The vote was 268 to 148, with 47 Republicans joining 221 Democrats in support of the measure."

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Bush signs mental health 'parity' bill attached to bailout - USATODAY.com

Bush signs mental health 'parity' bill attached to bailout - USATODAY.com: "The new law would bar insurance plans from setting higher copays or deductibles for mental health or substance abuse treatment than for medical care. Lower benefit limits also would be illegal, along with caps on the number of outpatient therapy sessions or inpatient treatment days. Employees also would have to be covered for out-of-network mental health care if their plan includes out-of-network medical coverage.

The legislation, supported by the health insurance industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "is a great compromise," says Katie Strong, director of congressional and public affairs for the Chamber."

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NAMI | Victory on Parity!

NAMI | Victory on Parity!: "This victory in the House ends a nearly 20 year effort to require group health plans to cover treatment for mental illness on the same terms and conditions as all other illnesses.  NAMI is extremely grateful for the tireless work of advocates from all over the nation that contacted their Senators and House members to push for this landmark legislation.  The advocacy voice of people living with mental illness and their families made a tremendous difference in securing this long sought victory.

NAMI also salutes the leadership of the sponsors of parity in Congress including Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN).  Today NAMI also remembers the contributions of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) in bringing parity forward.  After nearly 20 years, their efforts have resulted in mental illness treatment no longer being subject to 2nd class status in our health care system."

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No Joke: George W. Bush Writing a Book on Economic Growth - Robert Schlesinger (usnews.com)

Sometimes you have to ask yourself if something is genuine or whether the keen minds behind The Onion have managed to hack reality. To wit: Former President George W. Bush is writing a book on—wait for it—strategies for economic growth.

The Center for American Progress's Pat Garofalo caught this little tidbit and nicely summarized why the idea of Bush writing a book on economic growth is ludicrous.

George Bush Wishes The Bush Tax Cuts Weren't Called 'The Bush Tax Cuts'

 

 

George W. Bush likes the tax cuts he enacted as President. But he realizes that the moniker that has come with the cuts — the "Bush tax cuts" — probably isn't the best thing for keeping them around.

“I wish they weren’t called the Bush tax cuts,” Bush said in opening remarks at the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in New York City, according to Politico. “If they’re called some other body’s tax cuts, they’re probably less likely to be raised.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/george-bush-tax-cuts-obama-buffett-rule-collide-2012-4#ixzz1rll5JTr8

Stocks Rally to Pre-Crisis Heights

Stocks climbed to new heights in part on rosy retail sales data, pushing the broad market to levels last seen in June 2008 and the Nasdaq composite index past the 3,000 milestone for the first time since 2000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/business/stocks-rally-to-pre-2008-heights.html?ref=business

USATODAY.com - Bush plan gives huge tax break to buyers of big SUVs

USATODAY.com - Bush plan gives huge tax break to buyers of big SUVs: "Buying big, luxurious sport-utility vehicles could cost a lot less under the Bush administration's economic stimulus proposal, even though a Bush appointee blasted SUVs last week as dangerous fuel hogs."


SUV, truck owners get a big tax break

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Mission Accomplished–9 Years

• 9 years
• 4000 + Service Members
• $800 Billion

U.S. War in Iraq Declared Officially Over (Cased the Colors)

BAGHDAD — The United States military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday even as violence continues to plague the country and the Muslim world remains distrustful of American power.

In a fortified concrete courtyard at the airport in Baghdad, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanked the more than one million American service members who have served in Iraq for “the remarkable progress” made over the past nine years but acknowledged the severe challenges that face the struggling democracy.

“Let me be clear: Iraq will be tested in the days ahead — by terrorism, and by those who would seek to divide, by economic and social issues, by the demands of democracy itself,” Mr. Panetta said. “Challenges remain, but the U.S. will be there to stand by the Iraqi people as they navigate those challenges to build a stronger and more prosperous nation.”

The muted ceremony stood in contrast to the start of the war in 2003 when an America both frightened and emboldened by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sent columns of tanks north from Kuwait to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

As of last Friday, the war in Iraq had claimed 4,487 American lives, with another 32,226 Americans wounded in action, according to Pentagon statistics.

Group calls for Bush arrest | POLITICO 44

Group calls for Bush arrest | POLITICO 44: "Amnesty International is calling for the arrest of former President George W. Bush while he is traveling overseas in Africa.

The human rights group issued a statement Thursday calling for the governments of Ethiopia, Tanzania or Zambia to take the former president into custody. According to Amnesty, the 43rd president is complicit in torture conducted by the United States during his administration and should be held pending an international investigation."

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Condoleezza Rice During Katrina: 'We Clearly Have A Race Problem'

Condoleezza Rice During Katrina: 'We Clearly Have A Race Problem': "Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said President George W. Bush had a "race problem" during Hurricane Katrina, but she defended him against his critics who, she said, tried to use the "race card" against him, according to excerpts from her upcoming memoir, No Higher Honor, published in Newsweek."

In the book, Rice recounted how she went shopping at the expensive Ferragamo shoe store in New York and returned to her hotel:

The airwaves were filled with devastating pictures from New Orleans. And the faces of most of the people in distress were black. I knew right away that I should never have left Washington. I called my chief of staff, Brian Gunderson. "I'm coming home," I said.
"Yeah. You'd better do that," he answered.
Then I called the President. "Mr. President, I'm coming back. I don't know how much I can do, but we clearly have a race problem," I said.



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It's about time!! - video

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The Un-Bush

As the article states, “Compare the two presidents.”

Compare the two presidents. One unleashed a war in Afghanistan he then left to languish, and sparked an unjustified war in Iraq, that became a catastrophe of mass death and chaos. He both maximally antagonized the Arab and Muslim world and didn't even score a major victory against the enemy. In many ways, Bush gave al Qaeda an opening in Iraq where it never had one before, and allowed its key leadership to escape at Tora Bora. The torture program, meanwhile, fouled up our intelligence while destroying our moral standing in the world.

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/09/the-un-bush.html

Al-Awlaki’s killing could pay political dividend for Obama

The ultimate Commander and Chief.

The killing of Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki — just months after the killing of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden — appears to eliminate the war on terror as a campaign issue for Republicans in the 2012 election and could even give President Barack Obama an unlikely advantage on national security, Democrats said Friday.

“It’s remarkable that the president has, in many ways, taken national security off the table as an issue altogether,” Democratic operative and former White House spokesman Bill Burton said on MSNBC. “I don’t think a lot of folks would have thought three years ago that, at this point of the presidential race, President Obama would be sort of untouchable when it comes to national security.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64877.html#ixzz1ZY7NzPjy

Republicans Loved Stimulus When Bush Was in the White House

Republicans Loved Stimulus When Bush Was in the White House: "President Bush lauded the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 for providing “a booster shot for our economy … [putting] money back into the hands of American workers and businesses.” Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and John Boehner (R-OH) as well as Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) all seemed to agree, as did nearly 200 other Republican members of Congress that voted in support of the bill."

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