The Survival Journals
How To Survive A Rapidly Changing World
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Lest We Forget ...So We Don't Get Fooled Again : Iraq War = Oil
Footnotes:
Section 1. Fox was the first network to call Florida for Bush. Before that, some other networks had called Florida for Gore, and they changed after Fox called it for Bush.
Section 1. The man who was in charge of the decision desk at FOX on election night was Bush’s first cousin, John Ellis.
Section 1. “Make sure the chairman of your campaign is also the vote countin’ woman and that her state has hired a company that’s gonna knock voters off the rolls who aren’t likely to vote for you. You can usually tell them by the color of their skin.”
Section 1. Gore got the most votes in 2000.
Section 1. Congressional Black Caucus members tried to object to the election outcome on the floor of the House; no Senator would sign the objections.
Section 1. Congressional Black Caucus members tried to object to the election outcome on the floor of the House; no Senator would sign the objections.
Section 1. “On the day George W. Bush was inaugurated, tens of thousands of Americans poured into the streets of D.C. They pelted Bush’s limo with eggs.”
Section 1. “The inauguration parade was brought to a halt and the traditional walk to the White House was scrapped.”
Section 1. “For the next eight months, it didn’t get any better for George W. Bush.”
Section 1. “In his first eight months in office before September 11, George W. Bush was on vacation, according to the Washington Post, forty-two percent of the time.”
Section 1. Bush relaxes at Camp David, Kennebunkport and his ranch in Crawford Texas.
Section 1. On Sept. 10, 2001 , Bush joined his brother in Florida where he slept the night in “a bed made of fine French linens.”
Section 1. “As the attack took place, Mr. Bush was on his way to an elementary school in Florida . When informed of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center, where terrorists had struck just eight years prior, Bush just decided to go ahead with his photo opportunity.”
Section 1. “When the second plane hit the tower, his chief of staff entered the classroom and told Mr. Bush the nation is under attack.”
Section 1. “Mr. Bush just sat there and continued to read My Pet Goat.”
Section 1. Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything.”
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