George W. Bush

Who is he: George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. Sworn into office on January 20, 2001, he was re-elected on November 2, 2004. Prior to his presidency, he served as governor of Texas.

Some of Bush's notable legislation included the No Child Left Behind Act, which demanded rigorous testing at public schools across the country. Today it is widely held to be a failure, has thrown the public school system into chaos and greatly expanded corruption and cheating throughout the system.

Bush also passed a costly Medicare drug benefit for up to 40 million seniors and attempted to blur the line between religious charities and other voluntary service providers by trying to gain approval for federal legislation that would have allowed government funding of such efforts.

After 9/11, Bush seemed to cease interest in such programs and concentrated mostly on foreign and domestic security issues. Through the PATRIOT Act, Bush seems to have transformed America from a quietly authoritarian country into an overtly authoritarian one.

Under his watch, American freedom eroded and much of the authoritarian burden that the US struggles with today can be laid directly at his feet. Bush apparently cannot travel abroad for fear of being arrested for war crimes.

Under George W. Bush, The Posse Comitatus Act was eroded. This legislation, passed in the 19th Century, was seen as a significant impediment to the use of US military forces on domestic soil. Not only did Bush basically end Posse Comitatus, he also supervised the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, a gigantic government corporation that amalgamated numerous US security agencies.

Today, Homeland Security is known primarily for its operation of the Transportation Security Administration, an agency that is supposed to keep Americans safe from domestic terrorism. In reality, the TSA has proven mostly adept at terrorizing innocent Americans, confiscating dolls and other toys because of their putative ability to be weaponized, and providing genital touching for all those who refuse to allow themselves to be irradiated by the TSA's apparently dangerous airport body scanners.

Bush conducted two unsuccessful wars, one in Afghanistan and the other in Iraq. He launched these wars after the 9/11 attack, a tragedy he did not initially want to investigate at all. Even today, 9/11 Commission members themselves disavow the results of the task force, claiming they were serially lied to by the Bush administration, the CIA, FBI, etc.

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