http://www.525reasons.com a Countdown to Election Day en-us 2004-11-03T00:59:07-08:00 2004-11-20T14:52:58-08:00 Thanks to our readers, and thanks to those who left supportive comments (they were a nice antidote to angry assertions that conducting our civic duty makes us godless communist feminazis). The future of this site is unclear. We've talked about adding another ten to the URL, turning our attention to http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000935.html 2004-11-03T00:59:07-08:00 President Bush likes to talk about accountability, often in regard to educational standards, but it has been a frequent refrain in other areas. He claims to have signed the most sweeping corporate accountability reforms since Franklin Roosevelt. After the Enron scandal, he assured us "company executives with power over 401(k)s http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000933.html War, on Terror and Otherwise 2004-11-01T06:19:31-08:00 George Bush claims he's made this country safer. You've heard the words; here are the actions: June 2003: With weapons of mass destruction as his justification for the war in Iraq, and no WMD found, President Bush suggests they were looted: "Saddam Hussein went to great lengths to hide his http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000932.html War, on Terror and Otherwise 2004-10-31T00:27:28-08:00 Try to find the acts of compassion from our compassionate conservative president: June 2003: After his administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court outlining its opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative action program, Bush spins it big time when the Supreme Court decides in favor of Michigan: http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000931.html Social Issues 2004-10-30T00:40:33-08:00 From what is surely the most neoconservative cabinet ever, a cast of characters that never ceases to appall and dismay: June 2003: It’s a flashback to September 11, 2001, and Dick Cheney is running the government. July 2003: Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger, despite his poetry prowess: Evasion Haiku http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000929.html His Scary Cabinet and Other Goons 2004-10-29T00:48:11-08:00 Looking for WMD? You won't find them here, since we'll be inspecting President Bush's changing tune on Iraq in Monday's final countdown for War, on Terror and Otherwise. In the meantime, here are some other prime examples of Manipulation and Deceit from the Bush administration: July 2003: In the last http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000928.html Manipulation and Deceit 2004-10-28T01:13:10-08:00 From perhaps the most goof-prone president in history, a rundown of embarrassing and just plain stupid moments. September 2003: Bush breaks U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8 (g) by signing an American flag, then supports an unnecessary and pandering constitutional amendment "to prohibit the physical desecration of the http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000927.html Ignorance and Oafishness 2004-10-27T00:31:14-08:00 For a President spectacularly unprepared for the nuances of foreign policy, Bush’s tenure has been marked largely by his actions on the international stage. The list of blunders, big and small, is long and telling. June 2003: The Bush administration withdraws $34 million in promised funding from the United Nations http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000925.html Foreign Relations 2004-10-26T10:29:27-08:00 Notes on President Bush's stewardship of the environment: August 2003: The Bush administration relaxed its clean air rules today to allow thousands of industrial plants to make upgrades without installing pollution controls, arguing that other regulations were in place to reduce emissions. Utilities, which sought the new rule, said it http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000924.html The Environment 2004-10-25T00:22:43-08:00 Highlights - or rather, low points - from President Bush's handling of the economy: July 2003: White House budget director Joshua Bolten says not to worry: “The U.S. economy is poised to return to healthy, sustained growth….There is a substantial stimulative effect to the tax cuts that have been introduced.” http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000923.html The Economy 2004-10-24T00:24:58-08:00 With ten days left before the election, we offer these sterling examples from President Bush's efforts to take care of his corporate constiuency: August 2003: The Environmental Protection Agency relied on anecdotes from industries it regulates, not comprehensive data, when it claimed that relaxing air pollution rules for industrial plants http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000922.html Corporate Cronyism 2004-10-23T00:45:52-08:00 No time to read through 500+ reasons before election day? Here are the highlights from Bullying and Arrogance: June 2003: The Bush administration refuses to send to the U.S. Senate for ratification the treaty that created the International Criminal Court – a body which uses international law to try individuals http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000921.html Bullying and Arrogance 2004-10-22T01:39:09-08:00 George Bush suffered an embarrassing rebellion in the ranks yesterday when the founder of the conservative Christian Coalition said the White House had dismissed the very idea of US casualties in Iraq during the run-up to the war. In an interview with CNN, the movement's founder, Pat Robertson, described a http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000920.html War, on Terror and Otherwise 2004-10-21T00:15:02-08:00 Greetings, potential Nader voters, Jane here. The first thing you need to know is, I've been there. I was there in 2000 (Washington: Gore 50.16%, Bush 44.58%, Nader 4.14%) and in 1996 (Oregon: Clinton 59.71%, Dole 26.82%, Perot 11.20%, Nader 1.55%). That's right - I voted for Ralph Nader in http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000917.html Social Issues 2004-10-20T07:03:03-08:00 So much for being a uniter: The enormous wealth gap between white families and black and Hispanic families grew larger after the most recent recession, a private analysis of government data has found. White households had a median net worth of greater than $88,000 in 2002, 11 times that of http://www.525reasons.com/archives/000914.html Social Issues 2004-10-19T00:39:34-08:00